LDAP Contract Job Trends

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring LDAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 374 390
Rank change year-on-year +10 +16 +90
Contract jobs citing LDAP 259 159 209
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.54% 0.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.78% 2.38% 2.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 91 122
10th Percentile £418 £409 £300
25th Percentile £475 £500 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% +6.82% -1.35%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £761 £736
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £575 £540
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.48% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 2
10th Percentile £51.40 £75.79 £51.77
25th Percentile £55.00 £80.34 £52.54
Median hourly rate £73.00 £81.01 £54.45
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% +48.78% -25.41%
75th Percentile £88.75 £81.91 £55.74
90th Percentile £92.50 £83.05 £56.14
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.50 £81.01 £54.45
% change year-on-year -19.15% +48.78% -25.41%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

LDAP falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,302 6,686 9,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.72% 22.69% 20.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,202 4,463 6,264
10th Percentile £358 £363 £334
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -7.08%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 95 217
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £42.13 £39.92
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £73.46 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £82.62 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

LDAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LDAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

LDAP job vacancy trend in the UK

LDAP
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing LDAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing LDAP

LDAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LDAP over the 6 months to 13 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing LDAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing LDAP

LDAP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LDAP over the 6 months to 13 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Top 15 Contract Job 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 13 March 2026. 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 -6 237 £550 -7.95% 36
UK excluding London -45 131 £500 -13.04% 29
Work from Home +33 110 £620 +3.33% 15
London -1 99 £700 +16.67% 12
South East -32 41 £500 -11.19% 13
North of England -35 40 £569 -5.17% 5
Yorkshire -37 26 £525 -12.50% 3
Midlands -68 21 £500 -20.00% 2
West Midlands -65 20 £420 -32.80% 2
East of England -38 14 £478 -16.87% 8
North West -24 13 £620 +24.00% 2
South West -24 12 £525 -25.00% 1
Wales - 3 £345 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £525 -
North East - 1 - -

LDAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 11 (4.25%) nginx
2 8 (3.09%) Confluence
2 8 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.77%) Apache
3 2 (0.77%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.39%) IIS
4 1 (0.39%) iPlanet
4 1 (0.39%) JBoss
4 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.39%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 7 (2.70%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 149 (57.53%) Azure
2 101 (39.00%) AWS
3 81 (31.27%) GCP
4 65 (25.10%) Entra ID
5 19 (7.34%) OpenShift
6 10 (3.86%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (3.86%) Serverless
7 9 (3.47%) Amazon EKS
7 9 (3.47%) Amazon S3
7 9 (3.47%) Route 53
7 9 (3.47%) SaaS
8 8 (3.09%) Amazon EC2
8 8 (3.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.16%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.77%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.39%) Amazon ECS
12 1 (0.39%) AWS Fargate
12 1 (0.39%) ShareGate
12 1 (0.39%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 70 (27.03%) DNS
2 61 (23.55%) Kerberos
3 39 (15.06%) Firewall
4 32 (12.36%) DHCP
5 25 (9.65%) VPN
6 23 (8.88%) SSL
7 18 (6.95%) TCP/IP
8 17 (6.56%) HTTP
9 13 (5.02%) Cisco ASA
9 13 (5.02%) Network Security
10 11 (4.25%) LAN
10 11 (4.25%) WAN
11 10 (3.86%) SMTP
12 9 (3.47%) HTTPS
13 8 (3.09%) OpenVPN
13 8 (3.09%) SSH
14 7 (2.70%) BIG-IP
14 7 (2.70%) Ethereal
14 7 (2.70%) Wireless
14 7 (2.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.02%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.25%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (3.47%) MySQL
4 4 (1.54%) Neo4j
5 2 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.77%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.39%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.39%) Metadata
6 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.39%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.39%) Power BI
6 1 (0.39%) Redis
6 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (16.22%) Jenkins
2 30 (11.58%) JIRA
3 29 (11.20%) GitLab
4 14 (5.41%) Git
4 14 (5.41%) Selenium
5 13 (5.02%) REST Assured
6 12 (4.63%) Cucumber
7 11 (4.25%) Postman
8 9 (3.47%) Bitbucket
9 8 (3.09%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.93%) TestRail
11 4 (1.54%) Gatling
11 4 (1.54%) JMeter
11 4 (1.54%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.54%) NeoLoad
12 2 (0.77%) WebDriver
13 1 (0.39%) JUnit
13 1 (0.39%) Maven
13 1 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
13 1 (0.39%) SoapUI
General
1 115 (44.40%) Social Skills
2 60 (23.17%) Documentation Skills
3 36 (13.90%) Finance
4 26 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.18%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.02%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (3.86%) Banking
8 7 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.93%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.54%) Aviation
11 2 (0.77%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.77%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.77%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.77%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.39%) Electronics
12 1 (0.39%) Legal
12 1 (0.39%) Marketing
12 1 (0.39%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 76 (29.34%) Architect
2 48 (18.53%) CyberArk Architect
3 26 (10.04%) Consultant
4 11 (4.25%) Lead
5 9 (3.47%) Administrator
5 9 (3.47%) Network Engineer
5 9 (3.47%) Security Consultant
5 9 (3.47%) Security Engineer
5 9 (3.47%) Test Automation Engineer
5 9 (3.47%) Test Engineer
6 8 (3.09%) Developer
6 8 (3.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (2.70%) Analyst
7 7 (2.70%) Linux Administrator
8 6 (2.32%) Senior
8 6 (2.32%) Technical Architect
8 6 (2.32%) Test Architect
8 6 (2.32%) Test Automation Architect
9 5 (1.93%) Automation Test Lead
9 5 (1.93%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (26.64%) SAML
2 62 (23.94%) OpenID
3 57 (22.01%) REST
4 41 (15.83%) OAuth
5 37 (14.29%) SOAP
6 28 (10.81%) SailPoint
7 12 (4.63%) .NET
8 8 (3.09%) Middleware
9 5 (1.93%) J2EE
10 4 (1.54%) OAuth2
10 4 (1.54%) Playwright
10 4 (1.54%) Web Services
11 3 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (1.16%) RESTful
12 2 (0.77%) AngularJS
12 2 (0.77%) EDI
12 2 (0.77%) HTML
12 2 (0.77%) XML
13 1 (0.39%) LAMP
13 1 (0.39%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 42 (16.22%) Security Posture
2 38 (14.67%) Enterprise Software
3 33 (12.74%) Replication
4 29 (11.20%) Onboarding
5 21 (8.11%) Cloud Native
6 16 (6.18%) Management Information System
7 14 (5.41%) PKI
