Incident Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Incident Analyst
UK > England

The median Incident Analyst daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 516 595
Rank change year-on-year +21 +79 +167
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Analyst 6 17 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.052% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.056% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 3
10th Percentile £486 £196 £403
25th Percentile £503 £281 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £350 £413
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -15.18% -19.48%
75th Percentile £594 £665 -
90th Percentile £605 £709 -
UK median daily rate £550 £350 £413
% change year-on-year +57.14% -15.18% -19.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £17.50

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 25,358 30,404 39,813
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 93.00% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,368 19,004 27,789
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,358 1,484 1,356
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.59 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.33 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +3.20% +71.00%
75th Percentile £54.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.88
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.01% +68.77%

Incident Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Analyst in England

Incident Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Incident Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Incident Analyst job vacancies in England

Incident Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Incident Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Incident Analyst job vacancies in England

Incident 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 Incident Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
North of England -9 4 £525 - 2
North West -12 4 £525 - 2
London +23 2 £575 +64.29%
Incident Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Incident 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 Incident Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 3 (50.00%) Time Management
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
3 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Deadline-Driven
4 1 (16.67%) NIST
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (16.67%) Security Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Insider Threat
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Behavioural Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Forensics
4 1 (16.67%) Splunk
4 1 (16.67%) SIEM
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity

Incident 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (16.67%) Insider Threat
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (50.00%) Time Management
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Anomaly Detection
4 1 (16.67%) Behavioural Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Deadline-Driven
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Forensics
4 1 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (16.67%) Security Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
1 1 (16.67%) Splunk