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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 82 63
Rank change year-on-year +15 -19 +1
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 637 416 615
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.87% 3.25% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.32% 3.57% 3.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 263 454
10th Percentile £406 £338 £413
25th Percentile £475 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -10.42% -4.00%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £741
90th Percentile £800 £775 £825
England median daily rate £545 £550 £588
% change year-on-year -0.91% -6.46% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 1
10th Percentile £26.11 £48.88 -
25th Percentile £29.04 £56.20 £51.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £73.60 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.29% +40.19% -19.23%
75th Percentile £95.00 £82.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £99.00 £83.20 -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £73.46 £78.00
% change year-on-year -38.11% -5.83% +19.08%

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 14,757 11,654 16,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.76% 91.18% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,899 7,809 11,494
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 162 342
10th Percentile £18.13 £20.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.93
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.70 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.35% -18.49%
75th Percentile £56.85 £53.75 £49.97
90th Percentile £71.75 £77.25 £69.43
England median hourly rate £31.45 £33.40 £32.50
% change year-on-year -5.84% +2.77% -10.41%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 19 March 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 -8 88 £525 -5.62% 103
South London -28 7 £339 -28.68% 6
North London +3 4 - - 9
East London -7 3 £717 +16.59% 27
West London -19 3 £423 -0.59% 31
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 18 (2.83%) Confluence
2 15 (2.35%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.47%) Apache
Applications
1 18 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (1.73%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.47%) Trello
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.31%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 173 (27.16%) Azure
2 101 (15.86%) AWS
3 75 (11.77%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (7.38%) Entra ID
5 40 (6.28%) GCP
6 32 (5.02%) Microsoft Purview
7 31 (4.87%) SaaS
8 23 (3.61%) GitHub
9 20 (3.14%) Power Platform
10 17 (2.67%) Azure AI
11 16 (2.51%) Azure Sentinel
12 15 (2.35%) Amazon Bedrock
12 15 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
13 13 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
13 13 (2.04%) OpenShift
13 13 (2.04%) PaaS
14 12 (1.88%) Mimecast
15 10 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
16 9 (1.41%) IaaS
17 8 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 70 (10.99%) Firewall
2 48 (7.54%) Network Security
3 11 (1.73%) WAN
4 10 (1.57%) DNS
4 10 (1.57%) VPN
5 8 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (1.10%) Internet
6 7 (1.10%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.10%) Wireless
7 6 (0.94%) LAN
8 5 (0.78%) BGP
8 5 (0.78%) Broadband
8 5 (0.78%) NGFW
9 4 (0.63%) DHCP
9 4 (0.63%) OSPF
10 3 (0.47%) Cisco IPT
10 3 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.47%) Modbus
10 3 (0.47%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.47%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.51%) Power BI
2 11 (1.73%) Data Lake
3 10 (1.57%) Big Data
4 4 (0.63%) Tableau
5 3 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.31%) Metadata
6 2 (0.31%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.16%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 25 (3.92%) JIRA
2 21 (3.30%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.47%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.31%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.31%) Git
5 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.16%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.16%) Gemini Tracker
General
1 203 (31.87%) Social Skills
2 170 (26.69%) Finance
3 80 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (9.58%) Public Sector
5 52 (8.16%) Banking
6 35 (5.49%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (3.14%) Legal
9 18 (2.83%) Investment Banking
10 17 (2.67%) Retail
11 14 (2.20%) Local Government
12 13 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.57%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.41%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.10%) Military
17 6 (0.94%) Manufacturing
18 5 (0.78%) Law
18 5 (0.78%) Spanish Language
19 3 (0.47%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 84 (13.19%) Analyst
2 76 (11.93%) Architect
3 66 (10.36%) Senior
4 64 (10.05%) Consultant
4 64 (10.05%) Security Engineer
5 55 (8.63%) Security Manager
6 52 (8.16%) Project Manager
7 42 (6.59%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 42 (6.59%) Security Architect
8 41 (6.44%) Security Consultant
9 38 (5.97%) Lead
