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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 68 69
Rank change year-on-year +8 +1 -9
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 776 493 566
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.03% 3.84% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.53% 4.16% 3.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 305 419
10th Percentile £413 £363 £400
25th Percentile £480 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £686 £685 £725
90th Percentile £825 £771 £800
England median daily rate £553 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +0.45% -5.98% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 3
10th Percentile £33.07 - £30.02
25th Percentile £48.50 £45.75 £30.06
Median hourly rate £67.50 £54.50 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +23.85% +80.94% -56.97%
75th Percentile £97.50 £63.25 £53.19
90th Percentile £103.30 - £67.02
England median hourly rate £83.00 £55.00 £79.63
% change year-on-year +50.91% -30.93% +6.18%

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 17,127 11,843 15,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.91% 92.34% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,395 7,916 11,030
10th Percentile £360 £336 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.64% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £687
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 223 303
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.59
25th Percentile £25.18 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.89 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.02% +9.63% -25.93%
75th Percentile £59.18 £49.88 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.20 £68.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.23 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.32% -33.83% +1.65%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +8 103 £550 +3.97% 50
South London -11 8 £308 -38.50% 12
East London -6 4 £715 +20.68% 22
West London -19 4 £500 +11.11% 46
North London -1 2 £400 -28.09% 11
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 (1.68%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.42%) Confluence
3 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.13%) CMS
4 1 (0.13%) IIS
4 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.03%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.39%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 216 (27.84%) Azure
2 127 (16.37%) AWS
3 77 (9.92%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (7.99%) Entra ID
5 58 (7.47%) GCP
6 53 (6.83%) SaaS
7 43 (5.54%) Microsoft Purview
8 38 (4.90%) Azure Sentinel
9 22 (2.84%) GitHub
10 21 (2.71%) Amazon Bedrock
11 20 (2.58%) PaaS
12 17 (2.19%) IaaS
13 16 (2.06%) Azure AI
14 14 (1.80%) Mimecast
14 14 (1.80%) Power Platform
15 13 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
16 12 (1.55%) OpenShift
17 11 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
18 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
19 8 (1.03%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 56 (7.22%) Firewall
2 50 (6.44%) Network Security
3 20 (2.58%) DNS
4 15 (1.93%) VPN
5 10 (1.29%) Internet
6 8 (1.03%) NGFW
7 7 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (0.90%) LAN
7 7 (0.90%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.90%) VLAN
7 7 (0.90%) WAN
8 6 (0.77%) DHCP
9 5 (0.64%) DKIM
9 5 (0.64%) DMARC
10 4 (0.52%) Intranet
10 4 (0.52%) IPsec
11 3 (0.39%) BGP
11 3 (0.39%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.39%) SAN
11 3 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.55%) Power BI
2 9 (1.16%) Big Data
3 4 (0.52%) Amazon QuickSight
3 4 (0.52%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.39%) Db2
4 3 (0.39%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.13%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.13%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.13%) MySQL
6 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (2.84%) JIRA
2 19 (2.45%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.03%) Git
4 5 (0.64%) GitLab
5 4 (0.52%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.52%) Snyk
6 2 (0.26%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.13%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.13%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.13%) Gemini Tracker
General
1 219 (28.22%) Finance
2 206 (26.55%) Social Skills
3 84 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (9.15%) Public Sector
5 56 (7.22%) Banking
6 39 (5.03%) Documentation Skills
7 36 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
8 25 (3.22%) Legal
9 22 (2.84%) Local Government
10 19 (2.45%) Retail
11 13 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (1.55%) Financial Institution
12 12 (1.55%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.29%) Investment Banking
13 10 (1.29%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.90%) Military
15 4 (0.52%) Aviation
15 4 (0.52%) Law
16 3 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 119 (15.34%) Architect
2 112 (14.43%) Analyst
3 73 (9.41%) Security Architect
4 65 (8.38%) Project Manager
5 59 (7.60%) Security Engineer
5 59 (7.60%) Senior
6 56 (7.22%) Consultant
7 53 (6.83%) Security Manager
8 49 (6.31%) Lead
9 47 (6.06%) Security Analyst
10 45 (5.80%) Security Consultant
11 43 (5.54%) Business Analyst
12 41 (5.28%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 36 (4.64%) Cybersecurity Specialist
