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 25 January 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
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 339 392
Rank change year-on-year +38 +53 +42
Contract jobs citing CyberArk 311 199 211
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.82% 0.63% 0.48%
As % of the Vendors category 1.79% 1.37% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 124 146
10th Percentile £447 £457 £542
25th Percentile £509 £495 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £580 £680
Median % change year-on-year +3.02% -14.71% +13.33%
75th Percentile £750 £713 £798
90th Percentile £800 £810 £810
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £550 £750
% change year-on-year -5.55% -26.67% +36.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £44.48 - -
25th Percentile £45.56 - -
Median hourly rate £50.75 - £78.00
75th Percentile £55.56 - -
90th Percentile £56.43 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £78.00

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 17,347 14,495 19,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 45.79% 45.96% 43.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,191 8,564 12,262
10th Percentile £300 £285 £250
25th Percentile £411 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £710 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 820 426 851
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.15
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% -19.12% +15.25%
75th Percentile £48.75 £61.31 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.30 £25.00 £33.97
% change year-on-year -14.80% -26.41% +34.48%

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 25 January 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
Top 16 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 25 January 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 +40 281 £598 -0.42% 33
UK excluding London +35 160 £520 -5.55% 27
Work from Home +52 145 £700 +27.27% 14
London +12 135 £700 +10.67% 12
North of England -20 46 £513 -6.65% 8
South East +12 44 £492 -27.11% 9
Midlands -14 43 £600 -4.00% 6
West Midlands -17 41 £600 -4.00% 2
Yorkshire -12 37 £509 -15.13% 3
Scotland +11 9 - -
North West -26 9 £513 -4.74% 4
South West -26 7 £425 -22.73% 2
Wales - 7 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
East Midlands - 2 - - 4
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 15 (4.82%) Confluence
2 2 (0.64%) JBoss
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Windchill
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 110 (35.37%) Azure
2 78 (25.08%) AWS
3 70 (22.51%) GCP
4 30 (9.65%) Entra ID
5 14 (4.50%) OpenShift
6 13 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (3.22%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (2.57%) SaaS
9 7 (2.25%) GitHub
10 4 (1.29%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.64%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.64%) OCI
11 2 (0.64%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.32%) Akamai
12 1 (0.32%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.32%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.22%) DNS
2 8 (2.57%) Firewall
2 8 (2.57%) SSH
3 7 (2.25%) Kerberos
4 5 (1.61%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.96%) SMTP
6 2 (0.64%) DHCP
6 2 (0.64%) Network Security
7 1 (0.32%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.32%) OpenLDAP
7 1 (0.32%) S/MIME
7 1 (0.32%) SSL
7 1 (0.32%) VLAN
7 1 (0.32%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.54%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.64%) MySQL
2 2 (0.64%) Oracle Database
2 2 (0.64%) Power BI
3 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (5.79%) Jenkins
2 15 (4.82%) JIRA
3 7 (2.25%) Git
4 4 (1.29%) Subversion
4 4 (1.29%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.32%) Artifactory
General
1 112 (36.01%) Social Skills
2 70 (22.51%) Finance
3 42 (13.50%) Documentation Skills
4 29 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (8.68%) Banking
6 16 (5.14%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (5.14%) Public Sector
7 15 (4.82%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.96%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.64%) Electronics
10 2 (0.64%) International Banking
10 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.64%) Marketing
10 2 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.64%) Retail
10 2 (0.64%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.32%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.32%) French Language
Job Titles
1 94 (30.23%) Architect
2 58 (18.65%) Consultant
3 56 (18.01%) CyberArk Architect
4 49 (15.76%) CyberArk Consultant
5 24 (7.72%) Security Architect
6 19 (6.11%) Analyst
6 19 (6.11%) Project Manager
7 18 (5.79%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (5.14%) CyberArk Engineer
9 12 (3.86%) Lead
10 11 (3.54%) Security Solutions Architect
11 8 (2.57%) Business Analyst
11 8 (2.57%) Security Engineer
