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 24 May 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
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 410 372 394
Rank change year-on-year -38 +22 +37
Contract jobs citing CyberArk 237 148 180
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.51% 0.42%
As % of the Vendors category 1.19% 1.08% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 95 128
10th Percentile £470 £450 £437
25th Percentile £525 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £622 £560 £625
Median % change year-on-year +10.98% -10.40% -10.87%
75th Percentile £750 £671 £706
90th Percentile £881 £810 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £560 £700
% change year-on-year - -20.00% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £25.94 - -
25th Percentile £39.83 - -
Median hourly rate £47.54 - -
75th Percentile £54.06 - -
90th Percentile £55.00 - -
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 19,918 13,755 17,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.98% 47.74% 42.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,584 8,570 11,218
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £492 £500
% change year-on-year - -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,015 562 1,103
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.30 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +15.12% -47.88%
75th Percentile £58.75 £56.00 £57.33
90th Percentile £75.40 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.50 £22.50 £21.46
% change year-on-year +31.11% +4.85% -44.26%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -25 224 £625 +6.38% 29
London +5 137 £700 +19.66% 18
Work from Home 0 115 £700 +19.15% 11
UK excluding London -71 83 £560 - 12
South East -37 36 £581 -13.89% 6
North of England -68 28 £620 +22.77% 2
North West -39 19 £620 +24.31% 2
Midlands -77 13 £525 -16.00%
West Midlands -70 12 £538 -14.00%
Yorkshire -52 7 £733 +22.08%
South West -28 4 £550 -15.38% 3
Scotland -6 2 £447 -34.98%
North East - 2 - -
East Midlands - 1 £500 -

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 6 (2.53%) Confluence
2 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.42%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 141 (59.49%) Azure
2 101 (42.62%) AWS
3 68 (28.69%) GCP
4 63 (26.58%) Entra ID
5 22 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (8.44%) Microsoft Purview
7 17 (7.17%) OpenShift
8 15 (6.33%) SaaS
9 14 (5.91%) Mimecast
10 7 (2.95%) Datadog
11 5 (2.11%) Cohesity
11 5 (2.11%) Nutanix
12 4 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.27%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.27%) Sentry
14 2 (0.84%) Power Platform
15 1 (0.42%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 1 (0.42%) Amazon Macie
15 1 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.64%) Firewall
2 10 (4.22%) Network Security
3 6 (2.53%) DNS
3 6 (2.53%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.53%) VLAN
4 4 (1.69%) SSH
4 4 (1.69%) SSL
5 3 (1.27%) Internet
5 3 (1.27%) Wireless
6 2 (0.84%) NGFW
7 1 (0.42%) Anycast
7 1 (0.42%) BGP
7 1 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.42%) DMVPN
7 1 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.42%) IPsec
7 1 (0.42%) MPLS
7 1 (0.42%) OSPF
7 1 (0.42%) VPN
7 1 (0.42%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.13%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.27%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.27%) MySQL
4 2 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (0.84%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.84%) Power BI
4 2 (0.84%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.84%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.42%) DB2
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 14 (5.91%) Jenkins
2 11 (4.64%) JIRA
3 3 (1.27%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (1.27%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.42%) AppScan
4 1 (0.42%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.42%) Metasploit
General
1 109 (45.99%) Social Skills
2 80 (33.76%) Finance
3 44 (18.57%) Documentation Skills
4 20 (8.44%) Public Sector
5 18 (7.59%) Banking
6 14 (5.91%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (5.06%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.69%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.69%) Retail
10 3 (1.27%) Legal
11 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.42%) Front Office
11 1 (0.42%) Military
11 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 91 (38.40%) Architect
2 73 (30.80%) CyberArk Architect
3 23 (9.70%) Security Engineer
4 20 (8.44%) Project Manager
5 15 (6.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 10 (4.22%) Migration Manager
6 10 (4.22%) Migration Project Manager
7 9 (3.80%) Cloud Architect
8 8 (3.38%) Security Architect
9 7 (2.95%) Consultant
9 7 (2.95%) CyberArk Engineer
10 5 (2.11%) Analyst
11 4 (1.69%) CyberArk Specialist
11 4 (1.69%) IAM Project Manager
11 4 (1.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (1.69%) Lead
11 4 (1.69%) SailPoint Engineer
11 4 (1.69%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (1.69%) Testing Specialist
12 3 (1.27%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (37.13%) LDAP
2 42 (17.72%) REST
3 40 (16.88%) SailPoint
4 36 (15.19%) SAML
5 35 (14.77%) SOAP
6 30 (12.66%) OpenID
7 18 (7.59%) OAuth
8 6 (2.53%) OAuth2
9 3 (1.27%) FIDO
10 2 (0.84%) ISPF
10 2 (0.84%) Middleware
11 1 (0.42%) EJB
11 1 (0.42%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 65 (27.43%) Onboarding
2 45 (18.99%) Enterprise Software
3 44 (18.57%) Security Posture
4 25 (10.55%) Cloud Native
5 9 (3.80%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.95%) Cloud Security Posture
7 5 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.11%) Replication
8 4 (1.69%) PKI
9 3 (1.27%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.84%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.42%) Data Fabric
11 1 (0.42%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.42%) Insider Threat
11 1 (0.42%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.42%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.42%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 48 (20.25%) Windows
2 46 (19.41%) Linux
3 28 (11.81%) Unix
4 12 (5.06%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.84%) zOS
6 1 (0.42%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.42%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (45.57%) SIEM
2 98 (41.35%) Privileged Access Management
3 78 (32.91%) Cybersecurity
4 68 (28.69%) Problem-Solving
5 67 (28.27%) ITSM
6 50 (21.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 47 (19.83%) DevOps
8 41 (17.30%) CI/CD
8 41 (17.30%) Identity Access Management
8 41 (17.30%) Integration Patterns
8 41 (17.30%) Stakeholder Management
9 37 (15.61%) Presales
9 37 (15.61%) Task Automation
9 37 (15.61%) Technical Leadership
10 34 (14.35%) Migration
11 29 (12.24%) RBAC
12 27 (11.39%) Agile
12 27 (11.39%) Secrets Management
12 27 (11.39%) Security Architecture
13 24 (10.13%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 94 (39.66%) PowerShell
2 85 (35.86%) Python
3 11 (4.64%) Bash
4 5 (2.11%) SQL
5 3 (1.27%) Java
5 3 (1.27%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.84%) BeanShell
6 2 (0.84%) JCL
6 2 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.84%) REXX
7 1 (0.42%) Groovy
7 1 (0.42%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 98 (41.35%) Security Cleared
2 89 (37.55%) SC Cleared
3 36 (15.19%) CISSP
4 22 (9.28%) Degree
5 20 (8.44%) CISM
6 16 (6.75%) PMI Certification
6 16 (6.75%) PMP
7 8 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (2.11%) MCSA
9 5 (2.11%) MCSE
10 3 (1.27%) CCNA
10 3 (1.27%) CCNP
11 2 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.84%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.42%) CGEIT
12 1 (0.42%) CRISC
12 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (35.86%) NIST
2 77 (32.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (16.03%) GDPR
4 14 (5.91%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (5.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 14 (5.91%) NCSC
5 12 (5.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (3.38%) HIPAA
7 6 (2.53%) QA
8 5 (2.11%) NIST 800
9 3 (1.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (1.27%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.84%) GRC
11 1 (0.42%) COBIT
11 1 (0.42%) SLA
11 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 117 (49.37%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.27%) IAG
4 2 (0.84%) Docker
5 1 (0.42%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.42%) RACF
5 1 (0.42%) Squid
5 1 (0.42%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 21 (8.86%) Single Sign-On
2 19 (8.02%) Kubernetes
3 12 (5.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (4.64%) AirWatch
5 6 (2.53%) Nessus
6 5 (2.11%) Ansible
6 5 (2.11%) CASB
7 4 (1.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.27%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (1.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (1.27%) Terraform
9 1 (0.42%) Control-M
9 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.42%) QRadar
9 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.42%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.42%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 79 (33.33%) BeyondTrust
2 50 (21.10%) Microsoft
3 37 (15.61%) Centrify
4 36 (15.19%) Splunk
5 23 (9.70%) ServiceNow
6 19 (8.02%) Oracle
7 16 (6.75%) CrowdStrike
8 15 (6.33%) Okta
9 14 (5.91%) Netskope
10 11 (4.64%) Tenable
11 10 (4.22%) Google
11 10 (4.22%) Zscaler
12 5 (2.11%) Remedy
13 4 (1.69%) Cisco
13 4 (1.69%) ForgeRock
13 4 (1.69%) VMware
14 3 (1.27%) Broadcom
14 3 (1.27%) LogRhythm
14 3 (1.27%) Palo Alto
14 3 (1.27%) Workday