Cybersecurity Engineer Contract Job Trends in West London

Cybersecurity Engineer
London > West London

The median Cybersecurity Engineer daily rate in West London is £423, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in West London 0.36% - 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% - 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £416 - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 - £575
75th Percentile £429 - £613
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £650 £635 £775
% change year-on-year +2.36% -18.06% +24.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in West London with a recognized job title 234 248 509
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.17% 95.75% 96.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 177 408
10th Percentile £204 £242 £206
25th Percentile £344 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £638
90th Percentile £558 £631 £713
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 20 21
10th Percentile £20.24 £18.13 £22.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £20.75 £51.25
Median hourly rate £25.08 £26.34 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% -60.69% +277.46%
75th Percentile £37.51 £58.25 £87.50
90th Percentile £46.90 £68.70 £90.00
London median hourly rate £26.54 £37.50 £40.17
% change year-on-year -29.24% -6.64% +23.58%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West London.

Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancy trend in West London

Cybersecurity Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in West London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in West London

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, Cybersecurity Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West London region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CASB
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CASB
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable