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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 52 62
Rank change year-on-year +2 +10 +1
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 946 627 590
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.61% 4.68% 3.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.18% 5.06% 4.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 625 371 367
10th Percentile £427 £413 £413
25th Percentile £500 £500 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £688 £688 £700
90th Percentile £796 £775 £788
England median daily rate £550 £550 £585
% change year-on-year - -5.98% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 7
10th Percentile £40.85 £34.38 £28.09
25th Percentile £48.50 £43.38 £41.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £50.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.15% -11.74% -8.00%
75th Percentile £66.88 £70.88 £77.33
90th Percentile £68.75 £94.13 £80.32
England median hourly rate £76.25 £43.47 £57.50
% change year-on-year +75.41% -24.40% -21.05%

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 18,249 12,388 14,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.99% 92.48% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,954 8,186 9,270
10th Percentile £360 £333 £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 £665 £663 £675
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 345 242 178
10th Percentile £15.93 £18.25 £17.43
25th Percentile £18.75 £25.02 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.25 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -17.46% -8.38%
75th Percentile £58.75 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £79.50 £64.98 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -1 96 £550 +3.97% 220
West London -14 16 £575 +31.43% 40
East London +8 9 £525 -8.70% 11
South London -14 5 £495 -20.80% 17
North London -4 2 £400 -38.46% 2
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 20 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.95%) Confluence
4 3 (0.32%) IIS
5 1 (0.11%) Apache
5 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.11%) CMS
5 1 (0.11%) nginx
5 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.11%) Gliffy
5 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.42%) Eloqua
2 3 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 270 (28.54%) Azure
2 170 (17.97%) AWS
3 106 (11.21%) Entra ID
4 102 (10.78%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (7.40%) GCP
6 62 (6.55%) SaaS
7 46 (4.86%) Azure Sentinel
8 45 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
9 43 (4.55%) Power Platform
10 34 (3.59%) GitHub
11 28 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
12 22 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
13 16 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
14 15 (1.59%) OCI
15 14 (1.48%) Serverless
16 13 (1.37%) PaaS
17 12 (1.27%) OneDrive
18 11 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
18 11 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 10 (1.06%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (6.87%) Firewall
2 63 (6.66%) Network Security
3 28 (2.96%) DNS
4 22 (2.33%) VPN
5 17 (1.80%) WAN
6 16 (1.69%) Internet
7 11 (1.16%) LAN
8 10 (1.06%) DHCP
8 10 (1.06%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.95%) IPsec
10 8 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.74%) SD-WAN
12 6 (0.63%) Modbus
12 6 (0.63%) X.509
13 5 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (0.53%) DKIM
13 5 (0.53%) MQTT
13 5 (0.53%) NAS
13 5 (0.53%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (2.85%) Power BI
2 10 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (0.85%) Data Lake
4 7 (0.74%) Metadata
5 6 (0.63%) DynamoDB
6 5 (0.53%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.42%) Db2
7 4 (0.42%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.42%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.32%) Big Data
8 3 (0.32%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.21%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.11%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (2.85%) JIRA
2 9 (0.95%) Jenkins
3 8 (0.85%) GitLab
4 7 (0.74%) Git
5 6 (0.63%) Burp Suite
6 5 (0.53%) Snyk
7 3 (0.32%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.21%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.21%) MSI
8 2 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.21%) Subversion
8 2 (0.21%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.11%) Maven
9 1 (0.11%) MSBuild
9 1 (0.11%) NUnit
9 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 313 (33.09%) Social Skills
2 227 (24.00%) Finance
3 109 (11.52%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (9.94%) Public Sector
5 80 (8.46%) Banking
6 43 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 38 (4.02%) Legal
8 36 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (1.90%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (1.80%) Military
11 17 (1.80%) Retail
12 16 (1.69%) Local Government
13 15 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.74%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.53%) French Language
15 5 (0.53%) Law
15 5 (0.53%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 154 (16.28%) Analyst
2 149 (15.75%) Architect
3 87 (9.20%) Consultant
4 83 (8.77%) Lead
4 83 (8.77%) Senior
5 79 (8.35%) Security Analyst
5 79 (8.35%) Security Architect
6 68 (7.19%) Security Engineer
7 63 (6.66%) Project Manager
8 53 (5.60%) Security Manager
9 51 (5.39%) Security Consultant
10 49 (5.18%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 46 (4.86%) Business Analyst
12 37 (3.91%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 37 (3.91%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 34 (3.59%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 29 (3.07%) IT Manager
