Cybersecurity Contracts in 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 3 months to 29 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Cybersecurity England > London
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	215	254	368
Rank change year-on-year	+39	+114
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity	240	185	68
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	1.15%	0.86%	0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.33%	1.00%	0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted	169	138	51
London median daily rate	£513	£550	£500
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-6.81%	+10.00%
10th Percentile	£375	£350	£340
90th Percentile	£689	£750	£675
England median daily rate	£497	£525	£450
% change year-on-year	-5.28%	+16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	0	0
London median hourly rate	£15.25	-	-
England median hourly rate	£45.00	-	-

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

Contract Process & Methodology Skills London
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	18036	18488	19232
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London	86.76%	85.45%	82.13%
Number of daily rates quoted	50342	52165	48000
London median daily rate	£500	£475	£450
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.26%	+5.55%
10th Percentile	£333	£313	£300
90th Percentile	£650	£650	£638
England median daily rate	£450	£450	£415
% change year-on-year	-	+8.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted	501	397	607
London median hourly rate	£26.50	£21.00	£21.69
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+26.19%	-3.18%
10th Percentile	£14.00	£11.25	£10.50
90th Percentile	£53.75	£46.88	£58.75
England median hourly rate	£32.00	£27.50	£25.00
% change year-on-year	+16.36%	+10.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Cybersecurity in London.

Contractor daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in London

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Cybersecurity in London over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity in London.

Contractor 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 3 months to 29 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
City of London	+3	40	£488	-10.55%	27
Canary Wharf	+4	5	-	-
Bromley	+8	4	£450	+40.62%
Harrow	-	2	-	-
Northwood	-	1	£650	-
Cybersecurity England

Cybersecurity
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in London

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Cybersecurity also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the London region with a requirement for Cybersecurity.

1	128 (29.98%)	Information Security
2	125 (29.27%)	Finance
3	104 (24.36%)	Agile Software Development
4	99 (23.19%)	CISSP
5	74 (17.33%)	Banking
6	69 (16.16%)	ISO/IEC 27001
6	69 (16.16%)	Security Cleared
7	61 (14.29%)	Amazon AWS
8	56 (13.11%)	Security Architecture
9	53 (12.41%)	Degree
10	52 (12.18%)	Risk Management
10	52 (12.18%)	CISM
10	52 (12.18%)	Stakeholder Management
11	49 (11.48%)	Security Operations
12	47 (11.01%)	Firewall

13	46 (10.77%)	PCI DSS
14	44 (10.30%)	ITIL
15	42 (9.84%)	Windows
15	42 (9.84%)	Java
15	42 (9.84%)	Management Information System
16	41 (9.60%)	SC Cleared
17	38 (8.90%)	Project Management
17	38 (8.90%)	SIEM
18	37 (8.67%)	Network Security
19	35 (8.20%)	Penetration Testing
19	35 (8.20%)	Analytics
20	34 (7.96%)	Vulnerability Management
21	33 (7.73%)	GDPR
21	33 (7.73%)	Microsoft
22	31 (7.26%)	Linux

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	13 (3.04%)	SharePoint
2	8 (1.87%)	Elasticsearch
3	6 (1.41%)	Apache
3	6 (1.41%)	Tomcat
4	5 (1.17%)	Apache Pig
4	5 (1.17%)	CMS
4	5 (1.17%)	WebSphere
5	4 (0.94%)	Apache Spark
6	3 (0.70%)	Apache Solr
6	3 (0.70%)	Mule
7	2 (0.47%)	Adobe Experience Manager
7	2 (0.47%)	Confluence
7	2 (0.47%)	Exchange Server 2013
7	2 (0.47%)	JBoss

Applications
1	17 (3.98%)	Microsoft Office
2	9 (2.11%)	Microsoft Excel
3	7 (1.64%)	Microsoft Project
3	7 (1.64%)	MS Visio
4	5 (1.17%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	3 (0.70%)	Adobe Illustrator
5	3 (0.70%)	Photoshop
6	1 (0.23%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	3 (0.70%)	SAP Oil and Gas
1	3 (0.70%)	SDL Web 8

Cloud Services
1	61 (14.29%)	Amazon AWS
2	30 (7.03%)	Microsoft Azure
3	25 (5.85%)	Office 365
4	14 (3.28%)	SaaS
5	10 (2.34%)	IaaS
5	10 (2.34%)	PaaS
6	7 (1.64%)	AWS CloudFormation
6	7 (1.64%)	Mimecast
6	7 (1.64%)	Route 53
6	7 (1.64%)	SuccessFactors
7	6 (1.41%)	Amazon EC2
7	6 (1.41%)	Amazon S3
8	4 (0.94%)	Cloud Computing
9	2 (0.47%)	Akamai
9	2 (0.47%)	CloudFront
10	1 (0.23%)	Amazon Kinesis
10	1 (0.23%)	Azure Active Directory
10	1 (0.23%)	Bluemix
10	1 (0.23%)	IBM Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	47 (11.01%)	Firewall
2	37 (8.67%)	Network Security
3	25 (5.85%)	Internet
4	21 (4.92%)	VPN
5	19 (4.45%)	Kerberos
6	17 (3.98%)	TCP/IP
7	16 (3.75%)	IPsec
8	12 (2.81%)	Intrusion Detection
8	12 (2.81%)	LDAP
9	11 (2.58%)	HTTP
9	11 (2.58%)	Intranet
10	10 (2.34%)	HTTPS
10	10 (2.34%)	SSL
11	8 (1.87%)	DNS
12	7 (1.64%)	VLAN
12	7 (1.64%)	Wi-Fi
13	6 (1.41%)	DHCP
14	5 (1.17%)	LAN
14	5 (1.17%)	SAN
14	5 (1.17%)	Wireless

Database & Business Intelligence
1	14 (3.28%)	Big Data
2	10 (2.34%)	NoSQL
3	7 (1.64%)	Hadoop
3	7 (1.64%)	SQL Server
4	5 (1.17%)	MongoDB
5	4 (0.94%)	Apache Hive
6	3 (0.70%)	Data Mining
6	3 (0.70%)	DataStax
6	3 (0.70%)	HBase
6	3 (0.70%)	MariaDB
6	3 (0.70%)	Relational Database
7	2 (0.47%)	Blockchain
7	2 (0.47%)	Data Warehouse
7	2 (0.47%)	SQL Server 2008
7	2 (0.47%)	SQL Server Integration Services
7	2 (0.47%)	Sqoop
8	1 (0.23%)	Apache Cassandra
8	1 (0.23%)	Data Lake
8	1 (0.23%)	Impala
8	1 (0.23%)	Pentaho

Development Applications
1	11 (2.58%)	JIRA
2	8 (1.87%)	Jenkins
2	8 (1.87%)	Selenium
3	6 (1.41%)	Visual Studio
4	5 (1.17%)	JUnit
4	5 (1.17%)	Team Foundation Server
5	4 (0.94%)	Gradle
5	4 (0.94%)	Metasploit
6	3 (0.70%)	Maven
7	2 (0.47%)	Atlassian Bamboo
7	2 (0.47%)	Bitbucket
7	2 (0.47%)	EasyMock
7	2 (0.47%)	Git (software)
7	2 (0.47%)	Hudson
7	2 (0.47%)	IntelliJ
7	2 (0.47%)	NetBeans
7	2 (0.47%)	Octopus Deploy
7	2 (0.47%)	WebDriver
8	1 (0.23%)	Cucumber
8	1 (0.23%)	Eclipse RCP

General
1	125 (29.27%)	Finance
2	74 (17.33%)	Banking
3	21 (4.92%)	Legal
4	16 (3.75%)	Investment Banking
4	16 (3.75%)	Retail
4	16 (3.75%)	Telecoms
5	8 (1.87%)	Back Office
5	8 (1.87%)	Financial Institution
6	7 (1.64%)	Marketing
6	7 (1.64%)	Military
7	6 (1.41%)	Retail Banking
8	5 (1.17%)	Law
9	4 (0.94%)	International Banking
10	3 (0.70%)	Electronics
10	3 (0.70%)	Manufacturing
10	3 (0.70%)	Publishing
10	3 (0.70%)	Wholesale Banking
11	2 (0.47%)	Billing
12	1 (0.23%)	Automotive

