Qualys Contract Job Trends in London

Qualys
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of Qualys products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Qualys over the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Qualys, Inc.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 313 332
Rank change year-on-year -84 +19 +42
Contract jobs citing Qualys 52 54 50
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.25% 0.40% 0.31%
As % of the Vendors category 0.59% 0.87% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 25 24
10th Percentile £450 £328 £425
25th Percentile £500 £413 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £638 £540 £575
90th Percentile £725 £613 £596
England median daily rate £550 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% -13.33%

All Vendors
London

Qualys falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,812 6,216 6,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.97% 46.46% 43.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,746 4,044 4,422
10th Percentile £343 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £744 £750
England median daily rate £517 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% -3.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 120 75
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.40 £18.28
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £24.63
Median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.07% -28.14% -13.04%
75th Percentile £62.94 £37.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.88 £87.80
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.04 £35.18
% change year-on-year +2.85% -28.83% -20.94%

Qualys
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Qualys job vacancy trend in London

Qualys
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Qualys

Qualys
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Qualys in London over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Qualys in London

Qualys
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 Qualys 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 -30 2 £550 +4.66% 2
South London - 2 £600 -
West London -20 1 £500 +42.86%
Qualys
England

Qualys
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 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.92%) Confluence
2 1 (1.92%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (51.92%) Azure
2 21 (40.38%) AWS
3 13 (25.00%) GCP
4 12 (23.08%) Entra ID
5 7 (13.46%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (13.46%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (7.69%) Akamai
6 4 (7.69%) AWS Control Tower
7 3 (5.77%) GitHub
8 1 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.92%) Amazon ECR
8 1 (1.92%) Amazon EventBridge
8 1 (1.92%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (15.38%) Firewall
2 5 (9.62%) Internet
3 4 (7.69%) VPN
4 3 (5.77%) DNS
4 3 (5.77%) TCP/IP
4 3 (5.77%) VLAN
5 2 (3.85%) HTTP
6 1 (1.92%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Snyk
2 2 (3.85%) Burp Suite
2 2 (3.85%) GitLab
3 1 (1.92%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 14 (26.92%) Finance
1 14 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.46%) Banking
3 6 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.77%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.92%) Legal
6 1 (1.92%) Local Government
6 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (28.85%) Senior
2 9 (17.31%) Analyst
3 8 (15.38%) Architect
3 8 (15.38%) Security Architect
4 7 (13.46%) Security Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Enterprise Architect
5 5 (9.62%) Enterprise Security Architect
5 5 (9.62%) Lead
5 5 (9.62%) Senior Architect
5 5 (9.62%) Senior Enterprise Architect
5 5 (9.62%) Senior Security Architect
5 5 (9.62%) Vulnerability Analyst
5 5 (9.62%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
6 4 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 4 (7.69%) Security Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Consultant
7 3 (5.77%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Messaging Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.46%) Terraform
2 5 (9.62%) Azure Blueprints
3 3 (5.77%) REST
4 1 (1.92%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 13 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 9 (17.31%) CMDB
3 7 (13.46%) Cloud Native
3 7 (13.46%) Management Information System
4 4 (7.69%) Onboarding
5 3 (5.77%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (3.85%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.92%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.92%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.92%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.92%) Mobile Payment
7 1 (1.92%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.92%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 17 (32.69%) Windows
2 15 (28.85%) Windows Server
3 13 (25.00%) Linux
4 9 (17.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (9.62%) Alpine Linux
5 5 (9.62%) Ubuntu
6 2 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.92%) Unix
7 1 (1.92%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (84.62%) Vulnerability Management
2 32 (61.54%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (44.23%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 17 (32.69%) Security Operations
5 15 (28.85%) Cloud Security
5 15 (28.85%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 13 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (23.08%) SIEM
8 11 (21.15%) DevOps
8 11 (21.15%) Risk Management
9 10 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (19.23%) Roadmaps
9 10 (19.23%) Security Architecture
9 10 (19.23%) Threat Intelligence
10 9 (17.31%) Configuration Management
11 8 (15.38%) Incident Response
11 8 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
12 7 (13.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 7 (13.46%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (38.46%) PowerShell
2 13 (25.00%) Python
3 6 (11.54%) Bicep
4 1 (1.92%) Bash
4 1 (1.92%) CodeQL
4 1 (1.92%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.92%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (26.92%) CISSP
2 13 (25.00%) CISM
3 8 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (7.69%) AWS Certification
4 4 (7.69%) CISA
4 4 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (7.69%) GIAC
4 4 (7.69%) ISSAP
4 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (5.77%) CRISC
5 3 (5.77%) OSCP
5 3 (5.77%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.85%) CEH
6 2 (3.85%) GPEN
7 1 (1.92%) Degree
7 1 (1.92%) GCIH
7 1 (1.92%) GSEC
7 1 (1.92%) IISP
7 1 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (28.85%) NIST
2 14 (26.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (5.77%) HIPAA
3 3 (5.77%) SOC 2
4 2 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (3.85%) NCSC
5 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.92%) GDPR
5 1 (1.92%) GRC
5 1 (1.92%) ISO 31000
5 1 (1.92%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (1.92%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (13.46%) Active Directory
2 6 (11.54%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (5.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (3.85%) Docker
4 2 (3.85%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.92%) ISA Server
5 1 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (13.46%) Ansible
2 5 (9.62%) Nessus
3 2 (3.85%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.92%) CASB
4 1 (1.92%) HP Fortify
4 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (55.77%) Microsoft
2 26 (50.00%) Tenable
3 17 (32.69%) CrowdStrike
4 16 (30.77%) Rapid7
5 15 (28.85%) Splunk
6 9 (17.31%) ServiceNow
7 7 (13.46%) Google
8 5 (9.62%) Okta
9 4 (7.69%) Ivanti
9 4 (7.69%) TOWER Software
10 3 (5.77%) Citrix
10 3 (5.77%) Oracle
10 3 (5.77%) Veracode
11 2 (3.85%) Cisco
11 2 (3.85%) Fortinet
11 2 (3.85%) VMware
11 2 (3.85%) Zscaler
12 1 (1.92%) F5
12 1 (1.92%) Progress
12 1 (1.92%) Tripwire