QRadar Contract Job Trends in London

IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring QRadar skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 348 395
Rank change year-on-year -71 +47 +81
Contract jobs citing QRadar 12 15 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.061% 0.11% 0.040%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.44% 0.72% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 6
10th Percentile £370 £370 £422
25th Percentile £454 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -5.26% -28.30%
75th Percentile £550 £536 £556
90th Percentile £710 £712 £634
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -24.00%

All Systems Management Skills
London

QRadar falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,715 2,096 2,395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.74% 15.45% 13.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,890 1,376 1,712
10th Percentile £357 £350 £331
25th Percentile £440 £425 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -2.33% -10.42%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £746 £750
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 16 35
10th Percentile £24.35 £26.23 £20.00
25th Percentile £32.00 £26.68 £20.50
Median hourly rate £58.13 £42.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.59% +69.00% -60.63%
75th Percentile £79.69 £59.88 £44.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £69.55
England median hourly rate £65.00 £54.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year +19.27% +74.40% -43.18%

QRadar
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

QRadar job vacancy trend in London

QRadar
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing QRadar

QRadar
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QRadar in London over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for QRadar in London

QRadar
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 QRadar within the London region over the 6 months to 16 July 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 -20 1 £300 -
QRadar
England

QRadar
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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (83.33%) AWS
1 10 (83.33%) Azure
2 5 (41.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (33.33%) GCP
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
6 1 (8.33%) IaaS
6 1 (8.33%) PaaS
6 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
6 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
6 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Network Security
2 4 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 2 (16.67%) VPN
4 1 (8.33%) BGP
4 1 (8.33%) DNS
4 1 (8.33%) IPsec
4 1 (8.33%) OSPF
4 1 (8.33%) SSL
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Banking
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Law
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Security Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) SOC Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Network Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Security Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Security Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) SIEM Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) JSON
1 2 (16.67%) XML
2 1 (8.33%) Kafka
2 1 (8.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (8.33%) Anti-Spyware
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (8.33%) Public Cloud
3 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) SIEM
2 9 (75.00%) Security Operations
3 8 (66.67%) Incident Response
4 5 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (33.33%) Cloud Security
5 4 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (33.33%) SOAR
5 4 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
6 3 (25.00%) Information Security
6 3 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 3 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (25.00%) Use Case
7 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
7 2 (16.67%) Patch Management
7 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 2 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CCNP
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (25.00%) CISSP
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (16.67%) GIAC
2 2 (16.67%) SSCP
3 1 (8.33%) AWS Certification
3 1 (8.33%) CEH
3 1 (8.33%) CISM
3 1 (8.33%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) GCIA
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (8.33%) Ansible
2 1 (8.33%) RSA Archer
2 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
1 7 (58.33%) Splunk
2 4 (33.33%) Qualys
2 4 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 3 (25.00%) ArcSight
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco
4 2 (16.67%) Exabeam
4 2 (16.67%) LogRhythm
4 2 (16.67%) Sophos
5 1 (8.33%) Carbon Black
5 1 (8.33%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (8.33%) CyberArk
5 1 (8.33%) Okta
5 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto
5 1 (8.33%) Rapid7
5 1 (8.33%) Tenable
5 1 (8.33%) Varonis