Job Titles
1	109 (25.53%)	Analyst
2	73 (17.10%)	Architect
3	69 (16.16%)	Security Analyst
4	62 (14.52%)	Security Architect
5	56 (13.11%)	Consultant
6	47 (11.01%)	Security Consultant
6	47 (11.01%)	Security Manager
7	42 (9.84%)	Cybersecurity Analyst
8	41 (9.60%)	Business Analyst
8	41 (9.60%)	Project Manager
9	32 (7.49%)	Cybersecurity Architect
10	29 (6.79%)	Cybersecurity Consultant
11	25 (5.85%)	Cybersecurity Manager
12	22 (5.15%)	Security Project Manager
13	19 (4.45%)	Developer
14	15 (3.51%)	Project Manager - Cybersecurity
15	13 (3.04%)	Information Manager
15	13 (3.04%)	Information Security Manager
15	13 (3.04%)	Senior Analyst
16	12 (2.81%)	IT Security Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	28 (6.56%)	SAML
2	16 (3.75%)	Web Services
3	15 (3.51%)	HTML
3	15 (3.51%)	REST
4	14 (3.28%)	CSS
4	14 (3.28%)	HTML5
5	12 (2.81%)	CSS3
6	9 (2.11%)	XML
7	8 (1.87%)	jQuery
7	8 (1.87%)	Node.js
7	8 (1.87%)	OAuth
8	7 (1.64%)	JSON
8	7 (1.64%)	Middleware
8	7 (1.64%)	SOAP
9	6 (1.41%)	.NET
9	6 (1.41%)	AngularJS
9	6 (1.41%)	D3.js
9	6 (1.41%)	Spring
10	5 (1.17%)	RESTful
11	4 (0.94%)	Ajax

Miscellaneous
1	42 (9.84%)	Management Information System
2	29 (6.79%)	Cyberthreat
3	18 (4.22%)	Computer Science
4	15 (3.51%)	CESG
5	14 (3.28%)	Analytical Skills
5	14 (3.28%)	Security Operations Centre
6	12 (2.81%)	User Experience
7	11 (2.58%)	PKI
8	10 (2.34%)	Cyber Attack
8	10 (2.34%)	Cyber Defence
8	10 (2.34%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
8	10 (2.34%)	Private Cloud
9	8 (1.87%)	Public Cloud
10	7 (1.64%)	Data Protection Act
11	6 (1.41%)	Greenfield Project
12	5 (1.17%)	Cybercrime
12	5 (1.17%)	Data Centre
13	4 (0.94%)	CESG CLAS
13	4 (0.94%)	PMI
13	4 (0.94%)	Replication

Operating Systems
1	42 (9.84%)	Windows
2	31 (7.26%)	Linux
3	16 (3.75%)	Unix
4	11 (2.58%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5	6 (1.41%)	Ubuntu
5	6 (1.41%)	Windows 10
5	6 (1.41%)	Windows Server
6	4 (0.94%)	Windows 7
6	4 (0.94%)	Windows Server 2008
6	4 (0.94%)	Windows Server 2012
7	2 (0.47%)	Mac OS X
8	1 (0.23%)	Apple iOS
8	1 (0.23%)	Solaris
8	1 (0.23%)	zOS

Processes & Methodologies
1	128 (29.98%)	Information Security
2	104 (24.36%)	Agile Software Development
3	56 (13.11%)	Security Architecture
4	52 (12.18%)	Risk Management
4	52 (12.18%)	Stakeholder Management
5	49 (11.48%)	Security Operations
6	44 (10.30%)	ITIL
7	38 (8.90%)	Project Management
7	38 (8.90%)	SIEM
8	35 (8.20%)	Analytics
8	35 (8.20%)	Penetration Testing
9	34 (7.96%)	Vulnerability Management
10	31 (7.26%)	Data Protection
10	31 (7.26%)	Risk Assessment
11	29 (6.79%)	Change Management
12	27 (6.32%)	Configuration Management
12	27 (6.32%)	DevOps
13	26 (6.09%)	Business Analysis
13	26 (6.09%)	Open Source
14	25 (5.85%)	Identity Access Management

