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 18 September 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 CyberArk Software, Inc.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 385 351 435
Rank change year-on-year -34 +84 +122
Contract jobs citing CyberArk 183 214 220
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.56% 0.45%
As % of the Vendors category 1.17% 1.26% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 148 146
10th Percentile £385 £409 £500
25th Percentile £471 £475 £568
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -18.52% +12.50%
75th Percentile £649 £650 £798
90th Percentile £675 £775 £810
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £19.09 - -
25th Percentile £23.20 - -
Median hourly rate £31.93 - £78.00
75th Percentile £42.53 - -
90th Percentile £47.76 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.35 - £78.00
% change year-on-year - - +6.48%

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 15,579 17,006 21,896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.28% 44.16% 44.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,565 10,199 14,188
10th Percentile £275 £281 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £731 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.40% - +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 796 678 648
10th Percentile £14.72 £14.26 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.45 £15.62 £18.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% -31.66% +83.61%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.08
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.28 £30.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.07% -29.41% +112.50%

CyberArk
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CyberArk 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 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 +11 159 £550 - 80
UK excluding London +31 88 £525 +5.00% 74
London -30 65 £588 +2.17% 16
Work from Home -2 59 £550 - 16
North of England +12 33 £425 -23.42% 15
Midlands +13 32 £540 +10.77% 18
West Midlands - 29 £540 - 11
Yorkshire +4 21 £390 -29.73% 7
South East +22 12 £550 -2.97% 19
North West -7 12 £505 -0.98% 7
South West +11 5 £513 +2.50% 8
Scotland -7 4 £600 +20.00% 3
East Midlands -2 3 - - 6
East of England - 2 £500 - 9

