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 April 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
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 349 415
Rank change year-on-year -40 +66 -5
Contract jobs citing CyberArk 242 180 177
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.61% 0.40%
As % of the Vendors category 1.23% 1.29% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 115 125
10th Percentile £464 £444 £500
25th Percentile £513 £480 £543
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% -3.70%
75th Percentile £750 £658 £738
90th Percentile £821 £745 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £713
% change year-on-year - -22.81% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £27.23 - -
25th Percentile £39.83 - -
Median hourly rate £50.02 - -
75th Percentile £54.06 - -
90th Percentile £55.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 - -

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 19,664 13,924 18,583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.64% 47.32% 42.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,579 8,773 11,593
10th Percentile £313 £294 £260
25th Percentile £413 £406 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £517
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.87% -1.52%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £630
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 980 533 1,074
10th Percentile £15.23 £15.00 £12.01
25th Percentile £18.57 £18.51 £14.36
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +24.44% -46.40%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £56.43
90th Percentile £78.75 £77.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.47 £24.66 £21.46
% change year-on-year +7.34% +14.91% -44.26%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 18 April 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 -20 232 £605 +10.00% 42
London +13 132 £700 +21.74% 26
Work from Home -11 112 £700 +27.27% 20
UK excluding London -65 98 £550 - 22
South East -13 44 £492 -28.70% 13
North of England -58 29 £610 +20.79% 3
Midlands -59 22 £600 -4.00% 2
West Midlands -58 21 £600 -4.00%
North West -47 17 £620 +24.31% 1
Yorkshire -47 10 £600 - 2
South West -36 2 £550 - 2
North East - 2 - - 1
Scotland -12 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 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 9 (3.72%) Confluence
2 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.24%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.41%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 137 (56.61%) Azure
2 98 (40.50%) AWS
3 74 (30.58%) GCP
4 52 (21.49%) Entra ID
5 19 (7.85%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (7.02%) OpenShift
7 14 (5.79%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (4.13%) Mimecast
8 10 (4.13%) SaaS
9 5 (2.07%) Datadog
10 4 (1.65%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.83%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.83%) OCI
12 2 (0.83%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.83%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.41%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (0.41%) Amazon Macie
13 1 (0.41%) AWS CloudTrail
13 1 (0.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.72%) DNS
1 9 (3.72%) Firewall
2 6 (2.48%) SSH
2 6 (2.48%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.07%) Network Security
4 4 (1.65%) SSL
5 3 (1.24%) Kerberos
5 3 (1.24%) Wireless
6 2 (0.83%) Internet
7 1 (0.41%) BGP
7 1 (0.41%) DHCP
7 1 (0.41%) DMVPN
7 1 (0.41%) IPsec
7 1 (0.41%) MPLS
7 1 (0.41%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.41%) OpenLDAP
7 1 (0.41%) OSPF
7 1 (0.41%) SMTP
7 1 (0.41%) VPN
7 1 (0.41%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.92%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.24%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.24%) MySQL
4 2 (0.83%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (0.83%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.83%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.83%) Power BI
4 2 (0.83%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.83%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.41%) DB2
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (6.20%) Jenkins
2 14 (5.79%) JIRA
3 2 (0.83%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (0.83%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.41%) AppScan
4 1 (0.41%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.41%) Metasploit
General
1 110 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 74 (30.58%) Finance
3 49 (20.25%) Documentation Skills
4 23 (9.50%) Public Sector
5 20 (8.26%) Banking
6 14 (5.79%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (4.96%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.65%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.24%) Retail
10 2 (0.83%) Legal
10 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.41%) French Language
11 1 (0.41%) Front Office
11 1 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 85 (35.12%) Architect
2 63 (26.03%) CyberArk Architect
3 23 (9.50%) Project Manager
4 16 (6.61%) Security Engineer
5 11 (4.55%) Migration Manager
5 11 (4.55%) Migration Project Manager
6 10 (4.13%) CyberArk Engineer
7 9 (3.72%) Analyst
7 9 (3.72%) CyberArk Specialist
7 9 (3.72%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 7 (2.89%) Consultant
8 7 (2.89%) Lead
9 6 (2.48%) Security Architect
10 5 (2.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (2.07%) Senior
10 5 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (2.07%) Technical Manager
10 5 (2.07%) Technical Project Manager
11 4 (1.65%) IAM Project Manager
11 4 (1.65%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (38.43%) LDAP
2 41 (16.94%) REST
3 39 (16.12%) SAML
4 35 (14.46%) SailPoint
4 35 (14.46%) SOAP
5 30 (12.40%) OpenID
6 20 (8.26%) OAuth
7 6 (2.48%) OAuth2
8 3 (1.24%) Middleware
9 2 (0.83%) FIDO
9 2 (0.83%) ISPF
10 1 (0.41%) ADO
10 1 (0.41%) EJB
10 1 (0.41%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 56 (23.14%) Onboarding
2 44 (18.18%) Security Posture
3 40 (16.53%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (10.33%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.31%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.89%) Cloud Security Posture
6 7 (2.89%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.07%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.65%) PKI
9 3 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.24%) Mainframe
9 3 (1.24%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.83%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.41%) Clustering
11 1 (0.41%) CMDB
11 1 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.41%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 49 (20.25%) Windows
2 46 (19.01%) Linux
3 24 (9.92%) Unix
4 16 (6.61%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.83%) AIX
6 2 (0.83%) Solaris
6 2 (0.83%) zOS
7 1 (0.41%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.41%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (51.24%) Privileged Access Management
2 106 (43.80%) SIEM
3 79 (32.64%) Cybersecurity
4 71 (29.34%) Problem-Solving
5 66 (27.27%) ITSM
6 59 (24.38%) DevOps
7 52 (21.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 51 (21.07%) Identity Access Management
9 47 (19.42%) CI/CD
10 41 (16.94%) Stakeholder Management
11 40 (16.53%) Integration Patterns
11 40 (16.53%) Task Automation
12 37 (15.29%) Technical Leadership
13 35 (14.46%) Presales
14 30 (12.40%) Migration
15 28 (11.57%) Agile
15 28 (11.57%) RBAC
16 27 (11.16%) DevSecOps
17 25 (10.33%) Secrets Management
18 21 (8.68%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 98 (40.50%) PowerShell
2 89 (36.78%) Python
3 11 (4.55%) Bash
4 6 (2.48%) SQL
5 3 (1.24%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.83%) JCL
6 2 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.83%) REXX
7 1 (0.41%) Groovy
7 1 (0.41%) Java
7 1 (0.41%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 102 (42.15%) Security Cleared
2 94 (38.84%) SC Cleared
3 45 (18.60%) CISSP
4 33 (13.64%) CISM
5 23 (9.50%) Degree
6 17 (7.02%) PMI Certification
6 17 (7.02%) PMP
7 7 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.48%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.07%) MCSA
9 5 (2.07%) MCSE
10 4 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (1.24%) CCNA
11 3 (1.24%) CCNP
11 3 (1.24%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.24%) PhD
12 2 (0.83%) CESG Certified Professional
13 1 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (38.43%) NIST
2 88 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 51 (21.07%) GDPR
4 16 (6.61%) NCSC
4 16 (6.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (4.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (3.31%) HIPAA
8 5 (2.07%) NIST 800
9 3 (1.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (1.24%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.83%) GRC
11 1 (0.41%) COBIT
11 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.41%) QA
11 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 121 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.24%) IAG
4 2 (0.83%) Docker
5 1 (0.41%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.41%) RACF
5 1 (0.41%) Squid
5 1 (0.41%) Varnish
5 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.41%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 20 (8.26%) Kubernetes
2 18 (7.44%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (4.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (4.55%) AirWatch
5 6 (2.48%) Nessus
6 5 (2.07%) Ansible
6 5 (2.07%) CASB
7 4 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.65%) Terraform
8 3 (1.24%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (0.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.41%) Control-M
10 1 (0.41%) Oracle Identity Manager
10 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.41%) QRadar
10 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.41%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.41%) SCCM
10 1 (0.41%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 85 (35.12%) BeyondTrust
2 40 (16.53%) Centrify
3 39 (16.12%) Microsoft
4 34 (14.05%) Splunk
5 24 (9.92%) ServiceNow
6 23 (9.50%) Oracle
7 13 (5.37%) Okta
8 12 (4.96%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (4.13%) Netskope
10 9 (3.72%) Tenable
10 9 (3.72%) Zscaler
11 7 (2.89%) Google
12 5 (2.07%) Remedy
12 5 (2.07%) VMware
13 4 (1.65%) LogRhythm
14 3 (1.24%) Broadcom
14 3 (1.24%) ForeScout
14 3 (1.24%) Sybase
14 3 (1.24%) Thycotic
14 3 (1.24%) Workday