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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 65 62
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +3
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 607 485 648
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.12% 3.51% 3.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.53% 3.88% 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 289 460
10th Percentile £403 £400 £413
25th Percentile £485 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £616
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -6.69% -1.40%
75th Percentile £684 £675 £745
90th Percentile £800 £788 £813
England median daily rate £537 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -6.61% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 2
10th Percentile £26.11 £38.62 £53.00
25th Percentile £28.65 £56.20 £55.63
Median hourly rate £47.00 £73.60 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.14% +17.76% -2.34%
75th Percentile £76.25 £82.00 £70.63
90th Percentile £93.88 £83.20 £74.00
England median hourly rate £45.46 £47.44 £72.50
% change year-on-year -4.17% -34.57% +11.11%

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 13,393 12,486 16,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.95% 90.46% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,878 7,905 11,829
10th Percentile £350 £350 £342
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 153 339
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.23
25th Percentile £25.08 £25.23 £19.53
Median hourly rate £34.27 £35.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% +16.39% -18.67%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.00 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £36.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -3.47% +2.86%

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 1 February 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 1 February 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 1 February 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 -18 80 £525 -8.70% 99
West London -21 6 £423 -3.43% 36
North London +7 5 - - 8
South London -17 5 £513 +7.89% 25
East London -8 1 £575 -10.16% 37
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 (2.80%) Confluence
2 12 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.15%) Apache
3 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (0.33%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.98%) MS Visio
3 9 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.49%) Trello
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 122 (20.10%) Azure
2 72 (11.86%) AWS
3 52 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (4.94%) Entra ID
5 29 (4.78%) GitHub
6 26 (4.28%) GCP
7 24 (3.95%) Microsoft Purview
8 22 (3.62%) GitHub Actions
9 17 (2.80%) SaaS
10 16 (2.64%) Azure Sentinel
11 15 (2.47%) Power Platform
12 13 (2.14%) OpenShift
13 12 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (1.65%) Serverless
15 9 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
16 7 (1.15%) Azure Key Vault
16 7 (1.15%) Mimecast
16 7 (1.15%) PaaS
17 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
18 5 (0.82%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 81 (13.34%) Firewall
2 47 (7.74%) Network Security
3 12 (1.98%) WAN
4 11 (1.81%) VPN
5 10 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (1.48%) DNS
7 7 (1.15%) Internet
7 7 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (1.15%) Wireless
8 6 (0.99%) LAN
8 6 (0.99%) SSL
9 5 (0.82%) BGP
9 5 (0.82%) Modbus
9 5 (0.82%) OSPF
9 5 (0.82%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.66%) Broadband
10 4 (0.66%) NGFW
11 3 (0.49%) HTTP
12 2 (0.33%) DHCP
12 2 (0.33%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.98%) Power BI
2 8 (1.32%) Data Lake
3 5 (0.82%) Big Data
4 4 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
4 4 (0.66%) Tableau
5 3 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.33%) Metadata
7 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.16%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.16%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 23 (3.79%) JIRA
2 22 (3.62%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.66%) Git
3 4 (0.66%) GitLab
4 3 (0.49%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.33%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.16%) Ant
6 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.16%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.16%) Snyk
6 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.16%) Zephyr
General
1 190 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 150 (24.71%) Finance
3 66 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (9.56%) Public Sector
5 56 (9.23%) Banking
6 30 (4.94%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (3.29%) Investment Banking
9 18 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (2.97%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.47%) Local Government
11 14 (2.31%) Legal
12 13 (2.14%) Manufacturing
12 13 (2.14%) Retail
13 12 (1.98%) Financial Institution
14 10 (1.65%) Military
14 10 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.99%) Law
15 6 (0.99%) Spanish Language
16 5 (0.82%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 88 (14.50%) Analyst
2 65 (10.71%) Architect
3 63 (10.38%) Security Engineer
4 56 (9.23%) Senior
5 55 (9.06%) Consultant
6 46 (7.58%) Security Manager
7 42 (6.92%) Security Analyst
8 40 (6.59%) Project Manager
9 39 (6.43%) Security Architect
