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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 80 67
Rank change year-on-year +10 -13 -5
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 648 422 586
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.74% 3.33% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.20% 3.63% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 272 436
10th Percentile £413 £335 £411
25th Percentile £468 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £688 £640 £739
90th Percentile £838 £763 £825
England median daily rate £550 £550 £583
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 1
10th Percentile £26.11 £50.36 -
25th Percentile £27.58 £57.28 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £73.60 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year -11.68% +144.36% -55.38%
75th Percentile £86.25 £80.80 -
90th Percentile £100.00 £82.24 -
England median hourly rate £64.57 £54.50 £83.41
% change year-on-year +18.47% -34.66% +27.34%

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 15,428 11,636 15,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.09% 91.87% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,331 7,886 11,336
10th Percentile £353 £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 £688 £675
90th Percentile £755 £800 £799
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 168 334
10th Percentile £18.37 £16.48 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.75 £19.65
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -22.58%
75th Percentile £57.00 £50.56 £49.00
90th Percentile £72.90 £63.40 £66.93
England median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.21
% change year-on-year +30.84% -7.16% -8.77%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +3 98 £525 -5.62% 124
South London -31 7 £165 -65.26% 45
North London +4 4 - - 18
East London -11 3 £717 +16.59% 48
West London -28 3 £711 +67.35% 65
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 16 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.01%) Confluence
3 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.31%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (2.01%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.31%) Trello
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.46%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 178 (27.47%) Azure
2 99 (15.28%) AWS
3 75 (11.57%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (8.02%) GCP
5 42 (6.48%) Entra ID
6 38 (5.86%) SaaS
7 28 (4.32%) GitHub
8 25 (3.86%) Microsoft Purview
9 18 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (2.62%) Azure AI
11 16 (2.47%) Amazon Bedrock
11 16 (2.47%) PaaS
11 16 (2.47%) Power Platform
12 15 (2.31%) Azure Sentinel
13 14 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (2.01%) OpenShift
15 12 (1.85%) IaaS
15 12 (1.85%) Mimecast
16 11 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
17 9 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 69 (10.65%) Firewall
2 45 (6.94%) Network Security
3 18 (2.78%) DNS
4 11 (1.70%) VPN
5 10 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.39%) WAN
7 7 (1.08%) Internet
7 7 (1.08%) LAN
8 5 (0.77%) BGP
8 5 (0.77%) Broadband
8 5 (0.77%) DHCP
8 5 (0.77%) NGFW
8 5 (0.77%) VLAN
8 5 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.77%) Wireless
9 4 (0.62%) DKIM
9 4 (0.62%) DMARC
9 4 (0.62%) OSPF
10 3 (0.46%) Cisco IPT
10 3 (0.46%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.01%) Power BI
2 11 (1.70%) Big Data
3 5 (0.77%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.62%) Amazon QuickSight
5 3 (0.46%) Tableau
6 2 (0.31%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.15%) DB2
7 1 (0.15%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.15%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 25 (3.86%) JIRA
2 22 (3.40%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.08%) Git
4 2 (0.31%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.31%) GitLab
5 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.15%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.15%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.15%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.15%) Gemini Tracker
5 1 (0.15%) Metasploit
General
1 188 (29.01%) Social Skills
2 173 (26.70%) Finance
3 74 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (9.72%) Public Sector
5 54 (8.33%) Banking
6 38 (5.86%) Documentation Skills
7 30 (4.63%) Influencing Skills
8 21 (3.24%) Local Government
9 19 (2.93%) Legal
10 18 (2.78%) Retail
11 15 (2.31%) Investment Banking
12 12 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.39%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.23%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.93%) Law
15 6 (0.93%) Military
16 4 (0.62%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.46%) Aviation
17 3 (0.46%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 85 (13.12%) Analyst
2 82 (12.65%) Architect
3 61 (9.41%) Senior
4 59 (9.10%) Consultant
5 57 (8.80%) Security Manager
6 51 (7.87%) Security Engineer
7 49 (7.56%) Project Manager
8 45 (6.94%) Security Architect
9 44 (6.79%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 42 (6.48%) Security Consultant
11 39 (6.02%) Lead
12 36 (5.56%) Security Specialist
13 34 (5.25%) Business Analyst
