Cybersecurity Contracts in the City of London

Cybersecurity
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 39 58
Rank change year-on-year -18 +19 +46
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 64 104 145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.64% 4.73% 3.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.91% 5.23% 4.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 89 97
10th Percentile £225 £431 £463
25th Percentile £403 £513 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% -3.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £639 £725 £775
90th Percentile £774 £838 £822
Central London median daily rate £575 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,636 1,988 3,346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.49% 91.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,032 1,406 2,259
10th Percentile £363 £363 £355
25th Percentile £463 £451 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £680 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £806 £825
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the City of London

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in the City of London

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the City of London

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in the City of London

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 3 (4.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.13%) Confluence
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.13%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.56%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.56%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 18 (28.13%) Azure
2 8 (12.50%) AWS
3 7 (10.94%) Cloud Computing
3 7 (10.94%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (7.81%) GCP
5 4 (6.25%) PaaS
5 4 (6.25%) Serverless
6 2 (3.13%) GitHub
6 2 (3.13%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.13%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.56%) Datadog
7 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.56%) IaaS
7 1 (1.56%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.56%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.56%) SaaS
7 1 (1.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.69%) DHCP
1 3 (4.69%) DNS
1 3 (4.69%) Network Security
2 2 (3.13%) LAN
2 2 (3.13%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.13%) Unified Communications
2 2 (3.13%) VoIP
3 1 (1.56%) Firewall
3 1 (1.56%) Kerberos
3 1 (1.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.25%) Big Data
2 3 (4.69%) Tableau
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) MLflow
General
1 30 (46.88%) Finance
2 23 (35.94%) Social Skills
3 16 (25.00%) Banking
4 8 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.81%) Investment Banking
5 5 (7.81%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.69%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.13%) Billing
7 2 (3.13%) Legal
7 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.56%) Back Office
8 1 (1.56%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.56%) International Banking
8 1 (1.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (26.56%) Architect
2 8 (12.50%) Security Architect
2 8 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (10.94%) Analyst
4 6 (9.38%) Lead
5 5 (7.81%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Azure Architect
6 4 (6.25%) Consultant
6 4 (6.25%) IT Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) IT Support
6 4 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Security Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Senior
6 4 (6.25%) Support Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Technical Manager
7 3 (4.69%) Cloud Architect
7 3 (4.69%) Cloud Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 3 (4.69%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.69%) SPFx
2 1 (1.56%) RESTful
2 1 (1.56%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.38%) Security Posture
2 5 (7.81%) Cloud Native
2 5 (7.81%) Onboarding
2 5 (7.81%) Public Cloud
3 4 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.69%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.69%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.13%) Insider Threat
6 1 (1.56%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.56%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.56%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.56%) PKI
6 1 (1.56%) Replication
6 1 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.38%) Windows
2 3 (4.69%) Linux
2 3 (4.69%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.13%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.13%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.56%) Unix
4 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (20.31%) Risk Management
3 11 (17.19%) Incident Response
4 9 (14.06%) Agile
5 8 (12.50%) Cloud Security
5 8 (12.50%) Machine Learning
5 8 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (9.38%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (9.38%) CI/CD
6 6 (9.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 6 (9.38%) DevSecOps
6 6 (9.38%) Information Security
6 6 (9.38%) Project Management
6 6 (9.38%) Risk Analysis
6 6 (9.38%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (9.38%) Security Operations
6 6 (9.38%) Threat Intelligence
6 6 (9.38%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (7.81%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (7.81%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.50%) Python
2 6 (9.38%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.69%) SQL
4 1 (1.56%) Clojure
4 1 (1.56%) Elixir
4 1 (1.56%) Go
4 1 (1.56%) Haskell
4 1 (1.56%) Rust
4 1 (1.56%) Scala
Qualifications
1 9 (14.06%) CISSP
2 8 (12.50%) CISM
2 8 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.13%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.13%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.13%) CEH
4 2 (3.13%) Degree
4 2 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.56%) CCSP
5 1 (1.56%) CISA
5 1 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.56%) GIAC
5 1 (1.56%) GXPN
5 1 (1.56%) MCSE
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.56%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (17.19%) NIST
3 4 (6.25%) GDPR
4 2 (3.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (3.13%) GRC
5 1 (1.56%) COBIT
5 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.56%) EU AI Act
5 1 (1.56%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.56%) QA
5 1 (1.56%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.69%) Active Directory
1 3 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.56%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (7.81%) CASB
2 3 (4.69%) Ansible
2 3 (4.69%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.69%) Terraform
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.56%) QRadar
4 1 (1.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.25%) Oracle
2 4 (6.25%) Splunk
3 3 (4.69%) Ab Initio
3 3 (4.69%) Cisco
3 3 (4.69%) Databricks
3 3 (4.69%) Planview
3 3 (4.69%) VMware
4 2 (3.13%) Citrix
4 2 (3.13%) CyberArk
4 2 (3.13%) Forcepoint
4 2 (3.13%) Google
5 1 (1.56%) Ariba
5 1 (1.56%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.56%) Qualys
5 1 (1.56%) SAP
5 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.56%) Tufin
5 1 (1.56%) Veritas
5 1 (1.56%) Zscaler