Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in Central London

Cybersecurity
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 42 61
Rank change year-on-year -17 +19 +26
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 76 109 88
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 3.79% 4.67% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.18% 5.08% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 66 63
10th Percentile £411 £413 £440
25th Percentile £469 £463 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £685 £642 £700
90th Percentile £820 £781 £808
London median daily rate £600 £585 £600
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -3.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Median hourly rate £26.11 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -54.59% - -
London median hourly rate £47.00 £65.55 £62.50
% change year-on-year -28.30% +4.88% -5.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,818 2,147 2,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.76% 92.07% 89.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,272 1,344 1,757
10th Percentile £343 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £466 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £813
London median daily rate £530 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 27 16
10th Percentile £19.94 £18.34 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £28.32 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.09% +37.25% -37.04%
75th Percentile £36.00 £52.50 £51.31
90th Percentile £51.25 £112.00 £69.38
London median hourly rate £31.49 £36.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -12.53% +5.88% -12.54%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Central London

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Central London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Central London

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
City of London -21 71 £550 -4.35% 44
West End of London - 3 - - 2
City of Westminster - 3 - - 4
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £450 -
Cybersecurity
London

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.58%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.26%) Confluence
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.32%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (39.47%) Azure
2 15 (19.74%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (17.11%) Entra ID
4 8 (10.53%) GCP
5 7 (9.21%) AWS
6 6 (7.89%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (7.89%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (6.58%) GitHub
7 5 (6.58%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (5.26%) Azure AKS
8 4 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (5.26%) SaaS
9 3 (3.95%) Power Platform
10 2 (2.63%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (2.63%) Cloud Run
10 2 (2.63%) Google Gemini
10 2 (2.63%) Vertex AI
11 1 (1.32%) Anthropic Claude
11 1 (1.32%) Azure AI
11 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (17.11%) Firewall
2 7 (9.21%) Network Security
3 5 (6.58%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (3.95%) Broadband
5 2 (2.63%) Modbus
5 2 (2.63%) VPN
6 1 (1.32%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (1.32%) Internet
6 1 (1.32%) IP Telephony
6 1 (1.32%) LAN
6 1 (1.32%) WAN
6 1 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.63%) Metadata
1 2 (2.63%) Power BI
2 1 (1.32%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.32%) Pinecone
2 1 (1.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (6.58%) JIRA
2 1 (1.32%) Ant
2 1 (1.32%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.32%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.32%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.32%) Snyk
2 1 (1.32%) SonarQube
General
1 22 (28.95%) Finance
1 22 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.84%) Banking
3 6 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.89%) Legal
4 5 (6.58%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.95%) Financial Institution
5 3 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.95%) Local Government
5 3 (3.95%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.63%) Law
6 2 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.63%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.32%) Billing
7 1 (1.32%) International Banking
7 1 (1.32%) Private Banking
7 1 (1.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (15.79%) Analyst
1 12 (15.79%) Security Manager
2 10 (13.16%) Security Engineer
2 10 (13.16%) Senior
3 8 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 6 (7.89%) Consultant
4 6 (7.89%) IT Manager
5 5 (6.58%) Lead
5 5 (6.58%) Project Manager
5 5 (6.58%) Security Analyst
6 4 (5.26%) Architect
6 4 (5.26%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 4 (5.26%) Category Manager
6 4 (5.26%) Information Security Manager
6 4 (5.26%) Programme Manager
6 4 (5.26%) Security Specialist
6 4 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (3.95%) Security Architect
7 3 (3.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) LangChain
1 2 (2.63%) OAuth
2 1 (1.32%) CSS3
2 1 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.32%) Faiss
2 1 (1.32%) FastAPI
2 1 (1.32%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.32%) Highcharts JS
2 1 (1.32%) HTML5
2 1 (1.32%) JWT
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.32%) Next.js
2 1 (1.32%) OAuth2
2 1 (1.32%) OpenID
2 1 (1.32%) React
2 1 (1.32%) Redux
2 1 (1.32%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.32%) Semantic Kernel
2 1 (1.32%) Tailwind CSS
2 1 (1.32%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.47%) Management Information System
2 9 (11.84%) Security Posture
3 7 (9.21%) Data Centre
4 6 (7.89%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (6.58%) Onboarding
5 5 (6.58%) Product Ownership
6 4 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (3.95%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (3.95%) Operational Technology
8 2 (2.63%) AI Agents
8 2 (2.63%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.63%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (2.63%) Insider Threat
8 2 (2.63%) Life Science
8 2 (2.63%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (2.63%) SCADA
9 1 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.32%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.26%) Windows
2 3 (3.95%) Linux
3 1 (1.32%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.32%) Mac OS X
3 1 (1.32%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (21.05%) Information Security
2 15 (19.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (18.42%) Risk Management
4 13 (17.11%) Incident Response
5 12 (15.79%) Cloud Security
6 11 (14.47%) Security Operations
6 11 (14.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (11.84%) Agile
7 9 (11.84%) Analytics
7 9 (11.84%) Data Governance
7 9 (11.84%) Security Architecture
8 8 (10.53%) Data Protection
8 8 (10.53%) SIEM
9 7 (9.21%) AI
9 7 (9.21%) CI/CD
9 7 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (9.21%) Data Loss Prevention
9 7 (9.21%) Identity Access Management
9 7 (9.21%) Incident Management
9 7 (9.21%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.95%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.95%) Python
2 2 (2.63%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.63%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.32%) Bash
3 1 (1.32%) Bicep
3 1 (1.32%) C#
3 1 (1.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (23.68%) Security Cleared
2 17 (22.37%) CISSP
3 15 (19.74%) SC Cleared
4 12 (15.79%) Degree
5 9 (11.84%) CISM
6 4 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (5.26%) DV Cleared
6 4 (5.26%) GIAC
7 3 (3.95%) CISA
7 3 (3.95%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.95%) ISACA
7 3 (3.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 3 (3.95%) PMI Certification
7 3 (3.95%) PMP
8 2 (2.63%) CCNA
8 2 (2.63%) CCNP
8 2 (2.63%) CEH
8 2 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.63%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (26.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (22.37%) NIST
3 13 (17.11%) GDPR
4 10 (13.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (7.89%) SLA
6 4 (5.26%) COBIT
6 4 (5.26%) GRC
7 3 (3.95%) EU AI Act
7 3 (3.95%) NCSC
7 3 (3.95%) PCI DSS
8 2 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (2.63%) ITGC
8 2 (2.63%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.32%) Accessibility
9 1 (1.32%) COSO
9 1 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.32%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 10 (13.16%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.63%) Docker
4 1 (1.32%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (7.89%) Terraform
2 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.63%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.32%) Grafana
4 1 (1.32%) Icinga
4 1 (1.32%) Nessus
4 1 (1.32%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.32%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 15 (19.74%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.26%) Ariba
2 4 (5.26%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.95%) CyberArk
3 3 (3.95%) Google
3 3 (3.95%) OpenAI
3 3 (3.95%) Palo Alto
3 3 (3.95%) Tenable
4 2 (2.63%) Cisco
4 2 (2.63%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.63%) LogRhythm
4 2 (2.63%) Rockwell
4 2 (2.63%) SAP
5 1 (1.32%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.32%) Citrix
5 1 (1.32%) Informatica
5 1 (1.32%) Oracle
5 1 (1.32%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.32%) Sophos
5 1 (1.32%) VMware