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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 64 60
Rank change year-on-year +9 -4 +17
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 593 584 873
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.48% 3.63% 3.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.84% 4.07% 4.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 379 625
10th Percentile £413 £400 £443
25th Percentile £500 £510 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £620
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £750
90th Percentile £775 £780 £838
England median daily rate £550 £585 £600
% change year-on-year -5.98% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 3
10th Percentile £33.13 £27.14 £69.00
25th Percentile £38.63 £30.00 £69.38
Median hourly rate £47.00 £30.12 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +56.04% -58.46% +132.00%
75th Percentile £58.44 £61.25 £85.00
90th Percentile £62.75 £70.25 £90.25
England median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% -23.33% +25.00%

All Process and 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 12,257 14,351 20,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.57% 89.23% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,103 9,613 14,599
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 180 230
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.15
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £22.00
Median hourly rate £31.75 £35.00 £39.92
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% -12.31% +7.88%
75th Percentile £48.44 £55.00 £64.38
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.19 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.54
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.24% +50.14%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity 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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 2025. 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 -17 70 £533 -11.17% 132
West London 0 9 £450 -14.29% 43
South London -2 8 £625 +6.34% 28
East London -3 8 £588 +0.43% 39
North London -2 4 £650 +71.05% 18
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.02%) Confluence
3 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.18%) Apache
5 5 (0.84%) CMS
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.34%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.34%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.84%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.17%) Eikon
3 1 (0.17%) Eze OMS
3 1 (0.17%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 142 (23.95%) Azure
2 105 (17.71%) AWS
3 55 (9.27%) GCP
4 44 (7.42%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (5.90%) SaaS
6 32 (5.40%) GitHub
7 30 (5.06%) Amazon S3
8 27 (4.55%) Entra ID
9 23 (3.88%) Amazon EC2
10 22 (3.71%) Amazon SQS
11 16 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
12 14 (2.36%) Serverless
13 13 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (1.69%) Power Platform
16 9 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
17 7 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
17 7 (1.18%) IaaS
18 6 (1.01%) Azure AKS
19 5 (0.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 65 (10.96%) Firewall
2 45 (7.59%) Network Security
3 21 (3.54%) DNS
4 20 (3.37%) VPN
5 14 (2.36%) SSL
6 13 (2.19%) TCP/IP
7 11 (1.85%) WAN
8 10 (1.69%) DHCP
9 9 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (1.35%) HTTP
10 8 (1.35%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (1.18%) LAN
12 6 (1.01%) Internet
12 6 (1.01%) IP Telephony
12 6 (1.01%) VLAN
13 5 (0.84%) VoIP
13 5 (0.84%) Wireless
14 4 (0.67%) Modbus
15 3 (0.51%) SSH
15 3 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.85%) Big Data
2 7 (1.18%) Power BI
3 5 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
4 4 (0.67%) BigQuery
4 4 (0.67%) GIS
4 4 (0.67%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.51%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.51%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.34%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.17%) Looker
7 1 (0.17%) MySQL
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (3.54%) JIRA
2 16 (2.70%) Burp Suite
3 15 (2.53%) Metasploit
4 14 (2.36%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.01%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.01%) Git
5 6 (1.01%) GitLab
6 5 (0.84%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.67%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.67%) Postman
8 3 (0.51%) Mocha
8 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.17%) Ant
9 1 (0.17%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.17%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.17%) IDA Disassembler
9 1 (0.17%) Snyk
9 1 (0.17%) Zephyr
General
1 178 (30.02%) Social Skills
2 169 (28.50%) Finance
3 77 (12.98%) Public Sector
4 64 (10.79%) Banking
5 61 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (4.89%) Legal
7 27 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (3.71%) Telecoms
9 18 (3.04%) Financial Institution
10 17 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (2.70%) Military
12 15 (2.53%) Investment Banking
13 14 (2.36%) Local Government
14 12 (2.02%) Manufacturing
15 10 (1.69%) Law
16 7 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.84%) Games
17 5 (0.84%) Japanese Language
17 5 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
18 4 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 94 (15.85%) Analyst
2 81 (13.66%) Architect
3 76 (12.82%) Security Engineer
4 62 (10.46%) Security Architect
