LDAP Contracts

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for LDAP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LDAP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 393 506 539
Rank change year-on-year +113 +33 -80
Contract jobs citing LDAP 211 215 329
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.36% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.38% 1.54% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 145 224
10th Percentile £300 £400 £406
25th Percentile £425 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £620
90th Percentile £703 £725 £696
UK excluding London median daily rate £593 £550 £503
% change year-on-year +7.73% +9.45% +11.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £71.50 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £73.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.08% - -
75th Percentile £53.75 £74.88 -
90th Percentile - £75.55 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £73.00 -
% change year-on-year -28.08% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

LDAP is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,876 13,931 24,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.50% 23.29% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,162 10,182 17,689
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £660
90th Percentile £767 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 153 242
10th Percentile £20.91 £31.60 £21.10
25th Percentile £39.98 £48.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £64.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.85 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +32.65% +8.89%

LDAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing LDAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LDAP.

Daily rate trend for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LDAP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LDAP.

Hourly rate trend for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LDAP within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +114 170 £550 - 28
London +128 113 £550 +2.23% 15
Work from Home +105 76 £613 +11.36% 10
UK excluding London +32 60 £593 +7.73% 16
Midlands +29 22 £600 -11.93% 3
East Midlands +33 17 £620 +18.10% 2
North of England +39 12 £600 +11.63%
Scotland +39 11 - - 4
Yorkshire +26 9 £563 +2.27%
South East +9 9 £561 +5.90% 6
East of England -6 6 £290 -38.95% 1
West Midlands +21 5 £463 -32.73% 1
North West +16 2 £620 +77.14%
North East +20 1 £600 -11.11%
South West +11 1 £488 -30.36% 3

LDAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (10.90%) Confluence
2 14 (6.64%) Apache
3 10 (4.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.84%) OpenStack
5 4 (1.90%) IIS
5 4 (1.90%) MQSeries
6 3 (1.42%) Apache Solr
6 3 (1.42%) CMS
6 3 (1.42%) WebLogic
6 3 (1.42%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.95%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.47%) nginx
8 1 (0.47%) SAS
8 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.90%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.95%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.47%) Maximo
2 1 (0.47%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 63 (29.86%) AWS
2 61 (28.91%) Azure
3 39 (18.48%) PaaS
4 33 (15.64%) GitHub
5 28 (13.27%) GCP
6 21 (9.95%) Entra ID
7 15 (7.11%) IaaS
7 15 (7.11%) SaaS
8 12 (5.69%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (4.27%) Amazon S3
10 8 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (3.79%) Nutanix
10 8 (3.79%) Rubrik
11 6 (2.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (2.84%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (2.37%) Akamai
12 5 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (2.37%) Serverless
12 5 (2.37%) WhatsApp
13 4 (1.90%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 42 (19.91%) Firewall
2 38 (18.01%) DNS
3 31 (14.69%) DHCP
4 27 (12.80%) Kerberos
5 24 (11.37%) VPN
6 23 (10.90%) FTP
7 20 (9.48%) TCP/IP
8 17 (8.06%) HTTP
9 13 (6.16%) LAN
9 13 (6.16%) Network Security
10 11 (5.21%) NAS
10 11 (5.21%) SAN
10 11 (5.21%) WAN
11 10 (4.74%) VLAN
12 9 (4.27%) SMTP
13 8 (3.79%) Internet
13 8 (3.79%) OpenLDAP
13 8 (3.79%) SSL
14 7 (3.32%) IPsec
14 7 (3.32%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (20.85%) MySQL
2 36 (17.06%) SQL Server
3 32 (15.17%) Oracle Reports
4 19 (9.00%) Hadoop
5 12 (5.69%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (2.84%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.90%) MariaDB
8 4 (1.90%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.42%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (1.42%) DB2
9 3 (1.42%) Redis
9 3 (1.42%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.95%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.47%) Metadata
11 1 (0.47%) Power BI
11 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (13.74%) JIRA
2 20 (9.48%) Git
3 16 (7.58%) Jenkins
4 10 (4.74%) JMeter
5 8 (3.79%) TeamCity
6 6 (2.84%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.84%) GitLab
General
1 53 (25.12%) Finance
2 38 (18.01%) Social Skills
3 24 (11.37%) Public Sector
4 23 (10.90%) Financial Institution
5 11 (5.21%) Telecoms
6 10 (4.74%) Banking
7 8 (3.79%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (3.32%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.32%) Marketing
8 7 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.84%) Electronics
10 2 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Advertising
11 1 (0.47%) Legal
11 1 (0.47%) Local Government
11 1 (0.47%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 43 (20.38%) Architect
2 33 (15.64%) Developer
3 26 (12.32%) Senior
4 18 (8.53%) Consultant
4 18 (8.53%) SailPoint Developer
5 16 (7.58%) Implementation Specialist
6 14 (6.64%) SailPoint Engineer
7 13 (6.16%) SailPoint Architect
8 12 (5.69%) ForgeRock Architect
9 10 (4.74%) Senior Developer
10 9 (4.27%) Analyst
11 8 (3.79%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (3.79%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (3.32%) IAM Consultant
13 5 (2.37%) Administrator
13 5 (2.37%) Automation Engineer
13 5 (2.37%) Senior Architect
13 5 (2.37%) Software Engineer
13 5 (2.37%) Test Engineer
13 5 (2.37%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (27.01%) SailPoint
2 55 (26.07%) XML
3 50 (23.70%) HTML
4 48 (22.75%) JSP
4 48 (22.75%) Servlets
4 48 (22.75%) Web Services
5 46 (21.80%) SOAP
6 45 (21.33%) SPML
7 34 (16.11%) SAML
8 32 (15.17%) OpenID
9 29 (13.74%) JDBC
10 26 (12.32%) OAuth
11 12 (5.69%) JSON
12 11 (5.21%) Node.js
13 7 (3.32%) .NET
13 7 (3.32%) REST
13 7 (3.32%) RESTful
14 6 (2.84%) AngularJS
14 6 (2.84%) CSS
14 6 (2.84%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.59%) Onboarding
2 29 (13.74%) Replication
3 19 (9.00%) Clustering
4 14 (6.64%) Data Centre
5 13 (6.16%) Mainframe
5 13 (6.16%) PKI
6 11 (5.21%) CMDB
7 8 (3.79%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.84%) Client/Server
8 6 (2.84%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (2.37%) Algorithms
9 5 (2.37%) Data Structures
9 5 (2.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (2.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (1.90%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.90%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.42%) Cyberattack
11 3 (1.42%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 53 (25.12%) Linux
2 51 (24.17%) Windows
3 25 (11.85%) Unix
3 25 (11.85%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (4.74%) Solaris
6 9 (4.27%) Oracle Linux
7 6 (2.84%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.95%) AIX
9 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.47%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (27.49%) RBAC
2 39 (18.48%) Migration
3 38 (18.01%) DevOps
4 35 (16.59%) Identity Access Management
5 28 (13.27%) Disaster Recovery
6 26 (12.32%) High Availability
7 24 (11.37%) Agile
7 24 (11.37%) Identity Management
8 22 (10.43%) Test Automation
9 20 (9.48%) Technical Leadership
10 19 (9.00%) ITIL
10 19 (9.00%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (8.53%) Capacity Management
11 18 (8.53%) Software Engineering
12 15 (7.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 14 (6.64%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (6.64%) Continuous Integration
13 14 (6.64%) Data Modelling
13 14 (6.64%) Information Security
13 14 (6.64%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 71 (33.65%) Java
2 67 (31.75%) SQL
3 60 (28.44%) JavaScript
4 47 (22.27%) Python
5 35 (16.59%) PowerShell
6 16 (7.58%) Bash
7 15 (7.11%) Go
8 10 (4.74%) C
9 6 (2.84%) Shell Script
10 5 (2.37%) Perl
11 4 (1.90%) C#
11 4 (1.90%) PHP
12 3 (1.42%) Ruby
13 2 (0.95%) Groovy
13 2 (0.95%) Scala
14 1 (0.47%) ABAP
14 1 (0.47%) Korn
14 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (11.85%) Security Cleared
2 21 (9.95%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.16%) Degree
4 8 (3.79%) CISSP
4 8 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.84%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.42%) SANS
7 2 (0.95%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.95%) MCSE
8 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.47%) CISM
8 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.47%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.27%) GDPR
1 9 (4.27%) QA
1 9 (4.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (2.37%) GRC
3 3 (1.42%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 121 (57.35%) Active Directory
2 47 (22.27%) IAG
3 41 (19.43%) ACF2
3 41 (19.43%) RACF
4 24 (11.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (9.95%) NFS
6 16 (7.58%) HDFS
6 16 (7.58%) Hyper-V
7 13 (6.16%) Docker
8 7 (3.32%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (2.84%) BitLocker
9 6 (2.84%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (2.84%) Terminal Services
9 6 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (2.84%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (2.37%) Samba
11 2 (0.95%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 2 (0.95%) PowerDNS
12 1 (0.47%) Lustre
12 1 (0.47%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 32 (15.17%) Single Sign-On
2 22 (10.43%) Kubernetes
3 21 (9.95%) Ansible
4 17 (8.06%) Terraform
5 9 (4.27%) Grafana
6 8 (3.79%) EMC NetWorker
6 8 (3.79%) Netcool
6 8 (3.79%) Tivoli
6 8 (3.79%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 7 (3.32%) PingFederate
7 7 (3.32%) Prometheus
8 6 (2.84%) vCenter Server
8 6 (2.84%) vMotion
9 5 (2.37%) Puppet
10 4 (1.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (1.90%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.90%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 2 (0.95%) Kibana
11 2 (0.95%) logstash
11 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 65 (30.81%) ServiceNow
2 48 (22.75%) Oracle
3 39 (18.48%) Microsoft
4 38 (18.01%) VMware
5 33 (15.64%) Sybase
6 29 (13.74%) CyberArk
7 24 (11.37%) Isilon
8 15 (7.11%) Dell
8 15 (7.11%) ForgeRock
8 15 (7.11%) SAP
9 14 (6.64%) BeyondTrust
10 13 (6.16%) Splunk
11 12 (5.69%) Cisco
12 11 (5.21%) HP
13 9 (4.27%) Citrix
13 9 (4.27%) IBM
13 9 (4.27%) Qualys
14 8 (3.79%) EMC
14 8 (3.79%) Ping Identity
14 8 (3.79%) Serena
39 LDAP jobs Nationwide