Security Analyst Contracts in the City of London

Security Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 June 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
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 113 157
Rank change year-on-year +2 +44 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 7 9 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.41% 0.42% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.44% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 7
10th Percentile £469 £343 £385
25th Percentile £478 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +1.01% -17.50%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £535
90th Percentile £575 £629 £581
Central London median daily rate £525 £500 £495
% change year-on-year +5.00% +1.01% -17.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,618 2,046 3,247
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.21% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,023 1,413 2,180
10th Percentile £350 £350 £360
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.30% -5.83% +5.26%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £790 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 20
10th Percentile £20.35 £16.33 £15.37
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £32.83 £22.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.29% -35.00% -13.58%
75th Percentile £63.75 £32.03 £72.50
90th Percentile £92.13 £45.13 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.24% -22.86% -14.63%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the City of London

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the City of London

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the City of London

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 23 June 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 City of London region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) SOAR
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (42.86%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
3 3 (42.86%) Bash
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) Linux
3 3 (42.86%) Python
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Splunk
3 3 (42.86%) SIEM
3 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
4 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
5 1 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (14.29%) Conflict Management
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 1 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (42.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
3 3 (42.86%) SIEM
3 3 (42.86%) SOAR
3 3 (42.86%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security
5 1 (14.29%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
5 1 (14.29%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Bash
1 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
1 3 (42.86%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) Splunk
1 3 (42.86%) VMware