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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 55 62
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 -2
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 919 610 590
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.54% 4.58% 3.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.11% 4.95% 4.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 364 368
10th Percentile £425 £413 £400
25th Percentile £500 £500 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -2.04%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £790 £775 £788
England median daily rate £550 £550 £598
% change year-on-year - -7.95% -0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 6
10th Percentile £40.85 £33.75 £27.62
25th Percentile £48.50 £41.00 £35.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £47.00 £55.75
Median % change year-on-year +32.98% -15.70% -23.10%
75th Percentile £66.88 £62.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.95 £77.33
England median hourly rate £76.50 £45.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +70.00% -21.74% -21.57%

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 17,988 12,322 14,318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 92.57% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,771 8,124 9,349
10th Percentile £359 £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 £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 337 241 182
10th Percentile £16.03 £17.98 £17.28
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.01 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -18.14% -5.32%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.75 £78.72
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +6 96 £550 +4.76% 227
West London -13 15 £600 +37.14% 56
East London +5 8 £525 -8.70% 28
South London -9 5 £495 -28.00% 20
North London -2 2 £400 -38.46% 4
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 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.98%) Confluence
2 9 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.33%) IIS
4 1 (0.11%) Apache
4 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.11%) CMS
4 1 (0.11%) nginx
4 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.11%) Gliffy
4 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.33%) Eloqua
1 3 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 259 (28.18%) Azure
2 165 (17.95%) AWS
3 101 (10.99%) Entra ID
4 99 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
5 67 (7.29%) GCP
6 56 (6.09%) SaaS
7 43 (4.68%) Azure Sentinel
8 42 (4.57%) Microsoft Purview
9 39 (4.24%) Power Platform
10 30 (3.26%) GitHub
11 26 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (2.18%) Microsoft Copilot
13 14 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
14 13 (1.41%) OCI
14 13 (1.41%) PaaS
14 13 (1.41%) Serverless
15 12 (1.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 11 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
16 11 (1.20%) Amazon S3
17 10 (1.09%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (7.18%) Firewall
2 58 (6.31%) Network Security
3 25 (2.72%) DNS
4 22 (2.39%) VPN
5 17 (1.85%) WAN
6 14 (1.52%) Internet
7 11 (1.20%) LAN
8 10 (1.09%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.98%) DHCP
10 8 (0.87%) Intrusion Detection
10 8 (0.87%) IPsec
10 8 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.76%) SD-WAN
12 6 (0.65%) Modbus
13 5 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (0.54%) MQTT
13 5 (0.54%) NAS
13 5 (0.54%) NGFW
13 5 (0.54%) SAN
13 5 (0.54%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (2.72%) Power BI
2 9 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (0.87%) Data Lake
4 7 (0.76%) Metadata
5 6 (0.65%) DynamoDB
6 4 (0.44%) Db2
6 4 (0.44%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.44%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.33%) Big Data
7 3 (0.33%) Delta Lake
7 3 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.33%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.22%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.22%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.11%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.11%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (2.83%) JIRA
2 9 (0.98%) GitLab
3 8 (0.87%) Git
3 8 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.65%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.54%) Snyk
6 3 (0.33%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.22%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.22%) MSI
7 2 (0.22%) Subversion
8 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.11%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.11%) NUnit
8 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 300 (32.64%) Social Skills
2 215 (23.39%) Finance
3 102 (11.10%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (10.01%) Public Sector
5 72 (7.83%) Banking
6 42 (4.57%) Manufacturing
7 38 (4.13%) Legal
8 35 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (1.96%) Local Government
11 17 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (1.85%) Military
11 17 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (1.85%) Retail
11 17 (1.85%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.65%) Financial Institution
13 6 (0.65%) Law
13 6 (0.65%) Police
14 5 (0.54%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 150 (16.32%) Analyst
2 147 (16.00%) Architect
3 84 (9.14%) Consultant
4 81 (8.81%) Senior
5 77 (8.38%) Security Architect
6 76 (8.27%) Lead
7 75 (8.16%) Security Analyst
8 65 (7.07%) Project Manager
8 65 (7.07%) Security Engineer
9 56 (6.09%) Security Manager
10 49 (5.33%) Security Consultant
11 46 (5.01%) Business Analyst
11 46 (5.01%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 38 (4.13%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 34 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 33 (3.59%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 29 (3.16%) IT Manager
