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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 55 65
Rank change year-on-year +4 +10 -5
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 907 618 595
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.46% 4.58% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.02% 4.95% 4.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 370 375
10th Percentile £425 £412 £410
25th Percentile £500 £500 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -2.04%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £790 £775 £788
England median daily rate £550 £550 £595
% change year-on-year - -7.56% -0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 6
10th Percentile £40.85 £33.75 £27.62
25th Percentile £48.50 £41.00 £30.03
Median hourly rate £62.50 £47.00 £42.06
Median % change year-on-year +32.98% +11.75% -41.99%
75th Percentile £66.88 £62.75 £59.94
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.95 £68.75
England median hourly rate £76.50 £45.00 £57.00
% change year-on-year +70.00% -21.05% -22.25%

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 18,082 12,492 14,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 92.60% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,829 8,233 9,474
10th Percentile £358 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £668 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 246 181
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.00 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.25 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -17.12% -2.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -4 96 £550 +4.76% 190
West London -17 16 £600 +37.14% 72
East London +7 8 £525 -8.70% 22
South London -9 5 £495 -28.00% 18
North London -2 2 £400 -38.46% 3
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 (1.98%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.10%) Confluence
3 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.22%) IIS
5 1 (0.11%) Apache
5 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.11%) CMS
5 1 (0.11%) nginx
5 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.11%) Gliffy
5 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.22%) Eloqua
2 2 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 249 (27.45%) Azure
2 162 (17.86%) AWS
3 98 (10.80%) Microsoft 365
4 94 (10.36%) Entra ID
5 65 (7.17%) GCP
6 51 (5.62%) SaaS
7 44 (4.85%) Azure Sentinel
8 43 (4.74%) Microsoft Purview
9 36 (3.97%) Power Platform
10 23 (2.54%) GitHub
11 20 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (2.21%) Microsoft Copilot
12 14 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (1.43%) OCI
14 12 (1.32%) PaaS
14 12 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 11 (1.21%) Amazon EC2
15 11 (1.21%) Amazon S3
15 11 (1.21%) Serverless
16 10 (1.10%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 64 (7.06%) Firewall
2 57 (6.28%) Network Security
3 24 (2.65%) DNS
4 21 (2.32%) VPN
5 16 (1.76%) WAN
6 13 (1.43%) Internet
7 10 (1.10%) LAN
7 10 (1.10%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.88%) DHCP
8 8 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (0.88%) IPsec
9 7 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.66%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.55%) Modbus
11 5 (0.55%) MQTT
11 5 (0.55%) NAS
11 5 (0.55%) NGFW
11 5 (0.55%) SAN
11 5 (0.55%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.54%) Power BI
2 9 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (0.88%) Data Lake
4 6 (0.66%) DynamoDB
5 5 (0.55%) Metadata
6 4 (0.44%) Db2
7 3 (0.33%) Big Data
7 3 (0.33%) Delta Lake
7 3 (0.33%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.22%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.22%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.22%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.11%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 28 (3.09%) JIRA
2 8 (0.88%) GitLab
2 8 (0.88%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.77%) Git
4 6 (0.66%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.55%) Snyk
6 3 (0.33%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.22%) MSI
7 2 (0.22%) Subversion
8 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
General
1 291 (32.08%) Social Skills
2 209 (23.04%) Finance
3 99 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (9.48%) Public Sector
5 68 (7.50%) Banking
6 41 (4.52%) Manufacturing
7 37 (4.08%) Legal
8 35 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (1.98%) Local Government
10 18 (1.98%) Retail
11 17 (1.87%) Military
11 17 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (1.87%) Telecoms
12 16 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.66%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.66%) Law
15 5 (0.55%) Aviation
16 4 (0.44%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 151 (16.65%) Analyst
2 142 (15.66%) Architect
3 82 (9.04%) Consultant
4 78 (8.60%) Security Architect
4 78 (8.60%) Senior
5 75 (8.27%) Security Analyst
6 73 (8.05%) Lead
7 66 (7.28%) Project Manager
8 64 (7.06%) Security Engineer
9 57 (6.28%) Security Manager
10 48 (5.29%) Security Consultant
11 47 (5.18%) Business Analyst
12 46 (5.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 39 (4.30%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 34 (3.75%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 32 (3.53%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 29 (3.20%) IT Manager
17 26 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
18 23 (2.54%) Cybersecurity Architect
