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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 67 68
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 -10
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 743 461 570
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.94% 3.75% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% 4.06% 3.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 281 429
10th Percentile £413 £363 £400
25th Percentile £480 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% -6.69%
75th Percentile £685 £675 £725
90th Percentile £825 £765 £800
England median daily rate £559 £550 £586
% change year-on-year +1.72% -6.18% -2.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 3
10th Percentile £26.11 £48.06 £30.02
25th Percentile £30.72 £51.51 £30.06
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.05 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% +112.65% -56.97%
75th Percentile £90.63 £74.61 £53.19
90th Percentile £100.83 £76.89 £67.02
England median hourly rate £82.50 £77.14 £78.00
% change year-on-year +6.95% -1.11% +4.00%

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 16,752 11,363 15,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.81% 92.32% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,163 7,612 11,136
10th Percentile £360 £345 £343
25th Percentile £433 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £516 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.77% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 204 315
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% +13.33% -23.90%
75th Percentile £58.88 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.53 £37.50
% change year-on-year +70.72% -26.59% +5.63%

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 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 14 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 14 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 +5 102 £544 +1.16% 96
South London -19 6 £165 -65.26% 10
East London -9 4 £715 +20.68% 14
West London -26 3 £750 +62.16% 37
North London -2 1 - - 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 13 (1.75%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.62%) Confluence
3 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (1.35%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 212 (28.53%) Azure
2 119 (16.02%) AWS
3 79 (10.63%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (7.94%) Entra ID
5 57 (7.67%) GCP
6 51 (6.86%) SaaS
7 44 (5.92%) Microsoft Purview
8 36 (4.85%) Azure Sentinel
9 24 (3.23%) GitHub
10 20 (2.69%) Amazon Bedrock
11 18 (2.42%) PaaS
12 16 (2.15%) Azure AI
13 15 (2.02%) IaaS
13 15 (2.02%) Mimecast
14 12 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (1.62%) OpenShift
14 12 (1.62%) Power Platform
15 11 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
16 10 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
17 9 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 58 (7.81%) Firewall
2 50 (6.73%) Network Security
3 19 (2.56%) DNS
4 14 (1.88%) VPN
5 9 (1.21%) Internet
6 8 (1.08%) NGFW
6 8 (1.08%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (0.94%) LAN
7 7 (0.94%) VLAN
7 7 (0.94%) WAN
8 5 (0.67%) DHCP
8 5 (0.67%) DKIM
8 5 (0.67%) DMARC
9 4 (0.54%) BGP
9 4 (0.54%) Broadband
10 3 (0.40%) IPsec
10 3 (0.40%) OSPF
10 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.35%) Power BI
2 9 (1.21%) Big Data
3 4 (0.54%) Amazon QuickSight
3 4 (0.54%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.40%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.27%) 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%) Db2
6 1 (0.13%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.13%) MySQL
6 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (2.96%) JIRA
2 19 (2.56%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.08%) Git
4 4 (0.54%) GitLab
5 2 (0.27%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.13%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.13%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.13%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (0.13%) Snyk
6 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
General
1 206 (27.73%) Finance
2 191 (25.71%) Social Skills
3 75 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (9.56%) Public Sector
5 52 (7.00%) Banking
6 37 (4.98%) Documentation Skills
7 31 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (3.50%) Legal
8 26 (3.50%) Local Government
9 17 (2.29%) Retail
10 11 (1.48%) Investment Banking
10 11 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.35%) Financial Institution
11 10 (1.35%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.35%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (0.94%) Military
14 4 (0.54%) Aviation
14 4 (0.54%) Law
14 4 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 112 (15.07%) Architect
2 102 (13.73%) Analyst
3 66 (8.88%) Security Architect
4 64 (8.61%) Project Manager
5 57 (7.67%) Consultant
5 57 (7.67%) Security Engineer
5 57 (7.67%) Senior
6 51 (6.86%) Security Manager
7 48 (6.46%) Lead
7 48 (6.46%) Security Consultant
8 43 (5.79%) Business Analyst
8 43 (5.79%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 42 (5.65%) Security Analyst
10 36 (4.85%) Cybersecurity Specialist
11 33 (4.44%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 32 (4.31%) Security Specialist
13 31 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 31 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 28 (3.77%) Cybersecurity Architect
15 23 (3.10%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.42%) SAML
2 17 (2.29%) OpenID
3 16 (2.15%) LDAP
4 13 (1.75%) SailPoint
5 9 (1.21%) OAuth
5 9 (1.21%) REST
6 5 (0.67%) Azure Blueprints
7 4 (0.54%) Middleware
7 4 (0.54%) NestJS
7 4 (0.54%) RESTful
8 3 (0.40%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.40%) AWS CDK
8 3 (0.40%) Django
8 3 (0.40%) Web Services
9 2 (0.27%) FIDO
9 2 (0.27%) JSON
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.27%) Next.js
9 2 (0.27%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.27%) React
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.48%) Security Posture
2 54 (7.27%) Cloud Native
3 44 (5.92%) Onboarding
4 31 (4.17%) Operational Technology
5 29 (3.90%) Management Information System
6 25 (3.36%) AI Agents
7 23 (3.10%) Security Operations Centre
8 17 (2.29%) Cyber Threat
9 15 (2.02%) SCADA
10 13 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (1.75%) PKI
11 11 (1.48%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.21%) Data Centre
13 9 (1.21%) Product Ownership
14 8 (1.08%) CMDB
14 8 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
15 7 (0.94%) BYOD
15 7 (0.94%) Cloud Security Posture
15 7 (0.94%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.79%) Windows
2 23 (3.10%) Linux
3 18 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.08%) Unix
5 7 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.67%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.54%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.54%) VMS
7 4 (0.54%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.13%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (18.30%) Stakeholder Management
2 107 (14.40%) Incident Response
2 107 (14.40%) Information Security
2 107 (14.40%) Risk Management
3 101 (13.59%) SIEM
3 101 (13.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 95 (12.79%) Cloud Security
5 92 (12.38%) Security Operations
5 92 (12.38%) Vulnerability Management
6 83 (11.17%) AI
6 83 (11.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 74 (9.96%) Agile
7 74 (9.96%) Data Protection
7 74 (9.96%) Identity Access Management
8 73 (9.83%) Security Architecture
9 64 (8.61%) DevOps
10 62 (8.34%) Problem-Solving
10 62 (8.34%) Threat Modelling
11 61 (8.21%) CI/CD
12 60 (8.08%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 46 (6.19%) Python
2 35 (4.71%) PowerShell
3 22 (2.96%) SQL
4 19 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
5 13 (1.75%) Bash
6 9 (1.21%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.08%) Bicep
8 6 (0.81%) Search Processing Language
9 4 (0.54%) Rust
10 3 (0.40%) C#
10 3 (0.40%) Go
10 3 (0.40%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.40%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.27%) C++
11 2 (0.27%) Haskell
11 2 (0.27%) Java
12 1 (0.13%) Groovy
12 1 (0.13%) Korn
Qualifications
1 184 (24.76%) Security Cleared
2 145 (19.52%) SC Cleared
3 128 (17.23%) CISSP
4 84 (11.31%) CISM
5 61 (8.21%) Degree
6 37 (4.98%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (4.44%) DV Cleared
8 31 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 25 (3.36%) CompTIA Security+
10 22 (2.96%) GIAC
11 21 (2.83%) CRISC
12 20 (2.69%) CEH
13 19 (2.56%) CISA
14 16 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
14 16 (2.15%) PMI Certification
15 14 (1.88%) CCSP
15 14 (1.88%) PMP
16 13 (1.75%) Azure Certification
17 10 (1.35%) CompTIA CySA+
17 10 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (21.40%) NIST
2 138 (18.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 63 (8.48%) GDPR
4 59 (7.94%) NCSC
5 55 (7.40%) GRC
6 43 (5.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 36 (4.85%) COBIT
8 35 (4.71%) PCI DSS
9 32 (4.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 19 (2.56%) QA
11 17 (2.29%) SOC 2
12 14 (1.88%) ITGC
12 14 (1.88%) NIST 800
13 9 (1.21%) PMO
13 9 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.94%) EU AI Act
14 7 (0.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (0.94%) SLA
15 4 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.54%) SOC 1
System Software
1 44 (5.92%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.62%) Docker
3 10 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.13%) NFS
Systems Management
1 34 (4.58%) Kubernetes
1 34 (4.58%) Terraform
2 17 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (1.88%) Ansible
4 11 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (1.35%) CASB
6 7 (0.94%) AirWatch
7 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.40%) Grafana
7 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.40%) Puppet
7 3 (0.40%) SCCM
8 2 (0.27%) Nessus
8 2 (0.27%) Nexpose
8 2 (0.27%) QRadar
8 2 (0.27%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.13%) logstash
9 1 (0.13%) Salt
Vendors
1 176 (23.69%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.27%) Splunk
3 46 (6.19%) CyberArk
4 39 (5.25%) CrowdStrike
5 31 (4.17%) ServiceNow
6 22 (2.96%) Google
7 20 (2.69%) Tenable
8 19 (2.56%) OpenAI
9 17 (2.29%) Foundry
9 17 (2.29%) Qualys
10 16 (2.15%) Palo Alto
11 15 (2.02%) Netskope
12 9 (1.21%) Okta
12 9 (1.21%) Rapid7
12 9 (1.21%) Zscaler
13 7 (0.94%) Cisco
14 6 (0.81%) Fortinet
14 6 (0.81%) Oracle
14 6 (0.81%) VMware
15 4 (0.54%) Progress