Cybersecurity Contracts in London

Cybersecurity
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 57 81
Rank change year-on-year -12 +24 +6
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 561 1,030 1,221
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.20% 4.03% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.63% 4.43% 3.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 734 842
10th Percentile £406 £450 £401
25th Percentile £500 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £637 £591
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +7.70% +7.50%
75th Percentile £725 £742 £700
90th Percentile £800 £825 £788
England median daily rate £590 £605 £575
% change year-on-year -2.48% +5.22% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile £30.02 £63.60 -
25th Percentile £30.06 £66.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £30.12 £70.00 £29.75
Median % change year-on-year -56.97% +135.29% -50.42%
75th Percentile £53.19 £81.88 £35.81
90th Percentile £67.02 £89.00 £40.25
England median hourly rate £83.41 £73.99 £35.50
% change year-on-year +12.73% +108.42% -29.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,473 23,264 35,752
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.29% 90.93% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,093 16,856 26,215
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £449 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 265 402
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.49 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +9.86% +8.07%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.08 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in London.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in London.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity in London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the London region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Central London +4 107 £625 -3.85% 41
East London +5 25 £629 -16.20% 8
West London -3 8 £538 -23.21% 9
South London +5 2 £675 +47.22% 6
North London +2 1 £380 -33.91% 6
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (2.14%) Confluence
2 8 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.53%) CMS
4 2 (0.36%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.36%) nginx
5 1 (0.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.18%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.18%) IIS
5 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.18%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 12 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.53%) Trello
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 116 (20.68%) Azure
2 83 (14.80%) AWS
3 41 (7.31%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (6.24%) GCP
5 23 (4.10%) SaaS
6 19 (3.39%) Entra ID
7 14 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.14%) Azure Sentinel
8 12 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (1.78%) GitHub
9 10 (1.78%) IaaS
10 6 (1.07%) Mimecast
10 6 (1.07%) Power Platform
11 5 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (0.89%) PaaS
12 4 (0.71%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 3 (0.53%) Figma
13 3 (0.53%) Serverless
13 3 (0.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 56 (9.98%) Firewall
2 36 (6.42%) Network Security
3 20 (3.57%) WAN
4 18 (3.21%) DNS
5 14 (2.50%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.96%) SD-WAN
7 9 (1.60%) HTTP
7 9 (1.60%) Internet
7 9 (1.60%) Intrusion Detection
7 9 (1.60%) LAN
8 8 (1.43%) DHCP
9 7 (1.25%) VPN
10 6 (1.07%) Wireless
11 5 (0.89%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.71%) IPsec
13 3 (0.53%) SSL
13 3 (0.53%) VoIP
13 3 (0.53%) WLAN
14 2 (0.36%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.32%) Big Data
2 12 (2.14%) Data Lake
3 8 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (1.07%) Power BI
5 4 (0.71%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.53%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.36%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.18%) DB2
8 1 (0.18%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.18%) MySQL
8 1 (0.18%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.18%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (4.28%) Jenkins
2 14 (2.50%) GitLab
3 9 (1.60%) Artifactory
3 9 (1.60%) JIRA
4 8 (1.43%) Subversion
5 5 (0.89%) Git
6 3 (0.53%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.53%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.36%) Appium
7 2 (0.36%) Maven
7 2 (0.36%) Postman
7 2 (0.36%) RStudio
7 2 (0.36%) Selenium
7 2 (0.36%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.36%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.18%) GoCD
8 1 (0.18%) JMeter
General
1 168 (29.95%) Finance
2 104 (18.54%) Social Skills
3 56 (9.98%) Banking
4 53 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (7.31%) Public Sector
6 25 (4.46%) Financial Institution
7 20 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (3.03%) Legal
9 14 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.14%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.78%) Retail
12 9 (1.60%) Law
13 8 (1.43%) Advertising
13 8 (1.43%) International Banking
14 5 (0.89%) Local Government
14 5 (0.89%) Marketing
14 5 (0.89%) Police
15 4 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.71%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 104 (18.54%) Analyst
2 101 (18.00%) Architect
3 79 (14.08%) Consultant
4 66 (11.76%) Security Architect
5 55 (9.80%) Security Consultant
5 55 (9.80%) Security Engineer
6 50 (8.91%) Security Manager
7 42 (7.49%) Security Analyst
8 39 (6.95%) Project Manager
8 39 (6.95%) Senior
9 32 (5.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 28 (4.99%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 28 (4.99%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 27 (4.81%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 26 (4.63%) Security Project Manager
13 24 (4.28%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 22 (3.92%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
15 19 (3.39%) Business Analyst
15 19 (3.39%) DevOps Engineer
16 18 (3.21%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.32%) SailPoint
2 12 (2.14%) Middleware
2 12 (2.14%) OpenID
3 9 (1.60%) .NET
3 9 (1.60%) JWT
4 6 (1.07%) Kafka
4 6 (1.07%) OAuth
4 6 (1.07%) SAML
5 4 (0.71%) HTML
6 3 (0.53%) CSS
6 3 (0.53%) LDAP
6 3 (0.53%) REST
6 3 (0.53%) RESTful
6 3 (0.53%) YAML
7 2 (0.36%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.36%) Jinja
7 2 (0.36%) Node.js
7 2 (0.36%) SPML
7 2 (0.36%) Web Services
7 2 (0.36%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 47 (8.38%) Management Information System
2 41 (7.31%) Security Posture
3 31 (5.53%) Cyber Threat
4 28 (4.99%) PKI
4 28 (4.99%) Product Ownership
5 16 (2.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (2.67%) Security Operations Centre
7 14 (2.50%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.96%) Cyber Defence
9 11 (1.96%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.96%) Operational Technology
10 10 (1.78%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 7 (1.25%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.07%) Cyberattack
14 5 (0.89%) Cloud Native
14 5 (0.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 5 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 49 (8.73%) Linux
1 49 (8.73%) Windows
2 17 (3.03%) Windows Server
3 10 (1.78%) Unix
4 3 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.36%) Android
6 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.18%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (22.28%) Information Security
2 81 (14.44%) SIEM
3 77 (13.73%) Agile
3 77 (13.73%) Cloud Security
4 76 (13.55%) Risk Management
5 67 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
6 66 (11.76%) Security Architecture
7 65 (11.59%) Security Operations
8 64 (11.41%) Incident Response
9 62 (11.05%) DevOps
10 49 (8.73%) Identity Access Management
11 45 (8.02%) Roadmaps
12 43 (7.66%) Data Protection
13 42 (7.49%) Disaster Recovery
14 41 (7.31%) Business Strategy
15 40 (7.13%) Vulnerability Management
16 39 (6.95%) Project Management
17 38 (6.77%) Penetration Testing
17 38 (6.77%) Risk Assessment
18 37 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (10.16%) PowerShell
2 44 (7.84%) Python
3 27 (4.81%) Java
4 24 (4.28%) C#
5 16 (2.85%) JavaScript
6 14 (2.50%) SQL
7 13 (2.32%) C++
8 8 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (0.89%) Bash
9 5 (0.89%) Rust
10 4 (0.71%) Perl
10 4 (0.71%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.53%) Go
12 2 (0.36%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.36%) R
12 2 (0.36%) Search Processing Language
13 1 (0.18%) Clojure
13 1 (0.18%) Haskell
13 1 (0.18%) Korn
13 1 (0.18%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 103 (18.36%) CISSP
2 102 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 81 (14.44%) SC Cleared
4 79 (14.08%) CISM
5 46 (8.20%) Degree
6 41 (7.31%) DV Cleared
7 34 (6.06%) CISA
8 21 (3.74%) CRISC
9 18 (3.21%) CEH
10 17 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (2.14%) AWS Certification
12 12 (2.14%) GIAC
13 11 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (1.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 10 (1.78%) OSCP
15 9 (1.60%) SANS
16 8 (1.43%) CTC Cleared
17 7 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
18 6 (1.07%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (19.25%) NIST
2 82 (14.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (5.35%) GDPR
4 27 (4.81%) PCI DSS
5 18 (3.21%) NCSC
6 17 (3.03%) GRC
7 16 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 12 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (1.96%) COBIT
10 9 (1.60%) ISO 31000
10 9 (1.60%) NIST 800
11 8 (1.43%) QA
12 6 (1.07%) ISO 22301
12 6 (1.07%) SLA
13 4 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 3 (0.53%) GPG13
14 3 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 34 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.60%) Docker
3 8 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.36%) NFS
5 2 (0.36%) vSphere
5 2 (0.36%) XenApp
6 1 (0.18%) Ceph
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 44 (7.84%) Terraform
2 39 (6.95%) Ansible
3 26 (4.63%) Kubernetes
4 11 (1.96%) Puppet
5 8 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (1.25%) ArcSight ESM
6 7 (1.25%) BladeLogic
6 7 (1.25%) CSIRT
6 7 (1.25%) ITRS Geneos
6 7 (1.25%) Nessus
6 7 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.07%) QRadar
8 5 (0.89%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.71%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.71%) SCCM
10 3 (0.53%) CASB
10 3 (0.53%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.53%) WSUS
11 2 (0.36%) Istio
11 2 (0.36%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 109 (19.43%) Microsoft
2 14 (2.50%) Cisco
3 13 (2.32%) Citrix
4 12 (2.14%) Splunk
5 11 (1.96%) CyberArk
6 10 (1.78%) Google
6 10 (1.78%) Oracle
6 10 (1.78%) Palo Alto
6 10 (1.78%) Rapid7
7 9 (1.60%) ArcSight
7 9 (1.60%) Qualys
8 7 (1.25%) Altiris
8 7 (1.25%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (1.25%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.25%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.07%) VMware
10 5 (0.89%) Darktrace
10 5 (0.89%) McAfee
10 5 (0.89%) SAP
11 4 (0.71%) Sparx