LDAP Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring LDAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 508 490 646
Rank change year-on-year -18 +156 -45
Permanent jobs citing LDAP 76 39 125
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.38% 0.78% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 33 18 38
10th Percentile £41,200 £51,463 £44,106
25th Percentile £46,000 £60,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £57,875
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +9.72% +3.81%
75th Percentile £68,750 £74,688 £67,500
90th Percentile - £77,900 £78,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £62,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.87% -0.80% -16.67%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 5,524 5,012 14,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.24% 16.87% 18.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,442 3,151 10,809
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £89,875 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,254 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -11.11%

LDAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing LDAP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

LDAP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

LDAP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing LDAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing LDAP

LDAP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing LDAP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for LDAP in the UK excluding London

LDAP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LDAP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
Scotland +38 28 - - 1
South East +5 25 £67,500 - 16
Midlands -17 10 £37,500 - 1
West Midlands -15 7 £37,500 - 1
East of England -29 7 £50,000 -19.35% 5
South West -60 3 - - 4
East Midlands - 3 £40,000 -
Wales - 2 - -
Yorkshire -37 1 - - 2
North of England -44 1 - - 3
LDAP
UK

LDAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (5.26%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 39 (51.32%) Azure
1 39 (51.32%) Entra ID
2 34 (44.74%) Google Workspace
3 2 (2.63%) GCP
3 2 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.63%) SaaS
4 1 (1.32%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (42.11%) Broadband
2 29 (38.16%) Firewall
3 19 (25.00%) DNS
4 17 (22.37%) TCP/IP
5 13 (17.11%) FTP
5 13 (17.11%) HTTP
5 13 (17.11%) LAN
5 13 (17.11%) SMTP
5 13 (17.11%) WAN
6 9 (11.84%) VPN
7 6 (7.89%) Internet
8 4 (5.26%) SSL
9 2 (2.63%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.63%) Relational Database
General
1 34 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 33 (43.42%) Organisational Skills
3 26 (34.21%) Games
4 13 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (11.84%) Aerospace
6 8 (10.53%) Finance
7 3 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.32%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.32%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 19 (25.00%) Architect
1 19 (25.00%) Senior
2 16 (21.05%) Developer
3 14 (18.42%) Applications Architect
3 14 (18.42%) Security Architect
4 13 (17.11%) IAM Developer
5 12 (15.79%) Analyst
5 12 (15.79%) SOC Analyst
6 10 (13.16%) Systems Engineer
7 8 (10.53%) Senior Developer
8 5 (6.58%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 5 (6.58%) Systems Developer
8 5 (6.58%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (5.26%) Security Engineer
9 4 (5.26%) Senior Architect
9 4 (5.26%) Support Engineer
9 4 (5.26%) Technical Support
9 4 (5.26%) Technical Support Engineer
10 3 (3.95%) ServiceNow Developer
11 2 (2.63%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (47.37%) REST
1 36 (47.37%) SAML
2 33 (43.42%) GraphQL
2 33 (43.42%) OAuth
2 33 (43.42%) OpenID
2 33 (43.42%) SOAP
3 18 (23.68%) Regular Expression
4 14 (18.42%) XMPP
5 6 (7.89%) JSON
5 6 (7.89%) JSON Schema
5 6 (7.89%) XML
6 3 (3.95%) COM
6 3 (3.95%) DCOM
6 3 (3.95%) JDBC
6 3 (3.95%) Middleware
6 3 (3.95%) Web Services
7 2 (2.63%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 36 (47.37%) Cyber Threat
2 32 (42.11%) Cyberattack
3 9 (11.84%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (10.53%) Client/Server
5 7 (9.21%) PKI
6 5 (6.58%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (5.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (3.95%) Mobile App
8 3 (3.95%) Smartcard
9 2 (2.63%) MISP
9 2 (2.63%) Security Posture
10 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (23.68%) Linux
1 18 (23.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 18 (23.68%) Windows
1 18 (23.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (68.42%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (48.68%) Identity Access Management
3 34 (44.74%) Roadmaps
4 32 (42.11%) Mentoring
4 32 (42.11%) Programme Delivery
4 32 (42.11%) Regulatory Compliance
5 30 (39.47%) SIEM
6 17 (22.37%) Application Security
7 14 (18.42%) Architectural Design
7 14 (18.42%) Validation
8 12 (15.79%) Antivirus Management
8 12 (15.79%) Pattern Matching
8 12 (15.79%) Platform Engineering
8 12 (15.79%) Resource Management
8 12 (15.79%) Server Management
9 10 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (11.84%) Security Operations
11 8 (10.53%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 8 (10.53%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 41 (53.95%) Bash
1 41 (53.95%) PowerShell
2 33 (43.42%) T-SQL
3 12 (15.79%) SQL
4 8 (10.53%) C++
4 8 (10.53%) Perl
4 8 (10.53%) Python
5 6 (7.89%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.63%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 34 (44.74%) Security Cleared
2 21 (27.63%) DV Cleared
3 8 (10.53%) CEH
3 8 (10.53%) CompTIA Security+
3 8 (10.53%) CREST Certified
4 7 (9.21%) Degree
5 6 (7.89%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (43.42%) NIST
2 32 (42.11%) NCSC
3 8 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.63%) GDPR
4 2 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (76.32%) Active Directory
2 18 (23.68%) vSphere
3 3 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (15.79%) QRadar
2 5 (6.58%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.32%) CASB
Vendors
1 27 (35.53%) Microsoft
2 18 (23.68%) VMware
3 14 (18.42%) McAfee
3 14 (18.42%) Red Hat
4 13 (17.11%) Splunk
5 4 (5.26%) ArcSight
5 4 (5.26%) Salesforce
6 3 (3.95%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.63%) Google
8 1 (1.32%) Netskope
8 1 (1.32%) Okta