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 15 September 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
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 383 351
Rank change year-on-year +7 -32 +82
Contract jobs citing CyberArk 333 176 217
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.54% 0.57%
As % of the Vendors category 1.46% 1.15% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 105 151
10th Percentile £449 £391 £413
25th Percentile £500 £495 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.52%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £736 £675 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £537 £500
% change year-on-year -2.23% +7.40% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 0
10th Percentile £43.81 £19.09 -
25th Percentile £49.39 £23.20 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £31.93 -
Median % change year-on-year +134.93% - -
75th Percentile £100.00 £42.53 -
90th Percentile - £47.76 -
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 22,747 15,293 16,860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.80% 47.12% 44.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,964 9,367 10,148
10th Percentile £313 £275 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £612 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,253 777 684
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.60 £14.26
25th Percentile £16.72 £17.44 £15.62
Median hourly rate £26.90 £25.15 £30.21
Median % change year-on-year +6.96% -16.74% -30.36%
75th Percentile £62.00 £43.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.75 £67.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.14 £21.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +24.48% -30.00% -25.60%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +3 300 £550 - 110
UK excluding London -30 164 £525 -2.23% 55
London -14 140 £575 +1.10% 66
Work from Home +5 126 £525 -4.55% 47
South East -21 52 £592 +0.77% 17
North of England -55 46 £515 +14.33% 12
South West -9 44 £525 -12.50% 8
North West -30 27 £523 +3.47% 9
Yorkshire -33 18 £510 +29.11% 2
Scotland -11 10 £495 -17.50% 11
Midlands -66 9 £500 -7.41% 7
West Midlands -73 7 £465 -13.89% 6
East of England -28 3 £525 +5.00% 1
East Midlands -11 2 £575 - 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 16 (4.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.00%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.40%) Confluence
4 6 (1.80%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.30%) IIS
5 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 153 (45.95%) Azure
2 110 (33.03%) AWS
3 101 (30.33%) Entra ID
4 46 (13.81%) GCP
5 33 (9.91%) SaaS
6 19 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (4.50%) GitHub
8 12 (3.60%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (3.00%) Rubrik
10 8 (2.40%) Datadog
10 8 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (2.10%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.50%) Cohesity
12 5 (1.50%) Nutanix
12 5 (1.50%) OCI
12 5 (1.50%) Sentry
13 3 (0.90%) Azure Key Vault
13 3 (0.90%) OneDrive
14 2 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 27 (8.11%) Firewall
2 24 (7.21%) DNS
3 20 (6.01%) DHCP
4 15 (4.50%) Network Security
4 15 (4.50%) SSH
5 12 (3.60%) HTTPS
6 11 (3.30%) VLAN
7 9 (2.70%) VPN
8 8 (2.40%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.10%) LAN
9 7 (2.10%) WAN
9 7 (2.10%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.80%) Skype
11 4 (1.20%) Internet
11 4 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (1.20%) Kerberos
12 3 (0.90%) VSAN
12 3 (0.90%) Wireless
13 1 (0.30%) NGFW
13 1 (0.30%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (14.71%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.20%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.60%) Power BI
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.30%) Db2
5 1 (0.30%) Metadata
5 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (3.90%) JIRA
2 10 (3.00%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.50%) Git
4 4 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.90%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (0.90%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.60%) GitLab
7 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.30%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
General
1 123 (36.94%) Social Skills
2 86 (25.83%) Finance
3 47 (14.11%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (12.61%) Documentation Skills
5 37 (11.11%) Banking
6 23 (6.91%) Public Sector
7 12 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.70%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.20%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.90%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.90%) Legal
10 3 (0.90%) Military
10 3 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.90%) Retail
11 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.60%) Private Banking
11 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 84 (25.23%) Architect
2 34 (10.21%) CyberArk Architect
3 25 (7.51%) Consultant
3 25 (7.51%) CyberArk Engineer
3 25 (7.51%) Security Engineer
4 21 (6.31%) Analyst
5 17 (5.11%) Business Analyst
5 17 (5.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (4.20%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 13 (3.90%) CyberArk Consultant
8 12 (3.60%) Principal Engineer
8 12 (3.60%) Senior
9 11 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (3.00%) Cloud Architect
10 10 (3.00%) Project Manager
10 10 (3.00%) Security Consultant
11 8 (2.40%) Lead
