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 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 68 67
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 -9
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 710 454 562
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.85% 3.75% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.34% 4.06% 3.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 279 422
10th Percentile £413 £360 £401
25th Percentile £480 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -5.88%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £725
90th Percentile £838 £775 £800
England median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% -3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 3
10th Percentile £26.11 £48.06 £30.02
25th Percentile £30.72 £51.51 £30.06
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.05 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% +112.65% -56.97%
75th Percentile £90.63 £74.61 £53.19
90th Percentile £100.83 £76.89 £67.02
England median hourly rate £82.50 £73.60 £82.34
% change year-on-year +12.09% -10.61% +11.28%

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 16,370 11,170 15,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.70% 92.31% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,917 7,467 11,030
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £429 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 194 318
10th Percentile £18.34 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.19 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.73% +15.18% -28.21%
75th Percentile £59.00 £49.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £79.50 £63.18 £68.23
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +66.67% -24.00% +1.35%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 June 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 +6 97 £531 -1.16% 130
South London -26 5 £165 -65.26% 7
East London -12 4 £715 +19.17% 19
West London -25 3 £750 +57.89% 47
North London -4 1 - - 17
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 13 (1.83%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.69%) Confluence
3 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (1.55%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.42%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 210 (29.58%) Azure
2 112 (15.77%) AWS
3 81 (11.41%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (8.17%) GCP
5 57 (8.03%) Entra ID
6 47 (6.62%) SaaS
7 41 (5.77%) Microsoft Purview
8 34 (4.79%) Azure Sentinel
9 27 (3.80%) GitHub
10 18 (2.54%) Amazon Bedrock
10 18 (2.54%) PaaS
11 16 (2.25%) Azure AI
11 16 (2.25%) Mimecast
12 15 (2.11%) IaaS
13 14 (1.97%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (1.83%) OpenShift
15 12 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (1.69%) Power Platform
16 11 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
17 8 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 60 (8.45%) Firewall
2 46 (6.48%) Network Security
3 19 (2.68%) DNS
4 12 (1.69%) VPN
5 9 (1.27%) Internet
5 9 (1.27%) TCP/IP
6 7 (0.99%) LAN
6 7 (0.99%) NGFW
6 7 (0.99%) VLAN
6 7 (0.99%) WAN
7 6 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (0.70%) DHCP
8 5 (0.70%) DKIM
8 5 (0.70%) DMARC
9 4 (0.56%) BGP
9 4 (0.56%) Broadband
10 3 (0.42%) Cisco IPT
10 3 (0.42%) OSPF
10 3 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.41%) Power BI
2 9 (1.27%) Big Data
3 4 (0.56%) Amazon QuickSight
3 4 (0.56%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.28%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.14%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.14%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.14%) Db2
5 1 (0.14%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (3.24%) Jenkins
2 22 (3.10%) JIRA
3 7 (0.99%) Git
4 4 (0.56%) GitLab
5 2 (0.28%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.14%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.14%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (0.14%) Snyk
6 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
General
1 199 (28.03%) Finance
2 186 (26.20%) Social Skills
3 77 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (9.86%) Public Sector
5 52 (7.32%) Banking
6 37 (5.21%) Documentation Skills
7 31 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (3.66%) Local Government
9 24 (3.38%) Legal
10 17 (2.39%) Retail
11 12 (1.69%) Investment Banking
12 11 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.41%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.27%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.27%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.85%) Military
17 4 (0.56%) Aviation
17 4 (0.56%) Law
17 4 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 105 (14.79%) Architect
2 95 (13.38%) Analyst
3 63 (8.87%) Security Architect
4 60 (8.45%) Project Manager
5 55 (7.75%) Senior
6 54 (7.61%) Security Engineer
7 52 (7.32%) Consultant
8 50 (7.04%) Lead
9 48 (6.76%) Security Manager
10 42 (5.92%) Security Consultant
11 41 (5.77%) Business Analyst
11 41 (5.77%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 37 (5.21%) Security Analyst
13 33 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 32 (4.51%) Cybersecurity Specialist
14 32 (4.51%) Security Specialist
