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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 72 68
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 -10
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 667 440 561
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.67% 3.60% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.16% 3.91% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 270 420
10th Percentile £413 £350 £400
25th Percentile £486 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.20%
75th Percentile £700 £656 £726
90th Percentile £838 £764 £814
England median daily rate £559 £550 £582
% change year-on-year +1.72% -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 16,044 11,254 15,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.36% 92.20% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,716 7,590 11,078
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £432 £432 £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 £760 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 180 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.54 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £31.17 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +18.69% +11.65% -28.79%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.30 £66.98
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.69% -22.79% -2.46%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -1 94 £525 -10.64% 117
South London -32 5 £165 -65.26% 10
East London -15 3 £717 +19.50% 18
West London -33 3 £750 +66.67% 29
North London -2 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 (1.80%) Confluence
1 12 (1.80%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (1.80%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.05%) 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
1 194 (29.09%) Azure
2 101 (15.14%) AWS
3 76 (11.39%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (8.25%) GCP
5 50 (7.50%) Entra ID
6 41 (6.15%) SaaS
7 34 (5.10%) Microsoft Purview
8 27 (4.05%) GitHub
9 26 (3.90%) Azure Sentinel
10 17 (2.55%) Amazon Bedrock
10 17 (2.55%) Azure AI
10 17 (2.55%) PaaS
11 15 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (2.25%) Mimecast
12 14 (2.10%) IaaS
13 13 (1.95%) OpenShift
14 12 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
15 11 (1.65%) Power Platform
16 7 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (8.40%) Firewall
2 41 (6.15%) Network Security
3 19 (2.85%) DNS
4 10 (1.50%) VPN
5 9 (1.35%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.05%) Internet
6 7 (1.05%) VLAN
7 6 (0.90%) LAN
7 6 (0.90%) NGFW
7 6 (0.90%) WAN
8 5 (0.75%) DHCP
8 5 (0.75%) DKIM
8 5 (0.75%) DMARC
8 5 (0.75%) Intrusion Detection
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 (1.35%) Big Data
2 8 (1.20%) Power BI
3 5 (0.75%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.60%) Amazon QuickSight
5 2 (0.30%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.15%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.15%) DB2
6 1 (0.15%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (3.45%) Jenkins
1 23 (3.45%) JIRA
2 7 (1.05%) 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
1 183 (27.44%) Finance
2 174 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 75 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (9.75%) Public Sector
5 47 (7.05%) Banking
6 36 (5.40%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
8 25 (3.75%) Local Government
9 23 (3.45%) Legal
10 18 (2.70%) Retail
11 14 (2.10%) Investment Banking
12 10 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.50%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.20%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.05%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.90%) Military
16 4 (0.60%) Aviation
16 4 (0.60%) Law
16 4 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 97 (14.54%) Architect
2 85 (12.74%) Analyst
3 55 (8.25%) Security Architect
4 52 (7.80%) Security Engineer
5 51 (7.65%) Project Manager
6 50 (7.50%) Consultant
7 49 (7.35%) Lead
7 49 (7.35%) Senior
8 48 (7.20%) Security Manager
9 40 (6.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 40 (6.00%) Security Consultant
10 37 (5.55%) Business Analyst
11 32 (4.80%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 32 (4.80%) Security Specialist
12 31 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 31 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Specialist
12 31 (4.65%) Security Analyst
