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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 59 65
Rank change year-on-year +4 +6 +7
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 665 581 724
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.68% 3.68% 3.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.08% 4.10% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 364 494
10th Percentile £413 £402 £425
25th Percentile £485 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £688 £700 £746
90th Percentile £775 £788 £825
England median daily rate £537 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -6.61% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 2
10th Percentile £30.00 £38.62 £53.00
25th Percentile £36.25 £52.44 £55.63
Median hourly rate £47.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £67.88 £77.86 £70.63
90th Percentile £93.75 £80.80 £74.00
England median hourly rate £45.46 £50.00 £72.84
% change year-on-year -9.08% -31.35% +11.20%

All Process and 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 13,095 14,155 17,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.23% 89.55% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,599 9,136 12,670
10th Percentile £335 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £799 £799
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 171 240
10th Percentile £18.09 £17.25 £18.56
25th Percentile £24.50 £24.15 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £35.96
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% +4.30% -7.81%
75th Percentile £47.63 £55.88 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.62 £80.75 £75.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +25.00%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 -13 78 £533 -7.30% 60
West London -6 8 £423 -39.64% 47
South London -7 6 £525 - 21
North London +4 4 £650 +71.05% 14
East London -5 3 £675 +15.38% 31
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 21 (3.16%) Confluence
2 19 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.65%) Apache
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 2 (0.30%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.30%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.45%) Trello
6 1 (0.15%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.15%) Eikon
3 1 (0.15%) Eze OMS
3 1 (0.15%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 150 (22.56%) Azure
2 94 (14.14%) AWS
3 63 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (6.02%) GCP
5 39 (5.86%) Entra ID
6 34 (5.11%) SaaS
7 25 (3.76%) GitHub
8 22 (3.31%) Microsoft Purview
9 20 (3.01%) Azure Sentinel
10 16 (2.41%) Power Platform
11 15 (2.26%) Amazon S3
12 14 (2.11%) Serverless
13 12 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (1.50%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (1.35%) Amazon SQS
15 9 (1.35%) Azure AKS
16 8 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
17 7 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
17 7 (1.05%) PaaS
18 5 (0.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 79 (11.88%) Firewall
2 47 (7.07%) Network Security
3 19 (2.86%) DNS
4 16 (2.41%) WAN
5 13 (1.95%) VPN
6 12 (1.80%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (1.50%) SSL
8 9 (1.35%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (1.20%) DHCP
9 8 (1.20%) Internet
9 8 (1.20%) LAN
9 8 (1.20%) Wireless
10 6 (0.90%) HTTP
10 6 (0.90%) IP Telephony
11 5 (0.75%) Modbus
11 5 (0.75%) VLAN
12 3 (0.45%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.45%) SSH
12 3 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.11%) Power BI
2 10 (1.50%) Big Data
3 7 (1.05%) Data Lake
4 5 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
4 5 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (0.75%) Tableau
5 4 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.30%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.30%) Metadata
7 2 (0.30%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.30%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.15%) GIS
8 1 (0.15%) Looker
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.15%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 30 (4.51%) JIRA
2 9 (1.35%) Burp Suite
2 9 (1.35%) Metasploit
3 7 (1.05%) GitLab
4 6 (0.90%) SonarQube
5 5 (0.75%) Git
6 4 (0.60%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.45%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.15%) Ant
8 1 (0.15%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.15%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.15%) IDA Disassembler
8 1 (0.15%) Postman
8 1 (0.15%) Snyk
8 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 214 (32.18%) Social Skills
2 164 (24.66%) Finance
3 73 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (10.98%) Public Sector
4 67 (10.08%) Banking
5 23 (3.46%) Legal
6 18 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (2.71%) Telecoms
7 17 (2.56%) Investment Banking
8 16 (2.41%) Financial Institution
9 15 (2.26%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (2.11%) Local Government
11 13 (1.95%) Military
12 11 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.50%) Law
13 10 (1.50%) Retail
14 8 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.90%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 111 (16.69%) Analyst
2 94 (14.14%) Security Engineer
3 70 (10.53%) Architect
4 69 (10.38%) Senior
5 59 (8.87%) Security Analyst
6 55 (8.27%) Consultant
7 53 (7.97%) Security Architect
8 43 (6.47%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 42 (6.32%) Security Manager
10 41 (6.17%) Project Manager
11 37 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 33 (4.96%) Lead
13 31 (4.66%) Tester
14 30 (4.51%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 29 (4.36%) Security Consultant
16 26 (3.91%) Penetration Tester
17 25 (3.76%) Business Analyst
17 25 (3.76%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 20 (3.01%) Security Specialist
19 19 (2.86%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.86%) Kafka
2 14 (2.11%) React
3 11 (1.65%) REST
4 10 (1.50%) .NET
4 10 (1.50%) OAuth
4 10 (1.50%) SAML
5 9 (1.35%) Apache NiFi
5 9 (1.35%) SailPoint
6 8 (1.20%) OpenID
7 5 (0.75%) GraphQL
7 5 (0.75%) LangChain
7 5 (0.75%) Node.js
8 4 (0.60%) FastAPI
8 4 (0.60%) NestJS
8 4 (0.60%) PyTorch
8 4 (0.60%) Regular Expression
8 4 (0.60%) TensorFlow
9 3 (0.45%) Jest
9 3 (0.45%) pytest
9 3 (0.45%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.37%) Management Information System
2 47 (7.07%) Cyber Threat
2 47 (7.07%) Security Posture
3 35 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 35 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
4 26 (3.91%) Cyber Defence
5 22 (3.31%) Data Centre
6 20 (3.01%) Cloud Native
6 20 (3.01%) Product Ownership
7 19 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (2.41%) PKI
9 14 (2.11%) Operational Technology
10 12 (1.80%) CSOC
11 9 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.05%) IoT
14 6 (0.90%) CMDB
14 6 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 81 (12.18%) Windows
2 48 (7.22%) Linux
3 26 (3.91%) Mac OS
4 15 (2.26%) Unix
4 15 (2.26%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.95%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.90%) Android
7 5 (0.75%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.60%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.45%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.45%) VMS
10 2 (0.30%) CentOS
10 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (19.70%) SIEM
2 127 (19.10%) Incident Response
3 108 (16.24%) Agile
4 105 (15.79%) Cloud Security
5 104 (15.64%) Information Security
5 104 (15.64%) Security Operations
6 99 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 84 (12.63%) Risk Management
8 81 (12.18%) Problem-Solving
9 68 (10.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 67 (10.08%) Vulnerability Management
11 65 (9.77%) Threat Intelligence
12 64 (9.62%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 59 (8.87%) Security Architecture
14 58 (8.72%) Continuous Improvement
15 57 (8.57%) Penetration Testing
16 54 (8.12%) Identity Access Management
17 52 (7.82%) AI
17 52 (7.82%) CI/CD
17 52 (7.82%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 72 (10.83%) Python
2 50 (7.52%) PowerShell
3 31 (4.66%) Bash
4 27 (4.06%) Kusto Query Language
5 15 (2.26%) Java
6 14 (2.11%) JavaScript
7 13 (1.95%) SQL
8 12 (1.80%) C#
8 12 (1.80%) C++
9 4 (0.60%) Bicep
10 2 (0.30%) Perl
10 2 (0.30%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.30%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.15%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.15%) C
11 1 (0.15%) LookML
11 1 (0.15%) PromQL
11 1 (0.15%) R
11 1 (0.15%) Ruby
11 1 (0.15%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 191 (28.72%) Security Cleared
2 159 (23.91%) SC Cleared
3 103 (15.49%) CISSP
4 58 (8.72%) CISM
5 57 (8.57%) Degree
6 33 (4.96%) DV Cleared
7 28 (4.21%) CHECK Team Member
8 27 (4.06%) CEH
9 25 (3.76%) CHECK Team Leader
9 25 (3.76%) CompTIA Security+
10 22 (3.31%) OSCP
11 17 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (2.26%) GIAC
12 15 (2.26%) PMI Certification
12 15 (2.26%) PMP
13 12 (1.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 12 (1.80%) CREST Certified
13 12 (1.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 11 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (1.65%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (17.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 114 (17.14%) NIST
3 51 (7.67%) GDPR
4 31 (4.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 26 (3.91%) GRC
5 26 (3.91%) NCSC
6 21 (3.16%) PCI DSS
7 15 (2.26%) QA
8 14 (2.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (1.50%) SLA
10 9 (1.35%) COBIT
10 9 (1.35%) EU AI Act
10 9 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 7 (1.05%) Accessibility
11 7 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.90%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.90%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.75%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.60%) ITGC
14 4 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 57 (8.57%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.90%) Docker
4 3 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.15%) Firmware
5 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (3.76%) Terraform
2 22 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (3.16%) SCCM
4 14 (2.11%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (1.80%) CASB
5 12 (1.80%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.20%) CSIRT
6 8 (1.20%) QRadar
7 7 (1.05%) Ansible
7 7 (1.05%) Nessus
7 7 (1.05%) Nmap
7 7 (1.05%) SCOrch
8 5 (0.75%) AirWatch
8 5 (0.75%) WSUS
9 4 (0.60%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 3 (0.45%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.30%) Fluentd
11 2 (0.30%) Grafana
Vendors
1 151 (22.71%) Microsoft
2 72 (10.83%) Splunk
3 30 (4.51%) ServiceNow
4 28 (4.21%) CrowdStrike
5 19 (2.86%) CyberArk
6 18 (2.71%) Tenable
7 17 (2.56%) Oracle
8 16 (2.41%) SAP
9 15 (2.26%) Google
9 15 (2.26%) Palo Alto
10 13 (1.95%) Cisco
10 13 (1.95%) Darktrace
11 11 (1.65%) Fortinet
11 11 (1.65%) Salesforce
12 8 (1.20%) Qualys
12 8 (1.20%) VMware
13 7 (1.05%) Okta
13 7 (1.05%) Zscaler
14 6 (0.90%) Forcepoint
14 6 (0.90%) Veracode