Key Management Contract Job Trends in London

Key Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Key Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 329 357 406
Rank change year-on-year +28 +49 +106
Contract jobs citing Key Management 53 21 9
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.37% 0.14% 0.048%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.16% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 12 6
10th Percentile £440 - £505
25th Percentile £572 £450 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 £520 £600
Median % change year-on-year +58.65% -13.33% -2.04%
75th Percentile £838 £570 £763
90th Percentile - £584 £831
England median daily rate £600 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +26.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Key Management 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 13,164 13,457 16,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.37% 90.13% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,669 8,640 11,879
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £761 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 165 233
10th Percentile £18.06 £18.04 £18.36
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £21.00
Median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £32.69
Median % change year-on-year -17.12% +11.65% -15.64%
75th Percentile £52.66 £55.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.20 £80.75 £74.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +20.52%

Key Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Key Management job vacancy trend in London

Key Management
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Key Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Key Management

Key Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Key Management in London over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Key Management in London

Key Management
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 Key Management within the London region over the 6 months to 23 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 -4 6 £543 +20.56% 1
Key Management
England

Key Management
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 7 (13.21%) Confluence
2 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.89%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 26 (49.06%) IaaS
2 11 (20.75%) AWS
3 8 (15.09%) Azure
4 5 (9.43%) GitHub
5 4 (7.55%) GCP
6 3 (5.66%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (3.77%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.87%) SSL
2 8 (15.09%) SSH
3 5 (9.43%) S/MIME
4 3 (5.66%) Network Security
5 2 (3.77%) SNMP
6 1 (1.89%) Firewall
6 1 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.89%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.77%) DocumentDB
1 2 (3.77%) MongoDB
1 2 (3.77%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.89%) Apache Hive
2 1 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.89%) Hadoop
2 1 (1.89%) Impala
2 1 (1.89%) OLTP
2 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (13.21%) JIRA
2 2 (3.77%) Git
2 2 (3.77%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.89%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (1.89%) Fiddler
3 1 (1.89%) GitLab
3 1 (1.89%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.89%) TeamCity
General
1 30 (56.60%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (15.09%) Social Skills
3 6 (11.32%) Finance
4 3 (5.66%) Banking
4 3 (5.66%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.89%) Legal
5 1 (1.89%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 32 (60.38%) Architect
2 4 (7.55%) Developer
2 4 (7.55%) Security Architect
3 3 (5.66%) Analyst
3 3 (5.66%) Lead
4 2 (3.77%) Automation Specialist
4 2 (3.77%) Cryptography Engineer
4 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Security Architect
4 2 (3.77%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (1.89%) Administrator
5 1 (1.89%) DBA
5 1 (1.89%) Linux Specialist
5 1 (1.89%) Oracle Developer
5 1 (1.89%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (1.89%) Project Manager
5 1 (1.89%) Senior Architect
5 1 (1.89%) SQL DBA
5 1 (1.89%) SQL Server DBA
5 1 (1.89%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (54.72%) REST
2 27 (50.94%) JSON
3 4 (7.55%) OpenID
3 4 (7.55%) SAML
4 3 (5.66%) OAuth
4 3 (5.66%) OAuth2
5 2 (3.77%) .NET
5 2 (3.77%) HTML
5 2 (3.77%) Kafka
5 2 (3.77%) Node.js
5 2 (3.77%) RESTful
5 2 (3.77%) Spring
5 2 (3.77%) Spring Boot
6 1 (1.89%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (1.89%) JAAS
6 1 (1.89%) JSSE
6 1 (1.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 39 (73.58%) PKI
2 26 (49.06%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.66%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.77%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.77%) Tandem
5 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.89%) EMV
5 1 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.89%) Java Card
5 1 (1.89%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.89%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.89%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.66%) Linux
1 3 (5.66%) Windows
2 2 (3.77%) Unix
3 1 (1.89%) Android
3 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (50.94%) Agile
1 27 (50.94%) Configuration Management
2 8 (15.09%) Cryptography
2 8 (15.09%) Identity Access Management
3 7 (13.21%) CI/CD
4 6 (11.32%) Cloud Security
4 6 (11.32%) Computer Science
4 6 (11.32%) Containerisation
4 6 (11.32%) Incident Response
4 6 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (9.43%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (9.43%) DevOps
5 5 (9.43%) Information Security
5 5 (9.43%) Microservices
5 5 (9.43%) Project Management
5 5 (9.43%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (7.55%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (5.66%) Risk Management
7 3 (5.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 28 (52.83%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.55%) Java
3 3 (5.66%) Python
4 2 (3.77%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.77%) SQL
5 1 (1.89%) Bash
5 1 (1.89%) C
5 1 (1.89%) Korn
5 1 (1.89%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.89%) ProC
5 1 (1.89%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (60.38%) Security Cleared
2 31 (58.49%) SC Cleared
3 7 (13.21%) Degree
4 5 (9.43%) CISSP
4 5 (9.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (3.77%) CCSP
6 2 (3.77%) CEH
6 2 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.77%) Master's Degree
6 2 (3.77%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.89%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.89%) CISM
7 1 (1.89%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (7.55%) PCI DSS
2 3 (5.66%) GDPR
2 3 (5.66%) NIST
3 2 (3.77%) FIPS 140-2
3 2 (3.77%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.89%) QA
System Software
1 6 (11.32%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.43%) Docker
3 1 (1.89%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 5 (9.43%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.66%) Ansible
2 3 (5.66%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.89%) Kibana
3 1 (1.89%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.89%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (18.87%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.55%) CyberArk
2 4 (7.55%) Splunk
3 3 (5.66%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.66%) Thales
4 2 (3.77%) IBM
5 1 (1.89%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.89%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.89%) Google
5 1 (1.89%) Oracle
5 1 (1.89%) Sparx
5 1 (1.89%) Tenable
5 1 (1.89%) WSO2