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 4 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
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 345 431
Rank change year-on-year -52 +86 -20
Contract jobs citing CyberArk 249 190 171
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.65% 0.39%
As % of the Vendors category 1.27% 1.38% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 121 120
10th Percentile £469 £450 £500
25th Percentile £510 £480 £543
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% -
75th Percentile £750 £675 £750
90th Percentile £800 £810 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £550 £675
% change year-on-year -2.32% -18.52% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £25.94 - -
25th Percentile £26.26 - -
Median hourly rate £27.16 - -
75th Percentile £27.70 - -
90th Percentile £27.81 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.16 - -

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 19,561 13,792 18,822
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 43.31% 47.19% 42.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,564 8,713 11,765
10th Percentile £313 £293 £258
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £514
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +0.19% -2.10%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £732
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 969 497 1,044
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £12.05
25th Percentile £18.50 £19.00 £14.46
Median hourly rate £27.00 £28.60 £22.73
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +25.85% -44.01%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.50 £57.33
90th Percentile £78.35 £80.65 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £26.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.66% +23.26% -42.67%

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 4 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
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 4 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 -23 237 £600 +8.01% 34
London 0 134 £700 +19.66% 21
Work from Home -9 114 £700 +27.27% 12
UK excluding London -71 104 £537 -2.32% 17
South East -27 41 £492 -28.70% 9
North of England -62 34 £550 +8.91% 3
West Midlands -48 25 £575 -8.00% 1
Midlands -63 25 £575 -8.00% 3
North West -49 17 £550 +9.45% 2
Yorkshire -43 15 £537 -10.50% 1
Scotland -8 2 - -
North East - 2 - -
South West -37 1 £550 -
Wales - 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 (6.02%) Confluence
2 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.80%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) JBoss
Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 135 (54.22%) Azure
2 96 (38.55%) AWS
3 76 (30.52%) GCP
4 50 (20.08%) Entra ID
5 18 (7.23%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (6.43%) OpenShift
7 14 (5.62%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (4.02%) Mimecast
8 10 (4.02%) SaaS
9 4 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.61%) Datadog
10 3 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.80%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.80%) OCI
11 2 (0.80%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.40%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.40%) Amazon Macie
12 1 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.61%) DNS
1 9 (3.61%) Firewall
1 9 (3.61%) SSH
2 6 (2.41%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.01%) Kerberos
4 4 (1.61%) Network Security
4 4 (1.61%) SSL
5 3 (1.20%) Wireless
6 2 (0.80%) Internet
7 1 (0.40%) Anycast
7 1 (0.40%) BGP
7 1 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.40%) DMVPN
7 1 (0.40%) IPsec
7 1 (0.40%) MPLS
7 1 (0.40%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.40%) NGFW
7 1 (0.40%) OpenLDAP
7 1 (0.40%) OSPF
7 1 (0.40%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.22%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.20%) MySQL
2 3 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.80%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.80%) Power BI
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.40%) DB2
4 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.40%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (8.03%) JIRA
2 16 (6.43%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.40%) AppScan
3 1 (0.40%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.40%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.40%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.40%) Metasploit
General
1 112 (44.98%) Social Skills
2 74 (29.72%) Finance
3 48 (19.28%) Documentation Skills
4 21 (8.43%) Banking
5 19 (7.63%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.62%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (4.82%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.61%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.80%) Legal
10 2 (0.80%) Retail
11 1 (0.40%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.40%) French Language
11 1 (0.40%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 90 (36.14%) Architect
2 63 (25.30%) CyberArk Architect
3 24 (9.64%) Project Manager
4 14 (5.62%) Security Engineer
5 13 (5.22%) Security Architect
6 12 (4.82%) Consultant
