LDAP Contracts

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for LDAP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LDAP over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 388 489 544
Rank change year-on-year +101 +55 -72
Contract jobs citing LDAP 192 195 316
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.35% 0.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.12% 1.52% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 143 224
10th Percentile £290 £413 £406
25th Percentile £396 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £622 £650 £638
90th Percentile £699 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +12.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £73.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £73.00 -

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,058 12,870 23,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.04% 22.96% 26.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,281 9,398 17,328
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £669
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 147 222
10th Percentile £21.89 £30.45 £25.05
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £66.25 £75.00 £67.36
90th Percentile £74.46 £80.55 £76.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.43 £65.00 £55.25
% change year-on-year -25.49% +17.65% +22.78%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LDAP.

Daily rate trend for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LDAP over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LDAP.

Hourly rate trend for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LDAP within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +80 156 £550 - 31
London +112 100 £550 - 14
Work from Home +78 67 £605 +10.00% 8
UK excluding London +19 59 £600 +9.09% 19
Midlands +35 26 £620 -8.15% 4
East Midlands +28 17 £620 +18.10%
South East +2 12 £598 +17.16% 5
North of England +26 10 £610 +13.49% 5
Scotland +42 9 - - 2
West Midlands +10 9 £525 -22.22% 4
Yorkshire +21 6 - -
East of England -10 6 £290 -38.95% 1
North West +21 3 £620 +71.03% 5
South West -3 3 £674 -3.79% 2
North East +12 1 £600 -11.11%