8 9 (3.47%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.32%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (1.93%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (1.93%) CSOC
10 5 (1.93%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.93%) Cyberattack
11 4 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.54%) PACS
12 3 (1.16%) CMDB
12 3 (1.16%) SCADA
13 2 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
13 2 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (20.85%) Windows
2 51 (19.69%) Linux
3 28 (10.81%) Windows Server
4 18 (6.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.63%) CentOS
6 10 (3.86%) Ubuntu
7 9 (3.47%) Unix
8 4 (1.54%) AIX
8 4 (1.54%) CatOS
8 4 (1.54%) Solaris
9 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (36.29%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (33.59%) SIEM
3 74 (28.57%) DevOps
4 70 (27.03%) Cybersecurity
5 63 (24.32%) CI/CD
6 61 (23.55%) Privileged Access Management
7 52 (20.08%) Identity Access Management
8 51 (19.69%) ITSM
8 51 (19.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 50 (19.31%) Task Automation
10 42 (16.22%) RBAC
10 42 (16.22%) Technical Leadership
11 36 (13.90%) Integration Patterns
12 35 (13.51%) Presales
13 32 (12.36%) Agile
14 31 (11.97%) Migration
15 30 (11.58%) High Availability
16 27 (10.42%) Roadmaps
17 25 (9.65%) DevSecOps
18 23 (8.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 121 (46.72%) PowerShell
2 98 (37.84%) Python
3 32 (12.36%) SQL
4 30 (11.58%) Java
5 12 (4.63%) JavaScript
6 11 (4.25%) Bash
6 11 (4.25%) Shell Script
7 9 (3.47%) PHP
8 7 (2.70%) MATLAB
9 6 (2.32%) C++
9 6 (2.32%) Groovy
10 4 (1.54%) Cypher
10 4 (1.54%) Scala
10 4 (1.54%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.16%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.77%) C#
13 1 (0.39%) BeanShell
13 1 (0.39%) Korn
13 1 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.39%) Perl
Qualifications
1 150 (57.92%) Security Cleared
2 141 (54.44%) SC Cleared
3 34 (13.13%) CISSP
4 27 (10.42%) CISM
5 13 (5.02%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.63%) CompTIA Security+
7 11 (4.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.70%) Degree
9 5 (1.93%) GIAC
9 5 (1.93%) MCSA
9 5 (1.93%) MCSE
10 4 (1.54%) APMG
10 4 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.54%) GSEC
10 4 (1.54%) OCP
10 4 (1.54%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (1.54%) SSCP
11 3 (1.16%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.16%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (23.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 55 (21.24%) NIST
3 53 (20.46%) GDPR
4 21 (8.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 20 (7.72%) NCSC
6 10 (3.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (3.47%) QA
8 8 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (2.70%) SLA
10 3 (1.16%) PCI DSS
10 3 (1.16%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.77%) DICOM
11 2 (0.77%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.77%) HL7
12 1 (0.39%) GMP
12 1 (0.39%) GRC
12 1 (0.39%) GxP
12 1 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 175 (67.57%) Active Directory
2 19 (7.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.47%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (3.09%) Squid
5 7 (2.70%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 7 (2.70%) Docker
5 7 (2.70%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.54%) Postfix
7 2 (0.77%) NFS
7 2 (0.77%) OpenAM
7 2 (0.77%) OpenDJ
7 2 (0.77%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.39%) Firmware
8 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.39%) KVM
8 1 (0.39%) Lustre
8 1 (0.39%) Samba
8 1 (0.39%) Tivoli Directory Server
8 1 (0.39%) XenApp
8 1 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (22.39%) Single Sign-On
2 37 (14.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 28 (10.81%) Kubernetes
4 18 (6.95%) Ansible
4 18 (6.95%) Terraform
5 11 (4.25%) Grafana
6 10 (3.86%) Prometheus
7 9 (3.47%) Check_MK
8 8 (3.09%) FortiGate
8 8 (3.09%) vCenter Server
9 7 (2.70%) Consul
9 7 (2.70%) Nessus
9 7 (2.70%) Podman
9 7 (2.70%) Red Hat Satellite
10 5 (1.93%) CASB
10 5 (1.93%) WSUS
11 4 (1.54%) PingFederate
12 3 (1.16%) SCOM
13 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.77%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 95 (36.68%) CyberArk
2 67 (25.87%) Microsoft
3 65 (25.10%) BeyondTrust
4 35 (13.51%) Centrify
5 30 (11.58%) VMware
6 27 (10.42%) ServiceNow
7 21 (8.11%) Splunk
8 20 (7.72%) Red Hat
9 17 (6.56%) Cisco
9 17 (6.56%) Okta
10 11 (4.25%) Oracle
11 10 (3.86%) Google
12 9 (3.47%) Palo Alto
13 8 (3.09%) Dynatrace
13 8 (3.09%) F5
14 7 (2.70%) Atlassian
14 7 (2.70%) CheckPoint
14 7 (2.70%) SAP
14 7 (2.70%) Tenable
15 6 (2.32%) Veritas