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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 76 64
Rank change year-on-year +6 -12 -2
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 666 419 594
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.94% 3.32% 3.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 3.63% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 268 438
10th Percentile £413 £334 £413
25th Percentile £475 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £738
90th Percentile £838 £763 £825
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 1
10th Percentile £26.11 £54.97 -
25th Percentile £28.31 £68.80 £51.25
Median hourly rate £66.25 £73.60 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.99% +40.19% -22.22%
75th Percentile £94.06 £83.20 £53.75
90th Percentile £99.50 - -
England median hourly rate £59.25 £73.31 £83.40
% change year-on-year -19.18% -12.10% +27.33%

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 15,126 11,538 15,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.53% 91.39% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,169 7,836 11,414
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £428 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 169 337
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.83 £15.98
25th Percentile £22.11 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.05% -22.67%
75th Percentile £57.23 £51.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.50 £68.75
England median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%

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 1 April 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 1 April 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 1 April 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 +5 96 £525 -5.62% 109
South London -30 8 £339 -28.68% 6
North London +4 4 - - 6
East London -6 3 £717 +16.59% 25
West London -24 3 £423 -0.59% 23
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 (2.70%) Confluence
2 15 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.45%) Apache
Applications
1 18 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (1.95%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.45%) Trello
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.30%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 180 (27.03%) Azure
2 109 (16.37%) AWS
3 72 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (7.06%) GCP
5 43 (6.46%) Entra ID
6 33 (4.95%) SaaS
7 28 (4.20%) GitHub
8 25 (3.75%) Microsoft Purview
9 19 (2.85%) Power Platform
10 18 (2.70%) Azure AI
10 18 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
11 16 (2.40%) Amazon Bedrock
12 15 (2.25%) Azure Sentinel
12 15 (2.25%) PaaS
13 13 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
13 13 (1.95%) Mimecast
13 13 (1.95%) OpenShift
14 11 (1.65%) IaaS
14 11 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 69 (10.36%) Firewall
2 46 (6.91%) Network Security
3 14 (2.10%) DNS
4 11 (1.65%) VPN
5 10 (1.50%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.35%) WAN
7 7 (1.05%) Internet
7 7 (1.05%) Wireless
8 6 (0.90%) LAN
8 6 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.75%) BGP
9 5 (0.75%) Broadband
9 5 (0.75%) DHCP
9 5 (0.75%) NGFW
9 5 (0.75%) VLAN
10 4 (0.60%) OSPF
11 3 (0.45%) Cisco IPT
11 3 (0.45%) HTTP
11 3 (0.45%) Modbus
11 3 (0.45%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.25%) Power BI
2 12 (1.80%) Big Data
3 7 (1.05%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.60%) Tableau
5 3 (0.45%) Amazon QuickSight
5 3 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.30%) Metadata
6 2 (0.30%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.15%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.15%) DB2
7 1 (0.15%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 27 (4.05%) JIRA
2 22 (3.30%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.75%) Git
4 2 (0.30%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.30%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.30%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.15%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.15%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.15%) Gemini Tracker
5 1 (0.15%) GitLab
General
1 205 (30.78%) Social Skills
2 173 (25.98%) Finance
3 85 (12.76%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (9.76%) Public Sector
5 58 (8.71%) Banking
6 36 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (4.20%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (2.85%) Local Government
9 18 (2.70%) Retail
10 17 (2.55%) Investment Banking
10 17 (2.55%) Legal
11 14 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.50%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.35%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.90%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.90%) Military
16 5 (0.75%) Law
17 3 (0.45%) Front Office
17 3 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 92 (13.81%) Analyst
2 81 (12.16%) Architect
3 67 (10.06%) Consultant
3 67 (10.06%) Senior
4 56 (8.41%) Security Engineer
5 55 (8.26%) Security Manager
6 50 (7.51%) Project Manager
7 46 (6.91%) Security Architect
8 44 (6.61%) Security Consultant
9 42 (6.31%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 40 (6.01%) Lead
