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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 413 353
Rank change year-on-year +15 -60 +156
Contract jobs citing LDAP 190 142 297
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.39% 0.64%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.37% 1.77% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 75 185
10th Percentile £356 £222 £366
25th Percentile £411 £431 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £560 £567
Median % change year-on-year -12.14% -1.23% -5.50%
75th Percentile £625 £700 £674
90th Percentile £671 £769 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £476 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -13.41% +2.80% -8.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 6
10th Percentile £44.88 - £53.13
25th Percentile £45.00 £71.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £58.50 £72.50 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -19.31% +30.16% -18.98%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £72.60
90th Percentile £85.00 - £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.00 £72.50 £55.70
% change year-on-year -11.72% +30.16% -23.70%

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 8,013 8,018 10,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.92% 21.83% 22.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,339 5,074 7,471
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.91% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £725 £775 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 116 186
10th Percentile £29.00 £24.45 £35.94
25th Percentile £41.25 £40.94 £46.18
Median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.22 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £54.53
% change year-on-year -3.85% +19.20% -16.11%

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 7 November 2025.

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 7 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Top 14 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 7 November 2025. 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 +11 172 £500 -10.71% 83
UK excluding London +4 113 £476 -13.41% 62
London -4 61 £608 -3.49% 33
Midlands +5 51 £450 -22.58% 3
Work from Home +17 49 £500 -9.26% 42
West Midlands -21 33 £550 -5.38% 3
North of England -12 24 £453 +24.97% 5
North West -10 18 £450 +24.14% 1
East Midlands - 18 £385 -
South East -11 13 £492 -12.61% 43
East of England -12 12 £680 +20.89% 11
South West -1 11 £475 -29.32% 3
Yorkshire - 6 £525 - 4
Scotland +11 2 £600 -14.29%