10 36 (5.65%) Security Analyst
11 35 (5.49%) Security Specialist
12 34 (5.34%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 32 (5.02%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 28 (4.40%) Business Analyst
15 27 (4.24%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 25 (3.92%) Cybersecurity Specialist
17 20 (3.14%) Security Project Manager
18 18 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.61%) SAML
2 22 (3.45%) OpenID
3 15 (2.35%) LDAP
4 14 (2.20%) REST
5 8 (1.26%) SailPoint
6 6 (0.94%) Kafka
6 6 (0.94%) OAuth
7 5 (0.78%) .NET
7 5 (0.78%) NestJS
7 5 (0.78%) React
8 4 (0.63%) Node.js
8 4 (0.63%) RESTful
9 3 (0.47%) 802.1X
9 3 (0.47%) Apache NiFi
9 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (0.47%) Middleware
9 3 (0.47%) SOAP
9 3 (0.47%) Web Services
10 2 (0.31%) GraphQL
10 2 (0.31%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.48%) Security Posture
2 43 (6.75%) Cloud Native
3 40 (6.28%) Management Information System
4 36 (5.65%) Onboarding
5 25 (3.92%) Security Operations Centre
6 23 (3.61%) Cyber Threat
7 19 (2.98%) AI Agents
7 19 (2.98%) Cyber Defence
8 17 (2.67%) Product Ownership
9 16 (2.51%) Operational Technology
9 16 (2.51%) PKI
10 13 (2.04%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.73%) BYOD
12 11 (1.73%) Public Cloud
13 9 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.94%) CMDB
15 5 (0.78%) Cloud Security Posture
15 5 (0.78%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (8.95%) Windows
2 31 (4.87%) Linux
3 14 (2.20%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.73%) Mac OS
5 8 (1.26%) Unix
5 8 (1.26%) VMS
6 7 (1.10%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.78%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.16%) Android
8 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (18.05%) Information Security
2 113 (17.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 109 (17.11%) SIEM
4 103 (16.17%) Incident Response
5 101 (15.86%) Cloud Security
6 93 (14.60%) Agile
7 79 (12.40%) Risk Management
8 77 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 76 (11.93%) Security Operations
10 74 (11.62%) AI
10 74 (11.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 67 (10.52%) Vulnerability Management
12 66 (10.36%) Problem-Solving
13 59 (9.26%) Identity Access Management
14 58 (9.11%) Data Protection
15 57 (8.95%) CI/CD
16 55 (8.63%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 55 (8.63%) Threat Intelligence
17 51 (8.01%) DevOps
18 48 (7.54%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 45 (7.06%) Python
2 37 (5.81%) PowerShell
3 22 (3.45%) Kusto Query Language
4 19 (2.98%) SQL
5 17 (2.67%) Bash
6 8 (1.26%) Java
6 8 (1.26%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.10%) C++
7 7 (1.10%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.78%) C#
9 4 (0.63%) Rust
10 3 (0.47%) Go
11 2 (0.31%) Haskell
12 1 (0.16%) BeanShell
12 1 (0.16%) Bicep
12 1 (0.16%) Korn
12 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 196 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 164 (25.75%) SC Cleared
3 111 (17.43%) CISSP
4 77 (12.09%) CISM
5 59 (9.26%) Degree
6 32 (5.02%) DV Cleared
7 23 (3.61%) CompTIA Security+
8 22 (3.45%) CEH
8 22 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (2.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 19 (2.98%) GIAC
10 14 (2.20%) PMI Certification
11 13 (2.04%) CRISC
11 13 (2.04%) PMP
12 12 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (1.57%) CESG Certified Professional
14 10 (1.57%) CISA
14 10 (1.57%) OSCP
15 8 (1.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (20.25%) NIST
2 120 (18.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 60 (9.42%) GDPR
4 41 (6.44%) GRC
4 41 (6.44%) NCSC
5 31 (4.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 23 (3.61%) PCI DSS
7 20 (3.14%) COBIT
8 16 (2.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (1.57%) QA
9 10 (1.57%) SLA
9 10 (1.57%) SOC 2
10 9 (1.41%) PMO
11 8 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 7 (1.10%) HIPAA
12 7 (1.10%) ITGC
12 7 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.94%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 44 (6.91%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.78%) Docker
4 3 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.08%) Terraform
3 24 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (2.67%) CASB
4 17 (2.67%) SCCM
5 11 (1.73%) Ansible
6 7 (1.10%) AirWatch
7 5 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.78%) RSA Archer
7 5 (0.78%) SCOrch
8 4 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.47%) logstash
9 3 (0.47%) Nessus
9 3 (0.47%) QRadar
9 3 (0.47%) WSUS
10 2 (0.31%) Fluentd
10 2 (0.31%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.16%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.16%) Icinga
Vendors
1 164 (25.75%) Microsoft
2 58 (9.11%) Splunk
3 32 (5.02%) CyberArk
3 32 (5.02%) ServiceNow
4 22 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
5 18 (2.83%) Palo Alto
6 17 (2.67%) Foundry
6 17 (2.67%) OpenAI
6 17 (2.67%) Tenable
7 16 (2.51%) Google
8 11 (1.73%) Netskope
9 10 (1.57%) Cisco
10 9 (1.41%) Fortinet
10 9 (1.41%) Zscaler
11 7 (1.10%) Okta
11 7 (1.10%) Qualys
11 7 (1.10%) VMware
12 5 (0.78%) Ariba
12 5 (0.78%) Rapid7
13 4 (0.63%) Databricks