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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 378 505 553
Rank change year-on-year +127 +48 -102
Contract jobs citing LDAP 199 196 314
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.34% 0.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.24% 1.48% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 142 215
10th Percentile £290 £413 £409
25th Percentile £400 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £549 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.42% -0.23% +15.79%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £631
90th Percentile £725 £731 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £599 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +8.86% +4.76% +10.53%
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 8,901 13,257 23,600
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.92% 23.22% 26.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,172 9,669 17,311
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 150 242
10th Percentile £21.25 £29.58 £22.75
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £74.80 £81.13 £76.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.50 £50.25
% change year-on-year -26.36% +28.36% +11.67%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +93 159 £555 +0.91% 30
London +128 106 £550 +1.34% 12
Work from Home +104 74 £613 +11.36% 9
UK excluding London +25 56 £599 +8.86% 19
Midlands +38 21 £610 -9.63% 1
East Midlands +31 17 £620 +18.10%
Scotland +53 11 - - 2
North of England +26 10 £610 +10.91% 4
South East +6 9 £593 +16.18% 8
Yorkshire +23 6 - - 1
East of England -5 5 £290 -44.76%
West Midlands +9 4 £400 -40.74% 1
North West +21 3 £620 +77.14% 3
North East +12 1 £600 -11.11%
South West +7 1 £488 -30.36% 4

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 22 (11.06%) Confluence
2 12 (6.03%) Apache
3 10 (5.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (3.02%) OpenStack
5 4 (2.01%) IIS
5 4 (2.01%) MQSeries
6 3 (1.51%) CMS
6 3 (1.51%) WebLogic
6 3 (1.51%) WebSphere
7 2 (1.01%) Apache Solr
7 2 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.50%) nginx
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.50%) SAS
8 1 (0.50%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.50%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (2.01%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.50%) Maximo
1 1 (0.50%) SAP GRC
1 1 (0.50%) SAP Hybris
1 1 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 60 (30.15%) Azure
2 57 (28.64%) AWS
3 36 (18.09%) PaaS
4 28 (14.07%) GitHub
5 27 (13.57%) GCP
6 21 (10.55%) Entra ID
7 13 (6.53%) SaaS
8 12 (6.03%) IaaS
9 10 (5.03%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (4.02%) Amazon S3
10 8 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (3.02%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (3.02%) Nutanix
11 6 (3.02%) Rubrik
11 6 (3.02%) WhatsApp
12 5 (2.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (2.51%) Serverless
13 4 (2.01%) AWS CloudTrail
13 4 (2.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 39 (19.60%) Firewall
2 30 (15.08%) DNS
3 23 (11.56%) FTP
3 23 (11.56%) Kerberos
4 22 (11.06%) DHCP
5 19 (9.55%) VPN
6 18 (9.05%) HTTP
6 18 (9.05%) TCP/IP
7 13 (6.53%) Network Security
8 9 (4.52%) SMTP
9 8 (4.02%) IPsec
9 8 (4.02%) LAN
9 8 (4.02%) NAS
9 8 (4.02%) OpenLDAP
9 8 (4.02%) SAN
9 8 (4.02%) SSL
9 8 (4.02%) VLAN
10 7 (3.52%) Internet
10 7 (3.52%) SSH
10 7 (3.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (19.60%) MySQL
2 32 (16.08%) SQL Server
3 27 (13.57%) Oracle Reports
4 18 (9.05%) Hadoop
5 13 (6.53%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (3.02%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (2.01%) MariaDB
8 4 (2.01%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.51%) DB2
9 3 (1.51%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.01%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.01%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.01%) Power BI
10 2 (1.01%) Redis
10 2 (1.01%) Tableau
11 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.50%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 27 (13.57%) JIRA
2 18 (9.05%) Git
3 14 (7.04%) Jenkins
4 10 (5.03%) JMeter
5 6 (3.02%) Bitbucket
5 6 (3.02%) TeamCity
6 5 (2.51%) GitLab
General
1 50 (25.13%) Finance
2 33 (16.58%) Social Skills
3 23 (11.56%) Public Sector
4 20 (10.05%) Financial Institution
5 11 (5.53%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.52%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.52%) Banking
7 7 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.52%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.52%) Marketing
8 6 (3.02%) Electronics
8 6 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.50%) Advertising
10 1 (0.50%) Legal
10 1 (0.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 43 (21.61%) Architect
2 31 (15.58%) Developer
3 24 (12.06%) Senior
4 20 (10.05%) Consultant
5 16 (8.04%) Implementation Specialist
5 16 (8.04%) SailPoint Developer
6 13 (6.53%) SailPoint Architect
7 12 (6.03%) ForgeRock Architect
7 12 (6.03%) SailPoint Engineer
8 10 (5.03%) Analyst
8 10 (5.03%) Senior Developer
9 8 (4.02%) DevOps Engineer
9 8 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.52%) IAM Consultant
