Cybersecurity Contracts in London

Cybersecurity
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 64 86
Rank change year-on-year -5 +22 +4
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 584 1,053 1,194
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.30% 3.89% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.73% 4.27% 3.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 718 783
10th Percentile £404 £450 £406
25th Percentile £490 £525 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £695
90th Percentile £825 £813 £788
England median daily rate £582 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -3.00% +4.35% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 7
10th Percentile - £62.20 £22.03
25th Percentile - £62.50 £24.14
Median hourly rate £30.12 £67.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.38% +145.45% -54.17%
75th Percentile - £71.25 £34.88
90th Percentile - £84.75 £39.55
England median hourly rate £83.63 £67.50 £50.56
% change year-on-year +23.90% +33.50% +6.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,674 24,676 35,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.50% 91.13% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,226 17,739 26,174
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 281 423
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% +10.77%
75th Percentile £46.86 £63.75 £50.68
90th Percentile £66.30 £78.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the London region over the 6 months to 27 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +11 110 £625 -3.85% 35
East London +10 27 £650 -13.33% 14
West London +3 13 £525 -25.00% 16
South London +12 2 £675 +3.85% 2
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 11 (1.88%) Confluence
1 11 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.68%) CMS
4 2 (0.34%) Apache
4 2 (0.34%) IIS
4 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.34%) nginx
4 2 (0.34%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.17%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.17%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.17%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 15 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.68%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.51%) Trello
6 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 132 (22.60%) Azure
2 80 (13.70%) AWS
3 45 (7.71%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (5.31%) GCP
5 23 (3.94%) SaaS
6 22 (3.77%) Entra ID
7 19 (3.25%) Azure Sentinel
8 14 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (1.88%) IaaS
9 11 (1.88%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (1.54%) GitHub
11 7 (1.20%) Mimecast
11 7 (1.20%) Power Platform
12 5 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (0.68%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.68%) Serverless
13 4 (0.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 3 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (0.51%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (9.76%) Firewall
2 35 (5.99%) Network Security
3 21 (3.60%) WAN
4 14 (2.40%) DNS
5 13 (2.23%) SD-WAN
5 13 (2.23%) Wireless
6 12 (2.05%) LAN
7 11 (1.88%) VPN
8 10 (1.71%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.37%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (1.20%) HTTP
10 7 (1.20%) Internet
11 6 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (1.03%) WLAN
12 4 (0.68%) DHCP
12 4 (0.68%) IPsec
13 3 (0.51%) HTTPS
13 3 (0.51%) SSL
13 3 (0.51%) VoIP
14 2 (0.34%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.57%) Big Data
2 13 (2.23%) Data Lake
3 8 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (1.20%) Power BI
5 3 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.51%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.34%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.34%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.17%) DB2
7 1 (0.17%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.17%) MySQL
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 27 (4.62%) Jenkins
2 15 (2.57%) GitLab
3 11 (1.88%) Git
4 9 (1.54%) Artifactory
5 8 (1.37%) Subversion
6 7 (1.20%) JIRA
7 3 (0.51%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.51%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.51%) Xcode
8 2 (0.34%) Maven
8 2 (0.34%) RStudio
8 2 (0.34%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.17%) Appium
9 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.17%) JMeter
9 1 (0.17%) Postman
9 1 (0.17%) Selenium
9 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
General
1 175 (29.97%) Finance
2 116 (19.86%) Social Skills
3 56 (9.59%) Public Sector
4 49 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (8.05%) Banking
6 28 (4.79%) Financial Institution
7 18 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.74%) Legal
10 13 (2.23%) Law
11 9 (1.54%) Local Government
11 9 (1.54%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.37%) Advertising
12 8 (1.37%) International Banking
12 8 (1.37%) Retail
13 7 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.20%) Marketing
14 6 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.03%) Police
15 4 (0.68%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 111 (19.01%) Analyst
2 102 (17.47%) Architect
3 74 (12.67%) Consultant
4 62 (10.62%) Security Architect
5 54 (9.25%) Security Analyst
6 51 (8.73%) Security Consultant
7 48 (8.22%) Security Engineer
8 44 (7.53%) Senior
9 43 (7.36%) Security Manager
10 41 (7.02%) Project Manager
