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 12 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
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 390 355
Rank change year-on-year +20 -35 +65
Contract jobs citing CyberArk 329 176 220
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.53% 0.57%
As % of the Vendors category 1.44% 1.13% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 105 154
10th Percentile £450 £384 £416
25th Percentile £500 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.52%
75th Percentile £638 £648 £650
90th Percentile £737 £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 22,867 15,556 17,055
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.91% 47.12% 44.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,033 9,517 10,292
10th Percentile £313 £276 £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 £613 £626
90th Percentile £700 £700 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +4.60% -4.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,255 792 694
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.72 £17.42 £15.62
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.15 £30.80
Median % change year-on-year +9.34% -18.33% -27.54%
75th Percentile £62.25 £43.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.95 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.19 £21.24 £30.00
% change year-on-year +23.31% -29.20% -25.00%

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 12 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 12 September 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 12 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 0 296 £550 - 56
UK excluding London -27 161 £525 -2.23% 40
London -1 139 £575 +4.55% 29
Work from Home -2 120 £525 -4.55% 92
South East -15 53 £592 +0.77% 7
North of England -55 48 £515 +14.33% 10
South West -6 40 £525 -12.50% 9
North West -31 27 £523 +3.47% 8
Yorkshire -45 18 £510 +29.11% 2
Scotland -18 10 £495 -17.50% 10
Midlands -73 8 £500 -7.41% 3
West Midlands -72 6 £500 -7.41% 3
East Midlands -17 2 £575 -
East of England -21 2 £500 - 1
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 16 (4.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.04%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.43%) Confluence
4 6 (1.82%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.30%) IIS
5 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (3.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 154 (46.81%) Azure
2 112 (34.04%) AWS
3 99 (30.09%) Entra ID
4 48 (14.59%) GCP
5 32 (9.73%) SaaS
6 18 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (4.56%) GitHub
8 12 (3.65%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (3.04%) Rubrik
10 8 (2.43%) Datadog
10 8 (2.43%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.13%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.52%) Cohesity
12 5 (1.52%) Nutanix
12 5 (1.52%) OCI
12 5 (1.52%) Sentry
13 3 (0.91%) OneDrive
14 2 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.61%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 27 (8.21%) Firewall
2 25 (7.60%) DNS
3 20 (6.08%) DHCP
4 15 (4.56%) Network Security
4 15 (4.56%) SSH
5 12 (3.65%) HTTPS
6 11 (3.34%) VLAN
7 9 (2.74%) VPN
8 8 (2.43%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.13%) LAN
9 7 (2.13%) WAN
9 7 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.82%) Skype
11 4 (1.22%) Internet
11 4 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (1.22%) Kerberos
12 3 (0.91%) VSAN
12 3 (0.91%) Wireless
13 1 (0.30%) NGFW
13 1 (0.30%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (14.89%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.22%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.61%) 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 (3.95%) JIRA
2 10 (3.04%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.22%) Git
3 4 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (0.91%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.91%) Fiddler
5 2 (0.61%) GitLab
6 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.30%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
General
1 120 (36.47%) Social Skills
2 86 (26.14%) Finance
3 47 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (12.77%) Documentation Skills
5 37 (11.25%) Banking
6 22 (6.69%) Public Sector
7 12 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.74%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.22%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.91%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.91%) Legal
10 3 (0.91%) Military
10 3 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.91%) Retail
11 2 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.61%) Private Banking
11 2 (0.61%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 80 (24.32%) Architect
2 34 (10.33%) CyberArk Architect
3 25 (7.60%) CyberArk Engineer
3 25 (7.60%) Security Engineer
4 23 (6.99%) Consultant
5 21 (6.38%) Analyst
6 17 (5.17%) Business Analyst
6 17 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (4.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 13 (3.95%) CyberArk Consultant
9 12 (3.65%) Principal Engineer
9 12 (3.65%) Senior
10 11 (3.34%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.04%) Cloud Architect
11 10 (3.04%) Project Manager
