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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 50 60
Rank change year-on-year +1 +10 +2
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 956 631 591
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.66% 4.72% 3.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.24% 5.10% 4.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 636 374 368
10th Percentile £425 £413 £413
25th Percentile £500 £500 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £688 £688 £700
90th Percentile £790 £775 £788
England median daily rate £550 £550 £586
% change year-on-year - -6.06% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 7
10th Percentile £40.85 £34.38 £28.09
25th Percentile £48.50 £43.38 £41.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £50.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.15% -11.74% -8.00%
75th Percentile £66.88 £70.88 £77.33
90th Percentile £68.75 £94.13 £80.32
England median hourly rate £76.50 £41.94 £57.50
% change year-on-year +82.40% -27.06% -21.05%

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 18,257 12,368 14,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.44% 89.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,959 8,171 9,325
10th Percentile £360 £333 £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 £668 £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 346 241 180
10th Percentile £15.89 £18.25 £17.48
25th Percentile £18.56 £25.04 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.50 £37.15
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% -17.90% -7.13%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £57.81
90th Percentile £79.38 £65.00 £78.75
England median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.82% -5.56%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -4 96 £550 +3.97% 79
West London -11 16 £575 +35.29% 25
East London +8 9 £525 -8.70% 13
South London -12 5 £495 -20.80% 9
North London -5 2 £400 -38.46% 2
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 20 (2.09%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.15%) Confluence
2 11 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.31%) IIS
4 1 (0.10%) Apache
4 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.10%) CMS
4 1 (0.10%) nginx
4 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 13 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.10%) Gliffy
4 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.42%) Eloqua
2 3 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.10%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 270 (28.24%) Azure
2 172 (17.99%) AWS
3 108 (11.30%) Entra ID
4 103 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (7.32%) GCP
6 63 (6.59%) SaaS
7 47 (4.92%) Azure Sentinel
7 47 (4.92%) Microsoft Purview
8 44 (4.60%) Power Platform
9 34 (3.56%) GitHub
10 28 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (2.30%) Microsoft Copilot
12 16 (1.67%) Azure Logic Apps
12 16 (1.67%) OCI
13 14 (1.46%) Serverless
14 13 (1.36%) PaaS
15 12 (1.26%) OneDrive
16 11 (1.15%) AWS CloudFormation
16 11 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 10 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 65 (6.80%) Firewall
2 63 (6.59%) Network Security
3 28 (2.93%) DNS
4 22 (2.30%) VPN
5 16 (1.67%) Internet
5 16 (1.67%) WAN
6 10 (1.05%) DHCP
6 10 (1.05%) LAN
6 10 (1.05%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.94%) IPsec
8 8 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (0.73%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.63%) Modbus
10 6 (0.63%) X.509
11 5 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.52%) MQTT
11 5 (0.52%) NAS
11 5 (0.52%) NGFW
11 5 (0.52%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (2.82%) Power BI
2 10 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (0.84%) Data Lake
4 7 (0.73%) Metadata
5 6 (0.63%) DynamoDB
6 5 (0.52%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.42%) Db2
7 4 (0.42%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.42%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.31%) Big Data
8 3 (0.31%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.21%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.10%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.10%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.10%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 29 (3.03%) JIRA
2 9 (0.94%) Jenkins
3 8 (0.84%) GitLab
4 7 (0.73%) Git
5 6 (0.63%) Burp Suite
6 5 (0.52%) Snyk
7 3 (0.31%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.21%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.21%) MSI
8 2 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.21%) Subversion
8 2 (0.21%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.10%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.10%) Maven
9 1 (0.10%) MSBuild
9 1 (0.10%) NUnit
9 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 319 (33.37%) Social Skills
2 234 (24.48%) Finance
3 109 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (10.04%) Public Sector
5 81 (8.47%) Banking
6 43 (4.50%) Manufacturing
7 39 (4.08%) Legal
8 36 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (1.88%) Local Government
10 18 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (1.88%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.78%) Military
12 16 (1.67%) Retail
13 15 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (0.84%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.63%) Law
16 5 (0.52%) Aviation
16 5 (0.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 154 (16.11%) Analyst
2 148 (15.48%) Architect
3 88 (9.21%) Consultant
4 84 (8.79%) Lead
4 84 (8.79%) Senior
5 80 (8.37%) Security Analyst
6 79 (8.26%) Security Architect
7 70 (7.32%) Security Engineer
8 68 (7.11%) Project Manager
9 56 (5.86%) Security Manager
10 52 (5.44%) Security Consultant
11 50 (5.23%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 46 (4.81%) Business Analyst
13 40 (4.18%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 38 (3.97%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 34 (3.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 30 (3.14%) IT Manager
17 28 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
18 22 (2.30%) Cybersecurity Architect
19 20 (2.09%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (7.01%) Terraform
2 18 (1.88%) REST
3 17 (1.78%) OAuth
4 12 (1.26%) SAML
5 10 (1.05%) SailPoint
6 9 (0.94%) OpenID
7 8 (0.84%) AWS CDK
7 8 (0.84%) LDAP
7 8 (0.84%) Middleware
7 8 (0.84%) WebAuthn
8 7 (0.73%) FIDO
8 7 (0.73%) OAuth2
9 6 (0.63%) Azure Blueprints
9 6 (0.63%) JSON
10 5 (0.52%) FastAPI
10 5 (0.52%) JWT
10 5 (0.52%) Kafka
10 5 (0.52%) pytest
10 5 (0.52%) RESTful
11 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 79 (8.26%) Onboarding
2 74 (7.74%) Operational Technology
3 68 (7.11%) Security Posture
4 49 (5.13%) Cyber Threat
5 48 (5.02%) Management Information System
6 39 (4.08%) Cloud Native
7 35 (3.66%) Security Operations Centre
8 30 (3.14%) Cyber Defence
9 26 (2.72%) SCADA
10 25 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
11 24 (2.51%) Data Centre
12 20 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
13 18 (1.88%) CMDB
14 17 (1.78%) AI Agents
14 17 (1.78%) PKI
15 14 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
15 14 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (1.26%) Cyberattack
16 12 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
17 10 (1.05%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 65 (6.80%) Windows
2 35 (3.66%) Linux
3 22 (2.30%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.67%) macOS
5 10 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.73%) Unix
7 6 (0.63%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.52%) Alpine Linux
8 5 (0.52%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.10%) CentOS
10 1 (0.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (31.49%) Stakeholder Management
2 185 (19.35%) Risk Management
3 166 (17.36%) Vulnerability Management
4 161 (16.84%) Cloud Security
4 161 (16.84%) Incident Response
5 154 (16.11%) Security Operations
6 152 (15.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 147 (15.38%) Roadmaps
8 145 (15.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 127 (13.28%) Security Architecture
9 127 (13.28%) SIEM
10 124 (12.97%) Information Security
11 119 (12.45%) Agile
12 110 (11.51%) Identity Access Management
13 106 (11.09%) Problem-Solving
14 99 (10.36%) AI
15 95 (9.94%) Data Protection
16 93 (9.73%) DevOps
17 92 (9.62%) Decision-Making
18 82 (8.58%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 62 (6.49%) PowerShell
2 61 (6.38%) Python
3 24 (2.51%) SQL
4 21 (2.20%) Bicep
4 21 (2.20%) Kusto Query Language
5 14 (1.46%) Bash
6 6 (0.63%) Korn
6 6 (0.63%) Search Processing Language
7 5 (0.52%) C#
8 4 (0.42%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.31%) Java
10 2 (0.21%) Go
10 2 (0.21%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.21%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.10%) C
11 1 (0.10%) CodeQL
11 1 (0.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.10%) Groovy
11 1 (0.10%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 240 (25.10%) Security Cleared
2 189 (19.77%) SC Cleared
3 165 (17.26%) CISSP
4 115 (12.03%) CISM
5 71 (7.43%) Degree
6 46 (4.81%) DV Cleared
7 41 (4.29%) PMP
8 40 (4.18%) Cisco Certification
8 40 (4.18%) PMI Certification
9 36 (3.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 35 (3.66%) CRISC
11 33 (3.45%) Azure Certification
12 31 (3.24%) AWS Certification
13 29 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
14 26 (2.72%) GIAC
15 22 (2.30%) CCSP
15 22 (2.30%) CEH
15 22 (2.30%) CISA
16 21 (2.20%) TOGAF Certification
17 17 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (21.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 206 (21.55%) NIST
2 82 (8.58%) NCSC
3 76 (7.95%) GRC
4 51 (5.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 51 (5.33%) GDPR
5 37 (3.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 36 (3.77%) PCI DSS
7 25 (2.62%) COBIT
8 24 (2.51%) NIST 800
9 20 (2.09%) PMO
10 17 (1.78%) QA
10 17 (1.78%) SOC 2
11 13 (1.36%) Data Quality
12 10 (1.05%) SLA
13 8 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (0.73%) EU AI Act
14 7 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 6 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 72 (7.53%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.09%) Docker
3 15 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.52%) NFS
5 5 (0.52%) vSphere
6 4 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.21%) Firmware
8 2 (0.21%) ISA Server
8 2 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.10%) KVM
9 1 (0.10%) Samba
9 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 44 (4.60%) Kubernetes
2 29 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (2.51%) Ansible
4 13 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.94%) Grafana
6 7 (0.73%) QRadar
7 6 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.52%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.42%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.42%) Puppet
9 4 (0.42%) SCCM
10 3 (0.31%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.31%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.31%) Nessus
11 2 (0.21%) Argo
11 2 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.21%) Kibana
11 2 (0.21%) logstash
11 2 (0.21%) Nexpose
11 2 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 263 (27.51%) Microsoft
2 54 (5.65%) ServiceNow
3 48 (5.02%) Splunk
4 43 (4.50%) CyberArk
5 41 (4.29%) CrowdStrike
6 34 (3.56%) Google
7 32 (3.35%) Qualys
8 25 (2.62%) Tenable
9 21 (2.20%) Cisco
10 20 (2.09%) Palo Alto
11 19 (1.99%) Rapid7
11 19 (1.99%) VMware
12 16 (1.67%) Oracle
13 14 (1.46%) BeyondTrust
14 13 (1.36%) Databricks
14 13 (1.36%) Okta
14 13 (1.36%) Zscaler
15 9 (0.94%) Dynatrace
15 9 (0.94%) Fortinet
16 8 (0.84%) Netskope