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 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 59 67
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 -6
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 869 571 581
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.34% 4.30% 3.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.87% 4.65% 4.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 353 389
10th Percentile £425 £413 £400
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year - -3.36% -2.86%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £700
90th Percentile £800 £775 £780
England median daily rate £563 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +2.27% -5.98% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 5
10th Percentile £43.40 £33.13 £27.14
25th Percentile £54.88 £38.63 £30.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £47.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +38.30% +56.04% -58.46%
75th Percentile £78.63 £58.44 £61.25
90th Percentile £96.40 £62.75 £70.25
England median hourly rate £80.00 £52.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +52.38% -8.70% -23.33%

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 17,851 12,273 14,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.10% 92.44% 88.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,673 8,157 9,874
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 254 194
10th Percentile £17.53 £17.00 £17.33
25th Percentile £20.02 £24.83 £22.28
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.75 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -11.81% -10.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £54.69
90th Percentile £85.43 £63.75 £71.69
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 2 September 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 +9 108 £550 +3.97% 148
West London -10 11 £600 +33.33% 72
East London +1 7 £525 -8.70% 25
South London -19 4 £475 -17.39% 19
North London -1 2 £400 -38.46% 9
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 15 (1.73%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.38%) Confluence
3 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.12%) CMS
4 1 (0.12%) IIS
4 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 250 (28.77%) Azure
2 157 (18.07%) AWS
3 94 (10.82%) Microsoft 365
4 88 (10.13%) Entra ID
5 70 (8.06%) GCP
6 58 (6.67%) SaaS
7 42 (4.83%) Azure Sentinel
8 41 (4.72%) Microsoft Purview
9 27 (3.11%) Power Platform
10 20 (2.30%) GitHub
11 19 (2.19%) Microsoft Copilot
12 18 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (1.96%) PaaS
14 15 (1.73%) Azure Logic Apps
14 15 (1.73%) IaaS
15 11 (1.27%) Amazon Bedrock
15 11 (1.27%) OCI
16 10 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 9 (1.04%) Google Workspace
17 9 (1.04%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 64 (7.36%) Firewall
2 56 (6.44%) Network Security
3 26 (2.99%) DNS
4 18 (2.07%) VPN
5 13 (1.50%) Internet
5 13 (1.50%) WAN
6 11 (1.27%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.92%) DHCP
7 8 (0.92%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (0.81%) IPsec
8 7 (0.81%) LAN
9 6 (0.69%) NAS
9 6 (0.69%) SAN
9 6 (0.69%) VLAN
10 5 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (0.58%) DKIM
10 5 (0.58%) DMARC
10 5 (0.58%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.46%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (0.46%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (1.96%) Power BI
2 9 (1.04%) Big Data
3 6 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (0.69%) Data Lake
4 5 (0.58%) Db2
4 5 (0.58%) DynamoDB
5 4 (0.46%) Amazon QuickSight
6 3 (0.35%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.23%) Metadata
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.23%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.12%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.12%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.12%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.12%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.12%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 26 (2.99%) JIRA
2 10 (1.15%) Git
3 9 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.92%) GitLab
5 5 (0.58%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.58%) Snyk
6 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.23%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.23%) MSI
7 2 (0.23%) Subversion
8 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
General
1 265 (30.49%) Social Skills
2 217 (24.97%) Finance
3 95 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (9.67%) Public Sector
5 66 (7.59%) Banking
6 35 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
7 32 (3.68%) Legal
8 27 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (2.53%) Local Government
10 19 (2.19%) Manufacturing
10 19 (2.19%) Retail
11 17 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (1.96%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (1.73%) Military
13 13 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.81%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.58%) Aviation
16 4 (0.46%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.46%) Law
Job Titles
1 154 (17.72%) Analyst
2 132 (15.19%) Architect
3 79 (9.09%) Security Architect
4 74 (8.52%) Security Analyst
5 73 (8.40%) Senior
6 65 (7.48%) Consultant
7 64 (7.36%) Lead
8 56 (6.44%) Security Engineer
9 55 (6.33%) Business Analyst
9 55 (6.33%) Project Manager
10 54 (6.21%) Security Manager
11 47 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 45 (5.18%) Security Consultant