16 28 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
17 23 (2.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
18 19 (2.07%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (6.53%) Terraform
2 18 (1.96%) REST
3 16 (1.74%) OAuth
4 11 (1.20%) SAML
5 9 (0.98%) OpenID
5 9 (0.98%) SailPoint
6 8 (0.87%) Middleware
6 8 (0.87%) WebAuthn
7 7 (0.76%) FIDO
7 7 (0.76%) LDAP
7 7 (0.76%) OAuth2
8 6 (0.65%) JSON
9 5 (0.54%) AWS CDK
9 5 (0.54%) Azure Blueprints
9 5 (0.54%) JWT
9 5 (0.54%) Kafka
9 5 (0.54%) RESTful
10 3 (0.33%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.33%) FastAPI
10 3 (0.33%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 79 (8.60%) Onboarding
2 72 (7.83%) Operational Technology
3 68 (7.40%) Security Posture
4 49 (5.33%) Cyber Threat
4 49 (5.33%) Management Information System
5 36 (3.92%) Cloud Native
6 34 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
7 28 (3.05%) Cyber Defence
8 26 (2.83%) SCADA
9 24 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
10 23 (2.50%) Data Centre
11 20 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (1.96%) PKI
13 17 (1.85%) AI Agents
14 16 (1.74%) CMDB
15 14 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (1.31%) Cyberattack
16 12 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
16 12 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
17 10 (1.09%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 58 (6.31%) Windows
2 31 (3.37%) Linux
3 20 (2.18%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.74%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.76%) Unix
7 5 (0.54%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.44%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.44%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.11%) CentOS
10 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (30.69%) Stakeholder Management
2 174 (18.93%) Risk Management
3 161 (17.52%) Incident Response
4 157 (17.08%) Vulnerability Management
5 149 (16.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 145 (15.78%) Security Operations
7 144 (15.67%) Cloud Security
8 141 (15.34%) Roadmaps
9 139 (15.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 120 (13.06%) Security Architecture
10 120 (13.06%) SIEM
11 116 (12.62%) Information Security
12 113 (12.30%) Agile
13 108 (11.75%) Identity Access Management
14 95 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
15 94 (10.23%) AI
15 94 (10.23%) Data Protection
16 90 (9.79%) Decision-Making
17 86 (9.36%) DevOps
18 80 (8.71%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 55 (5.98%) Python
2 52 (5.66%) PowerShell
3 25 (2.72%) SQL
4 19 (2.07%) Kusto Query Language
5 18 (1.96%) Bicep
6 14 (1.52%) Bash
7 6 (0.65%) Korn
7 6 (0.65%) Search Processing Language
8 4 (0.44%) C#
8 4 (0.44%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.33%) Java
10 2 (0.22%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.22%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.11%) C
11 1 (0.11%) CodeQL
11 1 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.11%) Go
11 1 (0.11%) Groovy
11 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 235 (25.57%) Security Cleared
2 185 (20.13%) SC Cleared
3 159 (17.30%) CISSP
4 106 (11.53%) CISM
5 69 (7.51%) Degree
6 45 (4.90%) DV Cleared
7 39 (4.24%) Cisco Certification
8 38 (4.13%) PMP
9 37 (4.03%) PMI Certification
10 35 (3.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 34 (3.70%) CRISC
12 33 (3.59%) Azure Certification
13 29 (3.16%) AWS Certification
13 29 (3.16%) CompTIA Security+
14 26 (2.83%) GIAC
15 23 (2.50%) CISA
16 22 (2.39%) CCSP
16 22 (2.39%) CEH
17 21 (2.29%) TOGAF Certification
18 16 (1.74%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (22.09%) NIST
2 201 (21.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 82 (8.92%) NCSC
4 75 (8.16%) GRC
5 52 (5.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 47 (5.11%) GDPR
7 38 (4.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 32 (3.48%) PCI DSS
9 28 (3.05%) COBIT
10 24 (2.61%) NIST 800
11 21 (2.29%) PMO
12 17 (1.85%) QA
12 17 (1.85%) SOC 2
13 13 (1.41%) Data Quality
14 10 (1.09%) SLA
15 8 (0.87%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 8 (0.87%) ITGC
16 7 (0.76%) EU AI Act
16 7 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 7 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 67 (7.29%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.96%) Docker
3 13 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.54%) NFS
6 4 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.33%) vSphere
8 2 (0.22%) Firmware
8 2 (0.22%) ISA Server
8 2 (0.22%) 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 41 (4.46%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (2.29%) Ansible
4 13 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (1.09%) Grafana
6 7 (0.76%) QRadar
7 6 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (0.65%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.54%) Puppet
9 4 (0.44%) CA Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.33%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.33%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.33%) Nessus
10 3 (0.33%) SCCM
11 2 (0.22%) Argo
11 2 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.22%) Kibana
11 2 (0.22%) logstash
11 2 (0.22%) Nexpose
11 2 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 248 (26.99%) Microsoft
2 50 (5.44%) ServiceNow
3 46 (5.01%) Splunk
4 38 (4.13%) CrowdStrike
5 36 (3.92%) CyberArk
6 31 (3.37%) Google
7 29 (3.16%) Qualys
8 24 (2.61%) Tenable
9 20 (2.18%) Cisco
9 20 (2.18%) Palo Alto
10 17 (1.85%) VMware
11 15 (1.63%) Oracle
12 14 (1.52%) Rapid7
13 13 (1.41%) Zscaler
14 12 (1.31%) Okta
15 11 (1.20%) Databricks
16 10 (1.09%) Fortinet
17 9 (0.98%) BeyondTrust
17 9 (0.98%) Dynatrace
18 7 (0.76%) Siemens