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 3 June 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
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 373 397
Rank change year-on-year -30 +24 +31
Contract jobs citing CyberArk 239 149 185
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.52% 0.43%
As % of the Vendors category 1.20% 1.09% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 99 133
10th Percentile £471 £450 £432
25th Percentile £525 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £622 £560 £613
Median % change year-on-year +10.98% -8.57% -12.66%
75th Percentile £750 £673 £703
90th Percentile £893 £795 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £580 £700
% change year-on-year -3.45% -17.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £25.94 - -
25th Percentile £39.83 - -
Median hourly rate £47.54 - -
75th Percentile £54.06 - -
90th Percentile £55.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 - -

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 19,935 13,729 18,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.81% 47.72% 42.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,521 8,508 11,350
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £405 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £514
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.78% -2.10%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £625
90th Percentile £700 £714 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £494 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +0.87% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 599 1,121
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.30 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.04 £22.56
Median % change year-on-year +24.81% +15.43% -46.92%
75th Percentile £58.75 £55.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% +4.65% -45.64%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -25 225 £624 +6.13% 46
London -10 140 £700 +23.35% 30
Work from Home +6 118 £700 +23.08% 25
UK excluding London -79 81 £560 -3.45% 18
South East -46 34 £575 -13.21% 9
North of England -67 27 £620 +22.77% 5
North West -33 19 £620 +24.31% 4
Midlands -62 12 £525 -16.00% 1
West Midlands -65 11 £538 -14.00%
Yorkshire -54 6 £733 +22.08% 1
South West -24 5 £550 -15.38% 2
Scotland -6 2 £447 -34.98%
North East - 2 - -
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 1
East of England - 1 - - 1

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 5 (2.09%) Confluence
2 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.42%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.26%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 140 (58.58%) Azure
2 105 (43.93%) AWS
3 70 (29.29%) GCP
4 62 (25.94%) Entra ID
5 24 (10.04%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (9.21%) Microsoft Purview
7 18 (7.53%) SaaS
8 17 (7.11%) OpenShift
9 15 (6.28%) Mimecast
10 8 (3.35%) Datadog
11 5 (2.09%) Cohesity
11 5 (2.09%) Nutanix
12 4 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.67%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.67%) Sentry
13 3 (1.26%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.26%) Power Platform
14 1 (0.42%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.42%) Snowflake
14 1 (0.42%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.02%) Firewall
2 11 (4.60%) Network Security
3 7 (2.93%) DNS
4 5 (2.09%) SSH
4 5 (2.09%) SSL
4 5 (2.09%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.09%) VLAN
5 3 (1.26%) Internet
5 3 (1.26%) Wireless
6 2 (0.84%) NGFW
6 2 (0.84%) VPN
7 1 (0.42%) Anycast
7 1 (0.42%) BGP
7 1 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.42%) DMVPN
7 1 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.42%) IPsec
7 1 (0.42%) MPLS
7 1 (0.42%) OSPF
7 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.62%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.26%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.26%) MySQL
3 3 (1.26%) Power BI
4 2 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (0.84%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.84%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.84%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.42%) DB2
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (6.28%) Jenkins
2 10 (4.18%) JIRA
3 3 (1.26%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (1.26%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.42%) AppScan
4 1 (0.42%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.42%) GitLab
4 1 (0.42%) Metasploit
General
1 109 (45.61%) Social Skills
2 83 (34.73%) Finance
3 45 (18.83%) Documentation Skills
4 20 (8.37%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.11%) Banking
6 14 (5.86%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (5.02%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.26%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.26%) Legal
10 2 (0.84%) Retail
11 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.42%) Front Office
11 1 (0.42%) Military
11 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 88 (36.82%) Architect
2 72 (30.13%) CyberArk Architect
3 25 (10.46%) Security Engineer
4 18 (7.53%) Project Manager