15 28 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
16 22 (2.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
17 21 (2.22%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (7.08%) Terraform
2 18 (1.90%) REST
3 17 (1.80%) OAuth
4 12 (1.27%) SAML
5 10 (1.06%) SailPoint
6 9 (0.95%) OpenID
7 8 (0.85%) AWS CDK
7 8 (0.85%) LDAP
7 8 (0.85%) Middleware
7 8 (0.85%) WebAuthn
8 7 (0.74%) FIDO
8 7 (0.74%) OAuth2
9 6 (0.63%) Azure Blueprints
9 6 (0.63%) JSON
10 5 (0.53%) FastAPI
10 5 (0.53%) JWT
10 5 (0.53%) Kafka
10 5 (0.53%) pytest
10 5 (0.53%) RESTful
11 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 79 (8.35%) Onboarding
2 74 (7.82%) Operational Technology
3 69 (7.29%) Security Posture
4 50 (5.29%) Cyber Threat
5 48 (5.07%) Management Information System
6 38 (4.02%) Cloud Native
7 34 (3.59%) Security Operations Centre
8 30 (3.17%) Cyber Defence
9 26 (2.75%) SCADA
10 25 (2.64%) Data Centre
10 25 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
11 20 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (1.90%) CMDB
13 17 (1.80%) AI Agents
13 17 (1.80%) PKI
14 14 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.27%) Cyberattack
15 12 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
16 10 (1.06%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 64 (6.77%) Windows
2 35 (3.70%) Linux
3 22 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.69%) macOS
5 10 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.74%) Unix
7 6 (0.63%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.53%) Alpine Linux
8 5 (0.53%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.11%) CentOS
10 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (31.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 182 (19.24%) Risk Management
3 163 (17.23%) Vulnerability Management
4 160 (16.91%) Incident Response
5 157 (16.60%) Cloud Security
6 151 (15.96%) Security Operations
6 151 (15.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 147 (15.54%) Roadmaps
8 144 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 126 (13.32%) Security Architecture
9 126 (13.32%) SIEM
10 119 (12.58%) Information Security
11 118 (12.47%) Agile
12 109 (11.52%) Identity Access Management
13 105 (11.10%) Problem-Solving
14 98 (10.36%) AI
15 95 (10.04%) Data Protection
16 92 (9.73%) Decision-Making
16 92 (9.73%) DevOps
17 82 (8.67%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 61 (6.45%) PowerShell
1 61 (6.45%) Python
2 24 (2.54%) SQL
3 21 (2.22%) Bicep
4 20 (2.11%) Kusto Query Language
5 14 (1.48%) Bash
6 6 (0.63%) Korn
6 6 (0.63%) Search Processing Language
7 5 (0.53%) C#
8 4 (0.42%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.32%) Java
10 2 (0.21%) Go
10 2 (0.21%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.21%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.11%) C
11 1 (0.11%) CodeQL
11 1 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.11%) Groovy
11 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 239 (25.26%) Security Cleared
2 187 (19.77%) SC Cleared
3 165 (17.44%) CISSP
4 114 (12.05%) CISM
5 70 (7.40%) Degree
6 46 (4.86%) DV Cleared
7 40 (4.23%) Cisco Certification
8 39 (4.12%) PMP
9 38 (4.02%) PMI Certification
10 36 (3.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 35 (3.70%) CRISC
12 33 (3.49%) Azure Certification
13 31 (3.28%) AWS Certification
14 29 (3.07%) CompTIA Security+
15 26 (2.75%) GIAC
16 22 (2.33%) CCSP
16 22 (2.33%) CEH
16 22 (2.33%) CISA
17 21 (2.22%) TOGAF Certification
18 17 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (21.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 206 (21.78%) NIST
2 83 (8.77%) NCSC
3 75 (7.93%) GRC
4 51 (5.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 50 (5.29%) GDPR
6 37 (3.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 35 (3.70%) PCI DSS
8 26 (2.75%) COBIT
9 24 (2.54%) NIST 800
10 21 (2.22%) PMO
11 17 (1.80%) QA
11 17 (1.80%) SOC 2
12 13 (1.37%) Data Quality
13 10 (1.06%) SLA
14 8 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 7 (0.74%) EU AI Act
15 7 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 6 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 70 (7.40%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.11%) Docker
3 15 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.53%) NFS
5 5 (0.53%) vSphere
6 4 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.21%) Firmware
8 2 (0.21%) ISA Server
8 2 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.11%) KVM
9 1 (0.11%) Samba
9 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 44 (4.65%) Kubernetes
2 29 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (2.54%) Ansible
4 13 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.95%) Grafana
6 7 (0.74%) QRadar
7 6 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.53%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.42%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.42%) Puppet
9 4 (0.42%) SCCM
10 3 (0.32%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.32%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.32%) Nessus
11 2 (0.21%) Argo
11 2 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.21%) Kibana
11 2 (0.21%) logstash
11 2 (0.21%) MOM
11 2 (0.21%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 257 (27.17%) Microsoft
2 53 (5.60%) ServiceNow
3 48 (5.07%) Splunk
4 41 (4.33%) CrowdStrike
5 38 (4.02%) CyberArk
6 34 (3.59%) Google
7 32 (3.38%) Qualys
8 25 (2.64%) Tenable
9 21 (2.22%) Cisco
10 19 (2.01%) Palo Alto
10 19 (2.01%) VMware
11 17 (1.80%) Rapid7
12 16 (1.69%) Oracle
13 13 (1.37%) Databricks
13 13 (1.37%) Okta
13 13 (1.37%) Zscaler
14 9 (0.95%) BeyondTrust
14 9 (0.95%) Dynatrace
14 9 (0.95%) Fortinet
15 7 (0.74%) Siemens