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 13 August 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
13 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 462 529 613
Rank change year-on-year +67 +84 +202
Contract jobs citing CrowdStrike 91 39 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.10% 0.096%
As % of the Vendors category 0.58% 0.23% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 27 28
10th Percentile £459 £317 £325
25th Percentile £469 £454 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% -20.00%
75th Percentile £550 £681 £651
90th Percentile £700 £753 £761
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £494
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.33% -9.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £46.45 - -
25th Percentile £47.50 £46.25 -
Median hourly rate £56.00 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +17.89% - -
75th Percentile £63.00 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £63.15 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £47.50 -

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 15,626 17,026 23,449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.37% 43.72% 44.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,533 10,609 15,253
10th Percentile £275 £286 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £730 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 822 840 665
10th Percentile £14.26 £13.68 £15.08
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.62 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.39 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.41% -26.54% +81.82%
75th Percentile £46.30 £61.60 £63.75
90th Percentile £67.95 £70.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.39 £28.00 £32.15
% change year-on-year -23.61% -12.91% +62.29%

CrowdStrike
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 13 August 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 14 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 13 August 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 +65 77 £500 -6.98% 37
London +46 37 £550 - 24
UK excluding London +24 34 £500 -4.76% 16
Work from Home +36 26 £500 -9.09% 19
South East +39 20 £488 -4.88% 4
North of England -12 5 £700 +12.00% 7
North West -5 4 £775 - 5
Midlands - 4 £550 - 1
West Midlands - 4 £550 -
Scotland -16 2 - -
Yorkshire -8 1 £473 -24.39% 2
South West - 1 £750 - 1
Wales - 1 - -
East of England - 1 - - 4

CrowdStrike
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 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 19 (20.88%) AWS
2 18 (19.78%) Azure
3 11 (12.09%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (10.99%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (7.69%) GCP
6 5 (5.49%) Entra ID
6 5 (5.49%) GitHub
7 4 (4.40%) SaaS
8 3 (3.30%) Google Workspace
8 3 (3.30%) Mimecast
8 3 (3.30%) OneDrive
8 3 (3.30%) Slack
8 3 (3.30%) Tessian
9 2 (2.20%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (2.20%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.20%) Sumo Logic
10 1 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.10%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 22 (24.18%) Network Security
2 17 (18.68%) Firewall
3 4 (4.40%) NGFW
3 4 (4.40%) SMTP
4 2 (2.20%) DMARC
4 2 (2.20%) DNS
4 2 (2.20%) HTTP
4 2 (2.20%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.20%) Wireless
5 1 (1.10%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (1.10%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.10%) tcpdump
5 1 (1.10%) VPN
5 1 (1.10%) WAN
5 1 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.10%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) JIRA
2 2 (2.20%) Git
2 2 (2.20%) GitLab
2 2 (2.20%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.20%) Snyk
General
1 21 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 14 (15.38%) Finance
3 10 (10.99%) Legal
4 9 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.30%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.20%) Banking
6 2 (2.20%) Law
7 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.10%) Games
7 1 (1.10%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.10%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (36.26%) Analyst
2 25 (27.47%) Security Engineer
3 16 (17.58%) SOC Analyst
4 14 (15.38%) Security Analyst
5 9 (9.89%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 7 (7.69%) Consultant
7 6 (6.59%) Architect
7 6 (6.59%) Security Consultant
8 5 (5.49%) Python Engineer
8 5 (5.49%) Security Architect
8 5 (5.49%) Senior
9 4 (4.40%) CyberArk Consultant
9 4 (4.40%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (4.40%) Monitoring Analyst
9 4 (4.40%) PowerShell Engineer
10 3 (3.30%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (3.30%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
10 3 (3.30%) Senior Security Analyst
11 2 (2.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 2 (2.20%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.20%) JSON
1 2 (2.20%) REST
2 1 (1.10%) OpenID
2 1 (1.10%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (1.10%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.19%) Security Posture
2 9 (9.89%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (9.89%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (5.49%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.40%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.30%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.20%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.20%) MISP
6 2 (2.20%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.10%) BYOD
7 1 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.10%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (1.10%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.10%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (23.08%) Linux
2 17 (18.68%) Windows
3 3 (3.30%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.20%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.10%) SUSE
5 1 (1.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (54.95%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (42.86%) SIEM
3 32 (35.16%) Security Operations
4 26 (28.57%) Incident Response
5 19 (20.88%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 16 (17.58%) Threat Detection
7 15 (16.48%) Cloud Security
7 15 (16.48%) Threat Intelligence
8 14 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
8 14 (15.38%) Zero Trust
9 12 (13.19%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 11 (12.09%) GAP Analysis
10 11 (12.09%) SOAR
11 9 (9.89%) DevOps
11 9 (9.89%) Information Security
12 8 (8.79%) CI/CD
12 8 (8.79%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (8.79%) Risk Management
12 8 (8.79%) Security Architecture
13 7 (7.69%) Forensic Analysis
Programming Languages
1 28 (30.77%) Python
2 25 (27.47%) PowerShell
3 9 (9.89%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (7.69%) Bash
5 4 (4.40%) Perl
6 1 (1.10%) Korn
Qualifications
1 23 (25.27%) CISSP
2 13 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 12 (13.19%) GCIH
4 8 (8.79%) CISM
4 8 (8.79%) SC Cleared
5 6 (6.59%) Degree
5 6 (6.59%) GCFA
5 6 (6.59%) GCIA
6 5 (5.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 5 (5.49%) CEH
6 5 (5.49%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (5.49%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (4.40%) CCSP
7 4 (4.40%) CFCE
7 4 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (4.40%) GIAC
7 4 (4.40%) OSCP
8 3 (3.30%) CISA
8 3 (3.30%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (2.20%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (18.68%) NIST
2 13 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (7.69%) GDPR
4 3 (3.30%) HIPAA
4 3 (3.30%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.30%) SOC 2
5 2 (2.20%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (2.20%) GRC
5 2 (2.20%) NCSC
6 1 (1.10%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (12.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.20%) Docker
2 2 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.10%) Snort
3 1 (1.10%) Squid
Systems Management
1 9 (9.89%) QRadar
2 7 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (4.40%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (3.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (3.30%) SCCM
6 2 (2.20%) CSIRT
6 2 (2.20%) Nessus
7 1 (1.10%) CASB
7 1 (1.10%) Istio
7 1 (1.10%) linkerd
7 1 (1.10%) Nexpose
7 1 (1.10%) OpenVAS
7 1 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.10%) Suricata
7 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (41.76%) Microsoft
1 38 (41.76%) Splunk
2 16 (17.58%) Qualys
3 10 (10.99%) Palo Alto
4 9 (9.89%) Cisco
4 9 (9.89%) Google
5 8 (8.79%) Carbon Black
6 7 (7.69%) F5
6 7 (7.69%) ServiceNow
6 7 (7.69%) Symantec
7 6 (6.59%) CyberArk
7 6 (6.59%) Forcepoint
7 6 (6.59%) LogRhythm
7 6 (6.59%) Rapid7
8 5 (5.49%) ArcSight
8 5 (5.49%) Darktrace
8 5 (5.49%) Tenable
9 4 (4.40%) Broadcom
9 4 (4.40%) IBM
9 4 (4.40%) Zscaler