15 31 (4.37%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 29 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 28 (3.94%) Cybersecurity Architect
18 23 (3.24%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.54%) SAML
2 17 (2.39%) OpenID
3 16 (2.25%) LDAP
4 12 (1.69%) SailPoint
5 8 (1.13%) OAuth
5 8 (1.13%) REST
6 5 (0.70%) Azure Blueprints
7 4 (0.56%) Middleware
7 4 (0.56%) NestJS
7 4 (0.56%) RESTful
8 3 (0.42%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.42%) AWS CDK
8 3 (0.42%) Django
8 3 (0.42%) Web Services
9 2 (0.28%) .NET
9 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.28%) Next.js
9 2 (0.28%) Node.js
9 2 (0.28%) React
10 1 (0.14%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 64 (9.01%) Security Posture
2 51 (7.18%) Cloud Native
3 40 (5.63%) Onboarding
4 29 (4.08%) Management Information System
5 28 (3.94%) Operational Technology
6 23 (3.24%) AI Agents
7 20 (2.82%) Security Operations Centre
8 17 (2.39%) Cyber Threat
9 15 (2.11%) PKI
10 13 (1.83%) SCADA
11 11 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.55%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.41%) Data Centre
12 10 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
13 9 (1.27%) Product Ownership
14 8 (1.13%) Cloud Security Posture
14 8 (1.13%) CMDB
15 7 (0.99%) BYOD
15 7 (0.99%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.77%) Windows
2 21 (2.96%) Linux
3 17 (2.39%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.99%) Unix
4 7 (0.99%) VMS
5 6 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.70%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.56%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.56%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (18.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 106 (14.93%) Information Security
3 104 (14.65%) Incident Response
4 101 (14.23%) Risk Management
4 101 (14.23%) SIEM
5 99 (13.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 92 (12.96%) Cloud Security
6 92 (12.96%) Vulnerability Management
7 86 (12.11%) Security Operations
8 82 (11.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 81 (11.41%) AI
10 73 (10.28%) Agile
10 73 (10.28%) Identity Access Management
11 70 (9.86%) Data Protection
12 69 (9.72%) Security Architecture
13 68 (9.58%) DevOps
14 62 (8.73%) CI/CD
14 62 (8.73%) Threat Modelling
15 60 (8.45%) Problem-Solving
16 57 (8.03%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 44 (6.20%) Python
2 33 (4.65%) PowerShell
3 21 (2.96%) SQL
4 19 (2.68%) Kusto Query Language
5 13 (1.83%) Bash
6 9 (1.27%) TypeScript
7 7 (0.99%) Bicep
8 4 (0.56%) Rust
8 4 (0.56%) Search Processing Language
9 3 (0.42%) C#
9 3 (0.42%) Go
9 3 (0.42%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.28%) C++
10 2 (0.28%) Haskell
10 2 (0.28%) Java
11 1 (0.14%) Groovy
11 1 (0.14%) Korn
Qualifications
1 182 (25.63%) Security Cleared
2 144 (20.28%) SC Cleared
3 125 (17.61%) CISSP
4 82 (11.55%) CISM
5 59 (8.31%) Degree
6 35 (4.93%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (4.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 28 (3.94%) DV Cleared
9 22 (3.10%) CompTIA Security+
9 22 (3.10%) GIAC
10 20 (2.82%) CEH
10 20 (2.82%) CRISC
11 19 (2.68%) CISA
12 16 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (2.11%) PMI Certification
14 13 (1.83%) Azure Certification
14 13 (1.83%) CCSP
14 13 (1.83%) PMP
15 9 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (1.27%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (21.41%) NIST
2 135 (19.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 61 (8.59%) GDPR
4 57 (8.03%) NCSC
5 49 (6.90%) GRC
6 41 (5.77%) Cyber Essentials
7 35 (4.93%) COBIT
8 31 (4.37%) PCI DSS
9 30 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 17 (2.39%) QA
11 15 (2.11%) SOC 2
12 13 (1.83%) ITGC
12 13 (1.83%) NIST 800
13 9 (1.27%) PMO
13 9 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.99%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (0.99%) SLA
15 5 (0.70%) EU AI Act
16 4 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
16 4 (0.56%) SOC 1
System Software
1 42 (5.92%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.55%) Docker
2 11 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.28%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.14%) NFS
Systems Management
1 37 (5.21%) Kubernetes
2 34 (4.79%) Terraform
3 18 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (2.25%) Ansible
5 11 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.41%) CASB
7 7 (0.99%) AirWatch
8 4 (0.56%) SCCM
9 3 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.42%) Grafana
9 3 (0.42%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.42%) Puppet
10 2 (0.28%) Nessus
10 2 (0.28%) Nexpose
10 2 (0.28%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.14%) logstash
11 1 (0.14%) Salt
11 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 172 (24.23%) Microsoft
2 53 (7.46%) Splunk
3 42 (5.92%) CyberArk
4 37 (5.21%) CrowdStrike
5 28 (3.94%) ServiceNow
6 24 (3.38%) Google
7 20 (2.82%) Tenable
8 19 (2.68%) OpenAI
9 17 (2.39%) Foundry
9 17 (2.39%) Qualys
10 16 (2.25%) Netskope
11 14 (1.97%) Palo Alto
12 9 (1.27%) Rapid7
12 9 (1.27%) Zscaler
13 8 (1.13%) Okta
14 7 (0.99%) Oracle
15 6 (0.85%) Cisco
15 6 (0.85%) Fortinet
15 6 (0.85%) VMware
16 4 (0.56%) Progress