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 23 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
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 369 369
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +57
Contract jobs citing CyberArk 340 185 198
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.57% 0.53%
As % of the Vendors category 1.48% 1.19% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 111 136
10th Percentile £449 £385 £406
25th Percentile £500 £469 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.52%
75th Percentile £638 £649 £650
90th Percentile £734 £675 £805
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 22,914 15,542 16,732
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.77% 47.53% 44.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,985 9,534 10,004
10th Percentile £311 £275 £288
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £616 £613 £625
90th Percentile £706 £700 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,302 796 645
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.72 £14.50
25th Percentile £16.53 £17.59 £15.62
Median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -20.16% -28.21%
75th Percentile £60.25 £43.38 £64.25
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.75 £21.18 £30.00
% change year-on-year +21.61% -29.42% -29.41%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +15 309 £550 - 91
UK excluding London -34 166 £525 +0.48% 54
London -5 146 £575 -3.16% 48
Work from Home +2 125 £525 -4.55% 42
South East -24 52 £592 +10.14% 16
North of England -64 46 £515 +21.06% 13
South West +2 44 £525 +2.44% 5
North West -34 26 £520 +2.97% 13
Yorkshire -47 19 £510 +30.77%
Midlands -70 11 £450 -16.67% 11
Scotland -15 10 £495 -17.50% 9
West Midlands -60 9 £450 -16.67% 11
East of England -28 3 £525 +5.00% 1
East Midlands -20 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 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.06%) Confluence
4 6 (1.76%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.59%) IIS
6 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.88%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) 1Password
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 155 (45.59%) Azure
2 113 (33.24%) AWS
3 108 (31.76%) Entra ID
4 48 (14.12%) GCP
5 34 (10.00%) SaaS
6 19 (5.59%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (4.41%) GitHub
8 11 (3.24%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (2.94%) Rubrik
10 8 (2.35%) Datadog
10 8 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.76%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.47%) Azure Key Vault
12 5 (1.47%) Cohesity
12 5 (1.47%) Nutanix
12 5 (1.47%) OCI
12 5 (1.47%) Sentry
13 4 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (1.18%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.94%) Firewall
2 24 (7.06%) DNS
3 20 (5.88%) DHCP
4 17 (5.00%) SSH
5 16 (4.71%) Network Security
6 12 (3.53%) HTTPS
7 11 (3.24%) VLAN
8 9 (2.65%) VPN
9 8 (2.35%) TCP/IP
10 7 (2.06%) LAN
10 7 (2.06%) WAN
10 7 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (1.76%) Skype
12 5 (1.47%) Kerberos
13 4 (1.18%) Internet
13 4 (1.18%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.88%) VSAN
14 3 (0.88%) Wireless
15 1 (0.29%) NGFW
15 1 (0.29%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (14.41%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.18%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.59%) Metadata
4 2 (0.59%) Power BI
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.29%) Db2
5 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.29%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (2.94%) Jenkins
1 10 (2.94%) JIRA
2 5 (1.47%) Git
3 4 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (0.88%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.88%) Fiddler
5 2 (0.59%) GitLab
6 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.29%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.29%) TeamCity
General
1 122 (35.88%) Social Skills
2 92 (27.06%) Finance
3 48 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (12.06%) Banking
5 40 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (7.06%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.35%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.18%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.18%) Legal
10 3 (0.88%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.88%) Military
10 3 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.88%) Retail
11 2 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.59%) Private Banking
11 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.29%) Law
12 1 (0.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 88 (25.88%) Architect
2 36 (10.59%) CyberArk Architect
3 28 (8.24%) CyberArk Engineer
4 26 (7.65%) Consultant
5 24 (7.06%) Security Engineer
6 22 (6.47%) Analyst
7 18 (5.29%) Business Analyst
8 17 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (4.41%) Senior
10 13 (3.82%) CyberArk Consultant
11 12 (3.53%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 12 (3.53%) Lead
11 12 (3.53%) Principal Engineer
12 11 (3.24%) Security Consultant
12 11 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.94%) Cloud Architect
14 8 (2.35%) Project Manager
14 8 (2.35%) SailPoint Engineer
15 7 (2.06%) Automation Engineer
15 7 (2.06%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (22.06%) LDAP
2 68 (20.00%) SailPoint
3 44 (12.94%) REST
4 30 (8.82%) Terraform
5 19 (5.59%) SAML
6 18 (5.29%) OAuth
7 17 (5.00%) OpenID
8 11 (3.24%) .NET
8 11 (3.24%) Web Services
9 6 (1.76%) .NET Core
9 6 (1.76%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.76%) ASP.NET
9 6 (1.76%) OAuth2
10 5 (1.47%) JDBC
11 4 (1.18%) FIDO
11 4 (1.18%) Middleware
11 4 (1.18%) SOAP
11 4 (1.18%) Software Packaging
11 4 (1.18%) XML
12 2 (0.59%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 126 (37.06%) Onboarding
2 32 (9.41%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (4.71%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.71%) PKI
4 14 (4.12%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.53%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (2.94%) Security Posture
7 8 (2.35%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.06%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.76%) Replication
10 5 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.88%) Product Ownership
13 2 (0.59%) Cloud Security Posture
13 2 (0.59%) Mainframe
13 2 (0.59%) Operational Technology
13 2 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 101 (29.71%) Windows
2 82 (24.12%) Linux
3 34 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 32 (9.41%) Unix
5 6 (1.76%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.76%) Windows 7
6 4 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.18%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.59%) zOS
8 1 (0.29%) Android
8 1 (0.29%) CentOS
8 1 (0.29%) MVS
8 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (48.82%) Privileged Access Management
2 103 (30.29%) SIEM
3 92 (27.06%) Identity Access Management
4 80 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 74 (21.76%) Cybersecurity
6 73 (21.47%) ITSM
7 67 (19.71%) Runbook
8 65 (19.12%) RBAC
9 64 (18.82%) Secrets Management
10 55 (16.18%) Technical Leadership
11 53 (15.59%) Problem-Solving
12 52 (15.29%) Security Architecture
13 48 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
14 47 (13.82%) Migration
15 40 (11.76%) CI/CD
15 40 (11.76%) DevSecOps
15 40 (11.76%) Roadmaps
16 34 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 33 (9.71%) Mentoring
18 32 (9.41%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 112 (32.94%) PowerShell
2 67 (19.71%) Python
3 35 (10.29%) Bash
4 15 (4.41%) SQL
5 10 (2.94%) BeanShell
5 10 (2.94%) Java
6 6 (1.76%) C#
6 6 (1.76%) VB
6 6 (1.76%) VBScript
7 3 (0.88%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.59%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.59%) JCL
8 2 (0.59%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.59%) REXX
9 1 (0.29%) CodeQL
9 1 (0.29%) Korn
9 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 98 (28.82%) Security Cleared
2 45 (13.24%) SC Cleared
3 44 (12.94%) DV Cleared
4 30 (8.82%) Degree
5 29 (8.53%) CISSP
6 15 (4.41%) CISM
7 13 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.76%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.76%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.18%) CESG Certified Professional
11 4 (1.18%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.18%) PMP
12 3 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.88%) CBAP
12 3 (0.88%) CCNP
12 3 (0.88%) CEH
12 3 (0.88%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (24.41%) NIST
2 77 (22.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (5.00%) GDPR
4 13 (3.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (3.24%) QA
6 8 (2.35%) GRC
7 7 (2.06%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.76%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.18%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.59%) ITGC
10 2 (0.59%) NCSC
11 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.29%) PSD2
11 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 173 (50.88%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.12%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.82%) Docker
5 9 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (1.76%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.88%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.88%) vSphere
9 1 (0.29%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 1 (0.29%) RACF
9 1 (0.29%) Squid
Systems Management
1 32 (9.41%) Ansible
2 25 (7.35%) Single Sign-On
3 23 (6.76%) Kubernetes
4 17 (5.00%) SCCM
5 11 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (2.06%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (1.76%) NetBackup
7 6 (1.76%) SCOM
8 4 (1.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.88%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (0.88%) VxRail
10 2 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.59%) Kibana
10 2 (0.59%) logstash
10 2 (0.59%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.29%) Control-M
11 1 (0.29%) FreeIPA
11 1 (0.29%) Grafana
11 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.29%) WMI
Vendors
1 108 (31.76%) Microsoft
2 80 (23.53%) BeyondTrust
3 53 (15.59%) ServiceNow
4 32 (9.41%) VMware
5 28 (8.24%) Oracle
6 24 (7.06%) Splunk
7 22 (6.47%) Okta
8 13 (3.82%) Citrix
9 12 (3.53%) Google
10 10 (2.94%) Cisco
11 9 (2.65%) WALLIX
12 8 (2.35%) Apple
12 8 (2.35%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (2.06%) Centrify
13 7 (2.06%) ForgeRock
13 7 (2.06%) Netskope
13 7 (2.06%) SAP
14 6 (1.76%) SolarWinds
15 5 (1.47%) Ping Identity
16 4 (1.18%) Zscaler