11 33 (5.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 29 (4.97%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 26 (4.45%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 25 (4.28%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 25 (4.28%) Security Project Manager
15 24 (4.11%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 21 (3.60%) Lead
17 20 (3.42%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
18 19 (3.25%) Business Analyst
18 19 (3.25%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.40%) SailPoint
2 11 (1.88%) Middleware
3 9 (1.54%) .NET
4 6 (1.03%) OAuth
5 5 (0.86%) OpenID
6 4 (0.68%) HTML
6 4 (0.68%) JSON
6 4 (0.68%) Kafka
6 4 (0.68%) LDAP
6 4 (0.68%) REST
6 4 (0.68%) RESTful
6 4 (0.68%) SAML
6 4 (0.68%) Web Services
7 3 (0.51%) CSS
7 3 (0.51%) iOS SDK
7 3 (0.51%) SOAP
7 3 (0.51%) Spring
7 3 (0.51%) YAML
8 2 (0.34%) SPML
8 2 (0.34%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 53 (9.08%) Management Information System
2 41 (7.02%) Security Posture
3 36 (6.16%) Cyber Threat
4 29 (4.97%) PKI
5 18 (3.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 17 (2.91%) Product Ownership
7 15 (2.57%) Data Centre
8 14 (2.40%) Operational Technology
8 14 (2.40%) Security Operations Centre
9 13 (2.23%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.88%) Cyber Defence
10 11 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.88%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.71%) Public Cloud
12 9 (1.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 8 (1.37%) IoT
14 7 (1.20%) Cloud Native
14 7 (1.20%) Cyber Security Posture
14 7 (1.20%) Cyberattack
15 6 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 58 (9.93%) Linux
2 55 (9.42%) Windows
3 16 (2.74%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.71%) Unix
5 4 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.34%) CentOS
6 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (21.92%) Information Security
2 92 (15.75%) Agile
3 81 (13.87%) Risk Management
4 77 (13.18%) SIEM
5 70 (11.99%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (11.13%) Cloud Security
7 64 (10.96%) DevOps
7 64 (10.96%) Incident Response
7 64 (10.96%) Security Architecture
8 61 (10.45%) Security Operations
9 49 (8.39%) Roadmaps
10 47 (8.05%) Identity Access Management
11 44 (7.53%) Project Management
12 43 (7.36%) Data Protection
12 43 (7.36%) Stakeholder Management
13 41 (7.02%) Disaster Recovery
14 40 (6.85%) Business Strategy
14 40 (6.85%) Penetration Testing
14 40 (6.85%) Vulnerability Management
15 38 (6.51%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 58 (9.93%) PowerShell
2 50 (8.56%) Python
3 31 (5.31%) C#
4 22 (3.77%) Java
5 18 (3.08%) JavaScript
6 14 (2.40%) SQL
7 10 (1.71%) C++
8 8 (1.37%) Go
9 7 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (1.03%) Rust
11 5 (0.86%) Bash
12 4 (0.68%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.68%) Swift
13 3 (0.51%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.34%) Clojure
14 2 (0.34%) Haskell
14 2 (0.34%) Perl
14 2 (0.34%) R
14 2 (0.34%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.17%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 104 (17.81%) Security Cleared
2 102 (17.47%) CISSP
3 79 (13.53%) CISM
4 77 (13.18%) SC Cleared
5 49 (8.39%) DV Cleared
6 48 (8.22%) Degree
7 43 (7.36%) CISA
8 28 (4.79%) CRISC
9 22 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (3.25%) CEH
12 16 (2.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 15 (2.57%) GIAC
14 14 (2.40%) OSCP
15 13 (2.23%) AWS Certification
16 11 (1.88%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (1.88%) SANS
17 9 (1.54%) CREST Certified
18 7 (1.20%) CCSK
18 7 (1.20%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (19.35%) NIST
2 86 (14.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (4.97%) GDPR
3 29 (4.97%) PCI DSS
4 24 (4.11%) GRC
5 21 (3.60%) NCSC
6 17 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 13 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (2.05%) NIST 800
9 11 (1.88%) COBIT
9 11 (1.88%) ISO 31000
10 8 (1.37%) QA
11 6 (1.03%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.86%) SLA
13 4 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.68%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 3 (0.51%) GPG13
14 3 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.34%) Data Quality
System Software
1 37 (6.34%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.88%) Docker
3 4 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.34%) NFS
5 2 (0.34%) XenApp
6 1 (0.17%) Ceph
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 47 (8.05%) Terraform
2 43 (7.36%) Ansible
3 22 (3.77%) Kubernetes
4 15 (2.57%) Puppet
5 7 (1.20%) ArcSight ESM
5 7 (1.20%) BladeLogic
5 7 (1.20%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.20%) ITRS Geneos
5 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.20%) Nessus
6 6 (1.03%) CSIRT
7 5 (0.86%) QRadar
8 4 (0.68%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.51%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.34%) Packer
10 2 (0.34%) Stealthwatch
10 2 (0.34%) WSUS
11 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 109 (18.66%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.74%) Cisco
3 15 (2.57%) Palo Alto
3 15 (2.57%) Splunk
4 14 (2.40%) Citrix
5 13 (2.23%) CyberArk
6 10 (1.71%) ArcSight
6 10 (1.71%) Qualys
7 9 (1.54%) Google
7 9 (1.54%) Oracle
7 9 (1.54%) Rapid7
8 8 (1.37%) Darktrace
9 7 (1.20%) Altiris
9 7 (1.20%) Dynatrace
9 7 (1.20%) VMware
10 6 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (0.86%) Fortinet
11 5 (0.86%) Juniper
11 5 (0.86%) McAfee
11 5 (0.86%) ServiceNow