12 7 (2.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (2.25%) Lead Architect
12 7 (2.25%) Lead Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.25%) Technical Manager
13 6 (1.93%) Management Consultant
13 6 (1.93%) Migration Manager
13 6 (1.93%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (29.26%) LDAP
2 47 (15.11%) REST
3 35 (11.25%) SOAP
4 33 (10.61%) SAML
5 31 (9.97%) SailPoint
6 25 (8.04%) OpenID
7 17 (5.47%) OAuth
8 5 (1.61%) Middleware
9 3 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.96%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.64%) ADO
11 1 (0.32%) .NET
11 1 (0.32%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 49 (15.76%) Onboarding
2 39 (12.54%) Enterprise Software
3 35 (11.25%) Security Posture
4 27 (8.68%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (1.61%) Clustering
6 5 (1.61%) PKI
6 5 (1.61%) Replication
7 4 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.29%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.96%) SCADA
9 2 (0.64%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.64%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.64%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.32%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.32%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.32%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.32%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.18%) Linux
2 38 (12.22%) Windows
3 11 (3.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (3.22%) Solaris
5 9 (2.89%) Unix
5 9 (2.89%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.93%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (40.84%) Privileged Access Management
2 87 (27.97%) SIEM
3 79 (25.40%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (24.76%) Cybersecurity
5 71 (22.83%) Identity Access Management
6 53 (17.04%) DevOps
6 53 (17.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 52 (16.72%) ITSM
7 52 (16.72%) Task Automation
8 47 (15.11%) CI/CD
9 39 (12.54%) Technical Leadership
10 36 (11.58%) Stakeholder Management
11 35 (11.25%) Integration Patterns
11 35 (11.25%) Presales
12 31 (9.97%) Incident Response
13 30 (9.65%) RBAC
14 27 (8.68%) Migration
14 27 (8.68%) Secrets Management
15 23 (7.40%) DevSecOps
15 23 (7.40%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 103 (33.12%) PowerShell
2 92 (29.58%) Python
3 17 (5.47%) Bash
4 7 (2.25%) Java
5 4 (1.29%) Perl
6 3 (0.96%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.96%) SQL
7 2 (0.64%) BeanShell
7 2 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 144 (46.30%) Security Cleared
2 139 (44.69%) SC Cleared
3 48 (15.43%) CISSP
4 44 (14.15%) CISM
5 11 (3.54%) Degree
6 10 (3.22%) TOGAF Certification
7 9 (2.89%) PMI Certification
8 8 (2.57%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.57%) PMP
9 7 (2.25%) PhD
10 5 (1.61%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.64%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (0.64%) CISMP
12 2 (0.64%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.32%) CCA
13 1 (0.32%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (20.90%) NIST
2 61 (19.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (15.76%) GDPR
4 18 (5.79%) NCSC
5 12 (3.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (2.25%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.96%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.96%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.64%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.64%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.32%) GRC
10 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 97 (31.19%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.57%) Docker
4 5 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.29%) NFS
5 4 (1.29%) Veritas File System
5 4 (1.29%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 1 (0.32%) vSphere
6 1 (0.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 19 (6.11%) Single Sign-On
2 17 (5.47%) Kubernetes
3 14 (4.50%) Ansible
4 10 (3.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (2.89%) AirWatch
6 6 (1.93%) NetBackup
6 6 (1.93%) Oracle RMAN
7 5 (1.61%) Red Hat Satellite
7 5 (1.61%) Terraform
8 4 (1.29%) QRadar
9 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.64%) vRealize
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle Identity Manager
10 1 (0.32%) Packer
10 1 (0.32%) SCCM
10 1 (0.32%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 79 (25.40%) BeyondTrust
2 49 (15.76%) Centrify
3 40 (12.86%) Microsoft
4 28 (9.00%) Splunk
5 18 (5.79%) VMware
6 15 (4.82%) Oracle
7 13 (4.18%) BiZZdesign
7 13 (4.18%) Google
8 10 (3.22%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.89%) Okta
9 9 (2.89%) Thycotic
10 8 (2.57%) Darktrace
11 6 (1.93%) Veritas
11 6 (1.93%) Zscaler
12 5 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (1.61%) Qualys
12 5 (1.61%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.29%) ForgeRock
13 4 (1.29%) Netskope
13 4 (1.29%) SAP