19 20 (2.21%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (6.06%) Terraform
2 15 (1.65%) OAuth
3 13 (1.43%) REST
4 10 (1.10%) SAML
5 8 (0.88%) OpenID
5 8 (0.88%) SailPoint
5 8 (0.88%) WebAuthn
6 7 (0.77%) FIDO
6 7 (0.77%) Middleware
7 6 (0.66%) JSON
7 6 (0.66%) LDAP
7 6 (0.66%) OAuth2
8 5 (0.55%) AWS CDK
8 5 (0.55%) Azure Blueprints
8 5 (0.55%) RESTful
9 4 (0.44%) JWT
9 4 (0.44%) Kafka
10 3 (0.33%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.33%) pytest
10 3 (0.33%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 80 (8.82%) Onboarding
2 70 (7.72%) Operational Technology
3 68 (7.50%) Security Posture
4 49 (5.40%) Cyber Threat
5 44 (4.85%) Management Information System
6 36 (3.97%) Cloud Native
7 34 (3.75%) Security Operations Centre
8 28 (3.09%) Cyber Defence
9 25 (2.76%) SCADA
10 23 (2.54%) Data Centre
11 20 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (1.87%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.87%) PKI
13 16 (1.76%) CMDB
14 14 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.32%) Cyberattack
16 11 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
17 10 (1.10%) Industry 4.0
17 10 (1.10%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 56 (6.17%) Windows
2 29 (3.20%) Linux
3 19 (2.09%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.76%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.77%) Unix
7 5 (0.55%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.44%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.11%) CentOS
11 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (30.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 174 (19.18%) Risk Management
3 161 (17.75%) Incident Response
4 155 (17.09%) Vulnerability Management
5 150 (16.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 145 (15.99%) Security Operations
7 135 (14.88%) Cloud Security
7 135 (14.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 131 (14.44%) Roadmaps
9 120 (13.23%) Security Architecture
10 119 (13.12%) SIEM
11 115 (12.68%) Information Security
12 113 (12.46%) Agile
13 106 (11.69%) Identity Access Management
14 95 (10.47%) Problem-Solving
15 92 (10.14%) AI
16 91 (10.03%) Data Protection
17 89 (9.81%) Decision-Making
18 77 (8.49%) DevOps
19 76 (8.38%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 54 (5.95%) Python
2 50 (5.51%) PowerShell
3 24 (2.65%) SQL
4 19 (2.09%) Kusto Query Language
5 14 (1.54%) Bicep
6 12 (1.32%) Bash
7 6 (0.66%) Korn
7 6 (0.66%) Search Processing Language
8 3 (0.33%) C#
8 3 (0.33%) Java
8 3 (0.33%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.22%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.22%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.11%) C
10 1 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.11%) Go
10 1 (0.11%) Groovy
10 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 231 (25.47%) Security Cleared
2 182 (20.07%) SC Cleared
3 156 (17.20%) CISSP
4 104 (11.47%) CISM
5 68 (7.50%) Degree
6 45 (4.96%) DV Cleared
7 39 (4.30%) Cisco Certification
7 39 (4.30%) PMP
8 38 (4.19%) PMI Certification
9 35 (3.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 34 (3.75%) CRISC
11 29 (3.20%) Azure Certification
12 28 (3.09%) AWS Certification
12 28 (3.09%) CompTIA Security+
13 25 (2.76%) GIAC
14 23 (2.54%) CISA
15 22 (2.43%) CCSP
15 22 (2.43%) CEH
16 19 (2.09%) TOGAF Certification
17 16 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (22.27%) NIST
2 196 (21.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 82 (9.04%) NCSC
4 75 (8.27%) GRC
5 52 (5.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 46 (5.07%) GDPR
7 38 (4.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 30 (3.31%) PCI DSS
9 28 (3.09%) COBIT
10 25 (2.76%) NIST 800
11 21 (2.32%) PMO
12 17 (1.87%) QA
13 16 (1.76%) SOC 2
14 11 (1.21%) Data Quality
15 10 (1.10%) SLA
16 8 (0.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 8 (0.88%) ITGC
16 8 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 7 (0.77%) EU AI Act
17 7 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 65 (7.17%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.87%) Docker
3 13 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.55%) NFS
6 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.33%) vSphere
7 2 (0.22%) Firmware
7 2 (0.22%) ISA Server
7 2 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.11%) KVM
8 1 (0.11%) Samba
8 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 38 (4.19%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (2.21%) Ansible
4 12 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.77%) QRadar
6 6 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (0.66%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.55%) Grafana
7 5 (0.55%) Puppet
8 4 (0.44%) CA Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.33%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.33%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.33%) Nessus
9 3 (0.33%) SCCM
10 2 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.22%) MOM
10 2 (0.22%) Nexpose
10 2 (0.22%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.11%) Nagios
11 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 241 (26.57%) Microsoft
2 49 (5.40%) ServiceNow
3 47 (5.18%) Splunk
4 39 (4.30%) CrowdStrike
5 34 (3.75%) CyberArk
6 30 (3.31%) Google
7 28 (3.09%) Qualys
8 24 (2.65%) Tenable
9 20 (2.21%) Palo Alto
10 18 (1.98%) Cisco
11 17 (1.87%) VMware
12 14 (1.54%) Oracle
12 14 (1.54%) Rapid7
13 13 (1.43%) Zscaler
14 11 (1.21%) Okta
15 10 (1.10%) Databricks
16 9 (0.99%) Fortinet
17 8 (0.88%) BeyondTrust
18 7 (0.77%) Siemens
19 6 (0.66%) Apple