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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 387 349
Rank change year-on-year +46 -38 +160
Contract jobs citing LDAP 254 148 263
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 0.47% 0.59%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.03% 2.09% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 81 156
10th Percentile £383 £380 £360
25th Percentile £464 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £583 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.92% +1.39% +1.05%
75th Percentile £750 £650 £675
90th Percentile - £761 £716
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £575 £540
% change year-on-year -14.43% +6.48% -1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 6
10th Percentile £50.40 - £53.13
25th Percentile £55.00 £71.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 £72.50 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -8.97% +30.16% -23.70%
75th Percentile £87.50 £73.75 £72.60
90th Percentile £92.50 - £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.50 £72.50 £55.70
% change year-on-year -9.66% +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 8,387 7,065 9,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.14% 22.40% 21.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,591 4,484 6,647
10th Percentile £356 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £535 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -0.93% -6.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £765 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 209 92 189
10th Percentile £34.60 £22.31 £26.62
25th Percentile £46.25 £37.88 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.00 £66.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.10 £76.97 £76.72
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -0.77% +18.18% -15.38%

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 25 January 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 25 January 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 25 January 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 +27 234 £550 -5.38% 125
UK excluding London -4 136 £492 -14.43% 131
Work from Home +46 106 £700 +18.34% 132
London +19 99 £700 +16.67% 52
North of England -21 37 £471 +16.53% 26
Midlands -32 35 £539 -11.18% 8
West Midlands -34 34 £540 -10.93% 3
South East -5 33 £492 -10.71% 36
Yorkshire -22 26 £525 -12.50% 8
East of England -21 14 £478 -16.87% 18
South West -18 13 £475 - 20
North West -17 11 £450 +116.87% 18
Wales - 3 £345 - 10
Scotland +12 1 - - 19
East Midlands - 1 £525 - 5

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 17 (6.69%) Confluence
2 16 (6.30%) nginx
3 12 (4.72%) WebSphere
4 11 (4.33%) Apache
4 11 (4.33%) WebSphere Application Server
5 10 (3.94%) IIS
5 10 (3.94%) iPlanet
5 10 (3.94%) JBoss
6 8 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.18%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.79%) CICS
8 2 (0.79%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (3.15%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 7 (2.76%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 138 (54.33%) Azure
2 114 (44.88%) AWS
3 79 (31.10%) GCP
4 52 (20.47%) Entra ID
5 24 (9.45%) OpenShift
6 17 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (5.91%) Amazon S3
8 14 (5.51%) Amazon EC2
8 14 (5.51%) Route 53
9 13 (5.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (4.33%) SaaS
11 9 (3.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 9 (3.54%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (3.15%) Amazon ELB
12 8 (3.15%) AWS KMS
13 7 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (2.76%) Serverless
14 6 (2.36%) Nutanix
15 5 (1.97%) Amazon EKS
16 3 (1.18%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 63 (24.80%) DNS
2 60 (23.62%) Kerberos
3 35 (13.78%) Firewall
4 28 (11.02%) HTTP
5 27 (10.63%) DHCP
6 21 (8.27%) SSH
7 19 (7.48%) VPN
8 18 (7.09%) SMTP
9 17 (6.69%) SSL
10 13 (5.12%) FTP
11 11 (4.33%) LAN
