Kerberos Contract Job Trends

Kerberos
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Kerberos skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 606 519 514
Rank change year-on-year -87 -5 +66
Contract jobs citing Kerberos 82 47 60
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.62% 1.24% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 35 36
10th Percentile £411 £404 £424
25th Percentile £450 £426 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £473 £628
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -24.62% -2.71%
75th Percentile £616 £569 £766
90th Percentile £725 £675 £931
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £462 £675
% change year-on-year +5.63% -31.63% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £77.00 £53.40 -
25th Percentile £83.75 £54.75 -
Median hourly rate £92.50 £59.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +56.78% - -
75th Percentile £95.00 £62.75 -
90th Percentile - £63.80 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 £59.00 -
% change year-on-year +61.02% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Kerberos falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,058 3,799 4,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.20% 11.41% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,915 2,427 2,597
10th Percentile £235 £213 £225
25th Percentile £389 £358 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £601
90th Percentile £679 £680 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £454 £480
% change year-on-year +5.84% -5.52% +3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 190 179
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £15.09
25th Percentile £19.50 £19.12 £24.59
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% -29.98% -13.97%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £41.48 £52.50
% change year-on-year -37.31% -21.00% -7.06%

Kerberos Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Kerberos relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Kerberos job vacancy trend in the UK

Kerberos Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kerberos.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kerberos

Kerberos Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kerberos over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Kerberos in the UK

Kerberos Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kerberos.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kerberos

Kerberos Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Kerberos over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Kerberos in the UK

Kerberos Top 13 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kerberos within the UK over the 6 months to 18 October 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 -87 66 £500 +8.34% 34
London -62 40 £520 -1.89% 19
UK excluding London -102 31 £488 +5.63% 17
Work from Home -73 22 £493 -7.08% 10
North of England -62 13 £500 +10.38% 5
Yorkshire -30 10 £495 -7.82% 4
South West -37 6 - - 3
Scotland -28 4 £425 -37.04% 1
South East -59 4 £350 -24.16% 4
North West -52 3 £500 +11.61% 1
Wales - 2 £500 -
East of England -25 1 £513 +7.89% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

Kerberos Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1DNS30.5%25
2DHCP18.3%15
2SAN18.3%15
4TCP/IP13.4%11
5Firewall12.2%10
6NAS6.1%5
6NGFW6.1%5
8Network Security3.7%3
8SSH3.7%3
10SSL2.4%2
11Intrusion Detection1.2%1
11Reverse Proxy1.2%1
11WAN1.2%1