Cybersecurity Contracts in Central London

Cybersecurity
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 36 50
Rank change year-on-year -15 +14 +61
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 78 115 152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 3.98% 4.79% 4.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.26% 5.29% 4.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 97 104
10th Percentile £225 £406 £452
25th Percentile £450 £510 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £640 £738 £775
90th Percentile £765 £838 £824
London median daily rate £550 £600 £638
% change year-on-year -8.33% -5.88% +8.51%

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 1,829 2,175 3,462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.32% 90.63% 91.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,172 1,545 2,350
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £455 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.22%
75th Percentile £679 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
London median daily rate £550 £550 £593
% change year-on-year - -7.17% +3.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 22 29
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.22 £15.05
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.63 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -13.58%
75th Percentile £43.75 £28.98 £53.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £40.00 £88.30
London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.84 £37.34
% change year-on-year +22.13% -25.44% +2.55%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Central London

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Central London

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Central London over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Central London

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Central London

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 20 May 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 -22 65 £525 -16.00% 71
West End of London 0 2 - - 7
City of Westminster - 2 £625 - 3
Cybersecurity
London

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 2 (2.56%) Confluence
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.28%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.56%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.28%) SPSS
3 1 (1.28%) Stata
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.28%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.28%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 19 (24.36%) Azure
2 12 (15.38%) AWS
3 9 (11.54%) GCP
4 7 (8.97%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (5.13%) PaaS
7 4 (5.13%) Serverless
8 3 (3.85%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (2.56%) Amazon S3
9 2 (2.56%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (2.56%) Cloud Composer
9 2 (2.56%) Cloud Functions
9 2 (2.56%) GitHub
9 2 (2.56%) Google Compute Engine
9 2 (2.56%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 2 (2.56%) SaaS
10 1 (1.28%) Datadog
10 1 (1.28%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.85%) Network Security
2 2 (2.56%) DHCP
2 2 (2.56%) DNS
2 2 (2.56%) Firewall
2 2 (2.56%) LAN
2 2 (2.56%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.56%) Unified Communications
2 2 (2.56%) VoIP
2 2 (2.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.69%) Big Data
2 2 (2.56%) BigQuery
2 2 (2.56%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.56%) Power BI
2 2 (2.56%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.28%) QGIS
3 1 (1.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (1.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 37 (47.44%) Finance
2 22 (28.21%) Banking
3 21 (26.92%) Social Skills
4 9 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.41%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Billing
8 2 (2.56%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.56%) Legal
8 2 (2.56%) Military
8 2 (2.56%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.28%) Back Office
9 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.28%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.28%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (25.64%) Architect
2 11 (14.10%) Security Architect
3 10 (12.82%) Consultant
4 8 (10.26%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (8.97%) Analyst
6 6 (7.69%) Lead
7 5 (6.41%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (6.41%) Senior
7 5 (6.41%) Support Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) Azure Architect
8 4 (5.13%) IT Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) IT Support
8 4 (5.13%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) Security Manager
8 4 (5.13%) Technical Delivery Manager
8 4 (5.13%) Technical Manager
9 3 (3.85%) Cloud Architect
9 3 (3.85%) Cloud Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 3 (3.85%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.28%) Software Packaging
1 1 (1.28%) SPFx
1 1 (1.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.69%) Onboarding
1 6 (7.69%) Security Posture
2 5 (6.41%) Cloud Native
3 4 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.13%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.85%) Algorithms
4 3 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (2.56%) CSOC
5 2 (2.56%) Insider Threat
5 2 (2.56%) PKI
6 1 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.28%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.28%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.28%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.28%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.28%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.28%) Replication
6 1 (1.28%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.54%) Windows
2 5 (6.41%) Linux
3 4 (5.13%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.56%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.56%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (14.10%) Agile
2 11 (14.10%) Cloud Security
2 11 (14.10%) Risk Management
3 10 (12.82%) Data Loss Prevention
3 10 (12.82%) Incident Response
4 9 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (10.26%) CI/CD
5 8 (10.26%) Security Operations
5 8 (10.26%) SIEM
6 7 (8.97%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (8.97%) DevSecOps
6 7 (8.97%) Enterprise Architecture
6 7 (8.97%) Infrastructure as Code
6 7 (8.97%) Machine Learning
6 7 (8.97%) Project Management
7 6 (7.69%) Analytics
7 6 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 6 (7.69%) DevOps
7 6 (7.69%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.54%) Python
2 8 (10.26%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.85%) Bash
3 3 (3.85%) SQL
4 1 (1.28%) C++
4 1 (1.28%) Java
4 1 (1.28%) Perl
4 1 (1.28%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 12 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.82%) CISSP
4 8 (10.26%) CISM
5 4 (5.13%) Degree
6 3 (3.85%) AWS Certification
6 3 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.85%) CEH
7 2 (2.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.56%) OSCP
7 2 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.28%) CCNA
8 1 (1.28%) CCSP
8 1 (1.28%) CRISC
8 1 (1.28%) GPEN
8 1 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.28%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (14.10%) NIST
2 4 (5.13%) GDPR
3 3 (3.85%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (2.56%) GRC
5 1 (1.28%) COBIT
5 1 (1.28%) EU AI Act
5 1 (1.28%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.28%) QA
5 1 (1.28%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.28%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (7.69%) Terraform
2 5 (6.41%) CASB
3 4 (5.13%) Ansible
3 4 (5.13%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.56%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.28%) QRadar
5 1 (1.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.97%) Splunk
2 7 (8.97%) Zscaler
3 6 (7.69%) Google
4 4 (5.13%) CyberArk
4 4 (5.13%) VMware
5 3 (3.85%) Cisco
5 3 (3.85%) Databricks
5 3 (3.85%) Planview
6 2 (2.56%) Apple
6 2 (2.56%) Citrix
6 2 (2.56%) Forcepoint
6 2 (2.56%) Oracle
7 1 (1.28%) Ab Initio
7 1 (1.28%) Ariba
7 1 (1.28%) IBM
7 1 (1.28%) Qualys
7 1 (1.28%) SAP
7 1 (1.28%) Tufin
7 1 (1.28%) Veritas