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 28 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 44 54
Rank change year-on-year -14 +10 +42
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 70 96 126
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.75% 4.63% 3.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.98% 5.06% 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 75 90
10th Percentile £275 £443 £463
25th Percentile £463 £550 £532
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £658 £774 £775
90th Percentile £725 £838 £853
Central London median daily rate £525 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -16.00% -3.85% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
Central London median hourly rate - £57.50 -

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 1,759 1,897 3,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.16% 91.55% 90.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,138 1,289 2,057
10th Percentile £338 £363 £349
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £679 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £788 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 15
10th Percentile £17.57 £19.53 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.50 £14.75
Median hourly rate £29.75 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.19% -22.86% -18.36%
75th Percentile £54.75 £78.75 £52.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £62.75
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +3.33% -14.29% -16.67%

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 28 July 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 4 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.29%) Confluence
3 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.43%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.86%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (32.86%) Azure
2 10 (14.29%) AWS
2 10 (14.29%) GCP
3 6 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.71%) PaaS
4 4 (5.71%) Serverless
5 3 (4.29%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (2.86%) Amazon S3
6 2 (2.86%) Amazon SQS
6 2 (2.86%) Azure AKS
6 2 (2.86%) Cloud Composer
6 2 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.86%) Cloud Functions
6 2 (2.86%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.86%) Google Compute Engine
6 2 (2.86%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 2 (2.86%) SaaS
7 1 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.71%) Network Security
2 3 (4.29%) LAN
3 2 (2.86%) Firewall
3 2 (2.86%) Unified Communications
3 2 (2.86%) VoIP
3 2 (2.86%) VPN
4 1 (1.43%) DNS
4 1 (1.43%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.43%) SSL
4 1 (1.43%) WAN
4 1 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.14%) Big Data
2 2 (2.86%) BigQuery
2 2 (2.86%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.86%) Power BI
3 1 (1.43%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.29%) JIRA
General
1 30 (42.86%) Finance
2 23 (32.86%) Social Skills
3 11 (15.71%) Banking
4 10 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.57%) Legal
5 6 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.29%) Billing
6 3 (4.29%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.86%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.86%) International Banking
7 2 (2.86%) Law
7 2 (2.86%) Military
7 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.43%) Back Office
8 1 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (27.14%) Architect
2 10 (14.29%) Security Architect
3 9 (12.86%) Analyst
4 8 (11.43%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (10.00%) Security Engineer
6 6 (8.57%) Senior
7 5 (7.14%) Lead
7 5 (7.14%) Security Analyst
8 4 (5.71%) Azure Architect
8 4 (5.71%) Consultant
8 4 (5.71%) Delivery Manager
8 4 (5.71%) Senior Architect
8 4 (5.71%) Technical Manager
9 3 (4.29%) Cloud Architect
9 3 (4.29%) Cloud Solutions Architect
9 3 (4.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 3 (4.29%) Project Manager
9 3 (4.29%) Security Operations Analyst
9 3 (4.29%) Senior Security Architect
9 3 (4.29%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) Software Packaging
1 1 (1.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.57%) Onboarding
1 6 (8.57%) Security Posture
2 5 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 5 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.71%) Algorithms
3 4 (5.71%) PKI
3 4 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.71%) Public Cloud
4 3 (4.29%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (4.29%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.86%) CSOC
5 2 (2.86%) Replication
5 2 (2.86%) Smart Meter
5 2 (2.86%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.43%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.43%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.29%) Windows
2 5 (7.14%) Linux
3 1 (1.43%) Mac OS X
3 1 (1.43%) Unix
3 1 (1.43%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (24.29%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (21.43%) Agile
3 12 (17.14%) Cloud Security
3 12 (17.14%) Incident Response
4 11 (15.71%) Risk Management
5 10 (14.29%) SIEM
6 9 (12.86%) CI/CD
6 9 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (12.86%) Information Security
6 9 (12.86%) Project Management
6 9 (12.86%) Security Operations
6 9 (12.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (12.86%) Threat Modelling
7 7 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 7 (10.00%) DevOps
7 7 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 7 (10.00%) Security Architecture
8 6 (8.57%) Analytics
8 6 (8.57%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (8.57%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.86%) Python
2 7 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.29%) Bash
4 2 (2.86%) Perl
4 2 (2.86%) SQL
5 1 (1.43%) C++
5 1 (1.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (15.71%) Security Cleared
2 10 (14.29%) CISSP
3 9 (12.86%) SC Cleared
4 8 (11.43%) Degree
5 7 (10.00%) CISM
6 4 (5.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (4.29%) CEH
7 3 (4.29%) PMI Certification
7 3 (4.29%) PMP
8 2 (2.86%) CREST Certified
8 2 (2.86%) GIAC
8 2 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (2.86%) OSCP
9 1 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.43%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.43%) GXPN
9 1 (1.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (1.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (1.43%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.71%) NIST
2 10 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (8.57%) GDPR
4 3 (4.29%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (2.86%) GRC
5 2 (2.86%) QA
6 1 (1.43%) COBIT
6 1 (1.43%) COSO
6 1 (1.43%) EU AI Act
6 1 (1.43%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.43%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.43%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.43%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (7.14%) Terraform
2 3 (4.29%) Ansible
2 3 (4.29%) CASB
2 3 (4.29%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.86%) QRadar
3 2 (2.86%) SCCM
4 1 (1.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (24.29%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.86%) Splunk
3 5 (7.14%) Google
4 4 (5.71%) VMware
5 3 (4.29%) Cisco
5 3 (4.29%) Citrix
5 3 (4.29%) Databricks
6 2 (2.86%) Meraki
6 2 (2.86%) Oracle
6 2 (2.86%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.86%) Planview
7 1 (1.43%) Ariba
7 1 (1.43%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.43%) IBM
7 1 (1.43%) Infoblox
7 1 (1.43%) Qualys
7 1 (1.43%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.43%) Thales
7 1 (1.43%) Tufin
7 1 (1.43%) Veritas