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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 53 64
Rank change year-on-year +3 +11 -6
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 902 606 601
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.44% 4.49% 3.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.00% 4.86% 4.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 598 367 384
10th Percentile £425 £413 £402
25th Percentile £500 £500 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -2.04%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £700
90th Percentile £800 £775 £785
England median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 6
10th Percentile £38.30 £33.13 £27.62
25th Percentile £42.13 £38.63 £30.03
Median hourly rate £49.50 £47.00 £42.06
Median % change year-on-year +5.32% +11.75% -41.99%
75th Percentile £57.13 £58.44 £59.94
90th Percentile £61.10 £62.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £80.00 £46.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +73.91% -20.00% -21.31%

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 18,051 12,472 14,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.78% 92.51% 89.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,836 8,235 9,567
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 £671 £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 318 247 185
10th Percentile £16.21 £17.62 £17.35
25th Percentile £19.27 £25.02 £24.15
Median hourly rate £33.30 £30.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.18% -14.08% -5.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.23% -41.51% -1.94%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -6 100 £550 +4.76% 196
West London -18 14 £550 +22.22% 70
East London +4 8 £525 -15.32% 25
South London -8 6 £495 -28.00% 16
North London -2 2 £400 -38.46% 7
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 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.11%) Confluence
3 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.11%) CMS
4 1 (0.11%) IIS
4 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.11%) Gliffy
5 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.11%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 245 (27.16%) Azure
2 159 (17.63%) AWS
3 97 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
4 91 (10.09%) Entra ID
5 65 (7.21%) GCP
6 51 (5.65%) SaaS
7 43 (4.77%) Azure Sentinel
7 43 (4.77%) Microsoft Purview
8 34 (3.77%) Power Platform
9 21 (2.33%) GitHub
10 20 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
11 19 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (1.55%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (1.55%) PaaS
13 12 (1.33%) IaaS
13 12 (1.33%) OCI
13 12 (1.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 11 (1.22%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.11%) Amazon S3
15 10 (1.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 64 (7.10%) Firewall
2 55 (6.10%) Network Security
3 25 (2.77%) DNS
4 20 (2.22%) VPN
5 15 (1.66%) WAN
6 13 (1.44%) Internet
7 10 (1.11%) TCP/IP
8 9 (1.00%) DHCP
8 9 (1.00%) LAN
9 8 (0.89%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (0.89%) IPsec
10 6 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.55%) DKIM
11 5 (0.55%) DMARC
11 5 (0.55%) Kerberos
11 5 (0.55%) Modbus
11 5 (0.55%) NAS
11 5 (0.55%) SAN
11 5 (0.55%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.33%) Power BI
2 9 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (0.67%) Data Lake
3 6 (0.67%) DynamoDB
4 5 (0.55%) Metadata
5 4 (0.44%) Db2
6 3 (0.33%) Big Data
6 3 (0.33%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.22%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.22%) Amazon QuickSight
7 2 (0.22%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.22%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.22%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.11%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 27 (2.99%) JIRA
2 8 (0.89%) Git
2 8 (0.89%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.78%) GitLab
4 6 (0.67%) 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%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
General
1 285 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 207 (22.95%) Finance
3 97 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (9.76%) Public Sector
5 67 (7.43%) Banking
6 39 (4.32%) Manufacturing
7 34 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
8 32 (3.55%) Legal
9 25 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (2.11%) Local Government
11 18 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (1.88%) Retail
12 17 (1.88%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.77%) Military
14 15 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 14 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.78%) Financial Institution
17 6 (0.67%) Law
18 4 (0.44%) Aerospace
18 4 (0.44%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 150 (16.63%) Analyst
2 141 (15.63%) Architect
3 79 (8.76%) Security Architect
4 78 (8.65%) Senior
5 76 (8.43%) Consultant
6 74 (8.20%) Security Analyst
7 68 (7.54%) Lead
8 65 (7.21%) Project Manager
9 61 (6.76%) Security Engineer
10 54 (5.99%) Security Manager
11 48 (5.32%) Business Analyst
12 46 (5.10%) Security Consultant
13 45 (4.99%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 38 (4.21%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 32 (3.55%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 29 (3.22%) IT Manager
17 28 (3.10%) Cybersecurity Engineer
18 26 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
19 24 (2.66%) Cybersecurity Architect
20 21 (2.33%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (6.10%) Terraform
2 16 (1.77%) OAuth
3 13 (1.44%) REST
4 12 (1.33%) SAML
5 10 (1.11%) OpenID
6 9 (1.00%) SailPoint
7 8 (0.89%) LDAP
7 8 (0.89%) Middleware
8 7 (0.78%) FIDO
8 7 (0.78%) WebAuthn
9 6 (0.67%) JSON
9 6 (0.67%) OAuth2
10 5 (0.55%) AWS CDK
10 5 (0.55%) Azure Blueprints
10 5 (0.55%) RESTful
11 4 (0.44%) JWT
12 3 (0.33%) ARM Templates
12 3 (0.33%) Django
12 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
12 3 (0.33%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 77 (8.54%) Onboarding
2 67 (7.43%) Operational Technology
3 64 (7.10%) Security Posture
4 45 (4.99%) Cyber Threat
5 40 (4.43%) Management Information System
6 36 (3.99%) Cloud Native
7 35 (3.88%) Security Operations Centre
8 26 (2.88%) Cyber Defence
9 24 (2.66%) SCADA
10 22 (2.44%) Data Centre
11 18 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.88%) PKI
13 16 (1.77%) AI Agents
13 16 (1.77%) CMDB
14 14 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (1.22%) Cyberattack
15 11 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
15 11 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (1.11%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 53 (5.88%) Windows
2 27 (2.99%) Linux
3 18 (2.00%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.77%) Mac OS
5 9 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.89%) 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
1 265 (29.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 169 (18.74%) Risk Management
3 159 (17.63%) Incident Response
4 150 (16.63%) Vulnerability Management
5 149 (16.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 144 (15.96%) Security Operations
7 130 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 129 (14.30%) Cloud Security
9 125 (13.86%) Roadmaps
10 121 (13.41%) Security Architecture
11 115 (12.75%) SIEM
12 112 (12.42%) Agile
13 110 (12.20%) Information Security
14 102 (11.31%) Identity Access Management
15 96 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
16 90 (9.98%) AI
17 86 (9.53%) Data Protection
17 86 (9.53%) Decision-Making
18 77 (8.54%) DevOps
19 73 (8.09%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 50 (5.54%) PowerShell
1 50 (5.54%) Python
2 24 (2.66%) SQL
3 17 (1.88%) Kusto Query Language
4 15 (1.66%) Bicep
5 10 (1.11%) Bash
6 6 (0.67%) Search Processing Language
7 5 (0.55%) Korn
8 4 (0.44%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.22%) C#
9 2 (0.22%) Java
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
1 236 (26.16%) Security Cleared
2 183 (20.29%) SC Cleared
3 159 (17.63%) CISSP
4 105 (11.64%) CISM
5 69 (7.65%) Degree
6 48 (5.32%) DV Cleared
7 38 (4.21%) PMP
8 37 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
8 37 (4.10%) PMI Certification
9 34 (3.77%) CRISC
10 33 (3.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 30 (3.33%) Azure Certification
11 30 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
12 28 (3.10%) GIAC
13 27 (2.99%) AWS Certification
14 25 (2.77%) CEH
15 20 (2.22%) CCSP
15 20 (2.22%) CISA
15 20 (2.22%) TOGAF Certification
16 16 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 198 (21.95%) NIST
2 193 (21.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 80 (8.87%) NCSC
4 71 (7.87%) GRC
5 50 (5.54%) Cyber Essentials
6 44 (4.88%) GDPR
7 37 (4.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 30 (3.33%) COBIT
9 26 (2.88%) PCI DSS
10 23 (2.55%) NIST 800
11 22 (2.44%) PMO
12 18 (2.00%) QA
13 16 (1.77%) SOC 2
14 10 (1.11%) SLA
15 9 (1.00%) ITGC
15 9 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 8 (0.89%) Data Quality
17 7 (0.78%) EU AI Act
17 7 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 7 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 63 (6.98%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.88%) Docker
3 13 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.67%) 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%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.11%) ISA Server
8 1 (0.11%) KVM
8 1 (0.11%) Samba
8 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (3.88%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (1.88%) Ansible
4 12 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (0.67%) QRadar
6 5 (0.55%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.55%) Puppet
7 4 (0.44%) CA Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.44%) Grafana
8 3 (0.33%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.33%) Nessus
8 3 (0.33%) SCCM
9 2 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.22%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.22%) MOM
9 2 (0.22%) Nexpose
9 2 (0.22%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.11%) Nagios
10 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 236 (26.16%) Microsoft
2 48 (5.32%) Splunk
3 47 (5.21%) ServiceNow
4 38 (4.21%) CrowdStrike
5 33 (3.66%) CyberArk
6 27 (2.99%) Google
7 26 (2.88%) Qualys
8 24 (2.66%) Tenable
9 19 (2.11%) Palo Alto
10 17 (1.88%) VMware
11 16 (1.77%) Cisco
12 13 (1.44%) Oracle
12 13 (1.44%) Rapid7
12 13 (1.44%) Zscaler
13 10 (1.11%) Okta
14 8 (0.89%) Databricks
14 8 (0.89%) Fortinet
15 7 (0.78%) BeyondTrust
15 7 (0.78%) Siemens
16 6 (0.67%) Apple