14 35 (4.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 35 (4.51%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 30 (3.87%) Security Specialist
16 28 (3.61%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 28 (3.61%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 19 (2.45%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.32%) LDAP
1 18 (2.32%) SAML
2 17 (2.19%) OpenID
3 13 (1.68%) SailPoint
4 11 (1.42%) REST
5 9 (1.16%) OAuth
6 7 (0.90%) Middleware
7 5 (0.64%) Azure Blueprints
8 4 (0.52%) NestJS
8 4 (0.52%) RESTful
9 3 (0.39%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.39%) Django
9 3 (0.39%) JSON
9 3 (0.39%) Web Services
10 2 (0.26%) .NET
10 2 (0.26%) 802.1X
10 2 (0.26%) FIDO
10 2 (0.26%) Node.js
10 2 (0.26%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.26%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.76%) Security Posture
2 51 (6.57%) Cloud Native
3 44 (5.67%) Onboarding
4 33 (4.25%) Operational Technology
5 26 (3.35%) AI Agents
5 26 (3.35%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.32%) Security Operations Centre
7 16 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
7 16 (2.06%) SCADA
8 15 (1.93%) Cyber Threat
8 15 (1.93%) PKI
9 13 (1.68%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.29%) CMDB
11 10 (1.29%) Product Ownership
11 10 (1.29%) Public Cloud
12 9 (1.16%) BYOD
12 9 (1.16%) Cyber Security Posture
13 8 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
13 8 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 42 (5.41%) Windows
2 22 (2.84%) Linux
3 17 (2.19%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.29%) Unix
5 7 (0.90%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.64%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.52%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.52%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.26%) VMS
9 1 (0.13%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (20.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 111 (14.30%) Information Security
3 109 (14.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 107 (13.79%) Risk Management
5 106 (13.66%) Incident Response
6 105 (13.53%) SIEM
7 98 (12.63%) Vulnerability Management
8 94 (12.11%) Security Operations
9 93 (11.98%) Cloud Security
10 84 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 82 (10.57%) AI
12 81 (10.44%) Agile
12 81 (10.44%) Security Architecture
13 77 (9.92%) Data Protection
14 76 (9.79%) Identity Access Management
15 71 (9.15%) Problem-Solving
16 68 (8.76%) Roadmaps
17 67 (8.63%) Threat Modelling
18 66 (8.51%) DevOps
19 63 (8.12%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 48 (6.19%) Python
2 36 (4.64%) PowerShell
3 24 (3.09%) SQL
4 17 (2.19%) Kusto Query Language
5 12 (1.55%) Bash
6 8 (1.03%) Bicep
6 8 (1.03%) TypeScript
7 6 (0.77%) Search Processing Language
8 3 (0.39%) C#
8 3 (0.39%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.39%) Rust
8 3 (0.39%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.26%) C++
9 2 (0.26%) Go
9 2 (0.26%) Java
9 2 (0.26%) Korn
10 1 (0.13%) Groovy
10 1 (0.13%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 184 (23.71%) Security Cleared
2 143 (18.43%) SC Cleared
3 137 (17.65%) CISSP
4 88 (11.34%) CISM
5 63 (8.12%) Degree
6 41 (5.28%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (4.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 33 (4.25%) DV Cleared
9 27 (3.48%) CRISC
9 27 (3.48%) GIAC
10 24 (3.09%) CompTIA Security+
11 22 (2.84%) CEH
12 21 (2.71%) CISA
13 19 (2.45%) PMI Certification
14 18 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
15 17 (2.19%) PMP
16 15 (1.93%) CCSP
17 13 (1.68%) Azure Certification
18 12 (1.55%) AWS Certification
19 11 (1.42%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (21.91%) NIST
2 144 (18.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 64 (8.25%) GRC
4 63 (8.12%) GDPR
5 62 (7.99%) NCSC
6 44 (5.67%) Cyber Essentials
7 36 (4.64%) COBIT
8 35 (4.51%) PCI DSS
9 33 (4.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 21 (2.71%) QA
11 17 (2.19%) SOC 2
12 15 (1.93%) NIST 800
13 14 (1.80%) ITGC
14 12 (1.55%) PMO
15 9 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 8 (1.03%) EU AI Act
16 8 (1.03%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 6 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 5 (0.64%) SLA
19 4 (0.52%) JSP 440
System Software
1 47 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.93%) Docker
3 8 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.39%) NFS
6 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.26%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 34 (4.38%) Terraform
2 33 (4.25%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (1.55%) Ansible
4 12 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.16%) CASB
6 6 (0.77%) AirWatch
7 5 (0.64%) QRadar
8 3 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.39%) Grafana
8 3 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.39%) Puppet
8 3 (0.39%) SCCM
9 2 (0.26%) CA Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.26%) Nessus
9 2 (0.26%) Nexpose
9 2 (0.26%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.13%) Salt
Vendors
1 183 (23.58%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.09%) Splunk
3 48 (6.19%) CyberArk
4 41 (5.28%) CrowdStrike
5 33 (4.25%) ServiceNow
6 21 (2.71%) Tenable
7 20 (2.58%) Google
7 20 (2.58%) Qualys
8 19 (2.45%) OpenAI
9 17 (2.19%) Foundry
10 15 (1.93%) Palo Alto
11 14 (1.80%) Netskope
12 10 (1.29%) Rapid7
13 9 (1.16%) Cisco
13 9 (1.16%) Okta
13 9 (1.16%) Zscaler
14 7 (0.90%) VMware
15 6 (0.77%) Oracle
16 5 (0.64%) Fortinet
17 4 (0.52%) Progress