Cybersecurity Specialist Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Cybersecurity Specialist
Central London > City of London

The median Cybersecurity Specialist daily rate in the City of London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 - 135
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.16% - 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £750
75th Percentile £538 - £775
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £525 - £750

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,727 1,767 2,246
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 93.00% 94.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,203 1,085 1,612
10th Percentile £340 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £571
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.66% -0.65%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £788
Central London median daily rate £536 £575 £564
% change year-on-year -6.74% +2.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 15
10th Percentile £19.98 £13.45 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.37 £22.00 £20.09
Median hourly rate £31.00 £32.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +35.42% -28.89%
75th Percentile £42.65 £112.00 £42.38
90th Percentile £50.63 £117.10 £63.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -25.40% +40.00% -23.08%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancy trend in the City of London

Cybersecurity Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in the City of London

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Cybersecurity Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) CESG Certified Professional
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) Confluence
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (66.67%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CESG Certified Professional
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Cybersecurity Specialist jobs