Information Security Analyst Contracts in England

Information Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Information Security Analyst daily rate in England is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 July 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
14 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 513 611
Rank change year-on-year +28 +98 +147
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 18 21 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.066% 0.057% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.062% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 17 29
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £363 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £644 £600 £538
90th Percentile £675 £685 £619
UK median daily rate £425 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -21.30% +8.00% -9.09%

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 24,928 34,097 45,064
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.98% 92.94% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,225 22,304 31,898
10th Percentile £290 £300 £311
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £660
90th Percentile £739 £750 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,213 2,454 1,398
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.00 £14.65
25th Percentile £17.88 £17.25 £19.28
Median hourly rate £28.18 £40.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.55% -6.98% +72.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.86 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -33.75% -5.88% +65.50%

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 14 July 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 14 July 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
Midlands +10 11 £400 -
East Midlands +9 11 £400 -
London +31 6 £650 +8.33% 10
South West - 1 - - 1
Information Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 July 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 18 (100.00%) Information Security
2 13 (72.22%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (66.67%) GRC
4 11 (61.11%) Social Skills
5 10 (55.56%) Data Protection
5 10 (55.56%) Penetration Testing
6 9 (50.00%) ITSM
7 8 (44.44%) Business Continuity
8 7 (38.89%) Retail
8 7 (38.89%) Ticket Management
9 5 (27.78%) GDPR
10 4 (22.22%) Azure
10 4 (22.22%) Finance
10 4 (22.22%) Incident Response
10 4 (22.22%) NIST
11 3 (16.67%) AWS
11 3 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (16.67%) GCP
12 2 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
12 2 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
12 2 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
12 2 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 2 (11.11%) Network Security
12 2 (11.11%) ISMS
12 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 2 (11.11%) Benchmarking

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 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) AWS
2 3 (16.67%) GCP
3 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 11 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 7 (38.89%) Retail
3 4 (22.22%) Finance
4 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Information Security
2 13 (72.22%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (55.56%) Data Protection
3 10 (55.56%) Penetration Testing
4 9 (50.00%) ITSM
5 8 (44.44%) Business Continuity
6 7 (38.89%) Ticket Management
7 4 (22.22%) Incident Response
8 2 (11.11%) Benchmarking
8 2 (11.11%) Cloud Security
8 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 2 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
8 2 (11.11%) Information Security Management
8 2 (11.11%) ISMS
8 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
8 2 (11.11%) Security Management
8 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (66.67%) GRC
2 5 (27.78%) GDPR
3 4 (22.22%) NIST
4 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (5.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
5 1 (5.56%) HIPAA
5 1 (5.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Intel
2 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) Varonis