CyberArk Contract Job Trends

CyberArk
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of CyberArk products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CyberArk over the 6 months leading up to 1 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 CyberArk Software, Inc.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 356 370
Rank change year-on-year -16 +14 +63
Contract jobs citing CyberArk 343 208 197
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.63% 0.52%
As % of the Vendors category 1.50% 1.32% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 117 135
10th Percentile £450 £395 £424
25th Percentile £495 £469 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.52%
75th Percentile £638 £648 £655
90th Percentile £735 £675 £810
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 0
10th Percentile £43.81 £21.83 -
25th Percentile £49.39 £30.05 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% - -
75th Percentile £100.00 £54.13 -
90th Percentile - £55.85 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £81.48 £16.35 -
% change year-on-year +398.35% - -

All Vendors
UK

CyberArk 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 22,891 15,745 16,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.69% 47.63% 44.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,889 9,692 9,932
10th Percentile £310 £275 £286
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £618 £613 £625
90th Percentile £710 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,344 813 625
10th Percentile £13.98 £14.75 £14.73
25th Percentile £16.38 £17.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £25.52 £25.15 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% -20.16% -27.38%
75th Percentile £57.50 £42.50 £64.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 £21.30 £30.00
% change year-on-year +15.02% -29.00% -29.41%

CyberArk
Job Vacancy Trend

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

CyberArk job vacancy trend in the UK

CyberArk
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CyberArk.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CyberArk

CyberArk
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CyberArk over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CyberArk in the UK

CyberArk
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CyberArk.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CyberArk

CyberArk
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CyberArk over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CyberArk in the UK

CyberArk
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CyberArk within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England -2 310 £550 +1.85% 84
UK excluding London -38 164 £525 - 52
London -10 147 £575 -2.13% 41
Work from Home -15 124 £525 -4.55% 39
South East -25 52 £592 +12.76% 14
South West +3 44 £525 +2.44% 6
North of England -69 40 £519 +22.13% 13
North West -41 20 £525 +3.96% 13
Yorkshire -44 19 £510 +30.77%
Midlands -67 15 £450 -16.67% 5
West Midlands -55 13 £450 -16.67% 5
Scotland -17 10 £495 -17.50% 11
East of England -25 3 £525 +5.00% 1
East Midlands -16 2 £575 -

CyberArk
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 16 (4.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (3.79%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.04%) Confluence
4 6 (1.75%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.58%) IIS
6 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.87%) 1Password
2 3 (0.87%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 149 (43.44%) Azure
2 108 (31.49%) AWS
3 107 (31.20%) Entra ID
4 49 (14.29%) GCP
5 32 (9.33%) SaaS
6 20 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (4.37%) GitHub
8 10 (2.92%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (2.92%) Rubrik
9 8 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (2.04%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (1.75%) OCI
12 5 (1.46%) Cohesity
12 5 (1.46%) Datadog
12 5 (1.46%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.46%) Nutanix
12 5 (1.46%) Sentry
13 4 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (1.17%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.00%) DNS
1 24 (7.00%) Firewall
2 20 (5.83%) DHCP
3 18 (5.25%) SSH
4 13 (3.79%) Network Security
5 12 (3.50%) HTTPS
6 11 (3.21%) VLAN
7 9 (2.62%) VPN
8 8 (2.33%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.04%) Kerberos
9 7 (2.04%) LAN
9 7 (2.04%) WAN
9 7 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.75%) Skype
11 4 (1.17%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.87%) VSAN
13 2 (0.58%) Internet
14 1 (0.29%) DMZ
14 1 (0.29%) SSL
14 1 (0.29%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.17%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.87%) Metadata
5 2 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.58%) Power BI
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.29%) Db2
6 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.29%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (2.92%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.04%) JIRA
3 5 (1.46%) Git
4 4 (1.17%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.87%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (0.87%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.58%) GitLab
7 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.29%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.29%) TeamCity
General
1 124 (36.15%) Social Skills
2 89 (25.95%) Finance
3 50 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (11.95%) Documentation Skills
5 39 (11.37%) Banking
6 23 (6.71%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.04%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.46%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.17%) Legal
10 4 (1.17%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.87%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.87%) Military
11 3 (0.87%) Retail
12 2 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.58%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.29%) Law
13 1 (0.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 84 (24.49%) Architect
2 35 (10.20%) CyberArk Engineer
3 31 (9.04%) CyberArk Architect
4 30 (8.75%) Consultant
5 23 (6.71%) Security Engineer
6 22 (6.41%) Analyst
7 18 (5.25%) Business Analyst
8 17 (4.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (4.96%) Senior
9 14 (4.08%) Lead
10 13 (3.79%) CyberArk Consultant
11 12 (3.50%) Principal Engineer
11 12 (3.50%) Security Consultant
12 11 (3.21%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 11 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.92%) Cloud Architect
14 8 (2.33%) Automation Engineer
14 8 (2.33%) SailPoint Engineer
15 7 (2.04%) Developer
15 7 (2.04%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (23.03%) LDAP
2 66 (19.24%) SailPoint
3 47 (13.70%) REST
4 30 (8.75%) Terraform
5 16 (4.66%) SAML
6 15 (4.37%) OAuth
7 14 (4.08%) OpenID
8 11 (3.21%) .NET
8 11 (3.21%) Web Services
9 6 (1.75%) .NET Core
9 6 (1.75%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.75%) ASP.NET
9 6 (1.75%) OAuth2
10 5 (1.46%) JDBC
11 4 (1.17%) FIDO
11 4 (1.17%) Middleware
11 4 (1.17%) SOAP
11 4 (1.17%) Software Packaging
11 4 (1.17%) XML
12 2 (0.58%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 127 (37.03%) Onboarding
2 35 (10.20%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (4.66%) Cloud Native
3 16 (4.66%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.66%) PKI
4 13 (3.79%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (3.50%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.33%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.04%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.75%) Replication
9 5 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.46%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.87%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.58%) Cloud Security Posture
12 2 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.29%) Greenfield Project
13 1 (0.29%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 105 (30.61%) Windows
2 83 (24.20%) Linux
3 38 (11.08%) Windows Server
4 29 (8.45%) Unix
5 6 (1.75%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.75%) Windows 7
6 5 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.17%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.29%) Android
8 1 (0.29%) CentOS
8 1 (0.29%) MVS
8 1 (0.29%) VMS
8 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (48.69%) Privileged Access Management
2 101 (29.45%) SIEM
3 95 (27.70%) Identity Access Management
4 82 (23.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 72 (20.99%) Cybersecurity
6 71 (20.70%) Runbook
7 70 (20.41%) ITSM
8 67 (19.53%) RBAC
9 63 (18.37%) Secrets Management
10 56 (16.33%) Technical Leadership
11 54 (15.74%) Problem-Solving
12 52 (15.16%) Security Architecture
13 49 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
14 47 (13.70%) Migration
15 40 (11.66%) DevSecOps
15 40 (11.66%) Roadmaps
16 39 (11.37%) CI/CD
17 33 (9.62%) Mentoring
18 32 (9.33%) Zero Trust
19 31 (9.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 119 (34.69%) PowerShell
2 72 (20.99%) Python
3 36 (10.50%) Bash
4 15 (4.37%) SQL
5 10 (2.92%) BeanShell
5 10 (2.92%) Java
6 6 (1.75%) C#
6 6 (1.75%) VB
6 6 (1.75%) VBScript
7 3 (0.87%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.58%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.58%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.29%) CodeQL
9 1 (0.29%) JCL
9 1 (0.29%) Korn
9 1 (0.29%) REXX
9 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 99 (28.86%) Security Cleared
2 47 (13.70%) SC Cleared
3 44 (12.83%) DV Cleared
4 29 (8.45%) CISSP
5 27 (7.87%) Degree
6 15 (4.37%) CISM
7 13 (3.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.75%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.75%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.17%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.87%) CBAP
11 3 (0.87%) CEH
11 3 (0.87%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.87%) PMP
11 3 (0.87%) VCAP
12 2 (0.58%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (22.16%) NIST
2 71 (20.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (4.66%) GDPR
4 11 (3.21%) QA
4 11 (3.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (2.33%) GRC
6 7 (2.04%) HIPAA
7 6 (1.75%) SOC 2
8 5 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.58%) ITGC
9 2 (0.58%) NCSC
10 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.29%) PSD2
10 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 177 (51.60%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.08%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.79%) Docker
5 12 (3.50%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (1.75%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.87%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.87%) vSphere
9 1 (0.29%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 1 (0.29%) RACF
9 1 (0.29%) Squid
Systems Management
1 29 (8.45%) Ansible
2 23 (6.71%) Kubernetes
2 23 (6.71%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (4.96%) SCCM
4 11 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.75%) NetBackup
6 6 (1.75%) SCOM
7 5 (1.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.87%) VxRail
9 2 (0.58%) Kibana
9 2 (0.58%) logstash
9 2 (0.58%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.29%) Control-M
10 1 (0.29%) FreeIPA
10 1 (0.29%) Grafana
10 1 (0.29%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.29%) WMI
Vendors
1 111 (32.36%) Microsoft
2 81 (23.62%) BeyondTrust
3 43 (12.54%) ServiceNow
4 32 (9.33%) VMware
5 29 (8.45%) Oracle
6 24 (7.00%) Okta
7 17 (4.96%) Splunk
8 13 (3.79%) Citrix
9 12 (3.50%) Google
10 9 (2.62%) WALLIX
11 8 (2.33%) Apple
12 7 (2.04%) Centrify
12 7 (2.04%) Cisco
12 7 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (2.04%) ForgeRock
12 7 (2.04%) Ping Identity
12 7 (2.04%) SAP
13 6 (1.75%) Netskope
13 6 (1.75%) SolarWinds
14 5 (1.46%) Zscaler