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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 63 64
Rank change year-on-year +12 +1 +9
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 634 585 805
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.73% 3.66% 3.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.11% 4.10% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 360 575
10th Percentile £413 £413 £434
25th Percentile £500 £510 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
75th Percentile £688 £700 £750
90th Percentile £775 £788 £838
England median daily rate £550 £586 £600
% change year-on-year -6.06% -2.42% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 2
10th Percentile £34.38 £28.09 £53.00
25th Percentile £43.38 £41.00 £55.63
Median hourly rate £50.75 £57.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.74% -8.00% +115.52%
75th Percentile £70.88 £77.33 £70.63
90th Percentile £94.13 £80.32 £74.00
England median hourly rate £41.94 £57.50 £72.84
% change year-on-year -27.06% -21.05% +12.05%

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 12,397 14,279 18,793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.51% 89.25% 90.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,181 9,248 13,594
10th Percentile £335 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £664 £675 £690
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 175 229
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.70 £18.50
25th Percentile £25.04 £24.17 £21.75
Median hourly rate £30.50 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% -6.25% +5.44%
75th Percentile £48.00 £58.13 £63.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.75 £76.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +33.65%

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 17 October 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 17 October 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 17 October 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 -18 69 £525 -12.50% 169
West London +3 8 £425 -39.29% 47
South London 0 6 £625 +24.88% 22
East London -10 5 £575 -1.71% 30
North London +2 4 £650 +71.05% 12
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 (2.84%) Confluence
2 15 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.42%) Apache
5 5 (0.79%) CMS
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.32%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.32%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.79%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.16%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.16%) Eikon
3 1 (0.16%) Eze OMS
3 1 (0.16%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 147 (23.19%) Azure
2 112 (17.67%) AWS
3 55 (8.68%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (8.36%) GCP
5 38 (5.99%) SaaS
6 34 (5.36%) Entra ID
7 30 (4.73%) GitHub
8 26 (4.10%) Amazon S3
9 21 (3.31%) Amazon EC2
10 19 (3.00%) Amazon SQS
10 19 (3.00%) Microsoft Purview
11 17 (2.68%) Azure Sentinel
12 13 (2.05%) Serverless
13 11 (1.74%) Power Platform
14 8 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (1.10%) IaaS
16 6 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
16 6 (0.95%) Azure AKS
16 6 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
17 5 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 71 (11.20%) Firewall
2 40 (6.31%) Network Security
3 19 (3.00%) DNS
4 16 (2.52%) VPN
5 12 (1.89%) SSL
5 12 (1.89%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.89%) WAN
6 11 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (1.58%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (1.42%) DHCP
9 7 (1.10%) Wireless
10 6 (0.95%) Internet
10 6 (0.95%) IP Telephony
10 6 (0.95%) LAN
11 5 (0.79%) HTTP
11 5 (0.79%) VLAN
12 4 (0.63%) Modbus
13 3 (0.47%) SSH
13 3 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
14 2 (0.32%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.58%) Big Data
2 9 (1.42%) Data Lake
3 8 (1.26%) Power BI
4 5 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
4 5 (0.79%) BigQuery
4 5 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.47%) GIS
6 3 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.32%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.32%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.32%) Tableau
8 1 (0.16%) Looker
8 1 (0.16%) Metadata
8 1 (0.16%) MySQL
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (4.10%) JIRA
2 17 (2.68%) Burp Suite
2 17 (2.68%) Metasploit
3 14 (2.21%) SonarQube
4 7 (1.10%) GitLab
5 5 (0.79%) Git
6 4 (0.63%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.47%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.16%) Ant
8 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.16%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.16%) IDA Disassembler
8 1 (0.16%) Postman
8 1 (0.16%) Snyk
8 1 (0.16%) Zephyr
General
1 203 (32.02%) Social Skills
2 160 (25.24%) Finance
3 83 (13.09%) Public Sector
4 70 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
5 67 (10.57%) Banking
6 28 (4.42%) Legal
7 27 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (2.84%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.68%) Investment Banking
10 16 (2.52%) Financial Institution
10 16 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (2.37%) Local Government
11 15 (2.37%) Military
12 13 (2.05%) Manufacturing
12 13 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.26%) Law
14 7 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.95%) Marketing
16 5 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.79%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 102 (16.09%) Analyst
2 87 (13.72%) Security Engineer
3 83 (13.09%) Architect
