Security Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 350 304
Rank change year-on-year -32 -46 +150
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 169 152 268
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.54% 0.56% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.61% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 105 218
10th Percentile £351 £413 £400
25th Percentile £409 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £570 £598 £600
90th Percentile £641 £625 £679
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.00 - -
Median hourly rate £36.00 - £11.25
75th Percentile - - £15.09
90th Percentile £37.35 - £17.39
UK median hourly rate £36.00 - £11.25
% change year-on-year - - -82.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 28,655 25,122 33,870
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 92.87% 93.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,289 15,554 23,055
10th Percentile £300 £300 £280
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,746 758 1,510
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.91 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.45 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -21.35% +27.14%
75th Percentile £61.25 £64.67 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.46% -26.97% +35.79%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Security Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

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 Security Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 10 January 2026. 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 -17 69 £500 -4.76% 7
South East -42 33 £488 -4.88% 9
North of England -32 18 £500 - 7
Midlands -33 15 £400 -23.81% 16
South West -13 12 £459 -35.54% 2
North West -25 11 £325 -35.00% 3
East of England -18 10 £513 -14.58% 1
East Midlands - 10 £400 - 3
Yorkshire - 6 £520 - 4
West Midlands -38 4 £588 +11.90% 13
North East -6 1 £400 +14.29%
Security Analyst
UK

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 January 2026, Security Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 97 (57.40%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (36.69%) Incident Response
3 53 (31.36%) SIEM
4 49 (28.99%) NIST
4 49 (28.99%) Security Operations
5 48 (28.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 46 (27.22%) Information Security
7 44 (26.04%) Security Cleared
8 41 (24.26%) Microsoft
9 39 (23.08%) SC Cleared
10 38 (22.49%) AWS
11 33 (19.53%) CISSP
12 32 (18.93%) Risk Management
13 30 (17.75%) Splunk
14 27 (15.98%) Agile
14 27 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
14 27 (15.98%) Vulnerability Management
15 22 (13.02%) Threat Detection
16 21 (12.43%) Azure
16 21 (12.43%) Firewall
17 19 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
17 19 (11.24%) GRC
17 19 (11.24%) Network Security
18 17 (10.06%) CISM
18 17 (10.06%) CompTIA Security+
18 17 (10.06%) GDPR
18 17 (10.06%) Security Management
19 16 (9.47%) CEH
19 16 (9.47%) Penetration Testing
19 16 (9.47%) Risk Assessment

