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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 80 60
Rank change year-on-year +10 -20 +3
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 636 432 627
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.91% 3.26% 3.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.34% 3.58% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 261 460
10th Percentile £401 £335 £425
25th Percentile £475 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £623
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -11.65% -0.40%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £739
90th Percentile £800 £788 £825
England median daily rate £538 £555 £590
% change year-on-year -3.15% -5.93% -1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 1
10th Percentile £26.11 £48.88 -
25th Percentile £27.58 £56.20 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £73.60 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.68% +40.19% -18.60%
75th Percentile £94.38 £82.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £95.00 £83.20 -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £63.91 £73.31
% change year-on-year -28.86% -12.83% +11.92%

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 14,657 12,070 15,973
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.19% 90.95% 88.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,833 7,901 11,413
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 156 343
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.45 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.56 £24.66 £19.21
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +17.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.38 £52.44 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.94 £77.95 £72.00
England median hourly rate £29.32 £35.00 £33.78
% change year-on-year -16.23% +3.63% -5.26%

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 5 March 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 5 March 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 5 March 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 -17 82 £525 -8.70% 102
South London -28 7 £339 -28.68% 7
West London -19 6 £423 -0.59% 37
North London +3 4 - - 14
East London -3 3 £717 +13.81% 32
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 17 (2.67%) Confluence
2 15 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.94%) Apache
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 2 (0.31%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.31%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.89%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.47%) Trello
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.31%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 156 (24.53%) Azure
2 93 (14.62%) AWS
3 66 (10.38%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (6.45%) Entra ID
5 32 (5.03%) GCP
6 30 (4.72%) Microsoft Purview
7 24 (3.77%) SaaS
8 23 (3.62%) GitHub
9 18 (2.83%) Power Platform
10 16 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
12 13 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
12 13 (2.04%) OpenShift
13 12 (1.89%) Azure AI
13 12 (1.89%) PaaS
14 10 (1.57%) Amazon Bedrock
14 10 (1.57%) Mimecast
15 8 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (1.26%) IaaS
15 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 78 (12.26%) Firewall
2 42 (6.60%) Network Security
3 12 (1.89%) WAN
4 11 (1.73%) DNS
5 10 (1.57%) VPN
6 9 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (1.10%) Wireless
8 6 (0.94%) BGP
8 6 (0.94%) LAN
8 6 (0.94%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.79%) Broadband
9 5 (0.79%) Internet
9 5 (0.79%) NGFW
9 5 (0.79%) OSPF
10 4 (0.63%) DHCP
10 4 (0.63%) HTTP
11 3 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (0.47%) Modbus
12 2 (0.31%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.31%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.20%) Power BI
2 10 (1.57%) Data Lake
3 6 (0.94%) Big Data
4 4 (0.63%) Tableau
5 3 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.31%) Metadata
6 2 (0.31%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.16%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.16%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 22 (3.46%) Jenkins
1 22 (3.46%) JIRA
2 3 (0.47%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.31%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.31%) Git
4 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.16%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.16%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.16%) GitLab
General
1 209 (32.86%) Social Skills
2 162 (25.47%) Finance
3 72 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (9.12%) Public Sector
5 53 (8.33%) Banking
6 34 (5.35%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
7 21 (3.30%) Investment Banking
8 20 (3.14%) Legal
9 18 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (2.52%) Retail
11 13 (2.04%) Local Government
12 12 (1.89%) Financial Institution
12 12 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.73%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.42%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.26%) Military
16 6 (0.94%) Spanish Language
17 4 (0.63%) Law
18 3 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 88 (13.84%) Analyst
2 71 (11.16%) Architect
3 65 (10.22%) Senior
4 63 (9.91%) Security Engineer
5 57 (8.96%) Consultant
6 53 (8.33%) Project Manager
6 53 (8.33%) Security Manager
7 40 (6.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 39 (6.13%) Security Architect
8 39 (6.13%) Security Specialist
9 37 (5.82%) Security Analyst
10 35 (5.50%) Lead
10 35 (5.50%) Security Consultant
11 29 (4.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 28 (4.40%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 26 (4.09%) Business Analyst
14 25 (3.93%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 22 (3.46%) Cybersecurity Specialist
15 22 (3.46%) Security Project Manager
16 19 (2.99%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.77%) SAML
2 23 (3.62%) OpenID
3 15 (2.36%) LDAP
4 13 (2.04%) REST
5 10 (1.57%) SailPoint
6 8 (1.26%) Kafka
7 7 (1.10%) .NET
7 7 (1.10%) OAuth
8 6 (0.94%) React
9 5 (0.79%) NestJS
10 4 (0.63%) Apache NiFi
10 4 (0.63%) Middleware
10 4 (0.63%) Node.js
10 4 (0.63%) RESTful
11 3 (0.47%) 802.1X
11 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
11 3 (0.47%) Web Services
12 2 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
12 2 (0.31%) GraphQL
12 2 (0.31%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.39%) Security Posture
2 41 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 40 (6.29%) Cloud Native
4 34 (5.35%) Onboarding
5 27 (4.25%) Cyber Threat
6 25 (3.93%) Security Operations Centre
7 21 (3.30%) Cyber Defence
8 16 (2.52%) Product Ownership
9 15 (2.36%) Operational Technology
9 15 (2.36%) PKI
10 14 (2.20%) Data Centre
11 13 (2.04%) AI Agents
12 12 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (1.73%) Public Cloud
14 10 (1.57%) BYOD
15 7 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
16 6 (0.94%) NHS
17 5 (0.79%) SCADA
17 5 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 58 (9.12%) Windows
2 35 (5.50%) Linux
3 14 (2.20%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.04%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.57%) Unix
6 8 (1.26%) VMS
6 8 (1.26%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.63%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.31%) CentOS
8 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.31%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.16%) Android
9 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (19.03%) Stakeholder Management
2 112 (17.61%) Information Security
3 103 (16.19%) Incident Response
3 103 (16.19%) SIEM
4 99 (15.57%) Cloud Security
5 97 (15.25%) Agile
6 92 (14.47%) Risk Management
7 79 (12.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 73 (11.48%) Security Operations
9 71 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 66 (10.38%) Problem-Solving
11 65 (10.22%) AI
12 64 (10.06%) Vulnerability Management
13 62 (9.75%) Identity Access Management
14 61 (9.59%) CI/CD
15 55 (8.65%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 55 (8.65%) Threat Intelligence
16 53 (8.33%) DevOps
17 50 (7.86%) Infrastructure as Code
18 49 (7.70%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 49 (7.70%) Python
2 39 (6.13%) PowerShell
3 21 (3.30%) Kusto Query Language
4 18 (2.83%) Bash
5 15 (2.36%) SQL
6 10 (1.57%) Java
7 9 (1.42%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.26%) C++
8 8 (1.26%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.10%) C#
10 4 (0.63%) Rust
11 3 (0.47%) Go
12 2 (0.31%) Haskell
13 1 (0.16%) BeanShell
13 1 (0.16%) Bicep
13 1 (0.16%) Korn
13 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 205 (32.23%) Security Cleared
2 178 (27.99%) SC Cleared
3 102 (16.04%) CISSP
4 69 (10.85%) CISM
5 55 (8.65%) Degree
6 33 (5.19%) DV Cleared
7 20 (3.14%) CompTIA Security+
8 17 (2.67%) CEH
8 17 (2.67%) CHECK Team Leader
9 16 (2.52%) CHECK Team Member
9 16 (2.52%) CRISC
10 15 (2.36%) GIAC
10 15 (2.36%) PMI Certification
11 13 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (2.04%) PMP
12 12 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (1.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 11 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (1.57%) CESG Certified Professional
14 10 (1.57%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (20.28%) NIST
2 126 (19.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (8.33%) GDPR
4 43 (6.76%) GRC
5 37 (5.82%) NCSC
6 28 (4.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 28 (4.40%) PCI DSS
7 15 (2.36%) COBIT
8 14 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 11 (1.73%) QA
10 11 (1.73%) SLA
11 10 (1.57%) SOC 2
12 7 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 7 (1.10%) PMO
13 6 (0.94%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.79%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.63%) Accessibility
15 4 (0.63%) EU AI Act
15 4 (0.63%) ITGC
System Software
1 41 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (1.10%) Docker
4 3 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (4.87%) Kubernetes
2 30 (4.72%) Terraform
3 26 (4.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (3.14%) SCCM
5 14 (2.20%) Ansible
6 11 (1.73%) CASB
7 7 (1.10%) AirWatch
8 6 (0.94%) SCOrch
9 5 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.63%) RSA Archer
10 4 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.47%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.47%) logstash
11 3 (0.47%) Nessus
11 3 (0.47%) QRadar
11 3 (0.47%) WSUS
12 2 (0.31%) Fluentd
12 2 (0.31%) Nagios
12 2 (0.31%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 151 (23.74%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.75%) Splunk
3 30 (4.72%) CyberArk
4 29 (4.56%) ServiceNow
5 19 (2.99%) CrowdStrike
6 18 (2.83%) Palo Alto
7 16 (2.52%) Google
8 15 (2.36%) Tenable
9 12 (1.89%) Foundry
10 10 (1.57%) Cisco
10 10 (1.57%) Fortinet
10 10 (1.57%) OpenAI
11 9 (1.42%) Netskope
12 8 (1.26%) Okta
12 8 (1.26%) Qualys
13 7 (1.10%) Zscaler
14 6 (0.94%) SAP
14 6 (0.94%) VMware
15 5 (0.79%) Ariba
15 5 (0.79%) Rapid7