Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in London

Cybersecurity
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 68 71
Rank change year-on-year +9 +3 -11
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 769 475 564
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.02% 3.77% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.52% 4.08% 3.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 292 420
10th Percentile £413 £363 £400
25th Percentile £480 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% -4.95%
75th Percentile £687 £678 £725
90th Percentile £825 £765 £800
England median daily rate £559 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +1.59% -5.98% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 3
10th Percentile £33.74 £48.06 £30.02
25th Percentile £54.88 £51.51 £30.06
Median hourly rate £71.25 £64.05 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +11.24% +112.65% -56.97%
75th Percentile £96.25 £74.61 £53.19
90th Percentile £102.48 £76.89 £67.02
England median hourly rate £83.00 £64.30 £79.63
% change year-on-year +29.08% -19.25% +6.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,007 11,628 15,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.90% 92.40% 88.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,350 7,788 11,072
10th Percentile £360 £338 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 214 309
10th Percentile £18.00 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +17.35% -28.75%
75th Percentile £60.25 £49.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £68.15
England median hourly rate £47.00 £26.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year +77.36% -30.26% +8.14%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in London

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in London over the 6 months to 24 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity in London over the 6 months to 24 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 24 June 2026. 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
Central London +7 104 £550 +3.19% 105
South London -19 8 £308 -35.26% 6
East London -7 4 £715 +20.68% 23
West London -30 4 £500 +11.11% 45
North London -2 2 £400 -28.09% 12
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 13 (1.69%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.56%) Confluence
3 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.13%) CMS
4 1 (0.13%) IIS
4 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (1.17%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.39%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 217 (28.22%) Azure
2 123 (15.99%) AWS
3 78 (10.14%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (7.93%) Entra ID
5 59 (7.67%) GCP
6 51 (6.63%) SaaS
7 43 (5.59%) Microsoft Purview
8 37 (4.81%) Azure Sentinel
9 25 (3.25%) GitHub
10 21 (2.73%) Amazon Bedrock
11 19 (2.47%) PaaS
12 16 (2.08%) Azure AI
12 16 (2.08%) IaaS
13 14 (1.82%) Mimecast
13 14 (1.82%) Power Platform
14 13 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (1.56%) OpenShift
16 11 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
17 10 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
18 9 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 56 (7.28%) Firewall
2 51 (6.63%) Network Security
3 18 (2.34%) DNS
4 13 (1.69%) VPN
5 10 (1.30%) Internet
6 7 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (0.91%) NGFW
6 7 (0.91%) VLAN
7 6 (0.78%) LAN
7 6 (0.78%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.78%) WAN
8 5 (0.65%) DHCP
8 5 (0.65%) DKIM
8 5 (0.65%) DMARC
9 3 (0.39%) BGP
9 3 (0.39%) Cisco IPT
9 3 (0.39%) Intranet
9 3 (0.39%) IPsec
10 2 (0.26%) NAS
10 2 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.56%) Power BI
2 9 (1.17%) Big Data
3 4 (0.52%) Amazon QuickSight
3 4 (0.52%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.39%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.26%) Db2
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.13%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.13%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.13%) MySQL
6 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (2.99%) JIRA
2 21 (2.73%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.04%) Git
4 5 (0.65%) GitLab
5 4 (0.52%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.52%) Snyk
6 2 (0.26%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.13%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.13%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.13%) Gemini Tracker
General
1 216 (28.09%) Finance
2 201 (26.14%) Social Skills
3 81 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (9.49%) Public Sector
5 55 (7.15%) Banking
6 39 (5.07%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (3.38%) Legal
9 21 (2.73%) Local Government
10 19 (2.47%) Retail
11 13 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (1.56%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.43%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.43%) Investment Banking
14 10 (1.30%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.91%) Military
16 4 (0.52%) Aviation
16 4 (0.52%) Law
16 4 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 118 (15.34%) Architect
2 107 (13.91%) Analyst
3 71 (9.23%) Security Architect
4 64 (8.32%) Project Manager
5 59 (7.67%) Security Engineer
6 57 (7.41%) Consultant
6 57 (7.41%) Senior
7 56 (7.28%) Security Manager
8 47 (6.11%) Lead
9 46 (5.98%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 46 (5.98%) Security Analyst
9 46 (5.98%) Security Consultant
10 43 (5.59%) Business Analyst
