Cyber Defence Contract Job Trends in West End of London

Cyber Defence
Central London > West End of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in contract job vacancies in West End of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Defence 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West End of London 1.96% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £670 - -
Central London median daily rate £598 - £575
% change year-on-year - - -32.35%

All Generic Skills
West End of London

Cyber Defence falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in West End of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24 15 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London 47.06% 24.59% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 13 6
10th Percentile £200 - £255
25th Percentile £350 £281 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £560 £550 £547
90th Percentile £643 £655 £551
Central London median daily rate £563 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -2.17% - -6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Median hourly rate £26.11 £25.08 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.13% - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £27.76 £23.00
% change year-on-year -5.94% +20.70% -34.29%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Defence relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London.

Cyber Defence job vacancy trend in West End of London

Cyber Defence
Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Cyber Defence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Cyber Defence

Cyber Defence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling