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 19 July 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
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 405 388 398
Rank change year-on-year -17 +10 +47
Contract jobs citing CyberArk 266 168 186
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.51% 0.44%
As % of the Vendors category 1.22% 1.08% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 112 134
10th Percentile £449 £400 £400
25th Percentile £500 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £648
90th Percentile £806 £714 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £539 £542
% change year-on-year +2.14% -0.62% -9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 0
10th Percentile £26.58 - -
25th Percentile £43.81 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £16.35 -
Median % change year-on-year +221.10% - -
75th Percentile £66.25 - -
90th Percentile £95.18 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £16.35 -
% change year-on-year +221.10% - -

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 21,859 15,579 18,207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.27% 47.53% 43.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,588 9,535 11,421
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £403 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +4.66% -4.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,095 761 1,023
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.75 £12.76
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.30 £15.50
Median hourly rate £34.85 £25.15 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.57% -3.27% -36.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £84.50 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +44.44% -10.00% -22.60%

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 19 July 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 19 July 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 19 July 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 -22 246 £575 +4.55% 32
London -8 130 £575 +4.55% 16
UK excluding London -70 113 £550 +2.14% 16
Work from Home -25 100 £575 +4.55% 15
North of England -64 43 £550 +15.79% 1
South East -45 40 £590 -1.71% 5
North West -47 25 £550 +8.91% 1
Yorkshire -45 16 £510 +27.50%
South West -27 13 £575 -11.54% 6
Midlands -53 12 £525 -2.23% 1
West Midlands -65 10 £525 -2.23% 1
Scotland -24 3 £549 -8.58% 3
East Midlands -12 2 £575 -
East of England -15 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 10 (3.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (3.76%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.38%) Confluence
3 1 (0.38%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.13%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 135 (50.75%) Azure
2 88 (33.08%) AWS
3 84 (31.58%) Entra ID
4 41 (15.41%) GCP
5 28 (10.53%) SaaS
6 24 (9.02%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (6.39%) Microsoft Purview
8 13 (4.89%) OpenShift
9 11 (4.14%) Mimecast
10 8 (3.01%) Datadog
11 5 (1.88%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.88%) Cohesity
11 5 (1.88%) GitHub
11 5 (1.88%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.88%) Sentry
12 4 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.50%) Rubrik
13 3 (1.13%) OneDrive
14 2 (0.75%) OCI
14 2 (0.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.52%) Firewall
2 15 (5.64%) DNS
3 14 (5.26%) SSH
4 13 (4.89%) Network Security
5 10 (3.76%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.01%) DHCP
7 6 (2.26%) HTTPS
8 5 (1.88%) SSL
8 5 (1.88%) VLAN
9 4 (1.50%) VPN
10 3 (1.13%) Internet
10 3 (1.13%) Wireless
11 2 (0.75%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.75%) Kerberos
11 2 (0.75%) NGFW
11 2 (0.75%) VSAN
12 1 (0.38%) Anycast
12 1 (0.38%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (0.38%) DMVPN
12 1 (0.38%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (16.54%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.13%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.13%) MySQL
4 2 (0.75%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (0.75%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.75%) Power BI
4 2 (0.75%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.75%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.38%) Db2
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (6.39%) Jenkins
2 14 (5.26%) JIRA
3 3 (1.13%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (1.13%) Fiddler
3 3 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.38%) AppScan
4 1 (0.38%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.38%) Git
4 1 (0.38%) GitLab
4 1 (0.38%) Metasploit
General
1 94 (35.34%) Finance
2 92 (34.59%) Social Skills
3 51 (19.17%) Documentation Skills
4 36 (13.53%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (10.53%) Banking
6 25 (9.40%) Public Sector
7 12 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.14%) Financial Institution
9 10 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.50%) Legal
11 3 (1.13%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.75%) Military
12 2 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.75%) Private Banking
12 2 (0.75%) Retail
13 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.38%) Front Office
13 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.38%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 66 (24.81%) Architect
2 40 (15.04%) CyberArk Architect
3 26 (9.77%) Security Engineer
4 18 (6.77%) Analyst
5 16 (6.02%) CyberArk Engineer
5 16 (6.02%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 16 (6.02%) Project Manager
6 13 (4.89%) Business Analyst
7 12 (4.51%) Cloud Architect
