CrowdStrike Contracts

CrowdStrike
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 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 Holdings, Inc.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 488 538 690
Rank change year-on-year +50 +152 +120
Contract jobs citing CrowdStrike 32 44 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.10% 0.047%
As % of the Vendors category 0.23% 0.24% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 29 22
10th Percentile £306 £385 £208
25th Percentile £375 £419 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £537 £675 £581
90th Percentile £596 £705 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £478 £463
% change year-on-year +4.71% +3.24% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,893 18,473 25,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.46% 42.41% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,711 11,449 17,111
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
75th Percentile £619 £628 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 1,101 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.13 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.61 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%
75th Percentile £56.00 £57.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.79%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CrowdStrike as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CrowdStrike in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CrowdStrike.

Daily rate trend for CrowdStrike in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CrowdStrike over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CrowdStrike in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CrowdStrike.

Hourly rate trend for CrowdStrike in the UK

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Top 11 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +58 28 £475 -5.00% 62
London +42 16 £410 -36.92% 22
UK excluding London +53 11 £500 +4.71% 46
Work from Home +29 6 £455 -9.00% 41
South East +43 5 £488 +2.09% 11
North of England +20 2 - - 15
North West +18 2 - - 14
Scotland +6 2 - -
South West +46 1 £750 +76.47% 12
Midlands +22 1 £550 - 7
West Midlands +14 1 £550 - 5

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.13%) Notion
Cloud Services
1 9 (28.13%) Azure
2 6 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (15.63%) AWS
3 5 (15.63%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (15.63%) GCP
4 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.25%) Google Workspace
4 2 (6.25%) Mimecast
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (3.13%) Nutanix
5 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.13%) SaaS
5 1 (3.13%) Slack
5 1 (3.13%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.75%) Firewall
2 5 (15.63%) DNS
3 4 (12.50%) HTTP
3 4 (12.50%) SMTP
3 4 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.25%) VPN
5 1 (3.13%) DHCP
5 1 (3.13%) Network Security
5 1 (3.13%) tcpdump
5 1 (3.13%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 8 (25.00%) Finance
2 7 (21.88%) Social Skills
3 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Legal
5 2 (6.25%) Banking
5 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.13%) Electronics
6 1 (3.13%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.13%) Marketing
6 1 (3.13%) Retail Banking
6 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Security Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) SOC Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Security Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Security Specialist
5 2 (6.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Senior
5 2 (6.25%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 1 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 1 (3.13%) Deployment Specialist
6 1 (3.13%) Lead
6 1 (3.13%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) SIEM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (6.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (6.25%) Public Cloud
2 2 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (6.25%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (3.13%) MISP
3 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (31.25%) Windows
2 4 (12.50%) Mac OS
3 3 (9.38%) Linux
3 3 (9.38%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (65.63%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (59.38%) SIEM
3 14 (43.75%) Incident Response
4 11 (34.38%) Security Operations
4 11 (34.38%) Threat Detection
5 9 (28.13%) SOAR
6 6 (18.75%) Cloud Security
6 6 (18.75%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 6 (18.75%) Threat Intelligence
6 6 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (15.63%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 5 (15.63%) Digital Forensics
8 4 (12.50%) Analytics
8 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (9.38%) Information Security
9 3 (9.38%) Security Architecture
9 3 (9.38%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 3 (9.38%) Use Case
10 2 (6.25%) Knowledge Transfer
10 2 (6.25%) Malware Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.75%) PowerShell
1 6 (18.75%) Python
2 4 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (6.25%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) CISSP
2 5 (15.63%) CEH
3 4 (12.50%) GCIH
3 4 (12.50%) OSCP
3 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 3 (9.38%) CCNA
4 3 (9.38%) CCSP
4 3 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (9.38%) CompTIA CySA+
4 3 (9.38%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (9.38%) Degree
4 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (3.13%) GCFA
6 1 (3.13%) GCIA
6 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) NIST
2 3 (9.38%) GDPR
3 2 (6.25%) HIPAA
3 2 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.25%) NIST 800
4 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.13%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (15.63%) QRadar
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (9.38%) SCCM
3 2 (6.25%) CSIRT
4 1 (3.13%) Nessus
4 1 (3.13%) OpenVAS
4 1 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (40.63%) Microsoft
2 10 (31.25%) Splunk
3 6 (18.75%) Google
4 4 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 4 (12.50%) Rapid7
5 3 (9.38%) McAfee
5 3 (9.38%) Netskope
5 3 (9.38%) Symantec
6 2 (6.25%) Darktrace
6 2 (6.25%) Exabeam
6 2 (6.25%) IBM
6 2 (6.25%) Imperva
6 2 (6.25%) LogRhythm
6 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
6 2 (6.25%) Trend Micro
7 1 (3.13%) ArcSight
7 1 (3.13%) Cisco
7 1 (3.13%) CyberArk
7 1 (3.13%) Qualys
7 1 (3.13%) Tufin