11 11 (4.33%) WAN
12 10 (3.94%) Network Security
13 9 (3.54%) Cisco ASA
14 8 (3.15%) HTTPS
14 8 (3.15%) IMAP
14 8 (3.15%) OpenLDAP
14 8 (3.15%) TCP/IP
15 7 (2.76%) Cisco Nexus
16 6 (2.36%) Ethereal
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.33%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (3.94%) Oracle Database
3 9 (3.54%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (3.54%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.15%) Amazon Aurora
4 8 (3.15%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.36%) MySQL
6 4 (1.57%) Neo4j
7 3 (1.18%) Metadata
7 3 (1.18%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.18%) Power BI
8 2 (0.79%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 58 (22.83%) Jenkins
2 40 (15.75%) JIRA
3 34 (13.39%) Git
4 27 (10.63%) GitLab
5 12 (4.72%) Selenium
6 10 (3.94%) Bitbucket Server
6 10 (3.94%) CA Release Automation
6 10 (3.94%) Cucumber
6 10 (3.94%) Postman
6 10 (3.94%) REST Assured
7 9 (3.54%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (3.15%) Vagrant
9 6 (2.36%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.97%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.97%) TestRail
11 4 (1.57%) Gatling
11 4 (1.57%) JMeter
11 4 (1.57%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.57%) NeoLoad
12 2 (0.79%) WebDriver
General
1 120 (47.24%) Social Skills
2 54 (21.26%) Documentation Skills
3 31 (12.20%) Finance
4 21 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.09%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.12%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (5.12%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (2.76%) Banking
8 5 (1.97%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.57%) Aviation
10 3 (1.18%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.79%) Electronics
11 2 (0.79%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.79%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.79%) Marketing
12 1 (0.39%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 70 (27.56%) Architect
2 48 (18.90%) CyberArk Architect
3 28 (11.02%) Consultant
4 12 (4.72%) DevOps Engineer
5 11 (4.33%) Platform Engineer
6 10 (3.94%) Analyst
6 10 (3.94%) Lead
7 9 (3.54%) Security Consultant
7 9 (3.54%) Test Automation Engineer
7 9 (3.54%) Test Engineer
8 8 (3.15%) Administrator
8 8 (3.15%) AWS Engineer
8 8 (3.15%) AWS Platform Engineer
8 8 (3.15%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 8 (3.15%) Senior
9 7 (2.76%) Developer
9 7 (2.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (2.76%) Linux Administrator
10 6 (2.36%) Network Engineer
10 6 (2.36%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (31.89%) SAML
2 70 (27.56%) OpenID
3 58 (22.83%) OAuth
4 54 (21.26%) REST
5 37 (14.57%) SOAP
6 24 (9.45%) SailPoint
7 10 (3.94%) Middleware
8 8 (3.15%) .NET
9 6 (2.36%) OAuth2
10 4 (1.57%) J2EE
10 4 (1.57%) Playwright
11 3 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
12 2 (0.79%) AngularJS
12 2 (0.79%) HTML
12 2 (0.79%) RESTful
12 2 (0.79%) Web Services
12 2 (0.79%) XML
13 1 (0.39%) LAMP
13 1 (0.39%) WCF
13 1 (0.39%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 37 (14.57%) Security Posture
2 36 (14.17%) Enterprise Software
2 36 (14.17%) Replication
3 30 (11.81%) Onboarding
4 20 (7.87%) Cloud Native
5 16 (6.30%) Management Information System
6 11 (4.33%) Data Centre
7 9 (3.54%) PKI
8 7 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.36%) SCADA
9 6 (2.36%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (1.97%) CSOC
10 5 (1.97%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.97%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.79%) Clustering
11 2 (0.79%) CMDB
11 2 (0.79%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 66 (25.98%) Windows
2 56 (22.05%) Linux
3 35 (13.78%) Windows Server
4 17 (6.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (5.91%) Ubuntu
6 12 (4.72%) CentOS
7 9 (3.54%) Unix
8 8 (3.15%) Amazon Linux
8 8 (3.15%) Solaris
8 8 (3.15%) VMS
9 6 (2.36%) AIX
