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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 61 68
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 -8
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 810 558 544
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.05% 4.10% 3.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 4.44% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 538 350 385
10th Percentile £413 £375 £400
25th Percentile £488 £488 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £551 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% -8.21% -4.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £775 £795
England median daily rate £557 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +1.27% -5.98% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 4
10th Percentile £33.07 £32.50 £30.04
25th Percentile £48.50 £36.25 £30.09
Median hourly rate £67.50 £54.50 £43.81
Median % change year-on-year +23.85% +24.40% -46.08%
75th Percentile £97.50 £63.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £103.30 - £71.75
England median hourly rate £80.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +45.45% -15.38% -14.10%

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 17,809 12,563 14,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.23% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,743 8,414 10,214
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £541 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% -1.59% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 248 196
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.97
25th Percentile £20.02 £24.62 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.86 £29.50 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +21.54% -16.31% -14.59%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.88
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 4 August 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 +10 103 £550 +4.76% 114
East London -1 7 £620 +3.33% 21
West London -21 6 £500 +14.29% 55
South London -20 5 £475 -24.00% 19
North London -4 1 £400 -38.46% 14
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 14 (1.73%) Confluence
2 11 (1.36%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.12%) CMS
4 1 (0.12%) IIS
4 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.37%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 3 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 235 (29.01%) Azure
2 141 (17.41%) AWS
3 80 (9.88%) Entra ID
4 78 (9.63%) Microsoft 365
5 62 (7.65%) GCP
6 56 (6.91%) SaaS
7 44 (5.43%) Microsoft Purview
8 40 (4.94%) Azure Sentinel
9 21 (2.59%) Amazon Bedrock
10 20 (2.47%) Power Platform
11 19 (2.35%) PaaS
12 17 (2.10%) GitHub
12 17 (2.10%) IaaS
13 16 (1.98%) Azure AI
14 14 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (1.73%) Microsoft Copilot
15 13 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
16 10 (1.23%) Mimecast
17 9 (1.11%) OCI
18 8 (0.99%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 54 (6.67%) Firewall
2 50 (6.17%) Network Security
3 28 (3.46%) DNS
4 15 (1.85%) VPN
5 13 (1.60%) Internet
6 10 (1.23%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.11%) DHCP
8 8 (0.99%) WAN
9 7 (0.86%) LAN
10 6 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (0.74%) VLAN
11 5 (0.62%) DKIM
11 5 (0.62%) DMARC
11 5 (0.62%) IPsec
11 5 (0.62%) Kerberos
11 5 (0.62%) NAS
11 5 (0.62%) NGFW
11 5 (0.62%) SAN
12 4 (0.49%) HTTP
12 4 (0.49%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.73%) Power BI
2 11 (1.36%) Big Data
3 7 (0.86%) Data Lake
4 5 (0.62%) Db2
5 4 (0.49%) Amazon QuickSight
5 4 (0.49%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.25%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.12%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.12%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.12%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.12%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.12%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 26 (3.21%) JIRA
2 8 (0.99%) Git
3 7 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.74%) GitLab
5 4 (0.49%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.49%) Snyk
6 2 (0.25%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.25%) Subversion
7 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.12%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.12%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.12%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.12%) MSI
General
1 239 (29.51%) Social Skills
2 212 (26.17%) Finance
3 89 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (9.38%) Public Sector
5 61 (7.53%) Banking
6 29 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
7 28 (3.46%) Legal
8 26 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (2.72%) Local Government
10 20 (2.47%) Retail
11 16 (1.98%) Manufacturing
11 16 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (1.85%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.36%) Financial Institution
14 8 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (0.99%) Investment Banking
14 8 (0.99%) Military
14 8 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.49%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.49%) Law
Job Titles
1 131 (16.17%) Analyst
2 116 (14.32%) Architect
3 75 (9.26%) Senior
4 74 (9.14%) Security Architect
5 63 (7.78%) Project Manager
6 60 (7.41%) Security Engineer
7 58 (7.16%) Consultant
8 55 (6.79%) Security Manager
9 54 (6.67%) Security Analyst
10 53 (6.54%) Lead
11 48 (5.93%) Business Analyst
12 47 (5.80%) Security Consultant
13 40 (4.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 38 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 34 (4.20%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 30 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Specialist
