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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 57 65
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 -5
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 888 589 588
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.37% 4.36% 3.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.91% 4.71% 4.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 359 385
10th Percentile £425 £413 £400
25th Percentile £500 £500 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -2.04%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £700
90th Percentile £800 £775 £780
England median daily rate £560 £550 £586
% change year-on-year +1.82% -6.06% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 5
10th Percentile £40.85 £33.13 £27.14
25th Percentile £48.50 £38.63 £30.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £47.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +32.98% +56.04% -58.46%
75th Percentile £66.25 £58.44 £61.25
90th Percentile £67.75 £62.75 £70.25
England median hourly rate £80.00 £50.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +60.00% -13.04% -23.33%

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 18,076 12,495 14,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.53% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,807 8,257 9,705
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 255 182
10th Percentile £16.75 £17.03 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.01 £23.29
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.25 £49.63 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.84 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +8 105 £550 +3.97% 129
West London -14 11 £600 +33.33% 50
East London +1 8 £525 -8.70% 22
South London -15 4 £475 -17.39% 17
North London -4 2 £400 -38.46% 7
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 15 (1.69%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.35%) Confluence
3 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.11%) CMS
4 1 (0.11%) IIS
4 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 251 (28.27%) Azure
2 161 (18.13%) AWS
3 93 (10.47%) Microsoft 365
4 87 (9.80%) Entra ID
5 71 (8.00%) GCP
6 57 (6.42%) SaaS
7 43 (4.84%) Azure Sentinel
8 42 (4.73%) Microsoft Purview
9 30 (3.38%) Power Platform
10 22 (2.48%) GitHub
11 21 (2.36%) Microsoft Copilot
12 18 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (1.80%) PaaS
14 15 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
15 14 (1.58%) IaaS
16 11 (1.24%) OCI
17 10 (1.13%) AWS Control Tower
17 10 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
17 10 (1.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 9 (1.01%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 63 (7.09%) Firewall
2 53 (5.97%) Network Security
3 26 (2.93%) DNS
4 18 (2.03%) VPN
5 14 (1.58%) Internet
6 12 (1.35%) WAN
7 11 (1.24%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.90%) DHCP
8 8 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (0.79%) IPsec
10 6 (0.68%) LAN
10 6 (0.68%) NAS
10 6 (0.68%) SAN
10 6 (0.68%) VLAN
11 5 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.56%) DKIM
11 5 (0.56%) DMARC
11 5 (0.56%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (0.45%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.03%) Power BI
2 7 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (0.79%) Big Data
3 6 (0.68%) Data Lake
3 6 (0.68%) DynamoDB
4 5 (0.56%) Db2
5 4 (0.45%) Amazon QuickSight
6 3 (0.34%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.23%) Metadata
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.23%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.11%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.11%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.11%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.11%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 27 (3.04%) JIRA
2 10 (1.13%) Git
3 9 (1.01%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.90%) GitLab
5 6 (0.68%) Burp Suite
6 5 (0.56%) Snyk
7 3 (0.34%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.23%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.23%) MSI
8 2 (0.23%) Subversion
9 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
General
1 273 (30.74%) Social Skills
2 217 (24.44%) Finance
3 98 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 66 (7.43%) Banking
6 34 (3.83%) Influencing Skills
7 33 (3.72%) Legal
8 27 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
9 24 (2.70%) Manufacturing
10 21 (2.36%) Local Government
11 19 (2.14%) Retail
12 18 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (1.91%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (1.69%) Military
15 13 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.79%) Financial Institution
17 5 (0.56%) Aviation
18 4 (0.45%) Aerospace
18 4 (0.45%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 157 (17.68%) Analyst
2 133 (14.98%) Architect
3 80 (9.01%) Security Architect
4 78 (8.78%) Senior
5 76 (8.56%) Security Analyst
6 66 (7.43%) Consultant
7 65 (7.32%) Lead
8 63 (7.09%) Security Engineer
9 59 (6.64%) Project Manager
10 56 (6.31%) Security Manager
11 55 (6.19%) Business Analyst
12 48 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 44 (4.95%) Security Consultant
14 40 (4.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 30 (3.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 29 (3.27%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 27 (3.04%) Cybersecurity Architect
18 24 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