10 40 (6.01%) Security Analyst
11 38 (5.71%) Security Specialist
12 35 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 32 (4.80%) Business Analyst
13 32 (4.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 31 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Specialist
15 29 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 22 (3.30%) Cybersecurity Architect
17 20 (3.00%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.15%) SAML
2 20 (3.00%) OpenID
3 17 (2.55%) LDAP
4 15 (2.25%) REST
5 13 (1.95%) SailPoint
6 6 (0.90%) Kafka
7 5 (0.75%) .NET
7 5 (0.75%) NestJS
7 5 (0.75%) React
8 4 (0.60%) Middleware
8 4 (0.60%) Node.js
8 4 (0.60%) OAuth
8 4 (0.60%) RESTful
9 3 (0.45%) 802.1X
9 3 (0.45%) Apache NiFi
9 3 (0.45%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.45%) Django
9 3 (0.45%) SOAP
9 3 (0.45%) Web Services
10 2 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.21%) Security Posture
2 42 (6.31%) Cloud Native
3 36 (5.41%) Onboarding
4 35 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.30%) Cyber Threat
6 21 (3.15%) AI Agents
6 21 (3.15%) Security Operations Centre
7 20 (3.00%) Cyber Defence
8 18 (2.70%) Product Ownership
9 17 (2.55%) Operational Technology
9 17 (2.55%) PKI
10 13 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (1.65%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.65%) Public Cloud
12 9 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.20%) BYOD
14 6 (0.90%) CMDB
14 6 (0.90%) Mainframe
15 5 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 50 (7.51%) Windows
2 28 (4.20%) Linux
3 12 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.65%) Mac OS
5 8 (1.20%) Unix
5 8 (1.20%) VMS
6 5 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.75%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (17.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 112 (16.82%) Information Security
3 104 (15.62%) SIEM
4 102 (15.32%) Incident Response
5 95 (14.26%) Agile
6 92 (13.81%) Cloud Security
7 85 (12.76%) Risk Management
8 80 (12.01%) AI
9 77 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 76 (11.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 75 (11.26%) Security Operations
12 69 (10.36%) Problem-Solving
13 68 (10.21%) Vulnerability Management
14 62 (9.31%) CI/CD
15 60 (9.01%) Data Protection
16 56 (8.41%) Identity Access Management
17 55 (8.26%) DevOps
18 53 (7.96%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 53 (7.96%) Threat Intelligence
18 53 (7.96%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 50 (7.51%) Python
2 31 (4.65%) PowerShell
3 22 (3.30%) Kusto Query Language
4 20 (3.00%) SQL
5 19 (2.85%) Bash
6 8 (1.20%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.05%) Java
7 7 (1.05%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.90%) C++
9 5 (0.75%) C#
10 4 (0.60%) Rust
10 4 (0.60%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.45%) Go
12 2 (0.30%) Haskell
13 1 (0.15%) BeanShell
13 1 (0.15%) Bicep
13 1 (0.15%) Korn
Qualifications
1 196 (29.43%) Security Cleared
2 161 (24.17%) SC Cleared
3 119 (17.87%) CISSP
4 80 (12.01%) CISM
5 59 (8.86%) Degree
6 34 (5.11%) DV Cleared
7 27 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (3.90%) CompTIA Security+
9 25 (3.75%) CEH
10 24 (3.60%) GIAC
11 22 (3.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 17 (2.55%) CRISC
13 12 (1.80%) CESG Certified Professional
13 12 (1.80%) CISA
13 12 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.80%) PMI Certification
14 11 (1.65%) OSCP
14 11 (1.65%) PMP
15 9 (1.35%) CCSP
16 8 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (18.77%) NIST
2 119 (17.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 55 (8.26%) GDPR
4 44 (6.61%) NCSC
5 42 (6.31%) GRC
6 31 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (4.05%) PCI DSS
8 24 (3.60%) COBIT
9 18 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 12 (1.80%) QA
11 10 (1.50%) PMO
11 10 (1.50%) SLA
12 9 (1.35%) ITGC
12 9 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (1.35%) SOC 2
13 8 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 6 (0.90%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.45%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 37 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.35%) 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 30 (4.50%) Kubernetes
2 28 (4.20%) Terraform
3 17 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (2.40%) CASB
5 12 (1.80%) SCCM
6 10 (1.50%) Ansible
7 7 (1.05%) AirWatch
7 7 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.75%) RSA Archer
9 4 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.60%) Nessus
10 3 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.45%) logstash
10 3 (0.45%) QRadar
10 3 (0.45%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.30%) Fluentd
11 2 (0.30%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.30%) WSUS
12 1 (0.15%) Icinga
12 1 (0.15%) Nmap
Vendors
1 159 (23.87%) Microsoft
2 61 (9.16%) Splunk
3 32 (4.80%) ServiceNow
4 31 (4.65%) CyberArk
5 21 (3.15%) CrowdStrike
6 20 (3.00%) OpenAI
7 18 (2.70%) Foundry
8 17 (2.55%) Tenable
9 16 (2.40%) Google
10 15 (2.25%) Palo Alto
11 12 (1.80%) Netskope
12 9 (1.35%) Cisco
12 9 (1.35%) Zscaler
13 8 (1.20%) Qualys
14 7 (1.05%) Fortinet
14 7 (1.05%) Okta
14 7 (1.05%) VMware
15 5 (0.75%) Ariba
15 5 (0.75%) Rapid7
15 5 (0.75%) SAP