CyberArk
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 4 (2.19%) Confluence
2 1 (0.55%) JBoss
Applications
1 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.09%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.09%) Windchill
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 60 (32.79%) Azure
2 42 (22.95%) AWS
3 33 (18.03%) Entra ID
4 32 (17.49%) GCP
5 17 (9.29%) GitHub
6 6 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.73%) OCI
8 4 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.09%) SaaS
10 1 (0.55%) Amazon Cognito
10 1 (0.55%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (0.55%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.55%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.55%) Miro
10 1 (0.55%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.55%) Serverless
10 1 (0.55%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 20 (10.93%) Firewall
2 13 (7.10%) DNS
3 10 (5.46%) TCP/IP
4 8 (4.37%) Network Security
5 6 (3.28%) SSL
6 5 (2.73%) Kerberos
6 5 (2.73%) SSH
7 3 (1.64%) VPN
8 2 (1.09%) SMTP
9 1 (0.55%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.55%) DHCP
9 1 (0.55%) SAN
9 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.56%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.09%) MySQL
2 2 (1.09%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.55%) Metadata
3 1 (0.55%) Power BI
3 1 (0.55%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 18 (9.84%) JIRA
2 10 (5.46%) Postman
2 10 (5.46%) SoapUI
3 7 (3.83%) Git
4 4 (2.19%) Subversion
4 4 (2.19%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.09%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.55%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.55%) Gatling
6 1 (0.55%) JMeter
6 1 (0.55%) LoadRunner
General
1 61 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 51 (27.87%) Finance
3 29 (15.85%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (14.75%) Banking
5 10 (5.46%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (4.92%) Financial Institution
7 6 (3.28%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.73%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.09%) International Banking
11 2 (1.09%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.09%) Legal
11 2 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.55%) Electronics
12 1 (0.55%) Front Office
12 1 (0.55%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.55%) Marketing
12 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (13.66%) Analyst
2 22 (12.02%) Architect
3 18 (9.84%) CyberArk Engineer
4 14 (7.65%) Consultant
4 14 (7.65%) Security Architect
4 14 (7.65%) Test Analyst
5 9 (4.92%) NetBackup Engineer
6 7 (3.83%) CyberArk Consultant
6 7 (3.83%) Project Manager
7 6 (3.28%) Business Analyst
7 6 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (2.73%) Administrator
8 5 (2.73%) IAM Specialist
8 5 (2.73%) Lead
8 5 (2.73%) Security Engineer
9 4 (2.19%) IAM Consultant
9 4 (2.19%) Linux Administrator
9 4 (2.19%) Product Owner
9 4 (2.19%) Senior
9 4 (2.19%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (27.32%) SailPoint
2 31 (16.94%) LDAP
3 14 (7.65%) OAuth
3 14 (7.65%) SAML
4 13 (7.10%) OpenID
5 5 (2.73%) REST
6 2 (1.09%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.55%) .NET
7 1 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.11%) Onboarding
2 8 (4.37%) Security Posture
3 5 (2.73%) Cloud Security Posture
3 5 (2.73%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.73%) Replication
4 4 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.19%) Clustering
5 3 (1.64%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.64%) SCADA
6 2 (1.09%) CMDB
6 2 (1.09%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.09%) Insider Threat
6 2 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.09%) PMI
7 1 (0.55%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.55%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.55%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 42 (22.95%) Linux
2 36 (19.67%) Windows
3 15 (8.20%) Unix
4 8 (4.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (4.37%) Solaris
5 7 (3.83%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.19%) AIX
7 1 (0.55%) VMS
7 1 (0.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (43.72%) Privileged Access Management
2 55 (30.05%) Identity Access Management
3 41 (22.40%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (19.13%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (14.75%) Cloud Security
6 25 (13.66%) Agile
6 25 (13.66%) RBAC
7 19 (10.38%) CI/CD
8 18 (9.84%) Incident Response
8 18 (9.84%) Task Automation
9 17 (9.29%) Identity Management
9 17 (9.29%) Zero Trust
10 16 (8.74%) Business Strategy
10 16 (8.74%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (8.20%) Disaster Recovery
12 14 (7.65%) Information Security
13 13 (7.10%) Infrastructure as Code
14 12 (6.56%) Scrum
14 12 (6.56%) Security Architecture
14 12 (6.56%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 47 (25.68%) PowerShell
2 33 (18.03%) Python
3 18 (9.84%) Bash
4 5 (2.73%) Perl
5 4 (2.19%) Java
5 4 (2.19%) SQL
6 2 (1.09%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.55%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.55%) VB
7 1 (0.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (15.85%) CISSP
2 25 (13.66%) Security Cleared
3 23 (12.57%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.74%) CISM
5 8 (4.37%) ISTQB
6 6 (3.28%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (3.28%) Degree
6 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.73%) MCSA
7 5 (2.73%) MCSE
8 4 (2.19%) CISA
9 3 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.64%) CRISC
9 3 (1.64%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.55%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.55%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.55%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.55%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (13.11%) GDPR
2 22 (12.02%) NIST
3 19 (10.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (8.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (4.92%) PCI DSS
6 6 (3.28%) HIPAA
7 4 (2.19%) ITGC
8 3 (1.64%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.09%) Data Quality
9 2 (1.09%) GRC
9 2 (1.09%) QA
9 2 (1.09%) SOX 404
System Software
1 46 (25.14%) Active Directory
2 15 (8.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.46%) Docker
4 4 (2.19%) NFS
4 4 (2.19%) Veritas File System
4 4 (2.19%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 4 (2.19%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.55%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.55%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (13.11%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (7.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (6.56%) Ansible
3 12 (6.56%) Terraform
4 9 (4.92%) NetBackup
4 9 (4.92%) Oracle RMAN
5 6 (3.28%) Nessus
6 5 (2.73%) CASB
6 5 (2.73%) QRadar
7 4 (2.19%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (1.09%) SCCM
8 2 (1.09%) vRealize
9 1 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.55%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.55%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.55%) Packer
Vendors
1 50 (27.32%) Microsoft
2 28 (15.30%) BeyondTrust
3 23 (12.57%) Google
4 22 (12.02%) Splunk
5 20 (10.93%) VMware
6 15 (8.20%) Okta
6 15 (8.20%) Thycotic
7 14 (7.65%) Oracle
8 9 (4.92%) Veritas
9 7 (3.83%) Darktrace
9 7 (3.83%) Qualys
10 6 (3.28%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (3.28%) ForgeRock
10 6 (3.28%) Tenable
11 5 (2.73%) Cisco
11 5 (2.73%) Remedy
12 4 (2.19%) Red Hat
12 4 (2.19%) SaltStack
12 4 (2.19%) SAP
12 4 (2.19%) Symantec