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 31 July 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
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 395 391
Rank change year-on-year -19 -4 +50
Contract jobs citing CyberArk 272 159 187
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.48% 0.47%
As % of the Vendors category 1.24% 1.03% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 103 132
10th Percentile £438 £400 £400
25th Percentile £500 £472 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -18.52%
75th Percentile £650 £649 £638
90th Percentile £750 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £523 £522
% change year-on-year +5.26% +0.12% -13.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 1 0
10th Percentile £27.23 - -
25th Percentile £43.81 - -
Median hourly rate £53.75 £16.35 -
Median % change year-on-year +228.75% - -
75th Percentile £85.35 - -
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.75 £16.35 -
% change year-on-year +228.75% - -

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 21,941 15,481 17,273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.32% 47.20% 43.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,626 9,492 10,831
10th Percentile £313 £280 £281
25th Percentile £413 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £709 £732
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £476 £500
% change year-on-year +4.99% -4.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,111 777 890
10th Percentile £15.81 £14.60 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £34.94 £25.15 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.93% -8.55% -33.97%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.00 £61.40
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.99 £22.32 £25.30
% change year-on-year +52.32% -11.80% -26.67%

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 31 July 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 31 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CyberArk in the UK

CyberArk
Top 15 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 31 July 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 -15 249 £575 +4.55% 37
London +3 127 £575 +1.10% 26
UK excluding London -37 119 £550 +5.26% 15
Work from Home -10 94 £550 - 12
North of England -61 44 £550 +16.40% 2
South East -36 43 £592 -0.29% 4
North West -49 25 £550 +8.91% 1
South West -27 16 £575 -11.54% 7
Yorkshire -49 16 £510 +27.50% 1
Midlands -60 10 £500 -6.89% 1
West Midlands -70 8 £500 -6.89% 1
Scotland -12 4 £488 -18.75% 1
East Midlands -11 2 £575 -
East of England -19 2 £500 -
North East - 2 - -

