CrowdStrike Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

CrowdStrike
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of CrowdStrike products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CrowdStrike over the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, 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 CrowdStrike, Inc.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 329 395
Rank change year-on-year -33 +66 +92
Contract jobs citing CrowdStrike 32 18 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.12% 0.046%
As % of the Vendors category 0.38% 0.27% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 12 6
10th Percentile £323 £476 £431
25th Percentile £458 £492 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.23% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £521 £575 £551
90th Percentile £573 £586 £568
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

CrowdStrike 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,481 6,724 9,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 46.45% 46.09% 46.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,524 4,008 5,743
10th Percentile £220 £215 £208
25th Percentile £375 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 651 354 521
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.22 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.50 £16.94 £17.75
Median hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% -45.86% +102.88%
75th Percentile £44.63 £59.41 £62.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £74.37
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -13.36% -40.06% +76.99%

CrowdStrike
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

CrowdStrike job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CrowdStrike
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CrowdStrike.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CrowdStrike in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CrowdStrike in the UK excluding London

CrowdStrike
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CrowdStrike within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
South East +5 22 £494 -3.66% 15
West Midlands -27 5 £225 -60.32% 7
Midlands -41 5 £225 -60.32% 15
North of England -44 4 £500 -11.11% 11
Yorkshire - 3 £500 - 4
North West -21 1 - - 6
East of England - 1 - - 9
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
CrowdStrike
UK

CrowdStrike
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.50%) Azure
3 3 (9.38%) AWS
4 2 (6.25%) Google Workspace
4 2 (6.25%) WhatsApp
5 1 (3.13%) Akamai
5 1 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (28.13%) Firewall
2 4 (12.50%) NGFW
3 3 (9.38%) Network Security
4 2 (6.25%) LAN
4 2 (6.25%) Wireless
5 1 (3.13%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (3.13%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.13%) VLAN
5 1 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Git
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Legal
3 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.13%) Banking
4 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Finance
4 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (62.50%) Analyst
2 10 (31.25%) SOC Analyst
3 8 (25.00%) Security Analyst
4 5 (15.63%) Senior
5 4 (12.50%) Security Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) Consultant
6 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Security Analyst
6 3 (9.38%) Support Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Forensic Consultant
7 2 (6.25%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 1 (3.13%) ICT Analyst
8 1 (3.13%) ICT Support
8 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Support
8 1 (3.13%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) JSON
1 1 (3.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 7 (21.88%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (18.75%) Management Information System
3 6 (18.75%) Security Posture
4 2 (6.25%) IoT
4 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.13%) SCADA
5 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (53.13%) Windows
2 12 (37.50%) Linux
3 3 (9.38%) Mac OS
3 3 (9.38%) Windows Server
4 2 (6.25%) Android
4 2 (6.25%) Apple iOS
4 2 (6.25%) Unix
5 1 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (56.25%) Incident Response
3 13 (40.63%) SIEM
4 11 (34.38%) Threat Intelligence
5 10 (31.25%) Forensic Analysis
5 10 (31.25%) Security Operations
6 9 (28.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 7 (21.88%) Incident Management
7 7 (21.88%) Malware Analysis
7 7 (21.88%) Network Load Balancing
7 7 (21.88%) Runbook
7 7 (21.88%) Zero Trust
8 6 (18.75%) Behavioural Analysis
9 5 (15.63%) Data Privacy
9 5 (15.63%) Information Security
9 5 (15.63%) Risk Management
9 5 (15.63%) Threat Detection
10 4 (12.50%) Digital Forensics
10 4 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
10 4 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (37.50%) Python
2 10 (31.25%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.25%) Bash
4 1 (3.13%) Korn
4 1 (3.13%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (40.63%) CISSP
2 11 (34.38%) GCFA
2 11 (34.38%) GCIH
3 8 (25.00%) GCIA
4 6 (18.75%) CFCE
4 6 (18.75%) Security Cleared
5 4 (12.50%) GIAC
6 3 (9.38%) CISM
6 3 (9.38%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
7 2 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (6.25%) CCSP
7 2 (6.25%) CEH
7 2 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (6.25%) Degree
7 2 (6.25%) GCFE
7 2 (6.25%) GREM
8 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (28.13%) NIST
2 8 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (18.75%) GDPR
4 4 (12.50%) HIPAA
5 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (15.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (6.25%) EnCase
2 2 (6.25%) FTK
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.25%) QRadar
3 1 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.13%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (3.13%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 17 (53.13%) Microsoft
2 12 (37.50%) Splunk
3 7 (21.88%) F5
4 6 (18.75%) ArcSight
5 5 (15.63%) LogRhythm
5 5 (15.63%) Qualys
6 4 (12.50%) Darktrace
6 4 (12.50%) Palo Alto
7 3 (9.38%) ServiceNow
7 3 (9.38%) Tenable
8 2 (6.25%) IBM
8 2 (6.25%) Zscaler
9 1 (3.13%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (3.13%) Carbon Black
9 1 (3.13%) Cisco
9 1 (3.13%) Cribl.io
9 1 (3.13%) CyberArk
9 1 (3.13%) Okta
9 1 (3.13%) Rapid7
9 1 (3.13%) Veeam