5 17 (7.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 10 (4.18%) Cloud Architect
6 10 (4.18%) Migration Manager
6 10 (4.18%) Migration Project Manager
7 9 (3.77%) CyberArk Engineer
8 7 (2.93%) Consultant
8 7 (2.93%) Security Architect
9 5 (2.09%) Analyst
9 5 (2.09%) SailPoint Engineer
10 4 (1.67%) CyberArk Specialist
10 4 (1.67%) IAM Project Manager
10 4 (1.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (1.67%) Senior
10 4 (1.67%) Testing Specialist
11 3 (1.26%) Security Consultant
11 3 (1.26%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (37.24%) LDAP
2 44 (18.41%) REST
3 42 (17.57%) SailPoint
4 35 (14.64%) SOAP
5 33 (13.81%) SAML
6 28 (11.72%) OpenID
7 15 (6.28%) OAuth
8 5 (2.09%) OAuth2
9 4 (1.67%) Middleware
10 3 (1.26%) FIDO
11 2 (0.84%) ISPF
12 1 (0.42%) EJB
12 1 (0.42%) J2EE
12 1 (0.42%) SPIFFE
Miscellaneous
1 69 (28.87%) Onboarding
2 47 (19.67%) Enterprise Software
3 44 (18.41%) Security Posture
4 25 (10.46%) Cloud Native
5 9 (3.77%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.93%) Cloud Security Posture
7 6 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.09%) Replication
9 4 (1.67%) PKI
10 3 (1.26%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.84%) CMDB
11 2 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.84%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 1 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.42%) Data Fabric
12 1 (0.42%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.42%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 51 (21.34%) Linux
1 51 (21.34%) Windows
2 30 (12.55%) Unix
3 12 (5.02%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.84%) zOS
5 1 (0.42%) Android
5 1 (0.42%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.42%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (45.19%) SIEM
2 101 (42.26%) Privileged Access Management
3 80 (33.47%) Cybersecurity
4 70 (29.29%) Problem-Solving
5 67 (28.03%) ITSM
6 54 (22.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 49 (20.50%) DevOps
8 41 (17.15%) CI/CD
8 41 (17.15%) Integration Patterns
8 41 (17.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 38 (15.90%) Technical Leadership
10 37 (15.48%) Presales
10 37 (15.48%) Task Automation
11 35 (14.64%) Identity Access Management
12 34 (14.23%) Migration
13 30 (12.55%) RBAC
13 30 (12.55%) Secrets Management
14 28 (11.72%) Security Architecture
15 27 (11.30%) Agile
16 25 (10.46%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 95 (39.75%) PowerShell
2 85 (35.56%) Python
3 12 (5.02%) Bash
4 5 (2.09%) SQL
5 4 (1.67%) Java
6 3 (1.26%) BeanShell
6 3 (1.26%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.84%) JCL
7 2 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.84%) REXX
8 1 (0.42%) Groovy
8 1 (0.42%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 98 (41.00%) Security Cleared
2 89 (37.24%) SC Cleared
3 38 (15.90%) CISSP
4 21 (8.79%) Degree
5 20 (8.37%) CISM
6 14 (5.86%) PMI Certification
6 14 (5.86%) PMP
7 8 (3.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (3.35%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (2.09%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (2.09%) MCSA
9 5 (2.09%) MCSE
10 3 (1.26%) CCNA
10 3 (1.26%) CCNP
11 2 (0.84%) CRISC
11 2 (0.84%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.42%) CESG Certified Professional
12 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (34.73%) NIST
2 75 (31.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (14.64%) GDPR
4 15 (6.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (6.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 14 (5.86%) NCSC
6 10 (4.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (3.35%) HIPAA
8 6 (2.51%) QA
9 5 (2.09%) NIST 800
10 3 (1.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (1.26%) GRC
11 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.42%) COBIT
12 1 (0.42%) SLA
12 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 118 (49.37%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.51%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.26%) IAG
4 2 (0.84%) Docker
5 1 (0.42%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.42%) RACF
5 1 (0.42%) Squid
5 1 (0.42%) Varnish
5 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (8.79%) Single Sign-On
2 20 (8.37%) Kubernetes
3 12 (5.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (4.60%) AirWatch
5 7 (2.93%) Ansible
6 6 (2.51%) Nessus
7 5 (2.09%) CASB
8 4 (1.67%) Terraform
9 3 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.26%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (1.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.42%) Control-M
10 1 (0.42%) Grafana
10 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.42%) QRadar
10 1 (0.42%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 77 (32.22%) BeyondTrust
2 54 (22.59%) Microsoft
3 36 (15.06%) Centrify
3 36 (15.06%) Splunk
4 25 (10.46%) ServiceNow
5 19 (7.95%) Oracle
6 17 (7.11%) CrowdStrike
7 15 (6.28%) Netskope
8 14 (5.86%) Okta
9 11 (4.60%) Google
10 10 (4.18%) Tenable
11 5 (2.09%) Remedy
11 5 (2.09%) SAP
11 5 (2.09%) Zscaler
12 4 (1.67%) Cisco
12 4 (1.67%) ForgeRock
12 4 (1.67%) VMware
13 3 (1.26%) Broadcom
13 3 (1.26%) LogRhythm
13 3 (1.26%) Sybase