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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 68 70
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -12
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 672 438 562
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.69% 3.62% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.17% 3.93% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 268 421
10th Percentile £413 £350 £400
25th Percentile £487 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -8.33% -6.07%
75th Percentile £700 £652 £729
90th Percentile £838 £766 £813
England median daily rate £556 £550 £582
% change year-on-year +1.14% -5.50% -4.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 2
10th Percentile £26.11 £50.36 £30.01
25th Percentile £30.72 £57.28 £30.03
Median hourly rate £65.00 £73.60 £30.06
Median % change year-on-year -11.68% +144.84% -57.06%
75th Percentile £90.63 £80.80 £30.09
90th Percentile £100.83 £82.24 £30.11
England median hourly rate £82.50 £73.60 £83.50
% change year-on-year +12.09% -11.86% +14.41%

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 16,097 11,157 15,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.41% 92.20% 88.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,758 7,514 11,083
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £761 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 181 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £30.81 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +20.11% +10.33% -29.17%
75th Percentile £57.50 £48.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.84 £63.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £45.59 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.80% -23.29% -2.67%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 26 May 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 -4 95 £531 -9.57% 117
South London -29 5 £165 -65.26% 10
East London -13 4 £715 +19.17% 17
West London -32 3 £750 +66.67% 30
North London -3 2 - - 11
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 12 (1.79%) Confluence
1 12 (1.79%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (1.79%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.45%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 195 (29.02%) Azure
2 104 (15.48%) AWS
3 77 (11.46%) Microsoft 365
4 56 (8.33%) GCP
5 49 (7.29%) Entra ID
6 41 (6.10%) SaaS
7 37 (5.51%) Microsoft Purview
8 27 (4.02%) GitHub
9 26 (3.87%) Azure Sentinel
10 18 (2.68%) Amazon Bedrock
11 17 (2.53%) Azure AI
11 17 (2.53%) PaaS
12 15 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (2.23%) Mimecast
13 14 (2.08%) IaaS
14 13 (1.93%) OpenShift
15 12 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (1.79%) Power Platform
16 11 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
17 8 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 57 (8.48%) Firewall
2 41 (6.10%) Network Security
3 19 (2.83%) DNS
4 10 (1.49%) VPN
5 9 (1.34%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.04%) Internet
6 7 (1.04%) LAN
6 7 (1.04%) VLAN
6 7 (1.04%) WAN
7 6 (0.89%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (0.89%) NGFW
8 5 (0.74%) DHCP
8 5 (0.74%) DKIM
8 5 (0.74%) DMARC
9 4 (0.60%) BGP
9 4 (0.60%) Broadband
10 3 (0.45%) Cisco IPT
10 3 (0.45%) OSPF
10 3 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.34%) Big Data
1 9 (1.34%) Power BI
2 5 (0.74%) Data Lake
3 4 (0.60%) Amazon QuickSight
4 2 (0.30%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.15%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.15%) DB2
5 1 (0.15%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (3.42%) Jenkins
1 23 (3.42%) JIRA
2 7 (1.04%) Git
3 3 (0.45%) GitLab
4 2 (0.30%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.15%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.15%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.15%) Gemini Tracker
General
1 184 (27.38%) Finance
2 173 (25.74%) Social Skills
3 76 (11.31%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (9.82%) Public Sector
5 47 (6.99%) Banking
6 36 (5.36%) Documentation Skills
7 30 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (3.87%) Local Government
9 23 (3.42%) Legal
10 18 (2.68%) Retail
11 14 (2.08%) Investment Banking
12 10 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.49%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.19%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.04%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.89%) Military
16 4 (0.60%) Aviation
16 4 (0.60%) Law
16 4 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 96 (14.29%) Architect
2 88 (13.10%) Analyst
3 54 (8.04%) Security Architect
4 52 (7.74%) Project Manager
5 51 (7.59%) Security Engineer
6 50 (7.44%) Consultant
6 50 (7.44%) Senior
7 49 (7.29%) Lead
8 48 (7.14%) Security Manager
9 40 (5.95%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 40 (5.95%) Security Consultant
10 36 (5.36%) Business Analyst
11 34 (5.06%) Security Analyst
12 32 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 32 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Specialist
12 32 (4.76%) Security Specialist
13 31 (4.61%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 29 (4.32%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 24 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 21 (3.13%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.83%) SAML
2 18 (2.68%) OpenID
3 16 (2.38%) LDAP
4 12 (1.79%) SailPoint
5 9 (1.34%) REST
6 8 (1.19%) OAuth
7 4 (0.60%) Middleware
7 4 (0.60%) NestJS
7 4 (0.60%) RESTful
8 3 (0.45%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.45%) AWS CDK
8 3 (0.45%) Django
8 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.45%) Web Services
9 2 (0.30%) .NET
9 2 (0.30%) Model Context Protocol
9 2 (0.30%) Next.js
9 2 (0.30%) Node.js
9 2 (0.30%) React
10 1 (0.15%) A2A Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.18%) Security Posture
2 43 (6.40%) Cloud Native
3 37 (5.51%) Onboarding
4 25 (3.72%) Management Information System
5 24 (3.57%) Operational Technology
6 23 (3.42%) AI Agents
7 17 (2.53%) Cyber Threat
8 16 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
9 15 (2.23%) PKI
10 13 (1.93%) Product Ownership
11 11 (1.64%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.49%) Data Centre
12 10 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (1.49%) SCADA
13 9 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.19%) Cyber Defence
15 7 (1.04%) BYOD
16 6 (0.89%) Cyber Security Posture
17 5 (0.74%) Cloud Security Posture
17 5 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 37 (5.51%) Windows
2 17 (2.53%) Linux
3 10 (1.49%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.04%) Unix
4 7 (1.04%) VMS
5 6 (0.89%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.60%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (17.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 100 (14.88%) Information Security
3 99 (14.73%) Incident Response
4 93 (13.84%) Risk Management
5 92 (13.69%) SIEM
6 86 (12.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 82 (12.20%) Cloud Security
8 80 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 79 (11.76%) AI
9 79 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
10 74 (11.01%) Security Operations
11 70 (10.42%) Agile
12 64 (9.52%) CI/CD
12 64 (9.52%) Data Protection
13 63 (9.38%) DevOps
13 63 (9.38%) Identity Access Management
14 60 (8.93%) Security Architecture
15 57 (8.48%) Threat Modelling
16 56 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
17 54 (8.04%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 43 (6.40%) Python
2 29 (4.32%) PowerShell
3 20 (2.98%) Kusto Query Language
4 19 (2.83%) SQL
5 15 (2.23%) Bash
6 9 (1.34%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.60%) Rust
7 4 (0.60%) Search Processing Language
8 3 (0.45%) Bicep
8 3 (0.45%) C#
8 3 (0.45%) Go
8 3 (0.45%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.30%) C++
9 2 (0.30%) Haskell
9 2 (0.30%) Java
10 1 (0.15%) Korn
Qualifications
1 172 (25.60%) Security Cleared
2 140 (20.83%) SC Cleared
3 115 (17.11%) CISSP
4 75 (11.16%) CISM
5 58 (8.63%) Degree
6 33 (4.91%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 24 (3.57%) DV Cleared
9 22 (3.27%) CompTIA Security+
10 21 (3.13%) GIAC
11 19 (2.83%) CEH
12 17 (2.53%) CRISC
13 16 (2.38%) CISA
14 15 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
15 13 (1.93%) Azure Certification
15 13 (1.93%) CCSP
16 12 (1.79%) PMI Certification
17 11 (1.64%) PMP
18 9 (1.34%) SSCP
19 8 (1.19%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (20.83%) NIST
2 123 (18.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 59 (8.78%) GDPR
4 51 (7.59%) NCSC
5 43 (6.40%) GRC
6 36 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials
7 34 (5.06%) COBIT
8 30 (4.46%) PCI DSS
9 26 (3.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 16 (2.38%) QA
11 14 (2.08%) SOC 2
12 13 (1.93%) ITGC
13 11 (1.64%) NIST 800
14 10 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 9 (1.34%) PMO
16 7 (1.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (1.04%) SLA
17 5 (0.74%) EU AI Act
18 4 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
18 4 (0.60%) JSP 440
System Software
1 41 (6.10%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.49%) Docker
3 9 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.30%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.15%) NFS
Systems Management
1 37 (5.51%) Kubernetes
2 28 (4.17%) Terraform
3 18 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (1.64%) Ansible
4 11 (1.64%) CASB
5 10 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.04%) AirWatch
7 4 (0.60%) SCCM
8 3 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.45%) Grafana
8 3 (0.45%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.45%) Puppet
9 2 (0.30%) Nessus
9 2 (0.30%) Nexpose
9 2 (0.30%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.15%) logstash
10 1 (0.15%) Salt
10 1 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 158 (23.51%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.70%) Splunk
3 38 (5.65%) CyberArk
4 32 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
5 23 (3.42%) ServiceNow
6 20 (2.98%) Google
6 20 (2.98%) OpenAI
7 17 (2.53%) Foundry
8 16 (2.38%) Netskope
9 14 (2.08%) Palo Alto
10 13 (1.93%) Tenable
11 9 (1.34%) Qualys
11 9 (1.34%) Zscaler
12 7 (1.04%) Cisco
13 6 (0.89%) Fortinet
14 5 (0.74%) Okta
14 5 (0.74%) VMware
15 4 (0.60%) OneTrust
15 4 (0.60%) Progress
15 4 (0.60%) Rapid7