14 33 (5.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 30 (4.63%) Security Analyst
16 29 (4.48%) Cybersecurity Specialist
17 27 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 26 (4.01%) Cybersecurity Engineer
19 21 (3.24%) Cybersecurity Architect
20 19 (2.93%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.40%) SAML
2 21 (3.24%) OpenID
3 17 (2.62%) LDAP
4 14 (2.16%) REST
5 11 (1.70%) SailPoint
6 7 (1.08%) OAuth
7 5 (0.77%) Kafka
7 5 (0.77%) NestJS
8 4 (0.62%) .NET
8 4 (0.62%) Middleware
8 4 (0.62%) Node.js
8 4 (0.62%) React
8 4 (0.62%) RESTful
9 3 (0.46%) 802.1X
9 3 (0.46%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.46%) Django
9 3 (0.46%) Web Services
10 2 (0.31%) Apache NiFi
10 2 (0.31%) gRPC
10 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.25%) Security Posture
2 42 (6.48%) Cloud Native
3 37 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 29 (4.48%) Management Information System
5 20 (3.09%) AI Agents
6 18 (2.78%) Security Operations Centre
7 17 (2.62%) PKI
7 17 (2.62%) Product Ownership
8 16 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
9 15 (2.31%) Operational Technology
10 11 (1.70%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.70%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
12 9 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.23%) BYOD
14 6 (0.93%) CMDB
14 6 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.93%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.94%) Windows
2 24 (3.70%) Linux
3 11 (1.70%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.54%) Mac OS
5 8 (1.23%) VMS
6 6 (0.93%) Unix
7 5 (0.77%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.46%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.15%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (17.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 112 (17.28%) Information Security
3 92 (14.20%) Incident Response
4 88 (13.58%) SIEM
5 81 (12.50%) Cloud Security
6 79 (12.19%) Agile
7 78 (12.04%) Risk Management
8 75 (11.57%) AI
8 75 (11.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 72 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 70 (10.80%) Security Operations
11 64 (9.88%) Vulnerability Management
12 63 (9.72%) CI/CD
13 58 (8.95%) Data Protection
13 58 (8.95%) Problem-Solving
14 55 (8.49%) DevOps
15 54 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
16 51 (7.87%) Migration
16 51 (7.87%) Threat Modelling
17 48 (7.41%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 49 (7.56%) Python
2 27 (4.17%) PowerShell
3 21 (3.24%) SQL
4 19 (2.93%) Bash
4 19 (2.93%) Kusto Query Language
5 8 (1.23%) TypeScript
6 6 (0.93%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.77%) C#
8 4 (0.62%) C++
8 4 (0.62%) Java
8 4 (0.62%) Rust
8 4 (0.62%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.46%) Go
10 2 (0.31%) Bicep
10 2 (0.31%) Haskell
11 1 (0.15%) Korn
Qualifications
1 177 (27.31%) Security Cleared
2 144 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 105 (16.20%) CISSP
4 74 (11.42%) CISM
5 60 (9.26%) Degree
6 31 (4.78%) DV Cleared
7 26 (4.01%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (3.55%) CEH
8 23 (3.55%) CompTIA Security+
8 23 (3.55%) GIAC
9 21 (3.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 18 (2.78%) CRISC
11 13 (2.01%) CISA
11 13 (2.01%) PMI Certification
12 12 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (1.85%) PMP
13 9 (1.39%) Azure Certification
13 9 (1.39%) Master's Degree
13 9 (1.39%) OSCP
14 8 (1.23%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (19.14%) NIST
2 113 (17.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (8.02%) GDPR
4 45 (6.94%) NCSC
5 40 (6.17%) GRC
6 29 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (4.17%) COBIT
8 26 (4.01%) PCI DSS
9 17 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 12 (1.85%) QA
11 11 (1.70%) ITGC
11 11 (1.70%) PMO
11 11 (1.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (1.39%) SLA
12 9 (1.39%) SOC 2
13 7 (1.08%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 4 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 3 (0.46%) EU AI Act
16 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 39 (6.02%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (1.54%) Docker
4 3 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.31%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.15%) NFS
Systems Management
1 31 (4.78%) Kubernetes
2 30 (4.63%) Terraform
3 15 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (2.16%) CASB
5 11 (1.70%) Ansible
6 10 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.23%) SCCM
8 7 (1.08%) AirWatch
9 4 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.62%) RSA Archer
10 3 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.46%) logstash
10 3 (0.46%) Nessus
10 3 (0.46%) QRadar
11 2 (0.31%) Fluentd
11 2 (0.31%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.31%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.31%) WSUS
12 1 (0.15%) Grafana
12 1 (0.15%) Salt
Vendors
1 147 (22.69%) Microsoft
2 51 (7.87%) Splunk
3 31 (4.78%) CyberArk
3 31 (4.78%) ServiceNow
4 20 (3.09%) CrowdStrike
4 20 (3.09%) OpenAI
5 19 (2.93%) Google
6 17 (2.62%) Foundry
6 17 (2.62%) Tenable
7 15 (2.31%) Palo Alto
8 12 (1.85%) Netskope
9 8 (1.23%) Cisco
9 8 (1.23%) Fortinet
9 8 (1.23%) Qualys
10 7 (1.08%) VMware
10 7 (1.08%) Zscaler
11 6 (0.93%) Okta
12 5 (0.77%) Ariba
12 5 (0.77%) Rapid7
13 4 (0.62%) SAP