6 12 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (4.42%) Lead
7 11 (4.42%) Migration Manager
7 11 (4.42%) Migration Project Manager
8 10 (4.02%) Analyst
8 10 (4.02%) CyberArk Engineer
9 9 (3.61%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 9 (3.61%) Security Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.81%) CyberArk Specialist
11 6 (2.41%) Lead Architect
11 6 (2.41%) Lead Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.41%) Technical Manager
11 6 (2.41%) Technical Project Manager
12 5 (2.01%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (38.96%) LDAP
2 40 (16.06%) REST
3 38 (15.26%) SAML
4 35 (14.06%) SOAP
5 34 (13.65%) SailPoint
6 28 (11.24%) OpenID
7 19 (7.63%) OAuth
8 5 (2.01%) OAuth2
9 4 (1.61%) Middleware
10 2 (0.80%) ADO
11 1 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (0.40%) FIDO
11 1 (0.40%) ISPF
11 1 (0.40%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 51 (20.48%) Onboarding
2 41 (16.47%) Security Posture
3 39 (15.66%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (10.04%) Cloud Native
5 9 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.41%) Cloud Security Posture
6 6 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.01%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.20%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.20%) PKI
9 2 (0.80%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.80%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.40%) Clustering
10 1 (0.40%) Data Fabric
10 1 (0.40%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.40%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.40%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 40 (16.06%) Windows
2 36 (14.46%) Linux
3 16 (6.43%) Unix
4 10 (4.02%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.61%) AIX
5 4 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.61%) Solaris
6 1 (0.40%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.40%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (50.60%) Privileged Access Management
2 96 (38.55%) SIEM
3 87 (34.94%) Cybersecurity
4 71 (28.51%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (24.90%) DevOps
6 59 (23.69%) Identity Access Management
6 59 (23.69%) ITSM
7 54 (21.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 49 (19.68%) CI/CD
9 40 (16.06%) Task Automation
10 39 (15.66%) Integration Patterns
10 39 (15.66%) Stakeholder Management
11 37 (14.86%) Technical Leadership
12 35 (14.06%) Presales
13 31 (12.45%) Migration
14 30 (12.05%) DevSecOps
14 30 (12.05%) Secrets Management
15 28 (11.24%) RBAC
16 26 (10.44%) Agile
17 21 (8.43%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 92 (36.95%) PowerShell
2 83 (33.33%) Python
3 10 (4.02%) Bash
4 5 (2.01%) SQL
5 3 (1.20%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.80%) Java
6 2 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.40%) Groovy
7 1 (0.40%) JCL
7 1 (0.40%) Lisp
7 1 (0.40%) REXX
Qualifications
1 102 (40.96%) Security Cleared
2 94 (37.75%) SC Cleared
3 58 (23.29%) CISSP
4 48 (19.28%) CISM
5 19 (7.63%) Degree
6 17 (6.83%) PMI Certification
6 17 (6.83%) PMP
7 7 (2.81%) TOGAF Certification
8 6 (2.41%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (2.41%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.41%) PhD
9 5 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (2.01%) MCSA
9 5 (2.01%) MCSE
10 4 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.20%) CCNA
11 3 (1.20%) CCNP
12 2 (0.80%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.80%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (35.74%) NIST
2 84 (33.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 55 (22.09%) GDPR
4 16 (6.43%) NCSC
5 14 (5.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 11 (4.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (2.41%) PCI DSS
9 5 (2.01%) HIPAA
9 5 (2.01%) NIST 800
10 3 (1.20%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.80%) GRC
12 1 (0.40%) COBIT
12 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.40%) QA
System Software
1 115 (46.18%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.20%) IAG
4 1 (0.40%) Docker
4 1 (0.40%) RACF
4 1 (0.40%) Varnish
4 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 18 (7.23%) Single Sign-On
2 17 (6.83%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (4.42%) AirWatch
5 6 (2.41%) Ansible
5 6 (2.41%) Nessus
6 5 (2.01%) CASB
7 4 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.20%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (1.20%) Terraform
9 1 (0.40%) Oracle Identity Manager
9 1 (0.40%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.40%) QRadar
9 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.40%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.40%) SCCM
9 1 (0.40%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.40%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 83 (33.33%) BeyondTrust
2 46 (18.47%) Centrify
3 37 (14.86%) Microsoft
4 32 (12.85%) Splunk
5 24 (9.64%) ServiceNow
6 15 (6.02%) Oracle
7 12 (4.82%) CrowdStrike
7 12 (4.82%) Okta
8 10 (4.02%) BiZZdesign
8 10 (4.02%) Netskope
9 9 (3.61%) Tenable
10 7 (2.81%) Google
10 7 (2.81%) Zscaler
11 6 (2.41%) Thycotic
12 5 (2.01%) Remedy
12 5 (2.01%) VMware
13 4 (1.61%) LogRhythm
14 3 (1.20%) ForeScout
14 3 (1.20%) ForgeRock
14 3 (1.20%) Workday