17 29 (3.58%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 25 (3.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
19 22 (2.72%) Security Specialist
20 19 (2.35%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.60%) SailPoint
2 11 (1.36%) OAuth
3 10 (1.23%) REST
4 9 (1.11%) Middleware
5 8 (0.99%) LDAP
6 7 (0.86%) SAML
7 6 (0.74%) OpenID
8 5 (0.62%) Azure Blueprints
9 4 (0.49%) JSON
9 4 (0.49%) RESTful
10 3 (0.37%) AWS CDK
10 3 (0.37%) Django
10 3 (0.37%) FIDO
10 3 (0.37%) OAuth2
10 3 (0.37%) WebAuthn
11 2 (0.25%) ARM Templates
11 2 (0.25%) SOAP
12 1 (0.12%) STL
12 1 (0.12%) Web Services
12 1 (0.12%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.15%) Security Posture
2 47 (5.80%) Onboarding
3 39 (4.81%) Operational Technology
4 35 (4.32%) Cloud Native
5 29 (3.58%) AI Agents
5 29 (3.58%) Management Information System
6 27 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
7 18 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
7 18 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
8 17 (2.10%) PKI
9 15 (1.85%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.85%) SCADA
10 13 (1.60%) CMDB
10 13 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
10 13 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.23%) BYOD
12 10 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (1.11%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.31%) Windows
2 25 (3.09%) Linux
3 15 (1.85%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.36%) Unix
5 7 (0.86%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.62%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.49%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.49%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.12%) CentOS
9 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (23.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 126 (15.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 123 (15.19%) Incident Response
4 120 (14.81%) Risk Management
5 118 (14.57%) Security Operations
6 115 (14.20%) Vulnerability Management
7 112 (13.83%) Information Security
8 107 (13.21%) Cloud Security
9 101 (12.47%) SIEM
10 93 (11.48%) AI
10 93 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 91 (11.23%) Agile
12 87 (10.74%) Identity Access Management
12 87 (10.74%) Security Architecture
13 86 (10.62%) Data Protection
13 86 (10.62%) Roadmaps
14 74 (9.14%) Problem-Solving
15 62 (7.65%) ITIL
16 61 (7.53%) Decision-Making
17 60 (7.41%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 46 (5.68%) Python
2 41 (5.06%) PowerShell
3 29 (3.58%) SQL
4 16 (1.98%) Kusto Query Language
5 14 (1.73%) Bash
6 13 (1.60%) Bicep
7 6 (0.74%) Search Processing Language
8 3 (0.37%) C#
8 3 (0.37%) Korn
8 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.25%) Java
9 2 (0.25%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.25%) Objective-C
9 2 (0.25%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.12%) C
10 1 (0.12%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 190 (23.46%) Security Cleared
2 147 (18.15%) CISSP
3 144 (17.78%) SC Cleared
4 94 (11.60%) CISM
5 69 (8.52%) Degree
6 43 (5.31%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (5.19%) DV Cleared
8 35 (4.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 27 (3.33%) CEH
9 27 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
9 27 (3.33%) GIAC
9 27 (3.33%) PMP
10 26 (3.21%) CRISC
10 26 (3.21%) PMI Certification
11 22 (2.72%) CISA
12 19 (2.35%) Azure Certification
13 16 (1.98%) CompTIA CySA+
14 15 (1.85%) AWS Certification
14 15 (1.85%) CCSP
14 15 (1.85%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (22.47%) NIST
2 155 (19.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 63 (7.78%) GDPR
4 62 (7.65%) GRC
5 60 (7.41%) NCSC
6 51 (6.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 39 (4.81%) COBIT
8 37 (4.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 35 (4.32%) PCI DSS
10 20 (2.47%) QA
11 19 (2.35%) SOC 2
12 18 (2.22%) NIST 800
13 17 (2.10%) PMO
14 16 (1.98%) ITGC
15 12 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 9 (1.11%) SLA
17 8 (0.99%) EU AI Act
18 7 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
19 6 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
20 5 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 58 (7.16%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.73%) Docker
3 7 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.74%) NFS
4 6 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.37%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.25%) vSphere
7 1 (0.12%) Firmware
7 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.12%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.12%) Samba
Systems Management
1 37 (4.57%) Terraform
2 19 (2.35%) Kubernetes
3 15 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (1.48%) Ansible
6 9 (1.11%) CASB
7 5 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.62%) Puppet
7 5 (0.62%) QRadar
8 4 (0.49%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.49%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.37%) Grafana
10 2 (0.25%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.25%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.25%) MOM
10 2 (0.25%) Nessus
10 2 (0.25%) Nexpose
10 2 (0.25%) SCCM
10 2 (0.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 207 (25.56%) Microsoft
2 41 (5.06%) CrowdStrike
2 41 (5.06%) Splunk
3 40 (4.94%) CyberArk
4 35 (4.32%) ServiceNow
5 22 (2.72%) Tenable
6 20 (2.47%) Google
7 19 (2.35%) OpenAI
8 18 (2.22%) Qualys
9 17 (2.10%) Foundry
10 13 (1.60%) Palo Alto
10 13 (1.60%) Zscaler
11 10 (1.23%) Cisco
11 10 (1.23%) Netskope
11 10 (1.23%) Oracle
12 9 (1.11%) Okta
12 9 (1.11%) VMware
13 7 (0.86%) Rapid7
14 5 (0.62%) BeyondTrust
14 5 (0.62%) Sybase