12 9 (2.74%) Security Consultant
13 8 (2.43%) Lead
14 7 (2.13%) Developer
14 7 (2.13%) SailPoint Engineer
15 6 (1.82%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (21.58%) LDAP
2 68 (20.67%) SailPoint
3 39 (11.85%) REST
4 27 (8.21%) Terraform
5 17 (5.17%) SAML
6 16 (4.86%) OAuth
6 16 (4.86%) OpenID
7 11 (3.34%) .NET
8 10 (3.04%) Web Services
9 7 (2.13%) OAuth2
10 6 (1.82%) .NET Core
10 6 (1.82%) AngularJS
10 6 (1.82%) ASP.NET
11 5 (1.52%) JDBC
12 4 (1.22%) FIDO
12 4 (1.22%) Middleware
12 4 (1.22%) SOAP
12 4 (1.22%) Software Packaging
13 3 (0.91%) XML
14 2 (0.61%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 119 (36.17%) Onboarding
2 30 (9.12%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (4.86%) PKI
4 15 (4.56%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.95%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.13%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.52%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.52%) Replication
9 4 (1.22%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.91%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.61%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (0.61%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.61%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.61%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 98 (29.79%) Windows
2 79 (24.01%) Linux
3 32 (9.73%) Windows Server
4 30 (9.12%) Unix
5 6 (1.82%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.82%) Windows 7
6 4 (1.22%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.61%) zOS
9 1 (0.30%) Android
9 1 (0.30%) CentOS
9 1 (0.30%) MVS
9 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (48.63%) Privileged Access Management
2 98 (29.79%) SIEM
3 88 (26.75%) Identity Access Management
4 80 (24.32%) Cybersecurity
5 76 (23.10%) Stakeholder Management
6 68 (20.67%) ITSM
7 61 (18.54%) Runbook
8 60 (18.24%) RBAC
9 54 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
9 54 (16.41%) Secrets Management
10 48 (14.59%) Technical Leadership
11 46 (13.98%) Security Architecture
12 44 (13.37%) Continuous Improvement
12 44 (13.37%) Migration
13 40 (12.16%) CI/CD
14 37 (11.25%) DevSecOps
15 35 (10.64%) DevOps
16 34 (10.33%) Roadmaps
17 33 (10.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 29 (8.81%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 108 (32.83%) PowerShell
2 67 (20.36%) Python
3 35 (10.64%) Bash
4 14 (4.26%) SQL
5 10 (3.04%) Java
6 9 (2.74%) BeanShell
7 6 (1.82%) C#
7 6 (1.82%) VB
7 6 (1.82%) VBScript
8 3 (0.91%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.61%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.61%) JCL
9 2 (0.61%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.61%) REXX
10 1 (0.30%) CodeQL
10 1 (0.30%) Groovy
10 1 (0.30%) Korn
10 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 95 (28.88%) Security Cleared
2 46 (13.98%) SC Cleared
3 40 (12.16%) DV Cleared
4 29 (8.81%) CISSP
4 29 (8.81%) Degree
5 17 (5.17%) CISM
6 13 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.52%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.52%) PMP
9 4 (1.22%) CESG Certified Professional
10 3 (0.91%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.91%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.91%) CBAP
10 3 (0.91%) CCNA
10 3 (0.91%) CCNP
10 3 (0.91%) CEH
10 3 (0.91%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (24.62%) NIST
2 75 (22.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (6.69%) GDPR
4 15 (4.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (3.65%) QA
6 8 (2.43%) GRC
7 7 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (2.13%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.82%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.22%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.61%) 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
1 163 (49.54%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.26%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.95%) Docker
5 9 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (1.82%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.91%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.91%) vSphere
9 1 (0.30%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 1 (0.30%) RACF
9 1 (0.30%) Squid
Systems Management
1 28 (8.51%) Ansible
2 25 (7.60%) Single Sign-On
3 20 (6.08%) Kubernetes
4 17 (5.17%) SCCM
5 10 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (2.13%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (1.82%) NetBackup
7 6 (1.82%) SCOM
8 3 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.91%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (0.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.91%) VxRail
9 2 (0.61%) Kibana
9 2 (0.61%) logstash
9 2 (0.61%) 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 98 (29.79%) Microsoft
2 76 (23.10%) BeyondTrust
3 53 (16.11%) ServiceNow
4 32 (9.73%) VMware
5 29 (8.81%) Oracle
6 23 (6.99%) Okta
6 23 (6.99%) Splunk
7 13 (3.95%) Citrix
8 11 (3.34%) Google
9 10 (3.04%) Cisco
10 9 (2.74%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (2.74%) WALLIX
11 8 (2.43%) Apple
11 8 (2.43%) Netskope
12 7 (2.13%) Centrify
12 7 (2.13%) SAP
13 6 (1.82%) ForgeRock
13 6 (1.82%) SolarWinds
14 5 (1.52%) Ping Identity
15 4 (1.22%) Salesforce