Information Security Analyst Contracts in England

Information Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Information Security Analyst daily rate in England is £650, 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 477 522 618
Rank change year-on-year +45 +96 +129
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 8 20 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.033% 0.054% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.058% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 29
10th Percentile £459 £400 £333
25th Percentile £613 £472 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £508 £498
Median % change year-on-year +28.08% +2.01% +2.05%
75th Percentile £675 £564 £521
90th Percentile £705 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £650 £500 £486
% change year-on-year +30.00% +2.83% -7.38%

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%

Information Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Analyst in England

Information Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Analyst in England

Information Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Analyst in England

Information Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Analyst in England

Information Security 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 Information Security 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 +37 7 £650 - 22
South West - 1 - - 14
Information Security Analyst
UK

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

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

1 8 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
3 3 (37.50%) AWS
3 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) GCP
3 3 (37.50%) GRC
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (25.00%) Azure
4 2 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (25.00%) NIST
4 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Tableau
4 2 (25.00%) Network Security
4 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
4 2 (25.00%) Windows
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) Intel
5 1 (12.50%) Data Security
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Law
5 1 (12.50%) Legal

Information Security 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
1 3 (37.50%) GCP
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) Mimecast
3 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Tableau
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
3 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
3 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Behavioural Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Compliance Audit
4 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Data Mapping
4 1 (12.50%) Data Security
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) GRC
2 2 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
3 1 (12.50%) GDPR
3 1 (12.50%) HIPAA
3 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (12.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Intel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Varonis