Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for LDAP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited LDAP over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 704 767 915
Rank change year-on-year +63 +148 -220
Permanent jobs citing LDAP 188 240 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.22% 0.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.90% 0.73% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 85 151 199
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £40,800
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £54,100
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +38.63% -22.71%
75th Percentile £83,750 £88,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £89,500 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £51,250 £53,350
% change year-on-year +12.20% -3.94% -10.15%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

LDAP is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,001 32,754 60,684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.61% 30.38% 39.89%
Number of salaries quoted 15,779 19,965 30,691
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,210 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

LDAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing LDAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LDAP.

Salary trend for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing LDAP over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LDAP within the UK over the 6 months to 16 April 2024. 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
UK excluding London +30 122 £57,500 +12.20% 24
England +26 101 £65,000 -8.77% 43
Scotland +13 78 £77,500 +3.33% 4
London +113 60 £70,000 -15.15% 21
Work from Home +24 41 £65,000 -13.33% 17
South East +13 16 £65,000 +145.28% 9
South West +2 10 £55,000 - 4
North of England +37 9 £52,500 +2.44% 1
North West +6 6 £52,500 -13.58% 1
Midlands +16 4 £51,750 -5.91% 4
Yorkshire +83 3 £82,500 +78.38%
Wales -1 3 - -
West Midlands +45 2 £57,500 +4.55% 1
East of England +7 2 £82,500 +83.33% 3
East Midlands -19 2 £46,000 - 3

LDAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.72%) Apache
3 7 (3.72%) Confluence
4 5 (2.66%) Tomcat
5 4 (2.13%) OpenStack
6 3 (1.60%) GlassFish
6 3 (1.60%) JBoss
7 2 (1.06%) IIS
7 2 (1.06%) Moodle
Applications
1 14 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 26 (13.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.06%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 31 (16.49%) Azure
2 30 (15.96%) AWS
3 18 (9.57%) Entra ID
3 18 (9.57%) SaaS
4 10 (5.32%) Amazon EKS
4 10 (5.32%) IaaS
4 10 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.26%) PaaS
6 6 (3.19%) OneDrive
6 6 (3.19%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.19%) PowerApps
6 6 (3.19%) Route 53
7 5 (2.66%) Amazon S3
7 5 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.13%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (2.13%) CloudFront
8 4 (2.13%) Google Docs
9 2 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.06%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 75 (39.89%) Kerberos
2 38 (20.21%) VPN
3 31 (16.49%) DNS
4 23 (12.23%) TCP/IP
5 21 (11.17%) LAN
6 19 (10.11%) WAN
7 18 (9.57%) SSL
8 14 (7.45%) DHCP
8 14 (7.45%) Firewall
8 14 (7.45%) Network Security
9 11 (5.85%) Wireless
10 8 (4.26%) VLAN
11 7 (3.72%) HTTP
11 7 (3.72%) Internet
12 6 (3.19%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (3.19%) SMTP
13 5 (2.66%) FTP
14 4 (2.13%) NAS
14 4 (2.13%) SAN
15 3 (1.60%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (34.57%) Metadata
2 10 (5.32%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (3.19%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (3.19%) MySQL
3 6 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (3.19%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.13%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (2.13%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.60%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.60%) Oracle Database 12c
5 3 (1.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 75 (39.89%) Git
2 74 (39.36%) Jenkins
3 71 (37.77%) Artifactory
4 68 (36.17%) Bitbucket
5 13 (6.91%) JIRA
6 6 (3.19%) GitLab
6 6 (3.19%) Maven
6 6 (3.19%) SonarQube
7 4 (2.13%) JMeter
8 1 (0.53%) Subversion
General
1 83 (44.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 80 (42.55%) Finance
3 76 (40.43%) Marketing
4 65 (34.57%) Law
5 21 (11.17%) Social Skills
6 20 (10.64%) Telecoms
7 13 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (6.91%) Banking
8 11 (5.85%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.19%) Electronics
9 6 (3.19%) Investment Banking
9 6 (3.19%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.13%) Games
11 2 (1.06%) Legal
11 2 (1.06%) Retail
12 1 (0.53%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (35.64%) Lead
2 65 (34.57%) Lead Software Engineer
2 65 (34.57%) Software Engineer
3 63 (33.51%) Senior
4 42 (22.34%) Senior Software Engineer
5 24 (12.77%) Developer
6 21 (11.17%) ServiceNow Developer
7 15 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (6.91%) Consultant
9 12 (6.38%) Technical Consultant
10 11 (5.85%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (5.85%) ServiceNow Consultant
11 10 (5.32%) ITSM Consultant
11 10 (5.32%) Linux Engineer
11 10 (5.32%) Senior Consultant
11 10 (5.32%) Senior ITSM Consultant
11 10 (5.32%) Senior ServiceNow Consultant
11 10 (5.32%) Senior Technical Consultant
12 9 (4.79%) Support Engineer
13 8 (4.26%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (53.72%) Web Services
2 99 (52.66%) XML
3 86 (45.74%) JSON
4 80 (42.55%) SAML
5 75 (39.89%) OpenID
6 68 (36.17%) RESTful
7 65 (34.57%) JSON-LD
8 31 (16.49%) CSS
8 31 (16.49%) HTML
9 18 (9.57%) AngularJS
10 17 (9.04%) SOAP
11 16 (8.51%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 12 (6.38%) Ajax
13 10 (5.32%) RabbitMQ
14 7 (3.72%) ADSI
14 7 (3.72%) OAuth
14 7 (3.72%) REST
15 6 (3.19%) ARM Templates
15 6 (3.19%) Elastic Stack
16 4 (2.13%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 76 (40.43%) Management Information System
2 68 (36.17%) Enterprise Cloud
3 65 (34.57%) Reference Data
4 29 (15.43%) CMDB
5 10 (5.32%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.66%) Client/Server
6 5 (2.66%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.60%) TM Forum
9 2 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.06%) PKI
9 2 (1.06%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.53%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.53%) Device Driver
10 1 (0.53%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.53%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 53 (28.19%) Linux
2 46 (24.47%) Windows
3 24 (12.77%) Windows Server
4 9 (4.79%) Unix
5 8 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (4.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (3.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (3.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (2.13%) Solaris
7 4 (2.13%) VMS
8 3 (1.60%) AIX
8 3 (1.60%) Debian
9 1 (0.53%) Android
9 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.53%) CentOS
9 1 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.53%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.53%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.53%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (42.02%) Identity Access Management
2 78 (41.49%) Roadmaps
3 74 (39.36%) Agile
4 72 (38.30%) Test Automation
5 71 (37.77%) CI/CD
5 71 (37.77%) Data Modelling
6 69 (36.70%) SDLC
7 67 (35.64%) Architectural Design
8 65 (34.57%) Community of Practice
8 65 (34.57%) Continuous Delivery
8 65 (34.57%) Data Pipeline
8 65 (34.57%) Data Transformation
8 65 (34.57%) Information Architecture
8 65 (34.57%) Ontologies
8 65 (34.57%) Operational Stability
8 65 (34.57%) RDF
8 65 (34.57%) Software Engineering
8 65 (34.57%) Use Case
9 45 (23.94%) ITIL
10 30 (15.96%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 68 (36.17%) Go
2 65 (34.57%) Prolog
2 65 (34.57%) SPARQL
3 36 (19.15%) JavaScript
4 24 (12.77%) PowerShell
5 18 (9.57%) Python
6 14 (7.45%) Java
7 13 (6.91%) Bash
7 13 (6.91%) Perl
8 11 (5.85%) SQL
9 6 (3.19%) Bicep
10 4 (2.13%) C
11 2 (1.06%) C#
11 2 (1.06%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.53%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.53%) C++
Qualifications
1 20 (10.64%) SC Cleared
1 20 (10.64%) Security Cleared
2 19 (10.11%) Degree
3 8 (4.26%) PMI Certification
3 8 (4.26%) PMP
4 5 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.66%) RHCE
4 5 (2.66%) RHCSA
5 4 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.26%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.72%) SLA
3 6 (3.19%) QA
4 5 (2.66%) GRC
5 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.53%) GDPR
5 1 (0.53%) NIST
System Software
1 114 (60.64%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.19%) Docker
4 5 (2.66%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.60%) NFS
6 2 (1.06%) Firmware
6 2 (1.06%) Shibboleth
7 1 (0.53%) ACF2
7 1 (0.53%) IAG
7 1 (0.53%) RACF
7 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (17.02%) Single Sign-On
2 16 (8.51%) Kubernetes
3 14 (7.45%) Ansible
4 12 (6.38%) Terraform
5 10 (5.32%) HP UCMDB
6 8 (4.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (3.72%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (3.19%) Kustomize
8 6 (3.19%) WSUS
9 5 (2.66%) Rancher
10 4 (2.13%) Progress Chef
11 3 (1.60%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.60%) Oracle Statspack
11 3 (1.60%) Puppet
12 2 (1.06%) RSA Archer
12 2 (1.06%) Salt
Vendors
1 40 (21.28%) Microsoft
1 40 (21.28%) ServiceNow
2 26 (13.83%) BMC
2 26 (13.83%) HP
2 26 (13.83%) Remedy
3 22 (11.70%) Cisco
4 14 (7.45%) VMware
5 11 (5.85%) Red Hat
6 8 (4.26%) SAP
7 7 (3.72%) Bloomberg
7 7 (3.72%) Citrix
7 7 (3.72%) Splunk
8 6 (3.19%) AppDynamics
8 6 (3.19%) Fortinet
8 6 (3.19%) Juniper
8 6 (3.19%) Oracle
8 6 (3.19%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.13%) BeyondTrust
9 4 (2.13%) Okta
9 4 (2.13%) Salesforce