Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > England

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in England is £500, 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 426 465 546
Rank change year-on-year +39 +81 +155
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 59 77 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.21% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.22% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 60 72
10th Percentile £337 £400 £400
25th Percentile £438 £491 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £554
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -0.68% +0.68%
75th Percentile £538 £734 £663
90th Percentile £618 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £63.73
25th Percentile £45.75 - £65.19
Median hourly rate £54.50 - £70.25
75th Percentile £63.25 - £75.19
90th Percentile - - £76.58
UK median hourly rate £54.50 - £70.25
% change year-on-year - - +6.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the England 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
London +43 38 £450 -14.29% 23
South East +54 16 £500 -8.09% 15
Midlands +25 4 £565 - 4
West Midlands - 4 £565 - 1
East of England +27 1 £600 +12.15% 1
Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Cybersecurity 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 England region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 59 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (32.20%) Python
3 16 (27.12%) Incident Response
4 15 (25.42%) Power BI
4 15 (25.42%) Security Operations
4 15 (25.42%) Power Platform
4 15 (25.42%) Social Skills
4 15 (25.42%) Business Intelligence
4 15 (25.42%) SIEM
5 12 (20.34%) SC Cleared
5 12 (20.34%) Security Cleared
5 12 (20.34%) Microsoft
6 11 (18.64%) Asset Management
6 11 (18.64%) NIST
7 10 (16.95%) CISSP
7 10 (16.95%) Firewall
7 10 (16.95%) Azure
8 9 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (13.56%) Vulnerability Management
9 8 (13.56%) Network Security
9 8 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (13.56%) GDPR
10 7 (11.86%) Security Posture
10 7 (11.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (11.86%) Degree
10 7 (11.86%) AWS
10 7 (11.86%) CISM
10 7 (11.86%) CEH
10 7 (11.86%) Information Security
11 6 (10.17%) Risk Management

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (25.42%) Power Platform
2 10 (16.95%) Azure
3 7 (11.86%) AWS
4 5 (8.47%) GCP
5 3 (5.08%) Akamai
5 3 (5.08%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (3.39%) SaaS
7 1 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.69%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.69%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.95%) Firewall
2 8 (13.56%) Network Security
3 5 (8.47%) TCP/IP
4 3 (5.08%) DNS
4 3 (5.08%) HTTP
4 3 (5.08%) SMTP
5 1 (1.69%) FTP
5 1 (1.69%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.69%) SSL
5 1 (1.69%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (25.42%) Power BI
2 4 (6.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.69%) Metasploit
General
1 15 (25.42%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.17%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (10.17%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.78%) Finance
5 3 (5.08%) Local Government
6 2 (3.39%) Advertising
6 2 (3.39%) Banking
6 2 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Legal
6 2 (3.39%) Military
6 2 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.69%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) LDAP
1 1 (1.69%) OAuth
1 1 (1.69%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) Security Posture
2 5 (8.47%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (6.78%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.78%) Operational Technology
4 3 (5.08%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (5.08%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.08%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.39%) CSOC
5 2 (3.39%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (3.39%) Cyberattack
5 2 (3.39%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.69%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Kali Linux
1 1 (1.69%) Linux
1 1 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (27.12%) Incident Response
3 15 (25.42%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (25.42%) Security Operations
3 15 (25.42%) SIEM
4 11 (18.64%) Asset Management
5 8 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (13.56%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (11.86%) Information Security
7 6 (10.17%) Analytics
7 6 (10.17%) Risk Management
8 5 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (8.47%) Data Analysis
8 5 (8.47%) Security Testing
8 5 (8.47%) Threat Detection
9 4 (6.78%) Artificial Intelligence
9 4 (6.78%) Cloud Security
9 4 (6.78%) Forensic Analysis
9 4 (6.78%) Scorecard
9 4 (6.78%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 19 (32.20%) Python
2 4 (6.78%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.78%) SQL
3 3 (5.08%) Bash
3 3 (5.08%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 12 (20.34%) SC Cleared
1 12 (20.34%) Security Cleared
2 10 (16.95%) CISSP
3 7 (11.86%) CEH
3 7 (11.86%) CISM
3 7 (11.86%) Degree
4 6 (10.17%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (10.17%) DV Cleared
5 3 (5.08%) CISA
5 3 (5.08%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (5.08%) GCIA
6 2 (3.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (3.39%) CCNA
6 2 (3.39%) CCSP
6 2 (3.39%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (3.39%) CRISC
6 2 (3.39%) GCIH
6 2 (3.39%) Master's Degree
6 2 (3.39%) OSCP
7 1 (1.69%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.64%) NIST
2 8 (13.56%) GDPR
3 7 (11.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (10.17%) HIPAA
5 5 (8.47%) NIST 800
5 5 (8.47%) PCI DSS
6 3 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (3.39%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (3.39%) GRC
7 2 (3.39%) NCSC
8 1 (1.69%) ISO 31000
8 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.69%) QA
8 1 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (5.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.39%) CSIRT
2 1 (1.69%) Nessus
2 1 (1.69%) Nmap
Vendors
1 12 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.78%) Qualys
2 4 (6.78%) Splunk
3 2 (3.39%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (3.39%) CyberArk
3 2 (3.39%) Google
3 2 (3.39%) Imperva
3 2 (3.39%) Palo Alto
3 2 (3.39%) Tenable
4 1 (1.69%) Darktrace
4 1 (1.69%) FireEye
4 1 (1.69%) ForgeRock
4 1 (1.69%) Okta
4 1 (1.69%) Tanium