Cybersecurity Contracts in London

Cybersecurity
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 61 89
Rank change year-on-year -7 +28 0
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 583 1,047 1,170
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.30% 3.98% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.71% 4.38% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 726 779
10th Percentile £400 £453 £400
25th Percentile £500 £525 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +7.98%
75th Percentile £731 £738 £700
90th Percentile £825 £823 £788
England median daily rate £581 £605 £573
% change year-on-year -4.05% +5.68% +11.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 7
10th Percentile - £62.20 £24.56
25th Percentile - £62.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £30.12 £67.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.38% +145.45% -54.17%
75th Percentile - £71.25 £34.88
90th Percentile - £84.75 £39.55
England median hourly rate £83.77 £68.75 £46.53
% change year-on-year +21.84% +47.75% -2.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,694 23,906 35,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.70% 90.95% 92.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,256 17,189 26,035
10th Percentile £340 £375 £389
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £680 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 270 421
10th Percentile £15.97 £18.45 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +6.85% +11.11%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.19 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.30 £80.23 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in London.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 8 May 2024. 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 +15 114 £625 -3.85% 36
East London +5 25 £650 -13.33% 10
West London -10 9 £525 -25.00% 21
South London +9 2 £675 +3.85% 3
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 12 (2.06%) Confluence
2 10 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.69%) CMS
5 2 (0.34%) Apache
5 2 (0.34%) IIS
5 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.34%) nginx
5 2 (0.34%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.17%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 13 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.69%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.51%) Trello
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 128 (21.96%) Azure
2 81 (13.89%) AWS
3 45 (7.72%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (4.97%) GCP
5 22 (3.77%) SaaS
6 21 (3.60%) Entra ID
7 18 (3.09%) Azure Sentinel
8 15 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
10 10 (1.72%) IaaS
11 9 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (1.54%) GitHub
12 7 (1.20%) Mimecast
12 7 (1.20%) Power Platform
13 5 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (0.69%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.69%) Serverless
14 4 (0.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 3 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
15 3 (0.51%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (9.95%) Firewall
2 37 (6.35%) Network Security
3 21 (3.60%) WAN
4 14 (2.40%) DNS
5 13 (2.23%) SD-WAN
6 11 (1.89%) LAN
6 11 (1.89%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.89%) VPN
6 11 (1.89%) Wireless
7 8 (1.37%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (1.20%) HTTP
9 6 (1.03%) Internet
9 6 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.03%) WLAN
10 5 (0.86%) DHCP
11 4 (0.69%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.69%) IPsec
12 3 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.51%) SSL
12 3 (0.51%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.57%) Big Data
2 13 (2.23%) Data Lake
3 8 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (1.20%) Power BI
5 4 (0.69%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.34%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.34%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.17%) DB2
8 1 (0.17%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.17%) MySQL
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.17%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 25 (4.29%) Jenkins
2 15 (2.57%) GitLab
3 9 (1.54%) Artifactory
3 9 (1.54%) Git
4 8 (1.37%) JIRA
4 8 (1.37%) Subversion
5 3 (0.51%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.51%) CircleCI
5 3 (0.51%) Xcode
6 2 (0.34%) Maven
6 2 (0.34%) RStudio
6 2 (0.34%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.17%) Appium
7 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.17%) JMeter
7 1 (0.17%) Postman
7 1 (0.17%) Selenium
7 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
General
1 174 (29.85%) Finance
2 114 (19.55%) Social Skills
3 56 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (9.43%) Public Sector
5 47 (8.06%) Banking
6 29 (4.97%) Financial Institution
7 18 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (2.92%) Legal
9 16 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.23%) Law
11 10 (1.72%) Retail
12 9 (1.54%) Local Government
13 8 (1.37%) Advertising
13 8 (1.37%) International Banking
13 8 (1.37%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.03%) Police
15 5 (0.86%) Marketing
16 4 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 111 (19.04%) Analyst
2 103 (17.67%) Architect
3 73 (12.52%) Consultant
4 63 (10.81%) Security Architect
5 52 (8.92%) Security Engineer
6 51 (8.75%) Security Analyst
7 50 (8.58%) Security Consultant
8 49 (8.40%) Security Manager
9 42 (7.20%) Senior
10 41 (7.03%) Project Manager
