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 March 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 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 331 430
Rank change year-on-year -16 +99 -7
Contract jobs citing CyberArk 290 199 151
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 0.68% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 1.53% 1.44% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 124 108
10th Percentile £480 £457 £525
25th Percentile £509 £485 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +3.42%
75th Percentile £750 £702 £750
90th Percentile £827 £810 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £531 £550 £750
% change year-on-year -3.45% -26.67% +30.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £26.15 - -
25th Percentile £26.80 - -
Median hourly rate £27.88 - -
75th Percentile £42.44 - -
90th Percentile £51.18 - -
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 18,925 13,826 19,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 43.66% 47.21% 42.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,108 8,647 11,912
10th Percentile £310 £290 £258
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £514
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +0.19% -2.47%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £625
90th Percentile £700 £712 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 968 460 1,026
10th Percentile £15.29 £15.60 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £14.48
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% +18.37% -30.99%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.78 £83.16 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £27.43 £22.94
% change year-on-year -14.31% +19.58% -29.97%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -13 257 £600 +1.27% 23
Work from Home +35 150 £700 +27.27% 8
UK excluding London -12 144 £531 -3.45% 11
London -2 129 £700 +16.67% 17
South East -22 48 £496 -27.33% 6
North of England -43 47 £563 +11.11% 3
Yorkshire -30 28 £531 -11.50%
West Midlands -50 27 £600 -4.00%
Midlands -59 27 £600 -4.00%
North West -32 17 £621 +24.20% 3
Scotland 0 9 - - 2
Wales - 7 - -
South West -30 3 - -
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
North East -7 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 19 (6.55%) Confluence
2 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.34%) JBoss
3 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 127 (43.79%) Azure
2 89 (30.69%) AWS
3 75 (25.86%) GCP
4 43 (14.83%) Entra ID
5 18 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (5.52%) OpenShift
7 14 (4.83%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (3.10%) Mimecast
9 7 (2.41%) SaaS
10 5 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.69%) GitHub
11 2 (0.69%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.69%) OCI
11 2 (0.69%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.34%) Akamai
12 1 (0.34%) Amazon ELB
12 1 (0.34%) CloudFront
12 1 (0.34%) Route 53
12 1 (0.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.10%) DNS
1 9 (3.10%) SSH
2 7 (2.41%) Firewall
3 6 (2.07%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.72%) Kerberos
4 5 (1.72%) SSL
5 2 (0.69%) Network Security
5 2 (0.69%) VPN
6 1 (0.34%) Anycast
6 1 (0.34%) BGP
6 1 (0.34%) DMVPN
6 1 (0.34%) IPsec
6 1 (0.34%) MPLS
6 1 (0.34%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.34%) NGFW
6 1 (0.34%) OpenLDAP
6 1 (0.34%) OSPF
6 1 (0.34%) S/MIME
6 1 (0.34%) SMTP
6 1 (0.34%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.03%) MySQL
3 2 (0.69%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.69%) Power BI
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.34%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.34%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (6.90%) JIRA
2 17 (5.86%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.34%) AppScan
3 1 (0.34%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.34%) Metasploit
General
1 113 (38.97%) Social Skills
2 71 (24.48%) Finance
3 47 (16.21%) Documentation Skills
4 19 (6.55%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.21%) Banking
6 16 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.52%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (3.45%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.38%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.69%) Retail
11 1 (0.34%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.34%) French Language
11 1 (0.34%) Front Office
11 1 (0.34%) Legal
11 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.34%) Marketing
11 1 (0.34%) Police
11 1 (0.34%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 90 (31.03%) Architect
2 57 (19.66%) CyberArk Architect
3 54 (18.62%) Consultant
4 47 (16.21%) CyberArk Consultant
5 23 (7.93%) Project Manager
6 19 (6.55%) Security Architect
7 16 (5.52%) Analyst
7 16 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (4.83%) Security Engineer
9 13 (4.48%) Lead
10 11 (3.79%) Security Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.45%) CyberArk Engineer
11 10 (3.45%) Migration Manager
11 10 (3.45%) Migration Project Manager
12 8 (2.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 7 (2.41%) Lead Architect
13 7 (2.41%) Lead Solutions Architect
14 6 (2.07%) CyberArk Specialist
14 6 (2.07%) Technical Manager
14 6 (2.07%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (33.10%) LDAP
2 42 (14.48%) REST
3 36 (12.41%) SAML
4 35 (12.07%) SOAP
5 29 (10.00%) SailPoint
6 25 (8.62%) OpenID
7 17 (5.86%) OAuth
8 5 (1.72%) OAuth2
9 4 (1.38%) Middleware
10 2 (0.69%) ADO
10 2 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (0.34%) .NET
11 1 (0.34%) J2EE
11 1 (0.34%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 45 (15.52%) Onboarding
2 41 (14.14%) Security Posture
3 39 (13.45%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (9.31%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (2.41%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.07%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (1.72%) PKI
9 3 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.69%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.34%) CMDB
11 1 (0.34%) Insider Threat
11 1 (0.34%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.34%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.34%) SCADA
11 1 (0.34%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 37 (12.76%) Windows
2 33 (11.38%) Linux
3 12 (4.14%) Unix
4 10 (3.45%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.38%) AIX
5 4 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.38%) Solaris
6 1 (0.34%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (40.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 94 (32.41%) SIEM
3 91 (31.38%) Cybersecurity
4 72 (24.83%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (20.69%) Identity Access Management
6 59 (20.34%) DevOps
7 55 (18.97%) ITSM
8 52 (17.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 47 (16.21%) CI/CD
10 40 (13.79%) Task Automation
11 38 (13.10%) Stakeholder Management
12 37 (12.76%) Technical Leadership
13 35 (12.07%) Integration Patterns
13 35 (12.07%) Presales
14 31 (10.69%) DevSecOps
15 30 (10.34%) Migration
16 28 (9.66%) Secrets Management
17 25 (8.62%) Incident Response
17 25 (8.62%) RBAC
18 24 (8.28%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 94 (32.41%) PowerShell
2 84 (28.97%) Python
3 9 (3.10%) Bash
4 5 (1.72%) Java
4 5 (1.72%) SQL
5 4 (1.38%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.34%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.34%) Groovy
7 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.34%) Lisp
7 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 145 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 137 (47.24%) SC Cleared
3 65 (22.41%) CISSP
4 54 (18.62%) CISM
5 17 (5.86%) Degree
6 16 (5.52%) PMI Certification
6 16 (5.52%) PMP
7 10 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (2.76%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (2.76%) Master's Degree
9 7 (2.41%) PhD
10 6 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.72%) MCSA
11 5 (1.72%) MCSE
12 4 (1.38%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.69%) CESG Certified Professional
13 2 (0.69%) CISMP
13 2 (0.69%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (27.93%) NIST
2 80 (27.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 56 (19.31%) GDPR
4 18 (6.21%) NCSC
5 12 (4.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (3.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (2.41%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.72%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.03%) NIST 800
10 3 (1.03%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.69%) GRC
12 1 (0.34%) COBIT
12 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 110 (37.93%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.03%) IAG
4 2 (0.69%) Docker
5 1 (0.34%) Varnish
5 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.34%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (7.59%) Single Sign-On
2 18 (6.21%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (3.79%) AirWatch
5 6 (2.07%) Nessus
6 5 (1.72%) Ansible
6 5 (1.72%) CASB
7 4 (1.38%) Terraform
8 2 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle Identity Manager
9 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.34%) QRadar
9 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.34%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.34%) SCCM
9 1 (0.34%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 80 (27.59%) BeyondTrust
2 50 (17.24%) Centrify
3 35 (12.07%) Microsoft
4 25 (8.62%) Splunk
5 15 (5.17%) Oracle
6 13 (4.48%) BiZZdesign
7 12 (4.14%) Okta
7 12 (4.14%) ServiceNow
8 11 (3.79%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (3.45%) Tenable
10 9 (3.10%) Netskope
11 8 (2.76%) Google
11 8 (2.76%) Thycotic
12 7 (2.41%) Zscaler
13 6 (2.07%) SAP
14 5 (1.72%) LogRhythm
14 5 (1.72%) Remedy
14 5 (1.72%) VMware
15 3 (1.03%) Qualys
15 3 (1.03%) Sybase