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 21 (10.94%) Confluence
2 11 (5.73%) Apache
3 9 (4.69%) IIS
4 8 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (3.13%) OpenStack
6 4 (2.08%) CMS
7 2 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (1.04%) MQSeries
7 2 (1.04%) nginx
7 2 (1.04%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (1.04%) SharePoint
7 2 (1.04%) WebLogic
7 2 (1.04%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.52%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.52%) SAS
8 1 (0.52%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.56%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Maximo
1 1 (0.52%) SAP GRC
1 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 55 (28.65%) Azure
2 54 (28.13%) AWS
3 33 (17.19%) PaaS
4 28 (14.58%) GitHub
5 24 (12.50%) GCP
6 19 (9.90%) Entra ID
7 12 (6.25%) SaaS
8 9 (4.69%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (4.69%) IaaS
9 8 (4.17%) Amazon S3
9 8 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (2.60%) Nutanix
11 5 (2.60%) Rubrik
11 5 (2.60%) Serverless
11 5 (2.60%) WhatsApp
12 4 (2.08%) Amazon ECR
12 4 (2.08%) AWS Direct Connect
12 4 (2.08%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 32 (16.67%) Firewall
2 26 (13.54%) DNS
2 26 (13.54%) Kerberos
3 22 (11.46%) FTP
4 18 (9.38%) DHCP
5 16 (8.33%) HTTP
6 13 (6.77%) TCP/IP
6 13 (6.77%) VPN
7 11 (5.73%) Network Security
8 8 (4.17%) OpenLDAP
8 8 (4.17%) SMTP
8 8 (4.17%) SSH
8 8 (4.17%) SSL
9 7 (3.65%) NAS
9 7 (3.65%) SAN
9 7 (3.65%) VLAN
10 6 (3.13%) IPsec
10 6 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (2.60%) LAN
11 5 (2.60%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (20.83%) MySQL
2 33 (17.19%) SQL Server
3 27 (14.06%) Oracle Reports
4 17 (8.85%) Hadoop
5 12 (6.25%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (3.13%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (2.08%) MariaDB
8 4 (2.08%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.56%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.04%) DB2
10 2 (1.04%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.04%) Power BI
10 2 (1.04%) Tableau
11 1 (0.52%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.52%) Metadata
11 1 (0.52%) Redis
Development Applications
1 27 (14.06%) JIRA
2 17 (8.85%) Git
3 14 (7.29%) Jenkins
4 10 (5.21%) JMeter
5 6 (3.13%) Bitbucket
5 6 (3.13%) GitLab
6 5 (2.60%) TeamCity
General
1 46 (23.96%) Finance
2 25 (13.02%) Social Skills
3 22 (11.46%) Public Sector
4 20 (10.42%) Financial Institution
5 10 (5.21%) Telecoms
6 8 (4.17%) Banking
7 7 (3.65%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.13%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.13%) Marketing
9 5 (2.60%) Electronics
10 4 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.52%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 38 (19.79%) Architect
2 32 (16.67%) Developer
3 25 (13.02%) Senior
4 19 (9.90%) Consultant
5 16 (8.33%) Implementation Specialist
5 16 (8.33%) SailPoint Developer
6 13 (6.77%) SailPoint Architect
7 12 (6.25%) ForgeRock Architect
7 12 (6.25%) SailPoint Engineer
8 11 (5.73%) Analyst
8 11 (5.73%) Senior Developer
9 9 (4.69%) IAM Consultant
10 8 (4.17%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.60%) Performance Engineer
11 5 (2.60%) Performance Test Engineer
11 5 (2.60%) Senior Architect
11 5 (2.60%) Software Engineer
11 5 (2.60%) Test Engineer
12 4 (2.08%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (27.08%) SailPoint
2 50 (26.04%) XML
3 48 (25.00%) HTML
4 45 (23.44%) Web Services
5 44 (22.92%) JSP
6 43 (22.40%) SOAP
7 42 (21.88%) Servlets
8 40 (20.83%) SPML
9 34 (17.71%) SAML
10 33 (17.19%) OpenID
11 26 (13.54%) JDBC
12 25 (13.02%) OAuth
13 11 (5.73%) JSON
13 11 (5.73%) Node.js
14 8 (4.17%) CSS
14 8 (4.17%) REST
15 7 (3.65%) RESTful
16 6 (3.13%) AngularJS
17 5 (2.60%) .NET
17 5 (2.60%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.15%) Onboarding
2 30 (15.63%) Replication
3 16 (8.33%) Clustering
4 15 (7.81%) Data Centre
4 15 (7.81%) PKI
5 13 (6.77%) Mainframe
6 10 (5.21%) CMDB
7 9 (4.69%) Management Information System
8 6 (3.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 6 (3.13%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (2.60%) Algorithms
9 5 (2.60%) Client/Server
9 5 (2.60%) Data Structures
10 4 (2.08%) Cyberattack
10 4 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (2.08%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.56%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.56%) Virtual Team
12 2 (1.04%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 53 (27.60%) Linux
2 49 (25.52%) Windows
3 22 (11.46%) Unix
4 14 (7.29%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (3.13%) Solaris
7 5 (2.60%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.52%) AIX
10 1 (0.52%) CentOS
10 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (25.52%) RBAC
2 38 (19.79%) Migration
3 35 (18.23%) Identity Access Management
4 30 (15.63%) DevOps
5 24 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 22 (11.46%) Test Automation
7 20 (10.42%) Identity Management
8 19 (9.90%) Agile
9 18 (9.38%) Capacity Management
10 17 (8.85%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (8.85%) Software Engineering
10 17 (8.85%) Technical Leadership
11 14 (7.29%) High Availability
11 14 (7.29%) ITIL
11 14 (7.29%) Technical Architecture
12 13 (6.77%) Data Modelling
12 13 (6.77%) Information Security
12 13 (6.77%) Secrets Management
13 12 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (5.73%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 63 (32.81%) Java
2 61 (31.77%) SQL
3 55 (28.65%) JavaScript
4 41 (21.35%) Python
5 34 (17.71%) PowerShell
6 13 (6.77%) Go
7 12 (6.25%) Bash
8 10 (5.21%) C
9 6 (3.13%) Perl
9 6 (3.13%) Shell Script
10 4 (2.08%) PHP
11 3 (1.56%) C#
12 2 (1.04%) Scala
13 1 (0.52%) ABAP
13 1 (0.52%) Groovy
13 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.52%) Ruby
13 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.52%) XPath
Qualifications
1 27 (14.06%) Security Cleared
2 22 (11.46%) SC Cleared
3 11 (5.73%) Degree
4 8 (4.17%) CISSP
5 5 (2.60%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.60%) OSCP
6 4 (2.08%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.04%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.04%) CISM
8 2 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.04%) MCSE
8 2 (1.04%) SANS
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.52%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.17%) QA
2 6 (3.13%) GDPR
2 6 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (2.08%) GRC
4 3 (1.56%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 111 (57.81%) Active Directory
2 42 (21.88%) IAG
3 38 (19.79%) ACF2
3 38 (19.79%) RACF
4 21 (10.94%) NFS
5 16 (8.33%) HDFS
6 13 (6.77%) VMware Infrastructure
7 10 (5.21%) Docker
8 7 (3.65%) Hyper-V
9 6 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (2.60%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (2.08%) BitLocker
11 4 (2.08%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (2.08%) Terminal Services
12 3 (1.56%) Samba
13 2 (1.04%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
13 2 (1.04%) PowerDNS
14 1 (0.52%) Lustre
14 1 (0.52%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 34 (17.71%) Single Sign-On
2 19 (9.90%) Kubernetes
3 16 (8.33%) Ansible
4 15 (7.81%) Terraform
5 7 (3.65%) PingFederate
6 6 (3.13%) Grafana
6 6 (3.13%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.60%) EMC NetWorker
7 5 (2.60%) Netcool
7 5 (2.60%) Tivoli
7 5 (2.60%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 4 (2.08%) vCenter Server
8 4 (2.08%) vMotion
8 4 (2.08%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 3 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.56%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.56%) Puppet
10 2 (1.04%) logstash
10 2 (1.04%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 58 (30.21%) ServiceNow
2 40 (20.83%) Oracle
3 30 (15.63%) Microsoft
4 28 (14.58%) Sybase
5 27 (14.06%) CyberArk
6 23 (11.98%) VMware
7 21 (10.94%) Isilon
8 14 (7.29%) BeyondTrust
9 13 (6.77%) ForgeRock
10 12 (6.25%) Dell
11 11 (5.73%) SAP
11 11 (5.73%) Splunk
12 8 (4.17%) Cisco
12 8 (4.17%) HP
13 7 (3.65%) CA
13 7 (3.65%) Citrix
13 7 (3.65%) Ping Identity
14 6 (3.13%) Cadence
14 6 (3.13%) IBM
15 5 (2.60%) Serena