11 8 (2.40%) SailPoint Engineer
12 7 (2.10%) Developer
13 6 (1.80%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (22.22%) LDAP
2 67 (20.12%) SailPoint
3 40 (12.01%) REST
4 26 (7.81%) Terraform
5 18 (5.41%) OAuth
5 18 (5.41%) SAML
6 17 (5.11%) OpenID
7 11 (3.30%) .NET
7 11 (3.30%) Web Services
8 7 (2.10%) OAuth2
9 6 (1.80%) .NET Core
9 6 (1.80%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.80%) ASP.NET
10 5 (1.50%) JDBC
11 4 (1.20%) FIDO
11 4 (1.20%) Middleware
11 4 (1.20%) SOAP
11 4 (1.20%) Software Packaging
11 4 (1.20%) XML
12 2 (0.60%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 120 (36.04%) Onboarding
2 31 (9.31%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (4.80%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.80%) PKI
4 13 (3.90%) Cloud Native
5 9 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.10%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.50%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.50%) Replication
8 4 (1.20%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.90%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.60%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.60%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.60%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 98 (29.43%) Windows
2 79 (23.72%) Linux
3 32 (9.61%) Windows Server
4 30 (9.01%) Unix
5 6 (1.80%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.80%) Windows 7
6 4 (1.20%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.60%) zOS
9 1 (0.30%) Android
9 1 (0.30%) CentOS
9 1 (0.30%) MVS
9 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (48.35%) Privileged Access Management
2 101 (30.33%) SIEM
3 89 (26.73%) Identity Access Management
4 80 (24.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 78 (23.42%) Cybersecurity
6 72 (21.62%) ITSM
7 66 (19.82%) Runbook
8 62 (18.62%) RBAC
9 59 (17.72%) Secrets Management
10 54 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
11 52 (15.62%) Technical Leadership
12 51 (15.32%) Security Architecture
13 49 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 45 (13.51%) Migration
15 40 (12.01%) DevSecOps
16 39 (11.71%) CI/CD
17 34 (10.21%) Roadmaps
17 34 (10.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 32 (9.61%) DevOps
18 32 (9.61%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 109 (32.73%) PowerShell
2 65 (19.52%) Python
3 34 (10.21%) Bash
4 15 (4.50%) SQL
5 10 (3.00%) BeanShell
5 10 (3.00%) Java
6 6 (1.80%) C#
6 6 (1.80%) VB
6 6 (1.80%) VBScript
7 3 (0.90%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.60%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.60%) JCL
8 2 (0.60%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.60%) REXX
9 1 (0.30%) CodeQL
9 1 (0.30%) Korn
9 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 99 (29.73%) Security Cleared
2 46 (13.81%) SC Cleared
3 44 (13.21%) DV Cleared
4 30 (9.01%) Degree
5 29 (8.71%) CISSP
6 16 (4.80%) CISM
7 13 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.50%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.50%) PMP
10 4 (1.20%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (0.90%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.90%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.90%) CBAP
11 3 (0.90%) CCNA
11 3 (0.90%) CCNP
11 3 (0.90%) CEH
11 3 (0.90%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (25.23%) NIST
2 78 (23.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (6.31%) GDPR
4 15 (4.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (3.60%) QA
6 8 (2.40%) GRC
7 7 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (2.10%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.80%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.20%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.60%) ITGC
11 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.30%) NCSC
11 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.30%) PSD2
11 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 167 (50.15%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.20%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.90%) Docker
5 9 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (1.80%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.90%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.90%) vSphere
9 1 (0.30%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 1 (0.30%) RACF
9 1 (0.30%) Squid
Systems Management
1 28 (8.41%) Ansible
2 26 (7.81%) Single Sign-On
3 20 (6.01%) Kubernetes
4 17 (5.11%) SCCM
5 10 (3.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (2.10%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (1.80%) NetBackup
7 6 (1.80%) SCOM
8 3 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.90%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (0.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.90%) VxRail
9 2 (0.60%) Kibana
9 2 (0.60%) logstash
9 2 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.30%) Control-M
10 1 (0.30%) FreeIPA
10 1 (0.30%) Grafana
10 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.30%) WMI
Vendors
1 100 (30.03%) Microsoft
2 76 (22.82%) BeyondTrust
3 54 (16.22%) ServiceNow
4 32 (9.61%) VMware
5 29 (8.71%) Oracle
6 23 (6.91%) Okta
6 23 (6.91%) Splunk
7 13 (3.90%) Citrix
8 10 (3.00%) Cisco
8 10 (3.00%) Google
9 9 (2.70%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (2.70%) WALLIX
10 8 (2.40%) Apple
10 8 (2.40%) Netskope
11 7 (2.10%) Centrify
11 7 (2.10%) SAP
12 6 (1.80%) ForgeRock
12 6 (1.80%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.50%) Ping Identity
14 4 (1.20%) Salesforce