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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 63 87
Rank change year-on-year -6 +24 +2
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 586 1,058 1,204
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.28% 3.89% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.71% 4.26% 3.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 717 786
10th Percentile £406 £450 £403
25th Percentile £500 £525 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £727 £725 £699
90th Percentile £825 £811 £788
England median daily rate £582 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -3.00% +5.26% +11.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 8
10th Percentile - £62.20 -
25th Percentile - £62.50 £22.03
Median hourly rate £30.12 £67.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.38% +145.45% -54.17%
75th Percentile - £71.25 £33.94
90th Percentile - £84.75 £38.85
England median hourly rate £83.50 £67.50 £46.53
% change year-on-year +23.70% +45.07% -2.04%

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 15,784 24,807 36,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.42% 91.11% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,317 17,787 26,272
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 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 284 428
10th Percentile £15.99 £18.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.72 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.75 £39.00 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.28% +9.09% +10.96%
75th Percentile £47.34 £62.55 £50.00
90th Percentile £65.78 £78.35 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -

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 24 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 24 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 +9 108 £625 -3.85% 33
East London +7 27 £650 -13.33% 14
West London +6 13 £525 -25.00% 21
South London +11 2 £675 +3.85% 7
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%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.71%) Confluence
3 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.68%) CMS
5 2 (0.34%) Apache
5 2 (0.34%) IIS
5 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.34%) nginx
5 2 (0.34%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.17%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 15 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.02%) 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 5 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 130 (22.18%) Azure
2 81 (13.82%) AWS
3 45 (7.68%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (5.12%) GCP
5 23 (3.92%) SaaS
6 22 (3.75%) Entra ID
7 19 (3.24%) Azure Sentinel
8 14 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (1.88%) IaaS
10 10 (1.71%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (1.54%) GitHub
12 7 (1.19%) Mimecast
12 7 (1.19%) Power Platform
13 5 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (0.68%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.68%) Serverless
14 4 (0.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 3 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
15 3 (0.51%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (9.22%) Firewall
2 35 (5.97%) Network Security
3 20 (3.41%) WAN
4 16 (2.73%) DNS
5 13 (2.22%) Wireless
6 12 (2.05%) LAN
6 12 (2.05%) SD-WAN
7 11 (1.88%) VPN
8 9 (1.54%) Internet
8 9 (1.54%) TCP/IP
9 7 (1.19%) HTTP
10 6 (1.02%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.02%) WLAN
11 4 (0.68%) DHCP
11 4 (0.68%) IPsec
12 3 (0.51%) HTTPS
12 3 (0.51%) SSL
12 3 (0.51%) VoIP
13 2 (0.34%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.39%) Big Data
2 12 (2.05%) Data Lake
3 8 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (1.19%) Power BI
5 4 (0.68%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.34%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.34%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.17%) DB2
8 1 (0.17%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 27 (4.61%) Jenkins
2 15 (2.56%) GitLab
3 11 (1.88%) Git
4 9 (1.54%) Artifactory
5 8 (1.37%) Subversion
6 6 (1.02%) JIRA
7 4 (0.68%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.51%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.51%) Xcode
9 2 (0.34%) Maven
9 2 (0.34%) RStudio
9 2 (0.34%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.17%) Appium
10 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.17%) GoCD
10 1 (0.17%) Selenium
10 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
General
1 173 (29.52%) Finance
2 119 (20.31%) Social Skills
3 56 (9.56%) Public Sector
4 48 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (7.85%) Banking
6 29 (4.95%) Financial Institution
7 18 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (2.90%) Legal
9 13 (2.22%) Law
10 10 (1.71%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.54%) Local Government
12 8 (1.37%) Advertising
12 8 (1.37%) International Banking
12 8 (1.37%) Retail
13 7 (1.19%) Marketing
14 6 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.02%) Police
15 4 (0.68%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 110 (18.77%) Analyst
2 101 (17.24%) Architect
3 72 (12.29%) Consultant
4 62 (10.58%) Security Architect
5 54 (9.22%) Security Analyst
6 50 (8.53%) Security Consultant
7 47 (8.02%) Security Engineer
8 45 (7.68%) Senior
9 44 (7.51%) Security Manager
10 43 (7.34%) Project Manager
11 33 (5.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 31 (5.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 27 (4.61%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 25 (4.27%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 25 (4.27%) Security Project Manager
15 24 (4.10%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 21 (3.58%) Lead
16 21 (3.58%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
17 20 (3.41%) DevOps Engineer
18 19 (3.24%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.39%) SailPoint
2 11 (1.88%) Middleware
3 9 (1.54%) .NET
4 6 (1.02%) OAuth
4 6 (1.02%) RESTful
5 5 (0.85%) OpenID
5 5 (0.85%) Web Services
6 4 (0.68%) HTML
6 4 (0.68%) Kafka
6 4 (0.68%) LDAP
6 4 (0.68%) REST
6 4 (0.68%) SAML
7 3 (0.51%) CSS
7 3 (0.51%) iOS SDK
7 3 (0.51%) JSON
7 3 (0.51%) SOAP
7 3 (0.51%) Spring
8 2 (0.34%) Jinja
8 2 (0.34%) SPML
8 2 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.39%) Management Information System
2 42 (7.17%) Security Posture
3 36 (6.14%) Cyber Threat
4 29 (4.95%) PKI
5 17 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
5 17 (2.90%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.56%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.56%) Operational Technology
7 14 (2.39%) Mobile App
7 14 (2.39%) Security Operations Centre
8 11 (1.88%) Cyber Defence
8 11 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.88%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.88%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 9 (1.54%) IoT
10 7 (1.19%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.19%) Cyber Security Posture
10 7 (1.19%) Cyberattack
11 6 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 56 (9.56%) Linux
2 54 (9.22%) Windows
3 16 (2.73%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.54%) 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%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (21.16%) Information Security
2 94 (16.04%) Agile
3 81 (13.82%) Risk Management
4 75 (12.80%) SIEM
5 69 (11.77%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (11.43%) Incident Response
7 66 (11.26%) Cloud Security
8 65 (11.09%) DevOps
9 64 (10.92%) Security Architecture
10 62 (10.58%) Security Operations
11 47 (8.02%) Project Management
12 46 (7.85%) Identity Access Management
12 46 (7.85%) Roadmaps
12 46 (7.85%) Stakeholder Management
13 44 (7.51%) Data Protection
14 40 (6.83%) Penetration Testing
14 40 (6.83%) Vulnerability Management
15 39 (6.66%) Disaster Recovery
16 37 (6.31%) Risk Assessment
17 36 (6.14%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 56 (9.56%) PowerShell
2 54 (9.22%) Python
3 32 (5.46%) C#
4 23 (3.92%) Java
5 19 (3.24%) JavaScript
6 14 (2.39%) SQL
7 9 (1.54%) C++
7 9 (1.54%) Go
8 6 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.02%) Rust
9 5 (0.85%) Bash
10 4 (0.68%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.68%) Swift
11 3 (0.51%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.34%) Clojure
12 2 (0.34%) Haskell
12 2 (0.34%) Perl
12 2 (0.34%) R
12 2 (0.34%) Search Processing Language
13 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 108 (18.43%) Security Cleared
2 104 (17.75%) CISSP
3 82 (13.99%) CISM
4 81 (13.82%) SC Cleared
5 49 (8.36%) Degree
6 48 (8.19%) DV Cleared
7 44 (7.51%) CISA
8 29 (4.95%) CRISC
9 22 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (3.58%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (3.07%) CEH
12 16 (2.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 14 (2.39%) GIAC
13 14 (2.39%) OSCP
14 13 (2.22%) SANS
15 12 (2.05%) AWS Certification
16 11 (1.88%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (1.71%) CREST Certified
18 7 (1.19%) CCSK
18 7 (1.19%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (18.94%) NIST
2 84 (14.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (4.78%) GDPR
3 28 (4.78%) PCI DSS
4 24 (4.10%) GRC
5 21 (3.58%) NCSC
6 16 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 13 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (2.05%) NIST 800
9 11 (1.88%) COBIT
9 11 (1.88%) ISO 31000
9 11 (1.88%) QA
10 6 (1.02%) ISO 22301
11 4 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.68%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (0.68%) SLA
12 3 (0.51%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.51%) GPG13
12 3 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 37 (6.31%) 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 46 (7.85%) Terraform
2 41 (7.00%) Ansible
3 22 (3.75%) Kubernetes
4 14 (2.39%) Puppet
5 7 (1.19%) ArcSight ESM
5 7 (1.19%) BladeLogic
5 7 (1.19%) CSIRT
5 7 (1.19%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.19%) ITRS Geneos
5 7 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.19%) Nessus
6 5 (0.85%) QRadar
7 4 (0.68%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.51%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.34%) Packer
9 2 (0.34%) Stealthwatch
9 2 (0.34%) WSUS
10 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 107 (18.26%) Microsoft
2 17 (2.90%) Palo Alto
3 16 (2.73%) Cisco
4 15 (2.56%) Splunk
5 14 (2.39%) Citrix
6 13 (2.22%) CyberArk
7 10 (1.71%) ArcSight
7 10 (1.71%) Qualys
8 9 (1.54%) Google
8 9 (1.54%) Oracle
8 9 (1.54%) Rapid7
9 8 (1.37%) Darktrace
10 7 (1.19%) Altiris
10 7 (1.19%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.19%) VMware
11 6 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (0.85%) Juniper
12 5 (0.85%) McAfee
12 5 (0.85%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.85%) Sparx