19 22 (2.48%) IT Manager
20 20 (2.25%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (5.41%) Terraform
2 14 (1.58%) OAuth
3 13 (1.46%) REST
4 10 (1.13%) SailPoint
4 10 (1.13%) SAML
5 8 (0.90%) Middleware
5 8 (0.90%) OpenID
6 7 (0.79%) FIDO
6 7 (0.79%) LDAP
6 7 (0.79%) WebAuthn
7 5 (0.56%) Azure Blueprints
7 5 (0.56%) Django
7 5 (0.56%) JSON
7 5 (0.56%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.45%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.34%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (0.34%) RESTful
10 2 (0.23%) OpenAPI
10 2 (0.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 66 (7.43%) Onboarding
1 66 (7.43%) Security Posture
2 50 (5.63%) Operational Technology
3 35 (3.94%) Cloud Native
4 34 (3.83%) Management Information System
4 34 (3.83%) Security Operations Centre
5 32 (3.60%) Cyber Threat
6 24 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
7 20 (2.25%) AI Agents
8 19 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (2.03%) SCADA
10 17 (1.91%) Data Centre
10 17 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (1.80%) CMDB
12 15 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.35%) Cyber Security Posture
13 12 (1.35%) PKI
14 11 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
15 10 (1.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.52%) Windows
2 27 (3.04%) Linux
3 16 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.58%) Mac OS
5 11 (1.24%) Unix
6 9 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.56%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.45%) Alpine Linux
9 2 (0.23%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.11%) CentOS
10 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (27.03%) Stakeholder Management
2 158 (17.79%) Risk Management
3 156 (17.57%) Incident Response
4 142 (15.99%) Security Operations
4 142 (15.99%) Vulnerability Management
5 139 (15.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 129 (14.53%) Cloud Security
7 125 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 120 (13.51%) SIEM
9 111 (12.50%) Security Architecture
10 110 (12.39%) Roadmaps
11 108 (12.16%) Agile
12 105 (11.82%) Information Security
13 98 (11.04%) AI
14 97 (10.92%) Identity Access Management
15 91 (10.25%) Data Protection
16 90 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
17 83 (9.35%) Decision-Making
18 74 (8.33%) DevOps
19 69 (7.77%) Cyber Resilience
Programming Languages
1 47 (5.29%) Python
2 44 (4.95%) PowerShell
3 24 (2.70%) SQL
4 18 (2.03%) Kusto Query Language
5 14 (1.58%) Bicep
6 13 (1.46%) Bash
7 6 (0.68%) Search Processing Language
7 6 (0.68%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.45%) Korn
9 2 (0.23%) Java
9 2 (0.23%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.23%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.11%) C
10 1 (0.11%) C#
10 1 (0.11%) Groovy
10 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 219 (24.66%) Security Cleared
2 169 (19.03%) SC Cleared
3 161 (18.13%) CISSP
4 103 (11.60%) CISM
5 67 (7.55%) Degree
6 45 (5.07%) DV Cleared
7 43 (4.84%) Cisco Certification
8 37 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 33 (3.72%) PMP
10 31 (3.49%) PMI Certification
11 30 (3.38%) CompTIA Security+
11 30 (3.38%) CRISC
12 29 (3.27%) GIAC
13 27 (3.04%) CEH
14 26 (2.93%) Azure Certification
15 22 (2.48%) AWS Certification
16 20 (2.25%) CISA
17 19 (2.14%) CCSP
18 16 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
19 15 (1.69%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (20.95%) NIST
2 175 (19.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 68 (7.66%) NCSC
4 65 (7.32%) GRC
5 51 (5.74%) GDPR
6 50 (5.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 39 (4.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 35 (3.94%) COBIT
9 30 (3.38%) PCI DSS
10 22 (2.48%) PMO
11 20 (2.25%) NIST 800
12 19 (2.14%) QA
13 15 (1.69%) SOC 2
14 12 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 11 (1.24%) ITGC
16 8 (0.90%) EU AI Act
16 8 (0.90%) SLA
17 7 (0.79%) Data Quality
17 7 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 6 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 58 (6.53%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.91%) Docker
3 11 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.68%) NFS
4 6 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.34%) vSphere
6 2 (0.23%) Firmware
6 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.11%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.11%) Samba
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (1.58%) Ansible
5 8 (0.90%) CASB
6 6 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.56%) Puppet
7 5 (0.56%) QRadar
8 4 (0.45%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.45%) Nessus
8 4 (0.45%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.34%) Grafana
9 3 (0.34%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.34%) SCCM
10 2 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.23%) MOM
10 2 (0.23%) Nexpose
10 2 (0.23%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.11%) Istio
11 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 232 (26.13%) Microsoft
2 48 (5.41%) Splunk
3 46 (5.18%) ServiceNow
4 42 (4.73%) CrowdStrike
5 36 (4.05%) CyberArk
6 25 (2.82%) Tenable
7 24 (2.70%) Qualys
8 23 (2.59%) Google
9 14 (1.58%) Palo Alto
9 14 (1.58%) VMware
10 13 (1.46%) Cisco
10 13 (1.46%) Zscaler
11 11 (1.24%) Oracle
12 10 (1.13%) Rapid7
13 9 (1.01%) Netskope
13 9 (1.01%) Okta
14 8 (0.90%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.68%) Apple
15 6 (0.68%) BeyondTrust
15 6 (0.68%) Databricks