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 38 (22.49%) AWS
2 21 (12.43%) Azure
3 12 (7.10%) GCP
4 8 (4.73%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (3.55%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.37%) Cloudflare
7 4 (2.37%) OpenDNS
8 3 (1.78%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.78%) OCI
8 3 (1.78%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.18%) AWS KMS
9 2 (1.18%) SaaS
10 1 (0.59%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.59%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.59%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.59%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (0.59%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.59%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.43%) Firewall
2 19 (11.24%) Network Security
3 5 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.37%) HTTP
4 4 (2.37%) Internet
5 3 (1.78%) NGFW
6 2 (1.18%) DMZ
6 2 (1.18%) DNS
6 2 (1.18%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.59%) SMTP
7 1 (0.59%) VPN
7 1 (0.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.78%) Power BI
2 1 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.18%) JIRA
2 1 (0.59%) Jenkins
General
1 59 (34.91%) Social Skills
2 35 (20.71%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (7.69%) Finance
3 13 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 8 (4.73%) Military
5 7 (4.14%) Retail
6 6 (3.55%) Banking
6 6 (3.55%) Law
6 6 (3.55%) Legal
7 4 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.78%) Marketing
9 1 (0.59%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.59%) Local Government
9 1 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.59%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.18%) ISPF
1 2 (1.18%) OAuth
2 1 (0.59%) eBPF
2 1 (0.59%) LDAP
2 1 (0.59%) OpenID
2 1 (0.59%) REST
2 1 (0.59%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.83%) Cyber Defence
2 17 (10.06%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (8.28%) Onboarding
4 13 (7.69%) Management Information System
4 13 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
5 11 (6.51%) Security Posture
6 7 (4.14%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.96%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.37%) Cybercrime
9 3 (1.78%) BYOD
9 3 (1.78%) CSOC
9 3 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.78%) Robotics
10 2 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.18%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.18%) Mainframe
10 2 (1.18%) NHS
11 1 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.59%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.96%) Windows
2 2 (1.18%) Linux
2 2 (1.18%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.18%) zOS
3 1 (0.59%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (57.40%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (36.69%) Incident Response
3 53 (31.36%) SIEM
4 49 (28.99%) Security Operations
5 46 (27.22%) Information Security
6 32 (18.93%) Risk Management
7 27 (15.98%) Agile
7 27 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (15.98%) Vulnerability Management
8 22 (13.02%) Threat Detection
9 19 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (10.06%) Security Management
11 16 (9.47%) Penetration Testing
11 16 (9.47%) Risk Assessment
11 16 (9.47%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (8.88%) Coaching
12 15 (8.88%) Mentoring
13 14 (8.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 13 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 13 (7.69%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.33%) PowerShell
1 9 (5.33%) Python
2 7 (4.14%) Kusto Query Language
3 6 (3.55%) Bash
4 2 (1.18%) CLIST
4 2 (1.18%) JCL
4 2 (1.18%) REXX
Qualifications
1 44 (26.04%) Security Cleared
2 39 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 33 (19.53%) CISSP
4 17 (10.06%) CISM
4 17 (10.06%) CompTIA Security+
5 16 (9.47%) CEH
6 15 (8.88%) CompTIA CySA+
6 15 (8.88%) Degree
7 14 (8.28%) GIAC
8 11 (6.51%) DV Cleared
9 6 (3.55%) GCIA
9 6 (3.55%) GCIH
9 6 (3.55%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (3.55%) OSCP
9 6 (3.55%) SANS
10 5 (2.96%) CISA
10 5 (2.96%) CRISC
11 4 (2.37%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (2.37%) GREM
11 4 (2.37%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (28.99%) NIST
2 48 (28.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (11.24%) GRC
4 17 (10.06%) GDPR
5 11 (6.51%) NCSC
5 11 (6.51%) PCI DSS
6 10 (5.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (4.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (4.14%) NIST 800
8 7 (4.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.78%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (1.78%) HIPAA
9 3 (1.78%) IASME
9 3 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (1.18%) PMO
11 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.59%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.59%) QA
11 1 (0.59%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (2.37%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.37%) Docker
1 4 (2.37%) Snort
1 4 (2.37%) Squid
2 2 (1.18%) RACF
2 2 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (3.55%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.96%) Nessus
2 5 (2.96%) Nexpose
3 4 (2.37%) Suricata
4 2 (1.18%) CSIRT
4 2 (1.18%) zSecure
5 1 (0.59%) Ansible
5 1 (0.59%) Nmap
5 1 (0.59%) QRadar
5 1 (0.59%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (24.26%) Microsoft
2 30 (17.75%) Splunk
3 15 (8.88%) CrowdStrike
4 11 (6.51%) Qualys
5 8 (4.73%) Palo Alto
5 8 (4.73%) Tenable
6 7 (4.14%) Google
7 6 (3.55%) Zscaler
8 5 (2.96%) Cisco
8 5 (2.96%) F5
8 5 (2.96%) Rapid7
9 4 (2.37%) Blue Coat
9 4 (2.37%) Carbon Black
9 4 (2.37%) FireEye
9 4 (2.37%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.78%) CyberArk
11 2 (1.18%) Darktrace
11 2 (1.18%) IBM
11 2 (1.18%) LogRhythm
12 1 (0.59%) Exabeam