11 36 (4.68%) Cybersecurity Specialist
12 35 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 34 (4.42%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 30 (3.90%) Security Specialist
15 29 (3.77%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 28 (3.64%) Cybersecurity Architect
17 21 (2.73%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.34%) SAML
2 17 (2.21%) LDAP
2 17 (2.21%) OpenID
3 13 (1.69%) SailPoint
4 10 (1.30%) REST
5 9 (1.17%) OAuth
6 6 (0.78%) Middleware
7 5 (0.65%) Azure Blueprints
8 4 (0.52%) NestJS
8 4 (0.52%) RESTful
9 3 (0.39%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.39%) Django
9 3 (0.39%) Web Services
10 2 (0.26%) .NET
10 2 (0.26%) 802.1X
10 2 (0.26%) FIDO
10 2 (0.26%) JSON
10 2 (0.26%) Node.js
10 2 (0.26%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.26%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 67 (8.71%) Security Posture
2 53 (6.89%) Cloud Native
3 43 (5.59%) Onboarding
4 33 (4.29%) Operational Technology
5 28 (3.64%) Management Information System
6 26 (3.38%) AI Agents
7 19 (2.47%) Security Operations Centre
8 17 (2.21%) SCADA
9 16 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (1.82%) PKI
11 12 (1.56%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.43%) Public Cloud
13 10 (1.30%) Product Ownership
14 9 (1.17%) BYOD
14 9 (1.17%) CMDB
14 9 (1.17%) Cyber Security Posture
15 7 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
15 7 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.33%) Windows
2 22 (2.86%) Linux
3 17 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.17%) Unix
5 7 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.78%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.65%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.52%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.52%) VMS
8 4 (0.52%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.13%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 108 (14.04%) Information Security
3 107 (13.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 106 (13.78%) Risk Management
5 104 (13.52%) Incident Response
6 103 (13.39%) SIEM
7 95 (12.35%) Vulnerability Management
8 92 (11.96%) Cloud Security
8 92 (11.96%) Security Operations
9 89 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
10 82 (10.66%) Agile
11 81 (10.53%) AI
12 80 (10.40%) Security Architecture
13 76 (9.88%) Data Protection
14 75 (9.75%) Identity Access Management
15 69 (8.97%) DevOps
16 67 (8.71%) Problem-Solving
17 66 (8.58%) CI/CD
17 66 (8.58%) Roadmaps
17 66 (8.58%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 47 (6.11%) Python
2 35 (4.55%) PowerShell
3 23 (2.99%) SQL
4 17 (2.21%) Kusto Query Language
5 12 (1.56%) Bash
6 8 (1.04%) Bicep
6 8 (1.04%) TypeScript
7 6 (0.78%) Search Processing Language
8 3 (0.39%) C#
8 3 (0.39%) Rust
8 3 (0.39%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.26%) C++
9 2 (0.26%) Go
9 2 (0.26%) Java
9 2 (0.26%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.26%) Korn
10 1 (0.13%) Groovy
10 1 (0.13%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 186 (24.19%) Security Cleared
2 146 (18.99%) SC Cleared
3 134 (17.43%) CISSP
4 86 (11.18%) CISM
5 61 (7.93%) Degree
6 40 (5.20%) Cisco Certification
7 36 (4.68%) DV Cleared
8 34 (4.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 27 (3.51%) CRISC
9 27 (3.51%) GIAC
10 25 (3.25%) CompTIA Security+
11 23 (2.99%) CEH
12 21 (2.73%) CISA
13 18 (2.34%) PMI Certification
14 17 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
15 16 (2.08%) PMP
16 15 (1.95%) CCSP
17 13 (1.69%) Azure Certification
18 11 (1.43%) AWS Certification
18 11 (1.43%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (21.59%) NIST
2 142 (18.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 63 (8.19%) GRC
4 62 (8.06%) NCSC
5 61 (7.93%) GDPR
6 43 (5.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 37 (4.81%) COBIT
8 35 (4.55%) PCI DSS
9 33 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 20 (2.60%) QA
11 16 (2.08%) SOC 2
12 14 (1.82%) ITGC
12 14 (1.82%) NIST 800
13 11 (1.43%) PMO
14 9 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 8 (1.04%) EU AI Act
15 8 (1.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 6 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 5 (0.65%) SLA
18 4 (0.52%) JSP 440
System Software
1 46 (5.98%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.95%) Docker
3 10 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.26%) NFS
6 2 (0.26%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 37 (4.81%) Terraform
2 36 (4.68%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (1.95%) Ansible
5 12 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.17%) CASB
7 6 (0.78%) AirWatch
8 4 (0.52%) QRadar
9 3 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.39%) Grafana
9 3 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.39%) Puppet
9 3 (0.39%) SCCM
10 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.26%) Nessus
10 2 (0.26%) Nexpose
10 2 (0.26%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.13%) logstash
11 1 (0.13%) Salt
Vendors
1 181 (23.54%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.15%) Splunk
3 46 (5.98%) CyberArk
4 40 (5.20%) CrowdStrike
5 32 (4.16%) ServiceNow
6 22 (2.86%) Google
7 21 (2.73%) Tenable
8 19 (2.47%) OpenAI
8 19 (2.47%) Qualys
9 17 (2.21%) Foundry
10 14 (1.82%) Netskope
10 14 (1.82%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.17%) Okta
11 9 (1.17%) Rapid7
11 9 (1.17%) Zscaler
12 8 (1.04%) Cisco
13 7 (0.91%) VMware
14 6 (0.78%) Oracle
15 5 (0.65%) Fortinet
16 4 (0.52%) Progress