LDAP Job Trends in the South East

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring LDAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 328 282
Rank change year-on-year +36 -46 +138
Permanent jobs citing LDAP 3 10 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.034% 0.083% 0.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.34% 0.41% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 0 9 10
10th Percentile - £54,550 £25,675
25th Percentile - £56,625 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £65,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year - +60.49% -16.92%
75th Percentile - £67,500 £58,625
90th Percentile - £69,750 £61,138
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% -21.21% +26.92%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 894 2,454 2,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.03% 20.30% 26.37%
Number of salaries quoted 646 1,512 1,723
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +3.85%

LDAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing LDAP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

LDAP job vacancy trend in the South East

LDAP
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing LDAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing LDAP

LDAP
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LDAP within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kent +7 2 - - 1
Hampshire +49 1 - - 4
LDAP
England

LDAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) IaaS
2 1 (33.33%) PaaS
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Support
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Support Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Mac OS
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) ISMS
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Nagios
1 2 (66.67%) Prometheus
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
1 2 (66.67%) vCenter Server
1 2 (66.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow