Security Analyst Contracts in Berkshire

Security Analyst
South East > Berkshire

The median Security Analyst daily rate in Berkshire is £560, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 121 99
Rank change year-on-year +40 -22 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 12 3 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.02% 0.15% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 0.16% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 10
10th Percentile £518 £526 £325
25th Percentile £525 £532 £327
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £560 £406
Median % change year-on-year +0.09% +37.72% -4.41%
75th Percentile £628 £582 £530
90th Percentile £713 £585 £554
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,085 1,866 1,720
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.05% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 992 1,104
10th Percentile £311 £213 £325
25th Percentile £413 £381 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 116 56
10th Percentile £27.46 £18.75 £17.61
25th Percentile £50.06 £41.44 £22.66
Median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%
75th Percentile £76.77 £70.42 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £86.32 £79.72
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Berkshire

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in Berkshire

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in Berkshire

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in Berkshire

Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Wokingham -5 6 £638 +10.87% 1
Reading +32 3 £523 -3.95% 6
Maidenhead - 2 £525 -
Bracknell - 1 - -
Security Analyst
South East

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) Operational Technology
3 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 4 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
5 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
6 2 (16.67%) Identity Management
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (16.67%) SaaS
6 2 (16.67%) SIEM
6 2 (16.67%) CyberArk
6 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
6 2 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
6 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
6 2 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
7 1 (8.33%) Acceptance Criteria
7 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
7 1 (8.33%) Data-Flow Analysis
7 1 (8.33%) Data Flow Diagram
7 1 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
7 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) SaaS
2 1 (8.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Tableau
General
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 2 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (8.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
3 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (16.67%) Identity Management
4 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
4 2 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
4 2 (16.67%) SIEM
5 1 (8.33%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (8.33%) Customer Journey Map
5 1 (8.33%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (8.33%) Data Flow Diagram
5 1 (8.33%) Data-Flow Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
5 1 (8.33%) Journey Map
5 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) CyberArk
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Google