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 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
23 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 365 392
Rank change year-on-year +3 +27 +108
Contract jobs citing LDAP 260 153 212
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.59% 0.52% 0.48%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.80% 2.28% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 87 127
10th Percentile £418 £413 £300
25th Percentile £481 £500 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £688 £653 £644
90th Percentile £750 £761 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £588 £545
% change year-on-year -12.77% +7.80% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 1
10th Percentile £51.40 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 £80.34 £51.25
Median hourly rate £73.00 £81.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +54.95% -28.08%
75th Percentile £88.75 £82.10 £53.75
90th Percentile £92.50 £83.24 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.50 £81.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -19.48% +54.95% -28.08%

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 9,301 6,707 8,960
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.25% 22.69% 20.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,218 4,525 6,239
10th Percentile £358 £363 £334
25th Percentile £414 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.98%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £496 £495
% change year-on-year +0.86% +0.15% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 96 197
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £39.06 £39.85
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £73.09 £68.19 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £82.53 £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 23 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 23 March 2026.

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 23 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 -17 237 £550 -8.33% 36
UK excluding London -36 131 £513 -12.77% 26
Work from Home +30 113 £632 +5.25% 14
London +1 99 £700 +16.67% 12
South East -34 41 £500 -9.26% 9
North of England -41 40 £590 -1.67% 5
Yorkshire -46 25 £513 -14.58% 3
Midlands -62 21 £420 -32.80% 2
West Midlands -58 20 £420 -32.80% 2
North West -19 14 £635 +26.90% 2
East of England -35 14 £478 -20.33% 9
South West -21 12 £525 -25.00% 1
Wales - 3 £345 - 1
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 12 (4.62%) nginx
2 8 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.69%) Confluence
4 3 (1.15%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 150 (57.69%) Azure
2 102 (39.23%) AWS
3 83 (31.92%) GCP
4 64 (24.62%) Entra ID
5 18 (6.92%) OpenShift
6 11 (4.23%) AWS Lambda
6 11 (4.23%) Serverless
7 10 (3.85%) Amazon EKS
7 10 (3.85%) Amazon S3
7 10 (3.85%) Route 53
8 9 (3.46%) Amazon EC2
8 9 (3.46%) SaaS
8 9 (3.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.77%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.77%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.38%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.38%) AWS Fargate
11 1 (0.38%) ShareGate
11 1 (0.38%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 68 (26.15%) DNS
2 60 (23.08%) Kerberos
3 38 (14.62%) Firewall
4 31 (11.92%) DHCP
5 26 (10.00%) VPN
6 23 (8.85%) SSL
7 18 (6.92%) TCP/IP
8 15 (5.77%) HTTP
9 13 (5.00%) Cisco ASA
9 13 (5.00%) Network Security
10 12 (4.62%) LAN
10 12 (4.62%) WAN
11 10 (3.85%) HTTPS
12 9 (3.46%) OpenVPN
12 9 (3.46%) SMTP
13 7 (2.69%) Ethereal
13 7 (2.69%) NAS
13 7 (2.69%) SAN
13 7 (2.69%) Wireless
13 7 (2.69%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.62%) Elasticsearch
1 12 (4.62%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.46%) MySQL
3 4 (1.54%) Neo4j
4 2 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.77%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.38%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.38%) Metadata
5 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.38%) Power BI
5 1 (0.38%) Redis
5 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 41 (15.77%) Jenkins
2 29 (11.15%) GitLab
3 28 (10.77%) JIRA
4 14 (5.38%) Selenium
5 13 (5.00%) REST Assured
6 12 (4.62%) Cucumber
6 12 (4.62%) Git
7 11 (4.23%) Postman
8 9 (3.46%) Bitbucket
9 8 (3.08%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.92%) 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 (0.38%) JUnit
13 1 (0.38%) Maven
13 1 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
13 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 114 (43.85%) Social Skills
2 62 (23.85%) Documentation Skills
3 34 (13.08%) Finance
4 26 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.15%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (3.46%) Banking
8 6 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.92%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.54%) Aviation
11 2 (0.77%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.77%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.77%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.38%) Electronics
12 1 (0.38%) Legal
12 1 (0.38%) Marketing
12 1 (0.38%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 79 (30.38%) Architect
2 48 (18.46%) CyberArk Architect
3 26 (10.00%) Consultant
4 10 (3.85%) Lead
4 10 (3.85%) Security Engineer
5 9 (3.46%) Administrator
5 9 (3.46%) Network Engineer
5 9 (3.46%) Security Consultant
5 9 (3.46%) Test Automation Engineer
5 9 (3.46%) Test Engineer
6 8 (3.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (2.69%) Analyst
7 7 (2.69%) Linux Administrator
8 6 (2.31%) Developer
