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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 74 69
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 -9
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 662 426 571
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.73% 3.41% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.22% 3.70% 3.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 269 427
10th Percentile £413 £337 £400
25th Percentile £475 £450 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -10.42% -4.40%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £727
90th Percentile £838 £750 £825
England median daily rate £550 £550 £581
% change year-on-year - -5.38% -4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 1
10th Percentile £26.11 £50.36 -
25th Percentile £27.58 £57.28 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £73.60 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year -15.08% +144.36% -55.38%
75th Percentile £86.25 £80.80 -
90th Percentile £100.00 £82.24 -
England median hourly rate £82.50 £63.91 £83.77
% change year-on-year +29.10% -23.71% +19.66%

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 15,677 11,512 15,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.30% 92.23% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,479 7,802 11,216
10th Percentile £356 £350 £341
25th Percentile £431 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £681
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 175 313
10th Percentile £18.52 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £23.66 £23.35 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £34.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.20% +23.21% -26.80%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.40
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -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 12 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 12 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 12 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 0 96 £525 -8.70% 105
South London -29 5 £165 -65.26% 13
North London +1 3 - - 11
East London -12 3 £717 +19.50% 23
West London -32 2 £1,000 +122.22% 29
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 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.66%) Confluence
3 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.15%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.81%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.45%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 190 (28.70%) Azure
2 102 (15.41%) AWS
3 73 (11.03%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (8.31%) GCP
5 44 (6.65%) Entra ID
6 43 (6.50%) SaaS
7 30 (4.53%) GitHub
8 26 (3.93%) Microsoft Purview
9 23 (3.47%) Azure Sentinel
10 19 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
11 18 (2.72%) PaaS
12 17 (2.57%) Azure AI
13 16 (2.42%) Amazon Bedrock
14 13 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (1.96%) IaaS
14 13 (1.96%) Mimecast
14 13 (1.96%) OpenShift
15 12 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (1.81%) Power Platform
16 8 (1.21%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 65 (9.82%) Firewall
2 43 (6.50%) Network Security
3 18 (2.72%) DNS
4 11 (1.66%) VPN
5 9 (1.36%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.21%) Internet
7 7 (1.06%) VLAN
7 7 (1.06%) WAN
8 6 (0.91%) LAN
8 6 (0.91%) NGFW
9 5 (0.76%) Broadband
9 5 (0.76%) DHCP
10 4 (0.60%) BGP
10 4 (0.60%) DKIM
10 4 (0.60%) DMARC
10 4 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.60%) Wireless
11 3 (0.45%) OSPF
11 3 (0.45%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.51%) Big Data
2 9 (1.36%) Power BI
3 6 (0.91%) 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 Redshift
6 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.15%) DB2
6 1 (0.15%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.15%) Metadata
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (3.32%) Jenkins
2 21 (3.17%) JIRA
3 7 (1.06%) Git
4 2 (0.30%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.30%) GitLab
5 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.15%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.15%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.15%) Gemini Tracker
General
1 191 (28.85%) Finance
2 187 (28.25%) Social Skills
3 73 (11.03%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (9.37%) Public Sector
5 52 (7.85%) Banking
6 38 (5.74%) Documentation Skills
7 31 (4.68%) Influencing Skills
8 23 (3.47%) Local Government
9 21 (3.17%) Legal
10 18 (2.72%) Retail
11 14 (2.11%) Investment Banking
12 10 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.36%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.06%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.91%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.76%) Law
16 5 (0.76%) Military
17 4 (0.60%) Aviation
17 4 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 93 (14.05%) Architect
2 87 (13.14%) Analyst
3 58 (8.76%) Senior
4 56 (8.46%) Consultant
5 53 (8.01%) Security Manager
6 52 (7.85%) Security Engineer
7 51 (7.70%) Project Manager
7 51 (7.70%) Security Architect
8 45 (6.80%) Lead
9 43 (6.50%) Security Consultant
10 42 (6.34%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 38 (5.74%) Business Analyst