11 5 (2.51%) Performance Engineer
11 5 (2.51%) Performance Test Engineer
11 5 (2.51%) SailPoint Consultant
11 5 (2.51%) Senior Architect
11 5 (2.51%) Software Engineer
11 5 (2.51%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (27.14%) SailPoint
2 50 (25.13%) XML
3 47 (23.62%) Web Services
4 46 (23.12%) HTML
5 44 (22.11%) JSP
6 43 (21.61%) Servlets
7 42 (21.11%) SOAP
8 40 (20.10%) SPML
9 35 (17.59%) SAML
10 33 (16.58%) OpenID
11 26 (13.07%) JDBC
11 26 (13.07%) OAuth
12 12 (6.03%) JSON
13 11 (5.53%) Node.js
14 9 (4.52%) REST
15 7 (3.52%) .NET
15 7 (3.52%) CSS
15 7 (3.52%) RESTful
16 6 (3.02%) AngularJS
17 5 (2.51%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.58%) Onboarding
2 26 (13.07%) Replication
3 18 (9.05%) Clustering
4 14 (7.04%) Data Centre
5 13 (6.53%) Mainframe
6 12 (6.03%) PKI
7 10 (5.03%) CMDB
8 9 (4.52%) Management Information System
9 6 (3.02%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (2.51%) Algorithms
10 5 (2.51%) Client/Server
10 5 (2.51%) Data Structures
10 5 (2.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (2.01%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.51%) Cyberattack
12 3 (1.51%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (1.01%) Cloud Native
13 2 (1.01%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 52 (26.13%) Linux
2 44 (22.11%) Windows
3 25 (12.56%) Unix
4 16 (8.04%) Windows Server
5 8 (4.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (3.52%) Solaris
7 6 (3.02%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (2.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (2.01%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.50%) AIX
10 1 (0.50%) CentOS
10 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.50%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (25.13%) RBAC
2 39 (19.60%) Migration
3 36 (18.09%) Identity Access Management
4 35 (17.59%) DevOps
5 25 (12.56%) Disaster Recovery
6 23 (11.56%) Identity Management
7 22 (11.06%) Test Automation
8 21 (10.55%) Agile
9 20 (10.05%) High Availability
9 20 (10.05%) Technical Leadership
10 19 (9.55%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (9.05%) Capacity Management
12 17 (8.54%) Software Engineering
13 16 (8.04%) ITIL
14 14 (7.04%) Cybersecurity
14 14 (7.04%) Data Modelling
14 14 (7.04%) Information Security
14 14 (7.04%) Technical Architecture
15 13 (6.53%) Computer Science
15 13 (6.53%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 66 (33.17%) Java
2 63 (31.66%) SQL
3 55 (27.64%) JavaScript
4 43 (21.61%) Python
5 35 (17.59%) PowerShell
6 14 (7.04%) Go
7 13 (6.53%) Bash
8 10 (5.03%) C
9 6 (3.02%) Shell Script
10 5 (2.51%) Perl
11 4 (2.01%) C#
11 4 (2.01%) PHP
12 2 (1.01%) Groovy
12 2 (1.01%) Ruby
12 2 (1.01%) Scala
13 1 (0.50%) ABAP
13 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (11.56%) Security Cleared
2 19 (9.55%) SC Cleared
3 12 (6.03%) Degree
4 9 (4.52%) CISSP
5 7 (3.52%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (1.51%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.51%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.51%) SANS
7 2 (1.01%) CISM
7 2 (1.01%) MCSE
8 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.50%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.50%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.03%) QA
2 7 (3.52%) GDPR
2 7 (3.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (2.51%) GRC
4 3 (1.51%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.50%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 111 (55.78%) Active Directory
2 42 (21.11%) IAG
3 38 (19.10%) ACF2
3 38 (19.10%) RACF
4 22 (11.06%) NFS
5 16 (8.04%) HDFS
5 16 (8.04%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (5.53%) Docker
7 10 (5.03%) Hyper-V
8 7 (3.52%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (3.02%) BitLocker
9 6 (3.02%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (3.02%) Terminal Services
9 6 (3.02%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (2.51%) Samba
10 5 (2.51%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (1.01%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 2 (1.01%) PowerDNS
12 1 (0.50%) OpenDJ
12 1 (0.50%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 34 (17.09%) Single Sign-On
2 20 (10.05%) Kubernetes
3 17 (8.54%) Ansible
4 15 (7.54%) Terraform
5 7 (3.52%) Grafana
5 7 (3.52%) PingFederate
6 6 (3.02%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (3.02%) Netcool
6 6 (3.02%) Prometheus
6 6 (3.02%) Tivoli
6 6 (3.02%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 6 (3.02%) vCenter Server
6 6 (3.02%) vMotion
7 4 (2.01%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 3 (1.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.51%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.51%) Puppet
9 2 (1.01%) logstash
9 2 (1.01%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 60 (30.15%) ServiceNow
2 42 (21.11%) Oracle
3 31 (15.58%) Microsoft
4 29 (14.57%) CyberArk
5 28 (14.07%) Sybase
5 28 (14.07%) VMware
6 22 (11.06%) Isilon
7 15 (7.54%) ForgeRock
7 15 (7.54%) SAP
8 14 (7.04%) BeyondTrust
9 13 (6.53%) Dell
10 11 (5.53%) Cisco
10 11 (5.53%) Splunk
11 9 (4.52%) Citrix
11 9 (4.52%) HP
12 8 (4.02%) Ping Identity
13 7 (3.52%) IBM
14 6 (3.02%) Cadence
14 6 (3.02%) EMC
14 6 (3.02%) Serena