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 10 June 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
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 411 380 398
Rank change year-on-year -31 +18 +41
Contract jobs citing CyberArk 244 147 196
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.50% 0.45%
As % of the Vendors category 1.22% 1.05% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 98 145
10th Percentile £467 £443 £425
25th Percentile £525 £500 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £621 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.91% -8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £750 £671 £700
90th Percentile £883 £799 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £568 £555 £650
% change year-on-year +2.25% -14.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile £26.15 - -
25th Percentile £43.81 - -
Median hourly rate £47.54 - -
75th Percentile £55.00 - -
90th Percentile £73.00 - -
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 20,080 13,989 18,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.58% 47.63% 42.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,626 8,611 11,465
10th Percentile £313 £280 £269
25th Percentile £413 £404 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% -2.72% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +4.06% -3.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,022 624 1,139
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.34 £14.49
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +8.51% -45.35%
75th Percentile £59.56 £55.00 £58.49
90th Percentile £78.54 £69.90 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.94 £22.00
% change year-on-year +30.79% +4.26% -45.00%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -16 229 £622 +10.98% 30
London -1 141 £700 +27.27% 21
Work from Home +6 118 £700 +27.27% 17
UK excluding London -66 84 £568 +2.25% 12
South East -48 38 £588 -9.62% 8
North of England -66 26 £620 +22.77% 1
North West -37 18 £620 +24.31% 1
Midlands -70 12 £525 -16.00%
West Midlands -60 11 £538 -14.00%
Yorkshire -50 6 £733 +22.08%
South West -19 5 £550 -15.38% 2
Scotland -17 2 £447 -34.98%
North East - 2 - -
East Midlands - 1 £500 -
East of England - 1 - - 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 5 (2.05%) Confluence
2 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.41%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.23%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 141 (57.79%) Azure
2 105 (43.03%) AWS
3 70 (28.69%) GCP
4 64 (26.23%) Entra ID
5 24 (9.84%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (9.02%) Microsoft Purview
7 19 (7.79%) SaaS
8 16 (6.56%) OpenShift
9 15 (6.15%) Mimecast
10 8 (3.28%) Datadog
11 5 (2.05%) Cohesity
11 5 (2.05%) Nutanix
12 4 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.64%) Sentry
13 3 (1.23%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.23%) Power Platform
14 1 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.41%) Snowflake
14 1 (0.41%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.92%) Firewall
2 11 (4.51%) Network Security
3 7 (2.87%) DNS
4 6 (2.46%) SSH
5 5 (2.05%) SSL
5 5 (2.05%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.05%) VLAN
6 3 (1.23%) Internet
6 3 (1.23%) Wireless
7 2 (0.82%) NGFW
7 2 (0.82%) VPN
8 1 (0.41%) Anycast
8 1 (0.41%) BGP
8 1 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.41%) DMVPN
8 1 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.41%) IPsec
8 1 (0.41%) MPLS
8 1 (0.41%) OSPF
8 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.07%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.23%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.23%) MySQL
3 3 (1.23%) Power BI
4 2 (0.82%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.82%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.82%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.41%) Db2
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (6.15%) Jenkins
2 10 (4.10%) JIRA
3 3 (1.23%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (1.23%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.41%) AppScan
4 1 (0.41%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.41%) GitLab
4 1 (0.41%) Metasploit
General
1 110 (45.08%) Social Skills
2 88 (36.07%) Finance
3 47 (19.26%) Documentation Skills
4 23 (9.43%) Public Sector
5 16 (6.56%) Banking
6 15 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (5.74%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (4.92%) Financial Institution
9 10 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.23%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.23%) Legal
11 2 (0.82%) Military
11 2 (0.82%) Retail
12 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.41%) Front Office
12 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 84 (34.43%) Architect
2 71 (29.10%) CyberArk Architect
3 25 (10.25%) Security Engineer
4 19 (7.79%) Project Manager
5 17 (6.97%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 10 (4.10%) Cloud Architect
6 10 (4.10%) Migration Manager
6 10 (4.10%) Migration Project Manager
7 9 (3.69%) CyberArk Engineer
8 8 (3.28%) Analyst
9 7 (2.87%) Consultant
10 6 (2.46%) Security Architect
11 5 (2.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (2.05%) SailPoint Engineer
12 4 (1.64%) Business Analyst
12 4 (1.64%) CyberArk Specialist
12 4 (1.64%) IAM Project Manager
12 4 (1.64%) Senior
12 4 (1.64%) Solutions Architect
12 4 (1.64%) Testing Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (35.66%) LDAP
2 43 (17.62%) SailPoint
3 41 (16.80%) REST
4 33 (13.52%) SAML
4 33 (13.52%) SOAP
5 28 (11.48%) OpenID
6 15 (6.15%) OAuth
7 5 (2.05%) OAuth2
8 4 (1.64%) Middleware
9 3 (1.23%) FIDO
10 2 (0.82%) ISPF
11 1 (0.41%) EJB
11 1 (0.41%) J2EE
11 1 (0.41%) SPIFFE
Miscellaneous
1 76 (31.15%) Onboarding
2 46 (18.85%) Enterprise Software
3 43 (17.62%) Security Posture
4 25 (10.25%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.51%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.87%) Cloud Security Posture
7 6 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.05%) Replication
9 4 (1.64%) PKI
10 3 (1.23%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.82%) CMDB
11 2 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.82%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 1 (0.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 1 (0.41%) e-Learning
12 1 (0.41%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.41%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 54 (22.13%) Windows
2 53 (21.72%) Linux
3 34 (13.93%) Unix
4 13 (5.33%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.82%) zOS
6 1 (0.41%) Android
6 1 (0.41%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.41%) MVS
6 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (44.26%) SIEM
2 106 (43.44%) Privileged Access Management
3 85 (34.84%) Cybersecurity
4 70 (28.69%) ITSM
5 68 (27.87%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (20.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 48 (19.67%) DevOps
8 45 (18.44%) Stakeholder Management
9 41 (16.80%) CI/CD
10 40 (16.39%) Integration Patterns
11 37 (15.16%) Technical Leadership
12 36 (14.75%) Identity Access Management
12 36 (14.75%) Task Automation
13 35 (14.34%) Presales
14 34 (13.93%) Migration
15 32 (13.11%) Secrets Management
16 29 (11.89%) RBAC
16 29 (11.89%) Security Architecture
17 28 (11.48%) Runbook
18 26 (10.66%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 95 (38.93%) PowerShell
2 86 (35.25%) Python
3 11 (4.51%) Bash
4 5 (2.05%) SQL
5 4 (1.64%) Java
6 3 (1.23%) BeanShell
6 3 (1.23%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.82%) JCL
7 2 (0.82%) REXX
8 1 (0.41%) Groovy
8 1 (0.41%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 97 (39.75%) Security Cleared
2 88 (36.07%) SC Cleared
3 38 (15.57%) CISSP
4 25 (10.25%) Degree
5 20 (8.20%) CISM
6 14 (5.74%) PMI Certification
6 14 (5.74%) PMP
7 10 (4.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (2.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (2.05%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (2.05%) MCSA
10 5 (2.05%) MCSE
11 3 (1.23%) CCNA
11 3 (1.23%) CCNP
12 2 (0.82%) CRISC
12 2 (0.82%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.41%) CGEIT
13 1 (0.41%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (35.25%) NIST
2 78 (31.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (14.34%) GDPR
4 15 (6.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (6.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 14 (5.74%) NCSC
6 10 (4.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (3.28%) HIPAA
8 6 (2.46%) QA
9 4 (1.64%) NIST 800
10 3 (1.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (1.23%) GRC
11 2 (0.82%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.41%) COBIT
12 1 (0.41%) SLA
12 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 120 (49.18%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.23%) IAG
4 2 (0.82%) 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%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (8.61%) Single Sign-On
2 19 (7.79%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (4.51%) AirWatch
5 8 (3.28%) Ansible
6 6 (2.46%) Nessus
7 5 (2.05%) CASB
8 3 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.23%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (1.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (1.23%) Terraform
9 1 (0.41%) Control-M
9 1 (0.41%) Grafana
9 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.41%) QRadar
9 1 (0.41%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 80 (32.79%) BeyondTrust
2 52 (21.31%) Microsoft
3 37 (15.16%) Splunk
4 35 (14.34%) Centrify
5 25 (10.25%) ServiceNow
6 22 (9.02%) Oracle
7 17 (6.97%) CrowdStrike
8 16 (6.56%) Netskope
9 15 (6.15%) Okta
10 11 (4.51%) Google
11 10 (4.10%) Tenable
12 5 (2.05%) Remedy
12 5 (2.05%) SAP
12 5 (2.05%) Zscaler
13 4 (1.64%) Cisco
13 4 (1.64%) ForgeRock
13 4 (1.64%) VMware
14 3 (1.23%) Broadcom
14 3 (1.23%) Palo Alto
14 3 (1.23%) Sybase