Security Analyst Contracts in the East Midlands

Security Analyst
England > East Midlands

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the East Midlands is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 August 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
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 62 66
Rank change year-on-year +16 +4 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 17 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.21% 0.53% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.47% 0.56% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 2
10th Percentile £345 - £456
25th Percentile - - £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £513
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -21.95% +32.26%
75th Percentile £425 - £547
90th Percentile £440 - £549
England median daily rate £498 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -5.24% -3.67% +3.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 689 709 816
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.71% 94.41% 94.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 460 600
10th Percentile £200 £227 £213
25th Percentile £322 £356 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £561 £613
90th Percentile £622 £622 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 62 42
10th Percentile £15.12 £12.71 £11.96
25th Percentile £17.87 £14.33 £13.57
Median hourly rate £21.39 £21.25 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.66% +1.19% +8.92%
75th Percentile £25.15 £42.56 £53.94
90th Percentile £30.30 £51.91 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% +8.43% +61.60%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the East Midlands

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the East Midlands

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the East Midlands

Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Northamptonshire +2 17 £350 - 1
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 August 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 East Midlands region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (82.35%) ITSM
1 14 (82.35%) Information Security
2 12 (70.59%) Penetration Testing
2 12 (70.59%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (70.59%) GRC
3 11 (64.71%) Social Skills
4 9 (52.94%) Data Protection
5 8 (47.06%) Business Continuity
5 8 (47.06%) Ticket Management
6 7 (41.18%) GDPR
6 7 (41.18%) Retail
7 4 (23.53%) Security Posture
7 4 (23.53%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (23.53%) Firewall
7 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
8 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
8 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
8 3 (17.65%) Incident Response
8 3 (17.65%) Security Operations
9 2 (11.76%) Tech Ops
9 2 (11.76%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (11.76%) Regulatory Compliance
9 2 (11.76%) Remediation Plan
9 2 (11.76%) Security Monitoring
9 2 (11.76%) Threat Intelligence
9 2 (11.76%) Task Automation
9 2 (11.76%) CRISC
9 2 (11.76%) Analytics
9 2 (11.76%) Network Monitoring
9 2 (11.76%) Kusto Query Language

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (11.76%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Firewall
1 4 (23.53%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (11.76%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 11 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Retail
3 1 (5.88%) Legal
3 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Security Posture
2 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Information Security
1 14 (82.35%) ITSM
2 12 (70.59%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (70.59%) Penetration Testing
3 9 (52.94%) Data Protection
4 8 (47.06%) Business Continuity
4 8 (47.06%) Ticket Management
5 3 (17.65%) Incident Response
5 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
5 3 (17.65%) Security Operations
6 2 (11.76%) Analytics
6 2 (11.76%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (11.76%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (11.76%) Remediation Plan
6 2 (11.76%) Security Architecture
6 2 (11.76%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (11.76%) Service Management
6 2 (11.76%) SIEM
6 2 (11.76%) Task Automation
6 2 (11.76%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Bash
1 2 (11.76%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
1 2 (11.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) CISM
1 2 (11.76%) CISSP
1 2 (11.76%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (70.59%) GRC
2 7 (41.18%) GDPR
3 2 (11.76%) HIPAA
3 2 (11.76%) SLA
4 1 (5.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow