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 September 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 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 377 354
Rank change year-on-year -1 -23 +58
Contract jobs citing CyberArk 332 183 215
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.56% 0.56%
As % of the Vendors category 1.46% 1.17% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 110 148
10th Percentile £449 £385 £409
25th Percentile £500 £469 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.52%
75th Percentile £638 £649 £650
90th Percentile £733 £675 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £523 £500
% change year-on-year +0.48% +4.50% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 0
10th Percentile £43.81 £19.09 -
25th Percentile £49.39 £23.20 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £31.93 -
Median % change year-on-year +134.93% - -
75th Percentile £100.00 £42.53 -
90th Percentile - £47.76 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £81.48 £16.35 -
% change year-on-year +398.35% - -

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 22,759 15,624 17,063
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.83% 47.42% 44.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,928 9,586 10,230
10th Percentile £310 £275 £285
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +4.30% -4.13% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,273 791 679
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.75 £14.38
25th Percentile £16.70 £17.45 £15.62
Median hourly rate £26.66 £25.15 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -16.17% -32.58%
75th Percentile £62.75 £43.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.92 £21.35 £29.89
% change year-on-year +21.43% -28.58% -29.68%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 +18 301 £550 - 98
UK excluding London -38 165 £525 +0.48% 53
London 0 139 £575 -3.16% 53
Work from Home +2 125 £525 -4.55% 41
South East -23 52 £592 +10.14% 16
North of England -51 46 £515 +21.06% 13
South West +4 44 £525 +2.44% 6
North West -35 26 £520 +2.97% 13
Yorkshire -39 19 £510 +30.77%
Scotland -16 10 £495 -17.50% 9
Midlands -68 10 £500 -7.41% 9
West Midlands -65 8 £465 -13.89% 9
East of England -28 3 £525 +5.00% 1
East Midlands -16 2 £575 -

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 16 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.01%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.11%) Confluence
4 6 (1.81%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.30%) IIS
5 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.90%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 153 (46.08%) Azure
2 111 (33.43%) AWS
3 105 (31.63%) Entra ID
4 47 (14.16%) GCP
5 33 (9.94%) SaaS
6 18 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (4.52%) GitHub
8 11 (3.31%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (3.01%) Rubrik
10 8 (2.41%) Datadog
10 8 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.81%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.51%) Cohesity
12 5 (1.51%) Nutanix
12 5 (1.51%) OCI
12 5 (1.51%) Sentry
13 4 (1.20%) Azure Key Vault
13 4 (1.20%) OpenShift
14 3 (0.90%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 27 (8.13%) Firewall
2 24 (7.23%) DNS
3 20 (6.02%) DHCP
4 15 (4.52%) Network Security
4 15 (4.52%) SSH
5 12 (3.61%) HTTPS
6 11 (3.31%) VLAN
7 9 (2.71%) VPN
8 8 (2.41%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.11%) LAN
9 7 (2.11%) WAN
9 7 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.81%) Skype
11 4 (1.20%) Internet
11 4 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (1.20%) Kerberos
12 3 (0.90%) VSAN
12 3 (0.90%) Wireless
13 1 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
13 1 (0.30%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (14.76%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.20%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.60%) Power BI
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.30%) Db2
5 1 (0.30%) Metadata
5 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (3.31%) JIRA
2 10 (3.01%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.51%) Git
4 4 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.90%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (0.90%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.60%) GitLab
7 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.30%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
General
1 122 (36.75%) Social Skills
2 87 (26.20%) Finance
3 48 (14.46%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (12.35%) Documentation Skills
5 37 (11.14%) Banking
6 23 (6.93%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.41%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.20%) Legal
10 3 (0.90%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.90%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.90%) Military
10 3 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.90%) Retail
11 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.60%) Private Banking
11 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Law
12 1 (0.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 88 (26.51%) Architect
2 35 (10.54%) CyberArk Architect
3 25 (7.53%) Consultant
3 25 (7.53%) CyberArk Engineer
4 24 (7.23%) Security Engineer
5 21 (6.33%) Analyst
6 17 (5.12%) Business Analyst
6 17 (5.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (3.92%) CyberArk Consultant
7 13 (3.92%) Senior
8 12 (3.61%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 12 (3.61%) Principal Engineer
9 11 (3.31%) Lead
9 11 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (3.01%) Cloud Architect
10 10 (3.01%) Security Consultant
11 8 (2.41%) Project Manager
11 8 (2.41%) SailPoint Engineer
12 7 (2.11%) Developer
13 6 (1.81%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (21.99%) LDAP
2 68 (20.48%) SailPoint
3 41 (12.35%) REST
4 29 (8.73%) Terraform
5 18 (5.42%) OAuth
5 18 (5.42%) SAML
6 17 (5.12%) OpenID
7 11 (3.31%) .NET
7 11 (3.31%) Web Services
8 6 (1.81%) .NET Core
8 6 (1.81%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.81%) ASP.NET
8 6 (1.81%) OAuth2
9 5 (1.51%) JDBC
10 4 (1.20%) FIDO
10 4 (1.20%) Middleware
10 4 (1.20%) SOAP
10 4 (1.20%) Software Packaging
10 4 (1.20%) XML
11 2 (0.60%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 121 (36.45%) Onboarding
2 32 (9.64%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (4.82%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.82%) PKI
4 13 (3.92%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (3.01%) Security Posture
7 8 (2.41%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.11%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.51%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.51%) Replication
10 4 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.90%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.60%) Cloud Security Posture
12 2 (0.60%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.60%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 98 (29.52%) Windows
2 79 (23.80%) Linux
3 32 (9.64%) Windows Server
4 31 (9.34%) Unix
5 6 (1.81%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.81%) Windows 7
6 4 (1.20%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.60%) zOS
9 1 (0.30%) Android
9 1 (0.30%) CentOS
9 1 (0.30%) MVS
9 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (48.80%) Privileged Access Management
2 102 (30.72%) SIEM
3 92 (27.71%) Identity Access Management
4 79 (23.80%) Stakeholder Management
5 74 (22.29%) Cybersecurity
6 73 (21.99%) ITSM
7 66 (19.88%) Runbook
8 62 (18.67%) RBAC
9 61 (18.37%) Secrets Management
10 54 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
10 54 (16.27%) Technical Leadership
11 51 (15.36%) Security Architecture
12 49 (14.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 45 (13.55%) Migration
14 40 (12.05%) DevSecOps
15 38 (11.45%) CI/CD
16 37 (11.14%) Roadmaps
17 34 (10.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 33 (9.94%) Mentoring
19 31 (9.34%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 109 (32.83%) PowerShell
2 65 (19.58%) Python
3 34 (10.24%) Bash
4 15 (4.52%) SQL
5 10 (3.01%) BeanShell
5 10 (3.01%) Java
6 6 (1.81%) C#
6 6 (1.81%) VB
6 6 (1.81%) VBScript
7 3 (0.90%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.60%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.60%) JCL
8 2 (0.60%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.60%) REXX
9 1 (0.30%) CodeQL
9 1 (0.30%) Korn
9 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 97 (29.22%) Security Cleared
2 44 (13.25%) DV Cleared
2 44 (13.25%) SC Cleared
3 30 (9.04%) Degree
4 29 (8.73%) CISSP
5 15 (4.52%) CISM
6 13 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.81%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.81%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.20%) CESG Certified Professional
10 4 (1.20%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.20%) PMP
11 3 (0.90%) CBAP
11 3 (0.90%) CCNA
11 3 (0.90%) CCNP
11 3 (0.90%) CEH
11 3 (0.90%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (24.70%) NIST
2 76 (22.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (5.42%) GDPR
4 14 (4.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (3.61%) QA
6 8 (2.41%) GRC
7 7 (2.11%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.81%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.20%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.60%) ITGC
11 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.30%) NCSC
11 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.30%) PSD2
11 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 169 (50.90%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.22%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.92%) Docker
5 9 (2.71%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (1.81%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.90%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.90%) vSphere
9 1 (0.30%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 1 (0.30%) RACF
9 1 (0.30%) Squid
Systems Management
1 31 (9.34%) Ansible
2 25 (7.53%) Single Sign-On
3 23 (6.93%) Kubernetes
4 17 (5.12%) SCCM
5 11 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (2.11%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (1.81%) NetBackup
7 6 (1.81%) SCOM
8 3 (0.90%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (0.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.90%) VxRail
9 2 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.60%) Kibana
9 2 (0.60%) logstash
9 2 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.30%) FreeIPA
10 1 (0.30%) Grafana
10 1 (0.30%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.30%) WMI
Vendors
1 103 (31.02%) Microsoft
2 78 (23.49%) BeyondTrust
3 53 (15.96%) ServiceNow
4 32 (9.64%) VMware
5 28 (8.43%) Oracle
6 23 (6.93%) Splunk
7 21 (6.33%) Okta
8 13 (3.92%) Citrix
9 12 (3.61%) Google
10 10 (3.01%) Cisco
11 9 (2.71%) WALLIX
12 8 (2.41%) Apple
12 8 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (2.11%) Centrify
13 7 (2.11%) ForgeRock
13 7 (2.11%) Netskope
13 7 (2.11%) SAP
14 6 (1.81%) SolarWinds
15 5 (1.51%) Ping Identity
16 4 (1.20%) Palo Alto