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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 250 374
Rank change year-on-year -31 +124 +13
Permanent jobs citing LDAP 15 3 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.11% 0.044% 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.23% 0.23% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 13
10th Percentile £51,250 - £56,625
25th Percentile £58,750 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +145.28%
75th Percentile £68,750 - £78,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%

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 1,218 1,319 2,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.58% 19.22% 18.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,024 924 2,417
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,300 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,274 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.92% +10.46% -11.11%

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
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing LDAP in the South East over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

Salary histogram for LDAP in the South East

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 21 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 12 £67,500 - 2
Thames Valley - 12 £67,500 - 5
Surrey - 2 - - 1
Kent - 1 £35,500 -
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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
1 2 (13.33%) Google Workspace
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (73.33%) Firewall
2 10 (66.67%) DNS
3 2 (13.33%) Broadband
3 2 (13.33%) FTP
3 2 (13.33%) HTTP
3 2 (13.33%) Internet
3 2 (13.33%) LAN
3 2 (13.33%) SMTP
3 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (13.33%) WAN
4 1 (6.67%) Network Security
4 1 (6.67%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
1 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Applications Architect
1 8 (53.33%) Architect
1 8 (53.33%) Security Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Applications Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Design Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Security Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Developer
3 1 (6.67%) IAM Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Support
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Support Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Systems Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (66.67%) Regular Expression
2 6 (40.00%) XMPP
3 4 (26.67%) JSON
3 4 (26.67%) JSON Schema
3 4 (26.67%) XML
4 2 (13.33%) GraphQL
4 2 (13.33%) OAuth
4 2 (13.33%) OpenID
4 2 (13.33%) REST
4 2 (13.33%) SAML
4 2 (13.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (13.33%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (13.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (13.33%) Cyberattack
2 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
2 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (73.33%) Linux
1 11 (73.33%) Windows
2 10 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 10 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
3 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) SIEM
2 10 (66.67%) Application Security
3 8 (53.33%) Architectural Design
4 6 (40.00%) Antivirus Management
4 6 (40.00%) Pattern Matching
4 6 (40.00%) Platform Engineering
4 6 (40.00%) Resource Management
4 6 (40.00%) Server Management
4 6 (40.00%) Validation
5 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (13.33%) Change Control
6 2 (13.33%) Critical Thinking
6 2 (13.33%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
6 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
6 2 (13.33%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (13.33%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (13.33%) Swim Lanes
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) Shell Script
2 2 (13.33%) Bash
2 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (13.33%) NCSC
1 2 (13.33%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (86.67%) Active Directory
2 10 (66.67%) vSphere
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) QRadar
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.67%) Nagios
2 1 (6.67%) SCCM
2 1 (6.67%) vCenter Server
2 1 (6.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) VMware
2 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (40.00%) McAfee
3 6 (40.00%) Red Hat
4 2 (13.33%) ArcSight
4 2 (13.33%) Splunk
5 1 (6.67%) Fortinet
5 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow