Cybercrime Contract Job Trends in London

Cybercrime (Computer Crime)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cybercrime in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybercrime over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 - 400
Rank change year-on-year - - +161
Contract jobs citing Cybercrime 4 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.028% - 0.026%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.072% - 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £708 - £875
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £715 - £900
75th Percentile £723 - £925
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £715 - £900
% change year-on-year - - +44.00%

All Generic Skills
London

Cybercrime falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,572 5,157 6,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 39.00% 34.22% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,572 3,296 4,547
10th Percentile £338 £325 £325
25th Percentile £431 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £725
90th Percentile £800 £850 £825
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.37% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 66 106
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.86
25th Percentile £19.84 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.11 £34.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% +15.00% -12.82%
75th Percentile £45.65 £55.94 £49.68
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £65.93
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -21.62% -15.60% +25.16%

Cybercrime
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cybercrime relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Cybercrime job vacancy trend in London

Cybercrime
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cybercrime.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cybercrime

Cybercrime
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 Cybercrime within the London region over the 6 months to 18 December 2025. 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 - 1 - -
Cybercrime
England

Cybercrime
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 4 (100.00%) Law
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Security Analyst
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 4 (100.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 4 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CEH
1 4 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 4 (100.00%) GIAC
1 4 (100.00%) GREM
1 4 (100.00%) OSCP
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared