Security Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst daily rate in England is £543, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 356 368
Rank change year-on-year -50 +12 -75
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 236 156 151
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.51% 0.56% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.61% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 94 96
10th Percentile £372 £333 £413
25th Percentile £425 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £498 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -9.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £600
90th Percentile £650 £600 £689
UK median daily rate £525 £491 £550
% change year-on-year +6.87% -10.68% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 1
10th Percentile £46.25 - -
25th Percentile £50.00 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £64.09 £54.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.60% +9.00% -
75th Percentile £85.40 £63.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £64.09 £54.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +17.60% +9.00% -

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 42,592 25,553 30,101
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 91.09% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,048 16,438 18,399
10th Percentile £327 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.67%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,718 1,434 1,293
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.25 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.15 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.59% -41.51% -6.52%
75th Percentile £67.96 £51.55 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +65.84% -40.16% -5.55%

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 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Analyst 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 October 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 -52 98 £525 +5.00% 98
South East -25 72 £550 +5.77% 32
North of England -54 37 £450 -5.26% 74
North West -27 35 £455 +69.78% 50
South West -24 12 £645 +84.29% 16
West Midlands -41 7 £600 +10.09% 9
Midlands -59 7 £600 +50.00% 22
East of England -33 3 £400 -27.27% 14
Yorkshire -32 2 £400 -23.08% 17
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 October 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.

1 179 (75.85%) Cybersecurity
2 93 (39.41%) Security Operations
3 78 (33.05%) Security Cleared
4 75 (31.78%) SIEM
5 56 (23.73%) Incident Response
5 56 (23.73%) Vulnerability Management
6 52 (22.03%) Microsoft
6 52 (22.03%) NIST
7 50 (21.19%) SC Cleared
8 49 (20.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 44 (18.64%) Incident Management
10 43 (18.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 39 (16.53%) Information Security
12 35 (14.83%) Security Monitoring
13 34 (14.41%) Azure
14 32 (13.56%) DV Cleared
15 27 (11.44%) Risk Management
15 27 (11.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 27 (11.44%) Threat Detection
16 26 (11.02%) AWS
17 25 (10.59%) GRC
17 25 (10.59%) ITIL
18 24 (10.17%) Cloud Security
18 24 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
19 22 (9.32%) CISSP
19 22 (9.32%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
19 22 (9.32%) Problem-Solving
19 22 (9.32%) Threat Intelligence
20 21 (8.90%) Vulnerability Remediation
21 20 (8.47%) Data Protection