Programming Languages
1	42 (9.84%)	Java
2	30 (7.03%)	Python
3	28 (6.56%)	SQL
4	18 (4.22%)	JavaScript
5	16 (3.75%)	PowerShell
5	16 (3.75%)	Ruby
6	9 (2.11%)	Bash Shell
6	9 (2.11%)	C-shell
6	9 (2.11%)	Korn
7	7 (1.64%)	C#
8	5 (1.17%)	C++
9	3 (0.70%)	R
10	2 (0.47%)	C
10	2 (0.47%)	Scala
10	2 (0.47%)	T-SQL
11	1 (0.23%)	Assembly Language
11	1 (0.23%)	Kotlin

Qualifications
1	99 (23.19%)	CISSP
2	69 (16.16%)	Security Cleared
3	53 (12.41%)	Degree
4	52 (12.18%)	CISM
5	41 (9.60%)	SC Cleared
6	22 (5.15%)	CESG Certified Professional
7	21 (4.92%)	SANS
8	19 (4.45%)	CISA
9	18 (4.22%)	DV Cleared
10	16 (3.75%)	CEH
11	15 (3.51%)	ISSAP
12	14 (3.28%)	GIAC
13	13 (3.04%)	CLAS
14	11 (2.58%)	CRISC
14	11 (2.58%)	ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14	11 (2.58%)	SSCP
15	9 (2.11%)	PMP
16	8 (1.87%)	CREST Certified
17	7 (1.64%)	Computer Science Degree
17	7 (1.64%)	ISACA

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	69 (16.16%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	46 (10.77%)	PCI DSS
3	33 (7.73%)	GDPR
4	15 (3.51%)	COBIT
4	15 (3.51%)	PMO
5	9 (2.11%)	Cyber Essentials
5	9 (2.11%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
6	8 (1.87%)	QA
7	6 (1.41%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8	5 (1.17%)	Data Quality
8	5 (1.17%)	WCAG
9	4 (0.94%)	HMG Security Policy Framework
10	3 (0.70%)	FedRAMP
10	3 (0.70%)	RMADS
10	3 (0.70%)	SLA
11	2 (0.47%)	Disclosure Scotland
11	2 (0.47%)	Government Security Classifications
11	2 (0.47%)	ISO/IEC 27005
11	2 (0.47%)	P3O
11	2 (0.47%)	Solvency II

System Software
1	21 (4.92%)	Active Directory
1	21 (4.92%)	Docker
2	7 (1.64%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	5 (1.17%)	Hyper-V
4	4 (0.94%)	BitLocker
4	4 (0.94%)	Terminal Services
5	3 (0.70%)	Apache Flume
5	3 (0.70%)	HDFS
6	2 (0.47%)	vSphere
6	2 (0.47%)	XenApp
7	1 (0.23%)	Apache ZooKeeper
7	1 (0.23%)	NFS

Systems Management
1	23 (5.39%)	Opscode Chef
2	20 (4.68%)	Puppet
3	19 (4.45%)	Kubernetes
4	9 (2.11%)	Kibana
5	7 (1.64%)	Ansible
5	7 (1.64%)	Nessus
5	7 (1.64%)	SCCM
6	6 (1.41%)	Mesos
7	5 (1.17%)	Host Intrusion Detection System
8	4 (0.94%)	Jamf Pro
8	4 (0.94%)	logstash
8	4 (0.94%)	QRadar
9	2 (0.47%)	SCOM
10	1 (0.23%)	Hadoop YARN
10	1 (0.23%)	Netcool
10	1 (0.23%)	Oozie
10	1 (0.23%)	OpenAM
10	1 (0.23%)	Tivoli
10	1 (0.23%)	Tivoli Identity Manager
10	1 (0.23%)	WMI

Vendors
1	33 (7.73%)	Microsoft
2	29 (6.79%)	Splunk
3	19 (4.45%)	Google
4	17 (3.98%)	ServiceNow
5	14 (3.28%)	Cisco
6	12 (2.81%)	Qualys
7	11 (2.58%)	Red Hat
8	10 (2.34%)	ArcSight
9	9 (2.11%)	Citrix
9	9 (2.11%)	Oracle
9	9 (2.11%)	Salesforce.com
10	8 (1.87%)	IBM
10	8 (1.87%)	Rapid7
10	8 (1.87%)	Symantec
11	7 (1.64%)	Tufin
11	7 (1.64%)	VMware
12	6 (1.41%)	HP
12	6 (1.41%)	NetApp
12	6 (1.41%)	Remedy
12	6 (1.41%)	SAP