8 6 (2.31%) Senior
8 6 (2.31%) Technical Architect
8 6 (2.31%) Test Architect
8 6 (2.31%) Test Automation Architect
9 5 (1.92%) Automation Test Lead
9 5 (1.92%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (26.15%) SAML
2 62 (23.85%) OpenID
3 60 (23.08%) REST
4 40 (15.38%) OAuth
5 39 (15.00%) SOAP
6 27 (10.38%) SailPoint
7 11 (4.23%) .NET
8 7 (2.69%) J2EE
8 7 (2.69%) Middleware
9 4 (1.54%) Playwright
10 3 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (1.15%) OAuth2
10 3 (1.15%) RESTful
11 2 (0.77%) EDI
11 2 (0.77%) JDBC
11 2 (0.77%) JSON
11 2 (0.77%) Web Services
11 2 (0.77%) XML
12 1 (0.38%) LAPP Stack
12 1 (0.38%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 42 (16.15%) Security Posture
2 40 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
3 32 (12.31%) Replication
4 30 (11.54%) Onboarding
5 20 (7.69%) Cloud Native
6 18 (6.92%) Management Information System
7 13 (5.00%) PKI
8 9 (3.46%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.31%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (1.92%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (1.92%) CSOC
10 5 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.92%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.92%) PACS
11 4 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.15%) CMDB
12 3 (1.15%) SCADA
13 2 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
13 2 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 52 (20.00%) Windows
2 50 (19.23%) Linux
3 28 (10.77%) Windows Server
4 18 (6.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.62%) CentOS
6 10 (3.85%) Ubuntu
7 8 (3.08%) 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 (0.38%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (36.92%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (34.23%) SIEM
3 74 (28.46%) DevOps
4 70 (26.92%) Cybersecurity
5 63 (24.23%) CI/CD
6 59 (22.69%) Privileged Access Management
7 51 (19.62%) ITSM
7 51 (19.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 50 (19.23%) Identity Access Management
9 49 (18.85%) Task Automation
10 41 (15.77%) RBAC
10 41 (15.77%) Technical Leadership
11 38 (14.62%) Integration Patterns
12 35 (13.46%) Presales
13 32 (12.31%) Migration
14 31 (11.92%) Agile
15 30 (11.54%) High Availability
16 26 (10.00%) DevSecOps
16 26 (10.00%) Roadmaps
17 21 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (46.15%) PowerShell
2 101 (38.85%) Python
3 34 (13.08%) Java
4 32 (12.31%) SQL
5 11 (4.23%) Bash
5 11 (4.23%) JavaScript
5 11 (4.23%) Shell Script
6 9 (3.46%) PHP
7 7 (2.69%) MATLAB
8 5 (1.92%) C++
8 5 (1.92%) Groovy
9 4 (1.54%) Cypher
9 4 (1.54%) Scala
9 4 (1.54%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.77%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.38%) Korn
11 1 (0.38%) Perl
11 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 152 (58.46%) Security Cleared
2 143 (55.00%) SC Cleared
3 36 (13.85%) CISSP
4 30 (11.54%) CISM
5 13 (5.00%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.62%) CompTIA Security+
7 10 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (3.08%) Degree
9 5 (1.92%) MCSA
9 5 (1.92%) MCSE
10 4 (1.54%) APMG
10 4 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.54%) GIAC
10 4 (1.54%) GSEC
10 4 (1.54%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.54%) OCP
10 4 (1.54%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (1.54%) SSCP
11 3 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.77%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (23.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 55 (21.15%) NIST
3 54 (20.77%) GDPR
4 22 (8.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 20 (7.69%) NCSC
6 10 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (3.46%) QA
8 8 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (2.69%) SLA
10 3 (1.15%) DICOM
10 3 (1.15%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.15%) PCI DSS
10 3 (1.15%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.77%) HL7
12 1 (0.38%) GMP
12 1 (0.38%) GRC
12 1 (0.38%) GxP
12 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 174 (66.92%) Active Directory
2 19 (7.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.46%) Squid
3 9 (3.46%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (2.69%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 7 (2.69%) VMware NSX
5 6 (2.31%) Docker
6 4 (1.54%) Postfix
7 2 (0.77%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.77%) NFS
7 2 (0.77%) OpenAM
7 2 (0.77%) OpenDJ
7 2 (0.77%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.38%) Ceph
8 1 (0.38%) Firmware
8 1 (0.38%) iptables
8 1 (0.38%) Lustre
8 1 (0.38%) Samba
8 1 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 56 (21.54%) Single Sign-On
2 37 (14.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 29 (11.15%) Kubernetes
4 18 (6.92%) Terraform
5 17 (6.54%) Ansible
6 12 (4.62%) Grafana
7 11 (4.23%) Prometheus
8 9 (3.46%) Check_MK
8 9 (3.46%) FortiGate
9 8 (3.08%) vCenter Server
10 7 (2.69%) Consul
10 7 (2.69%) Nessus
10 7 (2.69%) Podman
10 7 (2.69%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (1.92%) CASB
11 5 (1.92%) WSUS
12 4 (1.54%) PingFederate
13 3 (1.15%) SCOM
14 2 (0.77%) Argo
14 2 (0.77%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 96 (36.92%) CyberArk
2 67 (25.77%) BeyondTrust
3 63 (24.23%) Microsoft
4 35 (13.46%) Centrify
5 30 (11.54%) VMware
6 28 (10.77%) ServiceNow
7 21 (8.08%) Red Hat
8 20 (7.69%) Splunk
9 17 (6.54%) Cisco
9 17 (6.54%) Okta
10 10 (3.85%) Google
10 10 (3.85%) Oracle
11 9 (3.46%) Dynatrace
11 9 (3.46%) Palo Alto
12 8 (3.08%) F5
13 7 (2.69%) Atlassian
13 7 (2.69%) CheckPoint
13 7 (2.69%) Tenable
13 7 (2.69%) Veritas
14 6 (2.31%) SAP
40 LDAP jobs Nationwide