13 37 (4.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 29 (3.34%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 29 (3.34%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 27 (3.11%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 22 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
17 20 (2.30%) Cybersecurity Specialist
17 20 (2.30%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.95%) Terraform
2 14 (1.61%) OAuth
3 12 (1.38%) REST
4 10 (1.15%) SailPoint
5 9 (1.04%) SAML
6 8 (0.92%) LDAP
6 8 (0.92%) Middleware
7 7 (0.81%) FIDO
7 7 (0.81%) OpenID
7 7 (0.81%) WebAuthn
8 5 (0.58%) Azure Blueprints
8 5 (0.58%) Django
8 5 (0.58%) JSON
8 5 (0.58%) OAuth2
9 4 (0.46%) AWS CDK
10 3 (0.35%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
10 3 (0.35%) RESTful
11 2 (0.23%) SOAP
11 2 (0.23%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 67 (7.71%) Security Posture
2 62 (7.13%) Onboarding
3 46 (5.29%) Operational Technology
4 36 (4.14%) Cloud Native
4 36 (4.14%) Management Information System
5 34 (3.91%) Security Operations Centre
6 28 (3.22%) Cyber Threat
7 23 (2.65%) Cyber Defence
8 21 (2.42%) AI Agents
9 19 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
10 18 (2.07%) Data Centre
11 17 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (1.84%) CMDB
13 15 (1.73%) SCADA
14 14 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (1.38%) PKI
16 11 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
17 10 (1.15%) Cyber Security Posture
17 10 (1.15%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.98%) Windows
2 27 (3.11%) Linux
3 17 (1.96%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.61%) Mac OS
5 11 (1.27%) Unix
6 8 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.58%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.46%) Alpine Linux
9 2 (0.23%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.12%) CentOS
10 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (26.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 149 (17.15%) Incident Response
3 147 (16.92%) Risk Management
4 135 (15.54%) Security Operations
5 134 (15.42%) Vulnerability Management
6 131 (15.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 126 (14.50%) Cloud Security
8 121 (13.92%) SIEM
9 118 (13.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 110 (12.66%) Security Architecture
11 106 (12.20%) Information Security
12 105 (12.08%) Roadmaps
13 103 (11.85%) Agile
14 95 (10.93%) Identity Access Management
15 94 (10.82%) AI
16 90 (10.36%) Data Protection
17 87 (10.01%) Problem-Solving
18 82 (9.44%) Decision-Making
19 71 (8.17%) DevOps
20 66 (7.59%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 45 (5.18%) Python
2 44 (5.06%) PowerShell
3 25 (2.88%) SQL
4 19 (2.19%) Kusto Query Language
5 14 (1.61%) Bash
5 14 (1.61%) Bicep
6 6 (0.69%) Search Processing Language
7 5 (0.58%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.35%) Korn
9 2 (0.23%) Java
9 2 (0.23%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.23%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.12%) C
10 1 (0.12%) C#
10 1 (0.12%) Groovy
10 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 211 (24.28%) Security Cleared
2 161 (18.53%) SC Cleared
3 158 (18.18%) CISSP
4 100 (11.51%) CISM
5 70 (8.06%) Degree
6 44 (5.06%) DV Cleared
7 43 (4.95%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (4.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 33 (3.80%) PMP
10 31 (3.57%) PMI Certification
11 30 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
12 29 (3.34%) CEH
12 29 (3.34%) GIAC
13 27 (3.11%) CRISC
14 23 (2.65%) Azure Certification
15 21 (2.42%) AWS Certification
15 21 (2.42%) CISA
16 17 (1.96%) CCSP
17 16 (1.84%) CompTIA CySA+
18 15 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (21.17%) NIST
2 172 (19.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (7.71%) NCSC
4 61 (7.02%) GRC
5 52 (5.98%) GDPR
6 49 (5.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 37 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 36 (4.14%) COBIT
9 29 (3.34%) PCI DSS
10 21 (2.42%) PMO
11 19 (2.19%) QA
12 17 (1.96%) NIST 800
13 15 (1.73%) SOC 2
14 13 (1.50%) ITGC
14 13 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 9 (1.04%) EU AI Act
16 8 (0.92%) SLA
17 7 (0.81%) Data Quality
17 7 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 7 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 59 (6.79%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.84%) Docker
3 10 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.69%) NFS
4 6 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.35%) vSphere
6 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
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 25 (2.88%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (1.38%) Ansible
5 8 (0.92%) CASB
6 6 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.58%) Puppet
7 5 (0.58%) QRadar
8 4 (0.46%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.46%) Nessus
8 4 (0.46%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.35%) Grafana
9 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.35%) SCCM
10 2 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.23%) MOM
10 2 (0.23%) Nexpose
10 2 (0.23%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.12%) Nagios
11 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 227 (26.12%) Microsoft
2 47 (5.41%) Splunk
3 42 (4.83%) ServiceNow
4 41 (4.72%) CrowdStrike
5 37 (4.26%) CyberArk
6 26 (2.99%) Tenable
7 23 (2.65%) Google
7 23 (2.65%) Qualys
8 14 (1.61%) Cisco
8 14 (1.61%) Palo Alto
8 14 (1.61%) VMware
9 13 (1.50%) Zscaler
10 11 (1.27%) Oracle
11 10 (1.15%) OpenAI
12 9 (1.04%) Rapid7
13 8 (0.92%) Netskope
13 8 (0.92%) Okta
14 6 (0.69%) BeyondTrust
14 6 (0.69%) Databricks
14 6 (0.69%) Foundry