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 40 (21.05%) Confluence
2 15 (7.89%) WebSphere
3 14 (7.37%) WebSphere Application Server
4 12 (6.32%) nginx
5 10 (5.26%) Apache
5 10 (5.26%) IIS
5 10 (5.26%) iPlanet
5 10 (5.26%) JBoss
6 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.58%) SharePoint
8 2 (1.05%) CICS
8 2 (1.05%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.53%) HCL Domino
9 1 (0.53%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (6.32%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.05%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.53%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 13 (6.84%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.53%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 78 (41.05%) AWS
2 61 (32.11%) Azure
3 34 (17.89%) GCP
4 22 (11.58%) Entra ID
5 20 (10.53%) Amazon S3
6 19 (10.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 19 (10.00%) Amazon EC2
7 18 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (6.84%) Amazon ECS
8 13 (6.84%) Route 53
9 12 (6.32%) Amazon ELB
9 12 (6.32%) AWS KMS
9 12 (6.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (5.79%) GitHub
10 11 (5.79%) OpenShift
11 9 (4.74%) Serverless
12 8 (4.21%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (3.16%) Nutanix
13 6 (3.16%) SaaS
14 5 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 38 (20.00%) DNS
2 37 (19.47%) SSL
3 34 (17.89%) Firewall
4 32 (16.84%) HTTP
5 29 (15.26%) Kerberos
6 27 (14.21%) SMTP
7 26 (13.68%) SSH
8 20 (10.53%) FTP
9 17 (8.95%) OpenLDAP
10 13 (6.84%) Network Security
11 12 (6.32%) IMAP
12 10 (5.26%) TCP/IP
13 4 (2.11%) Internet
14 3 (1.58%) DHCP
14 3 (1.58%) VPN
15 2 (1.05%) NAS
15 2 (1.05%) X.500
16 1 (0.53%) Cisco Nexus
16 1 (0.53%) FCoE
16 1 (0.53%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.89%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (6.84%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (6.32%) Amazon Aurora
4 10 (5.26%) Oracle Database
5 4 (2.11%) Metadata
5 4 (2.11%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.58%) Power BI
6 3 (1.58%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.53%) Redis
7 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 46 (24.21%) JIRA
2 36 (18.95%) Git
3 29 (15.26%) Jenkins
4 12 (6.32%) Vagrant
5 10 (5.26%) Bitbucket Server
5 10 (5.26%) CA Release Automation
6 9 (4.74%) Sonatype Nexus
7 7 (3.68%) GitLab
8 3 (1.58%) Log4j
9 1 (0.53%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.53%) Subversion
General
1 79 (41.58%) Social Skills
2 42 (22.11%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (11.05%) Public Sector
4 18 (9.47%) Finance
5 17 (8.95%) Documentation Skills
5 17 (8.95%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (3.68%) Banking
7 4 (2.11%) Aviation
7 4 (2.11%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.05%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.05%) Electronics
8 2 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.05%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.05%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.05%) Marketing
8 2 (1.05%) Retail
9 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.53%) Law
9 1 (0.53%) Police
Job Titles
1 26 (13.68%) Architect
2 24 (12.63%) Consultant
3 20 (10.53%) Analyst
4 19 (10.00%) DevOps Engineer
5 16 (8.42%) Senior
6 15 (7.89%) Platform Engineer
7 12 (6.32%) AWS Engineer
7 12 (6.32%) AWS Platform Engineer
7 12 (6.32%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 10 (5.26%) AWS DevOps
8 10 (5.26%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 10 (5.26%) Developer
8 10 (5.26%) DevOps Platform Engineer
8 10 (5.26%) ServiceNow Architect
8 10 (5.26%) SOC Analyst
9 8 (4.21%) Senior Architect
10 7 (3.68%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
10 7 (3.68%) Identity Management Engineer
11 6 (3.16%) Management Consultant
12 5 (2.63%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (39.47%) SAML
2 57 (30.00%) OAuth
3 47 (24.74%) OpenID
4 33 (17.37%) REST
5 19 (10.00%) AngularJS
5 19 (10.00%) HTML
5 19 (10.00%) Web Services
6 17 (8.95%) SOAP
7 16 (8.42%) JDBC
8 14 (7.37%) HTML5
8 14 (7.37%) OAuth2
8 14 (7.37%) SailPoint
9 13 (6.84%) Apache Camel
9 13 (6.84%) jQuery
9 13 (6.84%) JSON
9 13 (6.84%) ODBC
9 13 (6.84%) RabbitMQ
10 11 (5.79%) Hibernate
10 11 (5.79%) Spring
11 7 (3.68%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.47%) Onboarding
2 15 (7.89%) Replication
3 14 (7.37%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (5.26%) Cyberattack
5 8 (4.21%) CSOC
5 8 (4.21%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.21%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (3.16%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.16%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.63%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.63%) Cloud Security Posture
7 5 (2.63%) PKI
8 3 (1.58%) SCADA
8 3 (1.58%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.05%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.05%) Clustering
9 2 (1.05%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 52 (27.37%) Windows
2 50 (26.32%) Linux
3 16 (8.42%) Windows Server
4 14 (7.37%) Unix
5 13 (6.84%) VMS
6 12 (6.32%) Amazon Linux
7 10 (5.26%) Ubuntu
8 9 (4.74%) Solaris
9 7 (3.68%) AIX
10 3 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (1.05%) zOS
12 1 (0.53%) CentOS
12 1 (0.53%) MVS
12 1 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (32.11%) DevOps
2 55 (28.95%) CI/CD
3 48 (25.26%) Agile
3 48 (25.26%) Identity Access Management
4 45 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (20.00%) RBAC
6 34 (17.89%) Cybersecurity
7 29 (15.26%) Identity Management
7 29 (15.26%) Privileged Access Management
7 29 (15.26%) Scrum
8 22 (11.58%) Microservices
8 22 (11.58%) Migration
9 21 (11.05%) Cloud Security
9 21 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (11.05%) Roadmaps
10 19 (10.00%) Configuration Management
11 18 (9.47%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 17 (8.95%) Change Management
12 17 (8.95%) DevSecOps
12 17 (8.95%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 53 (27.89%) PowerShell
2 51 (26.84%) Python
3 29 (15.26%) SQL
4 26 (13.68%) Java
5 25 (13.16%) Groovy
6 23 (12.11%) JavaScript
7 8 (4.21%) Shell Script
8 7 (3.68%) Bash
8 7 (3.68%) Go
9 3 (1.58%) C++
10 2 (1.05%) BeanShell
10 2 (1.05%) C#
10 2 (1.05%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.53%) Formula Language
11 1 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.53%) LotusScript
11 1 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 66 (34.74%) Security Cleared
2 63 (33.16%) SC Cleared
3 22 (11.58%) CISSP
4 17 (8.95%) AWS Certification
5 13 (6.84%) CISM
5 13 (6.84%) Degree
6 10 (5.26%) Azure Certification
7 9 (4.74%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (4.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (4.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (3.16%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.63%) MCSA
10 5 (2.63%) MCSE
11 3 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.05%) IBM Certification
13 1 (0.53%) CISA
13 1 (0.53%) GIAC
13 1 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.53%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.53%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (22.11%) GDPR
2 28 (14.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (12.11%) NIST
4 16 (8.42%) HIPAA
5 12 (6.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (5.26%) QA
7 7 (3.68%) SOC 2
8 4 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (2.11%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 96 (50.53%) Active Directory
2 31 (16.32%) Docker
3 12 (6.32%) Dovecot
3 12 (6.32%) Postfix
3 12 (6.32%) Squid
4 10 (5.26%) DFS Replication
5 8 (4.21%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 8 (4.21%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.05%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (1.05%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.05%) KVM
7 1 (0.53%) Firmware
7 1 (0.53%) NFS
7 1 (0.53%) SRDF
7 1 (0.53%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.53%) Xen
Systems Management
1 66 (34.74%) Single Sign-On
2 25 (13.16%) Terraform
3 19 (10.00%) Kubernetes
4 18 (9.47%) Ansible
4 18 (9.47%) Nessus
5 15 (7.89%) Prometheus
6 12 (6.32%) Grafana
7 11 (5.79%) Tivoli Identity Manager
8 10 (5.26%) CA Single Sign-On
8 10 (5.26%) CA Wily
8 10 (5.26%) Proxmox
9 9 (4.74%) Progress Chef
10 8 (4.21%) Tivoli
11 6 (3.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (3.16%) PingFederate
12 5 (2.63%) CASB
13 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (2.11%) SELinux
14 3 (1.58%) SCCM
15 2 (1.05%) Puppet
Vendors
1 52 (27.37%) Microsoft
2 44 (23.16%) CyberArk
3 41 (21.58%) ServiceNow
4 25 (13.16%) IBM
5 20 (10.53%) Splunk
6 18 (9.47%) Ping Identity
6 18 (9.47%) Remedy
7 17 (8.95%) BeyondTrust
8 16 (8.42%) Oracle
9 14 (7.37%) HP
10 13 (6.84%) BMC
10 13 (6.84%) Ivanti
11 12 (6.32%) ForgeRock
11 12 (6.32%) Jaspersoft
11 12 (6.32%) Okta
12 10 (5.26%) AppDynamics
12 10 (5.26%) Broadcom
12 10 (5.26%) VMware
13 7 (3.68%) SAP
14 6 (3.16%) Tenable