11 33 (5.66%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 31 (5.32%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 27 (4.63%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 27 (4.63%) Security Project Manager
14 26 (4.46%) Cybersecurity Architect
15 24 (4.12%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 22 (3.77%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
17 19 (3.26%) Business Analyst
17 19 (3.26%) DevOps Engineer
18 18 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.40%) SailPoint
2 12 (2.06%) Middleware
3 10 (1.72%) .NET
4 5 (0.86%) HTML
4 5 (0.86%) OAuth
5 4 (0.69%) JSON
5 4 (0.69%) Kafka
5 4 (0.69%) LDAP
5 4 (0.69%) OpenID
5 4 (0.69%) REST
5 4 (0.69%) SAML
6 3 (0.51%) CSS
6 3 (0.51%) iOS SDK
6 3 (0.51%) RESTful
6 3 (0.51%) Web Services
6 3 (0.51%) YAML
7 2 (0.34%) J2EE
7 2 (0.34%) Jinja
7 2 (0.34%) SPML
7 2 (0.34%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.92%) Management Information System
2 42 (7.20%) Security Posture
3 35 (6.00%) Cyber Threat
4 29 (4.97%) PKI
5 19 (3.26%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (2.40%) Operational Technology
7 14 (2.40%) Security Operations Centre
8 12 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (2.06%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.89%) Cyber Defence
9 11 (1.89%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.89%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.54%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.37%) IoT
12 7 (1.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 7 (1.20%) Cyberattack
13 6 (1.03%) Cloud Native
13 6 (1.03%) Cyber Security Posture
13 6 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 57 (9.78%) Linux
2 54 (9.26%) Windows
3 16 (2.74%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.89%) Unix
5 4 (0.69%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.34%) CentOS
7 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.17%) Android
8 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (22.98%) Information Security
2 91 (15.61%) Agile
3 84 (14.41%) Risk Management
4 78 (13.38%) SIEM
5 72 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (11.49%) Incident Response
7 65 (11.15%) Cloud Security
7 65 (11.15%) Security Architecture
8 64 (10.98%) DevOps
9 63 (10.81%) Security Operations
10 50 (8.58%) Identity Access Management
11 48 (8.23%) Roadmaps
12 47 (8.06%) Project Management
13 45 (7.72%) Data Protection
14 43 (7.38%) Stakeholder Management
15 41 (7.03%) Business Strategy
15 41 (7.03%) Disaster Recovery
15 41 (7.03%) Vulnerability Management
16 40 (6.86%) Penetration Testing
17 38 (6.52%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 59 (10.12%) PowerShell
2 48 (8.23%) Python
3 29 (4.97%) C#
4 20 (3.43%) Java
5 18 (3.09%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.57%) SQL
7 11 (1.89%) C++
8 7 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (1.03%) Go
9 6 (1.03%) Rust
10 5 (0.86%) Bash
11 4 (0.69%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.69%) Swift
12 3 (0.51%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.51%) Perl
13 2 (0.34%) Clojure
13 2 (0.34%) Haskell
13 2 (0.34%) R
13 2 (0.34%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.17%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 108 (18.52%) CISSP
2 106 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 83 (14.24%) CISM
4 79 (13.55%) SC Cleared
5 49 (8.40%) Degree
5 49 (8.40%) DV Cleared
6 41 (7.03%) CISA
7 24 (4.12%) CRISC
8 22 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (3.26%) CEH
10 16 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (2.40%) AWS Certification
12 12 (2.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 12 (2.06%) OSCP
13 11 (1.89%) CompTIA Security+
13 11 (1.89%) GIAC
14 10 (1.72%) SANS
15 8 (1.37%) CTC Cleared
15 8 (1.37%) PMI Certification
16 7 (1.20%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (19.90%) NIST
2 88 (15.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (5.15%) GDPR
4 27 (4.63%) PCI DSS
5 25 (4.29%) GRC
6 21 (3.60%) NCSC
7 16 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 14 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (1.89%) COBIT
10 9 (1.54%) ISO 31000
10 9 (1.54%) NIST 800
10 9 (1.54%) QA
11 6 (1.03%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.86%) SLA
13 4 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 3 (0.51%) GPG13
14 3 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.51%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.34%) Data Quality
System Software
1 34 (5.83%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.54%) Docker
3 4 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.34%) NFS
4 2 (0.34%) XenApp
5 1 (0.17%) Ceph
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 48 (8.23%) Terraform
2 44 (7.55%) Ansible
3 20 (3.43%) Kubernetes
4 15 (2.57%) Puppet
5 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.37%) Nessus
6 7 (1.20%) ArcSight ESM
6 7 (1.20%) BladeLogic
6 7 (1.20%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.20%) ITRS Geneos
7 6 (1.03%) CSIRT
8 5 (0.86%) QRadar
9 4 (0.69%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.51%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.51%) Stealthwatch
10 3 (0.51%) WSUS
11 2 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (0.34%) Packer
11 2 (0.34%) SCCM
Vendors
1 107 (18.35%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.74%) Cisco
3 15 (2.57%) Palo Alto
3 15 (2.57%) Splunk
4 14 (2.40%) Citrix
4 14 (2.40%) CyberArk
5 11 (1.89%) Rapid7
6 10 (1.72%) ArcSight
6 10 (1.72%) Oracle
6 10 (1.72%) Qualys
7 8 (1.37%) Darktrace
7 8 (1.37%) Google
8 7 (1.20%) Altiris
8 7 (1.20%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.20%) VMware
9 6 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (0.86%) Fortinet
10 5 (0.86%) Juniper
10 5 (0.86%) McAfee
10 5 (0.86%) ServiceNow