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 7 (2.97%) IIS
2 1 (0.42%) Confluence
2 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.42%) InfoPath
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 34 (14.41%) Azure
2 26 (11.02%) AWS
3 19 (8.05%) Entra ID
4 17 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (5.93%) Azure Sentinel
6 9 (3.81%) Microsoft Purview
7 8 (3.39%) GCP
8 6 (2.54%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (2.12%) SaaS
10 4 (1.69%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.27%) Akamai
12 2 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.85%) Azure Stack
12 2 (0.85%) GitHub
12 2 (0.85%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.42%) IaaS
13 1 (0.42%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.42%) PaaS
13 1 (0.42%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.08%) Network Security
2 5 (2.12%) Firewall
2 5 (2.12%) HTTP
2 5 (2.12%) Intranet
2 5 (2.12%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.42%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (0.42%) DNS
4 1 (0.42%) Modbus
4 1 (0.42%) NAS
4 1 (0.42%) SAN
4 1 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.69%) Power BI
2 2 (0.85%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.42%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Burp Suite
1 2 (0.85%) GitLab
1 2 (0.85%) Jenkins
1 2 (0.85%) JIRA
1 2 (0.85%) Snyk
1 2 (0.85%) SonarQube
General
1 70 (29.66%) Social Skills
2 39 (16.53%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (8.90%) Finance
4 20 (8.47%) Documentation Skills
5 17 (7.20%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (6.78%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.97%) Military
8 6 (2.54%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.69%) Banking
11 3 (1.27%) Legal
12 2 (0.85%) Law
13 1 (0.42%) Advertising
13 1 (0.42%) Back Office
13 1 (0.42%) Local Government
13 1 (0.42%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.42%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.54%) FIDO
1 6 (2.54%) WebAuthn
2 4 (1.69%) REST
3 2 (0.85%) Regular Expression
3 2 (0.85%) Terraform
4 1 (0.42%) JSON
4 1 (0.42%) LDAP
4 1 (0.42%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.86%) Security Operations Centre
2 23 (9.75%) Onboarding
3 19 (8.05%) Operational Technology
4 18 (7.63%) Cyber Threat
4 18 (7.63%) Security Posture
5 17 (7.20%) Management Information System
6 13 (5.51%) Cyber Defence
7 6 (2.54%) CMDB
7 6 (2.54%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.54%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (2.54%) Mobile Payment
7 6 (2.54%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.54%) Smartcard
8 4 (1.69%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.69%) Cyberattack
8 4 (1.69%) SCADA
9 3 (1.27%) CSOC
9 3 (1.27%) PKI
10 2 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.05%) Windows
2 15 (6.36%) Linux
3 5 (2.12%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (75.85%) Cybersecurity
2 93 (39.41%) Security Operations
3 75 (31.78%) SIEM
4 56 (23.73%) Incident Response
4 56 (23.73%) Vulnerability Management
5 44 (18.64%) Incident Management
6 43 (18.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (16.53%) Information Security
8 35 (14.83%) Security Monitoring
9 27 (11.44%) Risk Management
9 27 (11.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 27 (11.44%) Threat Detection
10 25 (10.59%) ITIL
11 24 (10.17%) Cloud Security
11 24 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (9.32%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 22 (9.32%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (9.32%) Threat Intelligence
13 21 (8.90%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 20 (8.47%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.24%) Python
2 9 (3.81%) Kusto Query Language
2 9 (3.81%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.27%) Bash
4 2 (0.85%) Korn
4 2 (0.85%) Perl
4 2 (0.85%) SQL
5 1 (0.42%) C
5 1 (0.42%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 78 (33.05%) Security Cleared
2 50 (21.19%) SC Cleared
3 32 (13.56%) DV Cleared
4 22 (9.32%) CISSP
5 16 (6.78%) Degree
6 13 (5.51%) CompTIA CySA+
7 12 (5.08%) CompTIA Security+
8 11 (4.66%) CISM
9 9 (3.81%) CISA
9 9 (3.81%) GIAC
10 7 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (2.54%) IISP
12 5 (2.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (2.12%) Azure Certification
12 5 (2.12%) CCSP
12 5 (2.12%) CLAS
12 5 (2.12%) CREST Certified
12 5 (2.12%) DBS Check
12 5 (2.12%) SANS
13 4 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (22.03%) NIST
2 49 (20.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (10.59%) GRC
4 14 (5.93%) GDPR
5 13 (5.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (5.51%) SLA
6 7 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 7 (2.97%) PCI DSS
7 6 (2.54%) ISO 31000
7 6 (2.54%) ISO 9001
7 6 (2.54%) NCSC
8 3 (1.27%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.85%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.85%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.85%) QA
9 2 (0.85%) SOC 1
9 2 (0.85%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.42%) COBIT
10 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 8 (3.39%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.12%) ISA Server
3 2 (0.85%) Docker
3 2 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.42%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.42%) NFS
4 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (2.54%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.12%) CASB
3 4 (1.69%) QRadar
4 3 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.85%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.85%) Nexpose
5 2 (0.85%) Puppet
Vendors
1 52 (22.03%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.05%) Splunk
3 16 (6.78%) CrowdStrike
4 11 (4.66%) Qualys
5 9 (3.81%) Google
6 6 (2.54%) Tripwire
7 5 (2.12%) Centrify
7 5 (2.12%) Cisco
7 5 (2.12%) F5
8 4 (1.69%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.69%) Tenable
9 3 (1.27%) ArcSight
10 2 (0.85%) Checkmarx
10 2 (0.85%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.85%) LogRhythm
10 2 (0.85%) OneTrust
10 2 (0.85%) Rapid7
10 2 (0.85%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.85%) Veracode
10 2 (0.85%) VMware