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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 345 379
Rank change year-on-year -86 +34 +72
Contract jobs citing QRadar 12 19 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.060% 0.14% 0.043%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.43% 0.91% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 5
10th Percentile £453 £385 £388
25th Percentile £458 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +27.78% -33.33%
75th Percentile £550 £613 £500
90th Percentile - £693 £545
England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -25.47%

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 2,767 2,080 2,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.75% 15.34% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,913 1,374 1,624
10th Percentile £361 £325 £338
25th Percentile £445 £422 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £546
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% -3.89% -8.96%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 18 26
10th Percentile £31.18 £24.80 £20.50
25th Percentile £35.56 £26.45 £21.33
Median hourly rate £62.75 £38.75 £24.59
Median % change year-on-year +61.94% +57.58% -60.97%
75th Percentile £81.25 £57.69 £58.75
90th Percentile - £62.73 £71.25
England median hourly rate £66.83 £53.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +24.92% +42.67% -24.59%

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
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 9 (75.00%) AWS
1 9 (75.00%) Azure
2 4 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (25.00%) GCP
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 1 (8.33%) IaaS
5 1 (8.33%) PaaS
5 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
5 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Network Security
2 3 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (8.33%) VPN
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Banking
3 1 (8.33%) Law
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
1 3 (25.00%) Security Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) SOC Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Security Architect
2 2 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Incident Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Information Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Network Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Security Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Security Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Server 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
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 2 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (8.33%) Public Cloud
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%) Incident Response
2 9 (75.00%) Security Operations
3 5 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 4 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 4 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (33.33%) Threat Detection
4 4 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 3 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (25.00%) Information Security
5 3 (25.00%) SOAR
5 3 (25.00%) Use Case
6 2 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (16.67%) Patch Management
6 2 (16.67%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (25.00%) CISSP
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 2 (16.67%) CCNP
2 2 (16.67%) CISM
2 2 (16.67%) GIAC
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) SSCP
3 1 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (8.33%) AWS Certification
3 1 (8.33%) CEH
3 1 (8.33%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) GDPR
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (8.33%) NCSC
2 1 (8.33%) NIST
2 1 (8.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (58.33%) Splunk
3 3 (25.00%) ArcSight
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco
3 3 (25.00%) Qualys
3 3 (25.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (16.67%) Exabeam
4 2 (16.67%) LogRhythm
4 2 (16.67%) Sophos
5 1 (8.33%) Varonis