8 10 (3.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (3.01%) Consultant
9 8 (3.01%) Senior
9 8 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.63%) SailPoint Engineer
11 6 (2.26%) Developer
11 6 (2.26%) Migration Manager
11 6 (2.26%) Migration Project Manager
11 6 (2.26%) Security Architect
12 5 (1.88%) Principal Engineer
12 5 (1.88%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (21.05%) LDAP
2 55 (20.68%) SailPoint
3 32 (12.03%) SAML
4 27 (10.15%) OpenID
5 18 (6.77%) REST
6 16 (6.02%) OAuth
7 7 (2.63%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.88%) Web Services
9 4 (1.50%) .NET
9 4 (1.50%) .NET Core
9 4 (1.50%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.50%) ASP.NET
9 4 (1.50%) FIDO
10 3 (1.13%) Middleware
11 2 (0.75%) ISPF
12 1 (0.38%) J2EE
12 1 (0.38%) JSON
12 1 (0.38%) SPIFFE
12 1 (0.38%) WebAuthn
12 1 (0.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 108 (40.60%) Onboarding
2 22 (8.27%) Cloud Native
3 18 (6.77%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 11 (4.14%) PKI
6 10 (3.76%) Security Posture
7 7 (2.63%) Cloud Security Posture
7 7 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.88%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.88%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.88%) Replication
9 4 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.50%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.13%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.75%) CMDB
11 2 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.75%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 81 (30.45%) Windows
2 74 (27.82%) Linux
3 38 (14.29%) Unix
4 26 (9.77%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.13%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.75%) zOS
7 1 (0.38%) Android
7 1 (0.38%) CentOS
7 1 (0.38%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.38%) MVS
7 1 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (41.35%) Privileged Access Management
2 95 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
3 82 (30.83%) SIEM
4 65 (24.44%) Identity Access Management
5 55 (20.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 51 (19.17%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (17.29%) DevOps
7 46 (17.29%) ITSM
8 45 (16.92%) RBAC
9 42 (15.79%) CI/CD
10 37 (13.91%) Runbook
11 36 (13.53%) Secrets Management
12 35 (13.16%) Agile
13 32 (12.03%) Migration
13 32 (12.03%) Roadmaps
14 30 (11.28%) Security Architecture
14 30 (11.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 24 (9.02%) Information Security
16 23 (8.65%) Zero Trust
17 22 (8.27%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 82 (30.83%) PowerShell
2 65 (24.44%) Python
3 25 (9.40%) Bash
4 11 (4.14%) SQL
5 6 (2.26%) Java
6 5 (1.88%) BeanShell
7 3 (1.13%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.75%) JCL
8 2 (0.75%) REXX
9 1 (0.38%) C#
9 1 (0.38%) Groovy
9 1 (0.38%) Korn
9 1 (0.38%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 73 (27.44%) Security Cleared
2 51 (19.17%) SC Cleared
3 39 (14.66%) CISSP
4 32 (12.03%) Degree
5 19 (7.14%) CISM
6 15 (5.64%) DV Cleared
7 12 (4.51%) PMI Certification
7 12 (4.51%) PMP
8 11 (4.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (2.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (2.26%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.88%) MCSA
12 5 (1.88%) MCSE
13 3 (1.13%) CBAP
13 3 (1.13%) CCNA
13 3 (1.13%) CCNP
13 3 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.13%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (31.20%) NIST
2 76 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (10.90%) GDPR
4 12 (4.51%) NCSC
4 12 (4.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (4.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (4.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (3.76%) QA
7 9 (3.38%) HIPAA
8 5 (1.88%) GRC
9 4 (1.50%) NIST 800
9 4 (1.50%) SOC 2
10 3 (1.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (1.13%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.75%) ITGC
12 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.38%) COBIT
12 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.38%) PSD2
12 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 120 (45.11%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.76%) Docker
3 9 (3.38%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (3.01%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.13%) IAG
7 2 (0.75%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.75%) vSphere
8 1 (0.38%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 1 (0.38%) RACF
8 1 (0.38%) Squid
8 1 (0.38%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 28 (10.53%) Single Sign-On
2 25 (9.40%) Kubernetes
3 20 (7.52%) Ansible
4 16 (6.02%) Terraform
5 12 (4.51%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (2.63%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (2.26%) Nessus
8 5 (1.88%) CASB
9 4 (1.50%) AirWatch
9 4 (1.50%) SCCM
10 3 (1.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.13%) Cisco Prime
10 3 (1.13%) NetBackup
10 3 (1.13%) SCOM
10 3 (1.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.75%) VxRail
12 1 (0.38%) Control-M
12 1 (0.38%) FreeIPA
12 1 (0.38%) Grafana
12 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 72 (27.07%) Microsoft
2 63 (23.68%) BeyondTrust
3 39 (14.66%) Splunk
4 36 (13.53%) ServiceNow
5 33 (12.41%) Oracle
6 18 (6.77%) Okta
7 14 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
7 14 (5.26%) VMware
8 12 (4.51%) Netskope
9 10 (3.76%) Citrix
9 10 (3.76%) Google
9 10 (3.76%) Tenable
10 8 (3.01%) Apple
11 6 (2.26%) Centrify
11 6 (2.26%) Cisco
11 6 (2.26%) SAP
12 5 (1.88%) Remedy
13 4 (1.50%) ForgeRock
13 4 (1.50%) WALLIX
13 4 (1.50%) Zscaler