4 67 (10.57%) Security Architect
5 56 (8.83%) Senior
6 55 (8.68%) Security Analyst
7 47 (7.41%) Consultant
8 45 (7.10%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 38 (5.99%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 34 (5.36%) Project Manager
11 32 (5.05%) Lead
12 31 (4.89%) Security Manager
13 28 (4.42%) Security Consultant
13 28 (4.42%) Tester
14 26 (4.10%) Business Analyst
15 25 (3.94%) Penetration Tester
16 22 (3.47%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 21 (3.31%) Cybersecurity Manager
17 21 (3.31%) IT Manager
18 17 (2.68%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.52%) Kafka
2 13 (2.05%) React
3 10 (1.58%) OAuth
4 8 (1.26%) .NET
4 8 (1.26%) SailPoint
5 7 (1.10%) Apache NiFi
6 6 (0.95%) REST
6 6 (0.95%) SAML
7 5 (0.79%) GraphQL
7 5 (0.79%) LangChain
7 5 (0.79%) OpenID
8 4 (0.63%) FastAPI
8 4 (0.63%) PyTorch
8 4 (0.63%) TensorFlow
9 3 (0.47%) Jest
9 3 (0.47%) Next.js
9 3 (0.47%) Node.js
9 3 (0.47%) OAuth2
9 3 (0.47%) pytest
9 3 (0.47%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.89%) Security Posture
2 49 (7.73%) Management Information System
3 47 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
4 44 (6.94%) Onboarding
5 38 (5.99%) Security Operations Centre
6 23 (3.63%) CSOC
7 21 (3.31%) Cyber Defence
8 20 (3.15%) Data Centre
9 16 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (2.52%) Product Ownership
10 14 (2.21%) PKI
11 13 (2.05%) Cloud Native
12 11 (1.74%) Operational Technology
13 8 (1.26%) Algorithms
13 8 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (1.10%) IoT
14 7 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (0.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 6 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 72 (11.36%) Windows
2 49 (7.73%) Linux
3 22 (3.47%) Mac OS
4 16 (2.52%) Unix
4 16 (2.52%) Windows 10
5 12 (1.89%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.79%) Android
6 5 (0.79%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.47%) Kali Linux
7 3 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.32%) CentOS
8 2 (0.32%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.32%) VMS
9 1 (0.16%) AIX
9 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.16%) HPUX
9 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (20.35%) SIEM
2 117 (18.45%) Incident Response
3 113 (17.82%) Cloud Security
4 103 (16.25%) Security Operations
5 98 (15.46%) Information Security
6 95 (14.98%) Agile
7 86 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 79 (12.46%) Risk Management
9 76 (11.99%) Problem-Solving
10 66 (10.41%) Penetration Testing
11 65 (10.25%) Vulnerability Management
12 63 (9.94%) Security Architecture
13 60 (9.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 57 (8.99%) Threat Intelligence
15 56 (8.83%) AI
15 56 (8.83%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 55 (8.68%) CI/CD
17 52 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
18 51 (8.04%) DevOps
19 50 (7.89%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 76 (11.99%) Python
2 46 (7.26%) PowerShell
3 38 (5.99%) Bash
4 23 (3.63%) Kusto Query Language
5 14 (2.21%) Java
6 13 (2.05%) SQL
7 12 (1.89%) JavaScript
8 11 (1.74%) C++
9 10 (1.58%) C#
10 4 (0.63%) Bicep
11 3 (0.47%) Perl
11 3 (0.47%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.16%) BeanShell
12 1 (0.16%) C
12 1 (0.16%) LookML
12 1 (0.16%) PromQL
12 1 (0.16%) R
12 1 (0.16%) Ruby
12 1 (0.16%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 178 (28.08%) Security Cleared
2 150 (23.66%) SC Cleared
3 89 (14.04%) CISSP
4 53 (8.36%) Degree
5 48 (7.57%) CISM
6 33 (5.21%) CHECK Team Member
7 29 (4.57%) OSCP
8 24 (3.79%) CHECK Team Leader
9 22 (3.47%) CEH
9 22 (3.47%) DV Cleared
10 21 (3.31%) CREST Certified
11 16 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (2.37%) CompTIA Security+
13 14 (2.21%) GIAC
14 13 (2.05%) CISA
14 13 (2.05%) Tigerscheme
15 11 (1.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (1.58%) CESG Certified Professional
16 10 (1.58%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (18.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 109 (17.19%) NIST
3 55 (8.68%) GDPR
4 31 (4.89%) Cyber Essentials
5 30 (4.73%) NCSC
6 23 (3.63%) GRC
7 21 (3.31%) PCI DSS
8 17 (2.68%) QA
9 13 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (1.58%) EU AI Act
12 9 (1.42%) COBIT
12 9 (1.42%) SLA
13 7 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 7 (1.10%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.95%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.95%) HIPAA
15 4 (0.63%) ITGC
15 4 (0.63%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 54 (8.52%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.95%) Docker
4 3 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
1 22 (3.47%) Terraform
2 17 (2.68%) SCCM
3 15 (2.37%) Nmap
4 14 (2.21%) Kubernetes
5 11 (1.74%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (1.42%) CASB
7 7 (1.10%) Ansible
7 7 (1.10%) CSIRT
7 7 (1.10%) QRadar
8 5 (0.79%) AirWatch
8 5 (0.79%) Nessus
8 5 (0.79%) SCOrch
9 4 (0.63%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.63%) WSUS
10 3 (0.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (0.32%) Grafana
11 2 (0.32%) Nagios
11 2 (0.32%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 128 (20.19%) Microsoft
2 74 (11.67%) Splunk
3 27 (4.26%) CrowdStrike
3 27 (4.26%) ServiceNow
4 19 (3.00%) Oracle
5 17 (2.68%) CyberArk
5 17 (2.68%) Google
6 16 (2.52%) SAP
7 15 (2.37%) Tenable
7 15 (2.37%) Veracode
8 13 (2.05%) Darktrace
9 11 (1.74%) Cisco
9 11 (1.74%) Palo Alto
9 11 (1.74%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.42%) Fortinet
11 8 (1.26%) Qualys
12 7 (1.10%) VMware
13 6 (0.95%) Forcepoint
13 6 (0.95%) Okta
13 6 (0.95%) Zscaler