10 4 (1.57%) CatOS
11 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.79%) zOS
12 1 (0.39%) MVS
12 1 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (32.28%) SIEM
2 81 (31.89%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (30.71%) DevOps
4 75 (29.53%) CI/CD
5 69 (27.17%) Privileged Access Management
6 58 (22.83%) Cybersecurity
7 57 (22.44%) Identity Access Management
8 55 (21.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 54 (21.26%) Task Automation
10 51 (20.08%) ITSM
11 44 (17.32%) RBAC
12 41 (16.14%) Technical Leadership
13 35 (13.78%) Presales
14 34 (13.39%) Integration Patterns
15 31 (12.20%) High Availability
16 28 (11.02%) Agile
17 27 (10.63%) Migration
18 23 (9.06%) DevSecOps
18 23 (9.06%) Roadmaps
19 21 (8.27%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 114 (44.88%) PowerShell
2 97 (38.19%) Python
3 35 (13.78%) SQL
4 27 (10.63%) Java
5 22 (8.66%) Groovy
6 16 (6.30%) Shell Script
7 12 (4.72%) JavaScript
8 9 (3.54%) Bash
9 7 (2.76%) MATLAB
10 6 (2.36%) PHP
11 4 (1.57%) Cypher
11 4 (1.57%) Scala
11 4 (1.57%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.18%) C++
13 2 (0.79%) BeanShell
13 2 (0.79%) C#
13 2 (0.79%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.39%) Go
14 1 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.39%) Perl
Qualifications
1 145 (57.09%) Security Cleared
2 140 (55.12%) SC Cleared
3 28 (11.02%) CISSP
4 24 (9.45%) CISM
5 15 (5.91%) AWS Certification
6 9 (3.54%) Degree
7 8 (3.15%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.15%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.18%) OCP
11 3 (1.18%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.79%) GIAC
12 2 (0.79%) GSEC
12 2 (0.79%) RHCE
12 2 (0.79%) RHCSA
13 1 (0.39%) CISA
13 1 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.39%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (22.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (21.26%) GDPR
3 47 (18.50%) NIST
4 21 (8.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 20 (7.87%) NCSC
6 8 (3.15%) QA
7 7 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (2.76%) SLA
8 5 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.97%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.57%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.79%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.39%) GRC
System Software
1 170 (66.93%) Active Directory
2 21 (8.27%) Docker
3 20 (7.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (5.12%) Squid
5 12 (4.72%) Postfix
6 8 (3.15%) DFS Replication
6 8 (3.15%) Dovecot
6 8 (3.15%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 7 (2.76%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 6 (2.36%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (2.36%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.18%) Hyper-V
9 3 (1.18%) KVM
10 2 (0.79%) NFS
10 2 (0.79%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.79%) OpenDJ
10 2 (0.79%) OpenIDM
11 1 (0.39%) Firmware
11 1 (0.39%) Samba
11 1 (0.39%) Xen
Systems Management
1 63 (24.80%) Single Sign-On
2 33 (12.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 26 (10.24%) Kubernetes
4 23 (9.06%) Terraform
5 20 (7.87%) Ansible
6 15 (5.91%) Grafana
7 14 (5.51%) Prometheus
8 10 (3.94%) CA Single Sign-On
8 10 (3.94%) CA Wily
8 10 (3.94%) Nessus
9 9 (3.54%) Check_MK
9 9 (3.54%) Progress Chef
10 8 (3.15%) Proxmox
10 8 (3.15%) Tivoli
11 7 (2.76%) Podman
11 7 (2.76%) Red Hat Satellite
12 6 (2.36%) PingFederate
13 5 (1.97%) Consul
13 5 (1.97%) FortiGate
13 5 (1.97%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 91 (35.83%) CyberArk
2 76 (29.92%) Microsoft
3 64 (25.20%) BeyondTrust
4 34 (13.39%) Centrify
4 34 (13.39%) ServiceNow
5 31 (12.20%) VMware
6 26 (10.24%) Splunk
7 19 (7.48%) Okta
8 17 (6.69%) Red Hat
9 16 (6.30%) Oracle
10 15 (5.91%) Cisco
11 11 (4.33%) IBM
12 10 (3.94%) AppDynamics
12 10 (3.94%) Broadcom
13 9 (3.54%) F5
13 9 (3.54%) Google
14 8 (3.15%) Jaspersoft
14 8 (3.15%) Palo Alto
15 7 (2.76%) Ping Identity
16 6 (2.36%) SAP