13 28 (4.20%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 24 (3.60%) Cybersecurity Architect
15 20 (3.00%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.85%) SAML
2 18 (2.70%) OpenID
3 16 (2.40%) LDAP
4 12 (1.80%) SailPoint
5 9 (1.35%) REST
6 8 (1.20%) 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 56 (8.40%) Security Posture
2 43 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 37 (5.55%) Onboarding
4 25 (3.75%) Operational Technology
5 24 (3.60%) Management Information System
6 22 (3.30%) AI Agents
7 17 (2.55%) Cyber Threat
8 15 (2.25%) Security Operations Centre
9 14 (2.10%) PKI
10 13 (1.95%) Product Ownership
11 11 (1.65%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (1.50%) SCADA
13 9 (1.35%) Data Centre
13 9 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (0.90%) BYOD
14 6 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
14 6 (0.90%) Cyber Security Posture
15 5 (0.75%) Cloud Security Posture
15 5 (0.75%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 37 (5.55%) Windows
2 17 (2.55%) Linux
3 10 (1.50%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.05%) Unix
4 7 (1.05%) VMS
5 6 (0.90%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.60%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (17.84%) Stakeholder Management
2 99 (14.84%) Information Security
3 95 (14.24%) Incident Response
4 93 (13.94%) Risk Management
5 88 (13.19%) SIEM
6 87 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 81 (12.14%) Cloud Security
8 78 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 77 (11.54%) AI
9 77 (11.54%) Vulnerability Management
10 70 (10.49%) Agile
10 70 (10.49%) Security Operations
11 63 (9.45%) Identity Access Management
12 62 (9.30%) CI/CD
12 62 (9.30%) Data Protection
12 62 (9.30%) DevOps
13 60 (9.00%) Security Architecture
14 57 (8.55%) Threat Modelling
15 54 (8.10%) Problem-Solving
16 52 (7.80%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 43 (6.45%) Python
2 28 (4.20%) PowerShell
3 19 (2.85%) SQL
4 18 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
5 15 (2.25%) Bash
6 9 (1.35%) 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 (25.79%) Security Cleared
2 141 (21.14%) SC Cleared
3 112 (16.79%) CISSP
4 74 (11.09%) CISM
5 57 (8.55%) Degree
6 33 (4.95%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (4.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 23 (3.45%) DV Cleared
9 21 (3.15%) CompTIA Security+
9 21 (3.15%) GIAC
10 19 (2.85%) CEH
11 17 (2.55%) CRISC
12 15 (2.25%) CISA
12 15 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
13 13 (1.95%) CCSP
14 12 (1.80%) Azure Certification
15 11 (1.65%) PMI Certification
16 10 (1.50%) PMP
17 9 (1.35%) SSCP
18 8 (1.20%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (21.14%) NIST
2 124 (18.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (8.70%) GDPR
4 52 (7.80%) NCSC
5 43 (6.45%) GRC
6 36 (5.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 34 (5.10%) COBIT
8 29 (4.35%) PCI DSS
9 26 (3.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 16 (2.40%) QA
11 14 (2.10%) SOC 2
12 13 (1.95%) ITGC
13 11 (1.65%) NIST 800
14 10 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 9 (1.35%) PMO
16 7 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (1.05%) SLA
17 4 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
17 4 (0.60%) JSP 440
17 4 (0.60%) SOC 1
System Software
1 42 (6.30%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.50%) Docker
3 9 (1.35%) 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 (5.55%) Kubernetes
2 27 (4.05%) Terraform
3 17 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (1.65%) Ansible
4 11 (1.65%) CASB
4 11 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.05%) AirWatch
6 4 (0.60%) SCCM
7 3 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.45%) Grafana
7 3 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.45%) Puppet
8 2 (0.30%) Nessus
8 2 (0.30%) Nexpose
8 2 (0.30%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.15%) logstash
9 1 (0.15%) Salt
9 1 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 154 (23.09%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.75%) Splunk
3 38 (5.70%) CyberArk
4 32 (4.80%) CrowdStrike
5 23 (3.45%) ServiceNow
6 20 (3.00%) OpenAI
7 19 (2.85%) Google
8 17 (2.55%) Foundry
9 16 (2.40%) Netskope
10 14 (2.10%) Palo Alto
11 13 (1.95%) Tenable
12 9 (1.35%) Qualys
12 9 (1.35%) Zscaler
13 7 (1.05%) Cisco
14 6 (0.90%) Fortinet
14 6 (0.90%) Okta
15 5 (0.75%) VMware
16 4 (0.60%) Progress
16 4 (0.60%) Rapid7
17 3 (0.45%) OneTrust