5 47 (7.93%) Senior
6 46 (7.76%) Security Analyst
7 44 (7.42%) Consultant
8 41 (6.91%) Lead
9 40 (6.75%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 36 (6.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 31 (5.23%) Security Consultant
12 28 (4.72%) Security Manager
13 27 (4.55%) Business Analyst
14 26 (4.38%) Project Manager
14 26 (4.38%) Tester
15 23 (3.88%) Penetration Tester
16 22 (3.71%) IT Manager
17 19 (3.20%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 17 (2.87%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 14 (2.36%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.36%) React
2 13 (2.19%) Kafka
3 10 (1.69%) REST
4 9 (1.52%) SailPoint
5 8 (1.35%) OAuth
6 6 (1.01%) GraphQL
6 6 (1.01%) Jest
6 6 (1.01%) Node.js
7 5 (0.84%) .NET
7 5 (0.84%) Apache NiFi
7 5 (0.84%) LangChain
7 5 (0.84%) WebSockets
8 4 (0.67%) CSS
8 4 (0.67%) FastAPI
8 4 (0.67%) HTML
8 4 (0.67%) HTML5
8 4 (0.67%) LDAP
8 4 (0.67%) PyTorch
8 4 (0.67%) TensorFlow
9 3 (0.51%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.94%) Security Posture
2 45 (7.59%) Management Information System
3 42 (7.08%) Cyber Threat
3 42 (7.08%) Onboarding
4 28 (4.72%) Security Operations Centre
5 23 (3.88%) CSOC
6 16 (2.70%) Algorithms
6 16 (2.70%) Data Centre
7 15 (2.53%) Cyber Defence
7 15 (2.53%) PKI
7 15 (2.53%) Product Ownership
8 13 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (2.02%) Cloud Native
9 12 (2.02%) Operational Technology
10 8 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (1.01%) Insider Threat
11 6 (1.01%) Replication
11 6 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 60 (10.12%) Windows
2 41 (6.91%) Linux
3 20 (3.37%) Mac OS
4 12 (2.02%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.85%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.69%) Unix
7 5 (0.84%) Android
7 5 (0.84%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.34%) CentOS
9 2 (0.34%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.34%) VMS
10 1 (0.17%) AIX
10 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.17%) HPUX
10 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.17%) Solaris
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (17.88%) SIEM
2 103 (17.37%) Incident Response
3 101 (17.03%) Cloud Security
4 96 (16.19%) Information Security
5 95 (16.02%) Security Operations
6 84 (14.17%) Risk Management
7 82 (13.83%) Agile
8 75 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
9 73 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
10 67 (11.30%) Vulnerability Management
11 65 (10.96%) Penetration Testing
12 58 (9.78%) Security Architecture
13 55 (9.27%) CI/CD
14 54 (9.11%) Artificial Intelligence
15 52 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 50 (8.43%) DevOps
16 50 (8.43%) Use Case
17 49 (8.26%) Roadmaps
18 47 (7.93%) Continuous Improvement
19 46 (7.76%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 74 (12.48%) Python
2 38 (6.41%) Bash
2 38 (6.41%) PowerShell
3 20 (3.37%) Kusto Query Language
4 15 (2.53%) JavaScript
4 15 (2.53%) SQL
5 10 (1.69%) Java
6 8 (1.35%) C++
7 7 (1.18%) C#
8 5 (0.84%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.67%) Bicep
9 4 (0.67%) Perl
10 2 (0.34%) Ruby
10 2 (0.34%) Rust
11 1 (0.17%) C
11 1 (0.17%) Go
11 1 (0.17%) LookML
11 1 (0.17%) R
11 1 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 142 (23.95%) Security Cleared
2 118 (19.90%) SC Cleared
3 82 (13.83%) CISSP
4 55 (9.27%) Degree
5 43 (7.25%) CISM
6 31 (5.23%) CHECK Team Member
7 27 (4.55%) OSCP
8 22 (3.71%) CREST Certified
9 21 (3.54%) CEH
9 21 (3.54%) CHECK Team Leader
9 21 (3.54%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (3.04%) DV Cleared
11 17 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (2.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 13 (2.19%) CISA
13 13 (2.19%) GIAC
13 13 (2.19%) Tigerscheme
14 12 (2.02%) CompTIA Security+
14 12 (2.02%) CRISC
15 11 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (18.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 107 (18.04%) NIST
3 47 (7.93%) GDPR
4 27 (4.55%) NCSC
5 24 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 24 (4.05%) GRC
6 20 (3.37%) PCI DSS
6 20 (3.37%) QA
7 14 (2.36%) SLA
8 12 (2.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (1.69%) EU AI Act
10 9 (1.52%) COBIT
11 8 (1.35%) SOC 2
12 6 (1.01%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.84%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.67%) ITGC
14 4 (0.67%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 48 (8.09%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.01%) Docker
4 5 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.51%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (4.05%) Terraform
2 15 (2.53%) Nmap
3 13 (2.19%) Kubernetes
4 12 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.69%) CASB
5 10 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (1.52%) Ansible
7 8 (1.35%) QRadar
8 7 (1.18%) CSIRT
8 7 (1.18%) SCCM
9 5 (0.84%) AirWatch
10 4 (0.67%) Nessus
10 4 (0.67%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.51%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.51%) WSUS
12 2 (0.34%) Grafana
12 2 (0.34%) Nagios
12 2 (0.34%) Nexpose
12 2 (0.34%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 116 (19.56%) Microsoft
2 62 (10.46%) Splunk
3 25 (4.22%) ServiceNow
4 22 (3.71%) CrowdStrike
5 20 (3.37%) Google
6 19 (3.20%) Oracle
7 17 (2.87%) CyberArk
8 14 (2.36%) SAP
8 14 (2.36%) Veracode
9 13 (2.19%) Cisco
10 12 (2.02%) Darktrace
10 12 (2.02%) Tenable
11 11 (1.85%) Salesforce
12 9 (1.52%) VMware
13 8 (1.35%) Fortinet
13 8 (1.35%) Palo Alto
13 8 (1.35%) Qualys
14 6 (1.01%) BeyondTrust
14 6 (1.01%) Forcepoint
14 6 (1.01%) Okta