Hybrid/Remote NDS Contract Job Trends

NetIQ eDirectory (formerly Novell Directory Services NDS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring NDS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 336 -
Rank change year-on-year +31 - -
Contract jobs citing NDS 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.008% -
As % of the System Software category 0.18% 0.076% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £521 - -
25th Percentile £534 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +40.63% - -
75th Percentile £584 - -
90th Percentile £594 - -
UK median daily rate £525 £400 -
% change year-on-year +31.25% - -

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

NDS falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,099 1,319 2,433
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.17% 10.35% 12.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 722 932 1,673
10th Percentile £313 £282 £286
25th Percentile £410 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.23%
75th Percentile £583 £610 £638
90th Percentile £638 £700 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £501
% change year-on-year - -0.10% -4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 101
10th Percentile £29.40 £20.68 £19.25
25th Percentile £33.00 £50.31 £39.60
Median hourly rate £54.00 £70.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +11.11% +26.00%
75th Percentile £67.00 £85.59 £71.25
90th Percentile £92.50 £91.75 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £24.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +38.78% -51.00% +127.27%

NDS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing NDS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NDS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

NDS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing NDS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing NDS

NDS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Governance Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) IAM Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Identity and Access Management Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) HIPAA
1 2 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) NetIQ eDirectory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) NetIQ
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) OpenText