12 34 (5.14%) Security Analyst
13 32 (4.83%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 32 (4.83%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 32 (4.83%) Security Specialist
14 30 (4.53%) Cybersecurity Specialist
15 29 (4.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 23 (3.47%) Cybersecurity Architect
17 21 (3.17%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.02%) SAML
2 19 (2.87%) OpenID
3 16 (2.42%) LDAP
4 12 (1.81%) REST
5 11 (1.66%) SailPoint
6 7 (1.06%) OAuth
7 5 (0.76%) NestJS
8 4 (0.60%) Kafka
8 4 (0.60%) Middleware
8 4 (0.60%) Node.js
8 4 (0.60%) RESTful
9 3 (0.45%) .NET
9 3 (0.45%) 802.1X
9 3 (0.45%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.45%) Django
9 3 (0.45%) JSON
9 3 (0.45%) React
9 3 (0.45%) Web Services
10 2 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.30%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 51 (7.70%) Security Posture
2 47 (7.10%) Cloud Native
3 36 (5.44%) Onboarding
4 27 (4.08%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.32%) AI Agents
5 22 (3.32%) Operational Technology
6 17 (2.57%) Product Ownership
7 16 (2.42%) Security Operations Centre
8 15 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
8 15 (2.27%) PKI
9 13 (1.96%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.36%) SCADA
13 8 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
13 8 (1.21%) Data Centre
14 7 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (0.91%) BYOD
15 6 (0.91%) Cyber Security Posture
16 5 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.74%) Windows
2 20 (3.02%) Linux
3 10 (1.51%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.06%) Mac OS
4 7 (1.06%) VMS
5 6 (0.91%) Unix
6 3 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (18.13%) Stakeholder Management
2 112 (16.92%) Information Security
3 95 (14.35%) Incident Response
4 83 (12.54%) Risk Management
4 83 (12.54%) SIEM
5 82 (12.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 81 (12.24%) Agile
7 80 (12.08%) Cloud Security
8 78 (11.78%) Continuous Improvement
9 73 (11.03%) AI
10 66 (9.97%) CI/CD
10 66 (9.97%) Vulnerability Management
11 65 (9.82%) Security Operations
12 64 (9.67%) DevOps
13 59 (8.91%) Identity Access Management
14 58 (8.76%) Data Protection
15 57 (8.61%) Problem-Solving
16 56 (8.46%) Threat Modelling
17 55 (8.31%) Infrastructure as Code
18 54 (8.16%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 43 (6.50%) Python
2 23 (3.47%) PowerShell
3 21 (3.17%) SQL
4 17 (2.57%) Bash
5 16 (2.42%) Kusto Query Language
6 8 (1.21%) TypeScript
7 5 (0.76%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.60%) C#
8 4 (0.60%) Rust
9 3 (0.45%) Bicep
9 3 (0.45%) C++
9 3 (0.45%) Go
9 3 (0.45%) Java
9 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.30%) Haskell
10 2 (0.30%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.15%) Korn
Qualifications
1 171 (25.83%) Security Cleared
2 142 (21.45%) SC Cleared
3 102 (15.41%) CISSP
4 68 (10.27%) CISM
5 58 (8.76%) Degree
6 31 (4.68%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (3.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 21 (3.17%) GIAC
9 20 (3.02%) DV Cleared
10 18 (2.72%) CEH
10 18 (2.72%) CRISC
11 17 (2.57%) CompTIA Security+
12 14 (2.11%) Azure Certification
12 14 (2.11%) CISA
13 13 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (1.81%) PMI Certification
15 11 (1.66%) CCSP
15 11 (1.66%) PMP
16 7 (1.06%) CSSLP
16 7 (1.06%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (19.94%) NIST
2 118 (17.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 54 (8.16%) GDPR
4 47 (7.10%) NCSC
5 41 (6.19%) GRC
6 32 (4.83%) COBIT
7 30 (4.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 27 (4.08%) PCI DSS
9 19 (2.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (2.11%) QA
11 13 (1.96%) ITGC
12 12 (1.81%) SOC 2
13 11 (1.66%) PMO
14 10 (1.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 9 (1.36%) SLA
16 8 (1.21%) NIST 800
17 6 (0.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 3 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
18 3 (0.45%) GxP
18 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 38 (5.74%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (1.51%) Docker
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 35 (5.29%) Kubernetes
2 33 (4.98%) Terraform
3 15 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (1.81%) CASB
5 11 (1.66%) Ansible
6 10 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.06%) AirWatch
7 7 (1.06%) SCCM
8 3 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.45%) logstash
8 3 (0.45%) QRadar
8 3 (0.45%) RSA Archer
9 2 (0.30%) Fluentd
9 2 (0.30%) Grafana
9 2 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.30%) WSUS
10 1 (0.15%) Nessus
10 1 (0.15%) Puppet
10 1 (0.15%) Salt
10 1 (0.15%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 147 (22.21%) Microsoft
2 49 (7.40%) Splunk
3 33 (4.98%) CyberArk
4 28 (4.23%) CrowdStrike
5 25 (3.78%) ServiceNow
6 20 (3.02%) Google
6 20 (3.02%) OpenAI
7 17 (2.57%) Foundry
8 16 (2.42%) Palo Alto
9 14 (2.11%) Netskope
10 13 (1.96%) Tenable
11 8 (1.21%) Cisco
11 8 (1.21%) Qualys
11 8 (1.21%) Zscaler
12 7 (1.06%) Fortinet
12 7 (1.06%) Okta
13 5 (0.76%) VMware
14 4 (0.60%) Ping Identity
14 4 (0.60%) Rapid7
14 4 (0.60%) SAP