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 10 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.31%) Confluence
3 1 (0.37%) IIS
3 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.10%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 140 (51.47%) Azure
2 91 (33.46%) AWS
3 90 (33.09%) Entra ID
4 40 (14.71%) GCP
5 31 (11.40%) SaaS
6 22 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (4.04%) Mimecast
9 8 (2.94%) Datadog
10 6 (2.21%) GitHub
11 5 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.84%) Cohesity
11 5 (1.84%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.84%) Rubrik
11 5 (1.84%) Sentry
12 4 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.10%) OCI
13 3 (1.10%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.10%) OpenShift
14 2 (0.74%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.19%) Firewall
2 16 (5.88%) DNS
2 16 (5.88%) SSH
3 14 (5.15%) Network Security
4 11 (4.04%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.31%) DHCP
6 7 (2.57%) HTTPS
7 5 (1.84%) SSL
7 5 (1.84%) VLAN
8 4 (1.47%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (1.10%) Internet
9 3 (1.10%) VPN
9 3 (1.10%) VSAN
9 3 (1.10%) Wireless
10 2 (0.74%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.37%) LAN
11 1 (0.37%) NGFW
11 1 (0.37%) WAN
11 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.37%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (18.38%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.47%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.10%) MySQL
5 2 (0.74%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.74%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.74%) Power BI
5 2 (0.74%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.74%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.37%) Db2
6 1 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (5.15%) JIRA
2 8 (2.94%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.10%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (1.10%) Fiddler
3 3 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.74%) Git
5 1 (0.37%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.37%) GitLab
5 1 (0.37%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 91 (33.46%) Social Skills
2 90 (33.09%) Finance
3 42 (15.44%) Documentation Skills
4 40 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (11.76%) Banking
6 24 (8.82%) Public Sector
7 12 (4.41%) Financial Institution
8 11 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.47%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.47%) Legal
10 3 (1.10%) Military
10 3 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.74%) Private Banking
11 2 (0.74%) Retail
11 2 (0.74%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.37%) Front Office
12 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 57 (20.96%) Architect
2 31 (11.40%) CyberArk Architect
3 29 (10.66%) Security Engineer
4 20 (7.35%) Analyst
5 17 (6.25%) CyberArk Engineer
6 16 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 15 (5.51%) Business Analyst
8 14 (5.15%) Project Manager
9 12 (4.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (4.04%) Cloud Architect
11 10 (3.68%) Consultant
11 10 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (3.31%) Senior
13 8 (2.94%) Principal Engineer
14 7 (2.57%) SailPoint Engineer
15 6 (2.21%) Developer
16 5 (1.84%) Data Engineer
16 5 (1.84%) Migration Manager
16 5 (1.84%) Migration Project Manager
16 5 (1.84%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (21.32%) SailPoint
2 45 (16.54%) LDAP
3 20 (7.35%) SAML
4 18 (6.62%) REST
5 16 (5.88%) OAuth
5 16 (5.88%) OpenID
6 7 (2.57%) OAuth2
7 5 (1.84%) .NET
7 5 (1.84%) Web Services
8 4 (1.47%) .NET Core
8 4 (1.47%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.47%) ASP.NET
8 4 (1.47%) FIDO
8 4 (1.47%) Middleware
9 2 (0.74%) ISPF
10 1 (0.37%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.37%) EJB
10 1 (0.37%) JDBC
10 1 (0.37%) JSON
10 1 (0.37%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 105 (38.60%) Onboarding
2 19 (6.99%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (6.62%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.78%) Cloud Native
4 13 (4.78%) PKI
5 10 (3.68%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.57%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.84%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.84%) Replication
10 4 (1.47%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.74%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.74%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 87 (31.99%) Windows
2 79 (29.04%) Linux
3 39 (14.34%) Unix
4 32 (11.76%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.47%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.74%) zOS
7 1 (0.37%) Android
7 1 (0.37%) CentOS
7 1 (0.37%) MVS
7 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (47.79%) Privileged Access Management
2 89 (32.72%) Cybersecurity
3 74 (27.21%) SIEM
4 72 (26.47%) Identity Access Management
5 54 (19.85%) Stakeholder Management
6 52 (19.12%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (17.28%) RBAC
8 39 (14.34%) Runbook
9 37 (13.60%) ITSM
10 35 (12.87%) Agile
10 35 (12.87%) Migration
11 34 (12.50%) DevOps
12 33 (12.13%) CI/CD
13 32 (11.76%) Roadmaps
14 31 (11.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 29 (10.66%) Security Architecture
16 27 (9.93%) Secrets Management
17 26 (9.56%) Information Security
18 24 (8.82%) Zero Trust
19 23 (8.46%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 85 (31.25%) PowerShell
2 64 (23.53%) Python
3 29 (10.66%) Bash
4 11 (4.04%) SQL
5 6 (2.21%) Java
6 5 (1.84%) BeanShell
7 4 (1.47%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.74%) C#
8 2 (0.74%) JCL
8 2 (0.74%) REXX
9 1 (0.37%) CodeQL
9 1 (0.37%) Groovy
9 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.37%) Korn
9 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (23.90%) Security Cleared
2 41 (15.07%) SC Cleared
3 39 (14.34%) CISSP
4 34 (12.50%) Degree
5 19 (6.99%) CISM
6 18 (6.62%) DV Cleared
7 11 (4.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (4.04%) PMI Certification
7 11 (4.04%) PMP
8 9 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.84%) MCSA
10 5 (1.84%) MCSE
11 4 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.10%) CBAP
12 3 (1.10%) CEH
12 3 (1.10%) CRISC
12 3 (1.10%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (25.74%) NIST
2 64 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (9.56%) GDPR
4 12 (4.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (4.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (4.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (3.68%) HIPAA
6 10 (3.68%) QA
7 6 (2.21%) GRC
8 5 (1.84%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.47%) NIST 800
10 3 (1.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.74%) ITGC
12 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.37%) NCSC
12 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.37%) PSD2
12 1 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 129 (47.43%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.41%) Docker
3 10 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.31%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.31%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.10%) IAG
6 3 (1.10%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.10%) vSphere
7 1 (0.37%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 1 (0.37%) RACF
7 1 (0.37%) Squid
7 1 (0.37%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 28 (10.29%) Single Sign-On
2 21 (7.72%) Ansible
3 19 (6.99%) Terraform
4 18 (6.62%) Kubernetes
5 10 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (2.57%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (1.84%) CASB
7 5 (1.84%) Nessus
7 5 (1.84%) SCCM
8 3 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.10%) AirWatch
8 3 (1.10%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (1.10%) NetBackup
8 3 (1.10%) SCOM
8 3 (1.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (1.10%) VxRail
9 1 (0.37%) FreeIPA
9 1 (0.37%) Grafana
9 1 (0.37%) QRadar
9 1 (0.37%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 78 (28.68%) Microsoft
2 67 (24.63%) BeyondTrust
3 40 (14.71%) ServiceNow
4 35 (12.87%) Oracle
5 27 (9.93%) Splunk
6 18 (6.62%) Okta
6 18 (6.62%) VMware
7 14 (5.15%) CrowdStrike
8 12 (4.41%) Netskope
9 10 (3.68%) Citrix
9 10 (3.68%) Google
10 9 (3.31%) Tenable
11 8 (2.94%) Apple
12 7 (2.57%) Cisco
12 7 (2.57%) WALLIX
13 6 (2.21%) Centrify
13 6 (2.21%) SAP
14 5 (1.84%) Remedy
15 4 (1.47%) ForgeRock
15 4 (1.47%) Ping Identity