10 34 (5.60%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 32 (5.27%) Security Consultant
12 30 (4.94%) Security Specialist
13 29 (4.78%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 29 (4.78%) Lead
13 29 (4.78%) Tester
14 28 (4.61%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 25 (4.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 24 (3.95%) Penetration Tester
17 23 (3.79%) Business Analyst
18 18 (2.97%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.79%) SAML
2 22 (3.62%) OpenID
3 15 (2.47%) LDAP
4 13 (2.14%) REST
5 12 (1.98%) Kafka
6 9 (1.48%) React
6 9 (1.48%) SailPoint
7 8 (1.32%) .NET
8 7 (1.15%) OAuth
9 5 (0.82%) Apache NiFi
10 4 (0.66%) GraphQL
10 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.66%) Model Context Protocol
10 4 (0.66%) Next.js
11 3 (0.49%) LangChain
11 3 (0.49%) NestJS
11 3 (0.49%) Node.js
12 2 (0.33%) Regular Expression
12 2 (0.33%) RESTful
12 2 (0.33%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.74%) Security Posture
2 45 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
3 43 (7.08%) Management Information System
4 37 (6.10%) Cloud Native
5 36 (5.93%) Onboarding
6 29 (4.78%) Security Operations Centre
7 23 (3.79%) Cyber Defence
8 17 (2.80%) Operational Technology
9 15 (2.47%) Product Ownership
10 14 (2.31%) Data Centre
11 13 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.81%) PKI
12 11 (1.81%) Public Cloud
13 8 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (1.15%) NHS
15 6 (0.99%) IoT
15 6 (0.99%) Life Science
15 6 (0.99%) SCADA
16 5 (0.82%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 58 (9.56%) Windows
2 43 (7.08%) Linux
3 16 (2.64%) Mac OS
4 13 (2.14%) Unix
5 12 (1.98%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.32%) VMS
7 6 (0.99%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.49%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.33%) CentOS
9 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.16%) Android
10 1 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (18.29%) Incident Response
2 110 (18.12%) SIEM
3 109 (17.96%) Stakeholder Management
4 99 (16.31%) Information Security
5 90 (14.83%) Risk Management
6 89 (14.66%) Agile
7 88 (14.50%) Cloud Security
8 83 (13.67%) Security Operations
9 79 (13.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 65 (10.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 65 (10.71%) Threat Intelligence
11 64 (10.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 63 (10.38%) CI/CD
12 63 (10.38%) Problem-Solving
13 58 (9.56%) DevOps
14 56 (9.23%) Identity Access Management
15 55 (9.06%) Vulnerability Management
16 50 (8.24%) Infrastructure as Code
17 49 (8.07%) AI
18 48 (7.91%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 52 (8.57%) Python
2 40 (6.59%) PowerShell
3 23 (3.79%) Kusto Query Language
4 18 (2.97%) Bash
5 12 (1.98%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.81%) Java
7 8 (1.32%) C++
8 7 (1.15%) C#
8 7 (1.15%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.82%) SQL
10 3 (0.49%) Go
10 3 (0.49%) Rust
11 2 (0.33%) Haskell
12 1 (0.16%) BeanShell
12 1 (0.16%) Bicep
12 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 201 (33.11%) Security Cleared
2 171 (28.17%) SC Cleared
3 94 (15.49%) CISSP
4 59 (9.72%) CISM
5 52 (8.57%) Degree
6 36 (5.93%) DV Cleared
7 25 (4.12%) CHECK Team Leader
8 24 (3.95%) CHECK Team Member
9 23 (3.79%) CompTIA Security+
10 21 (3.46%) CEH
11 18 (2.97%) GIAC
12 13 (2.14%) OSCP
13 12 (1.98%) CRISC
14 10 (1.65%) CESG Certified Professional
14 10 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (1.65%) PMI Certification
15 9 (1.48%) CISA
15 9 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (1.48%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (19.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 109 (17.96%) NIST
3 44 (7.25%) GDPR
4 33 (5.44%) GRC
5 32 (5.27%) NCSC
6 24 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (3.62%) PCI DSS
8 12 (1.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (1.48%) QA
10 8 (1.32%) COBIT
10 8 (1.32%) EU AI Act
10 8 (1.32%) SOC 2
11 7 (1.15%) Accessibility
11 7 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 7 (1.15%) SLA
12 6 (0.99%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.82%) PMO
14 3 (0.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.49%) NIST 800
System Software
1 32 (5.27%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.99%) Docker
4 4 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (5.60%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.11%) Terraform
3 22 (3.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (3.13%) SCCM
5 13 (2.14%) Ansible
6 12 (1.98%) CASB
7 6 (0.99%) SCOrch
8 5 (0.82%) Nessus
9 4 (0.66%) AirWatch
9 4 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.66%) QRadar
10 3 (0.49%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.49%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.49%) logstash
10 3 (0.49%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.49%) RSA Archer
10 3 (0.49%) WSUS
11 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.33%) Nagios
11 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 124 (20.43%) Microsoft
2 67 (11.04%) Splunk
3 30 (4.94%) CyberArk
4 24 (3.95%) ServiceNow
5 22 (3.62%) CrowdStrike
6 19 (3.13%) Palo Alto
7 16 (2.64%) Google
8 15 (2.47%) Tenable
9 13 (2.14%) Fortinet
10 10 (1.65%) Cisco
10 10 (1.65%) Darktrace
11 8 (1.32%) SAP
12 6 (0.99%) Netskope
12 6 (0.99%) Okta
12 6 (0.99%) Qualys
12 6 (0.99%) Rapid7
13 5 (0.82%) Ariba
13 5 (0.82%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.82%) Zscaler
14 4 (0.66%) Oracle