Security Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 367 408
Rank change year-on-year -52 +41 -79
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 205 144 127
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.45% 0.52% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.56% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 90 88
10th Percentile £370 £348 £400
25th Percentile £425 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -3.23%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £601
90th Percentile £623 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +12.82% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile £46.25 £49.31 -
25th Percentile £49.06 £54.65 -
Median hourly rate £57.05 £67.93 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.02% +35.85% -
75th Percentile £65.26 £76.83 -
90th Percentile £72.13 £79.54 -
UK median hourly rate £57.05 £67.93 £12.50
% change year-on-year -16.02% +443.40% -

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 42,140 25,508 30,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 91.65% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,526 16,531 20,304
10th Percentile £325 £285 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,165 1,327 1,793
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.53 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.65 £25.30 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.58% -43.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.18%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -67 79 £550 +10.00% 50
South East -29 72 £550 +10.00% 50
North of England -50 24 £430 -11.90% 32
North West -35 16 £430 -4.44% 21
West Midlands -44 11 £600 +6.19% 7
Midlands -58 11 £600 +50.00% 19
South West -43 10 £650 +62.50% 15
Yorkshire -37 8 £400 -27.27% 10
East of England -17 2 £400 - 5
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 August 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.

1 139 (67.80%) Cybersecurity
2 66 (32.20%) Security Operations
3 58 (28.29%) SIEM
4 55 (26.83%) NIST
4 55 (26.83%) Security Cleared
5 51 (24.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 39 (19.02%) Incident Response
7 37 (18.05%) Vulnerability Management
8 36 (17.56%) Information Security
8 36 (17.56%) Microsoft
9 34 (16.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (15.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 30 (14.63%) DV Cleared
12 29 (14.15%) Azure
13 28 (13.66%) SC Cleared
14 25 (12.20%) Threat Detection
15 24 (11.71%) Security Monitoring
16 23 (11.22%) Risk Management
17 22 (10.73%) Incident Management
18 21 (10.24%) Stakeholder Management
19 20 (9.76%) CISSP
20 19 (9.27%) Workshop Facilitation
21 18 (8.78%) Cloud Security
22 17 (8.29%) Application Security
22 17 (8.29%) Business Analysis
22 17 (8.29%) GAP Analysis
23 16 (7.80%) Azure Sentinel
23 16 (7.80%) Process Improvement
24 15 (7.32%) CompTIA Security+
24 15 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials

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 3 (1.46%) Confluence
2 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.46%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.49%) InfoPath
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 29 (14.15%) Azure
2 16 (7.80%) Azure Sentinel
3 14 (6.83%) AWS
4 12 (5.85%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.39%) Azure Logic Apps
6 7 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.41%) SaaS
7 6 (2.93%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (2.93%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.95%) GCP
9 3 (1.46%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.46%) GitHub
10 2 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.98%) Azure Stack
10 2 (0.98%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.49%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.49%) IaaS
11 1 (0.49%) SAP Fieldglass
11 1 (0.49%) Serverless
11 1 (0.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.34%) Network Security
2 7 (3.41%) Firewall
3 4 (1.95%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (1.46%) Intranet
5 2 (0.98%) HTTP
5 2 (0.98%) NAS
5 2 (0.98%) SAN
6 1 (0.49%) DNS
6 1 (0.49%) Modbus
6 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.49%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.49%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.49%) VLAN
6 1 (0.49%) VoIP
6 1 (0.49%) VPN
6 1 (0.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.93%) Power BI
2 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.49%) Big Data
2 1 (0.49%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.46%) GitLab
1 3 (1.46%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.46%) JIRA
2 2 (0.98%) Burp Suite
2 2 (0.98%) Snyk
2 2 (0.98%) SonarQube
General
1 69 (33.66%) Social Skills
2 37 (18.05%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (10.73%) Finance
4 16 (7.80%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (6.83%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.41%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.44%) Military
7 5 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.44%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.95%) Banking
9 3 (1.46%) Legal
10 1 (0.49%) Advertising
10 1 (0.49%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.46%) FIDO
1 3 (1.46%) WebAuthn
2 2 (0.98%) REST
3 1 (0.49%) Middleware
3 1 (0.49%) OAuth
3 1 (0.49%) OpenID
3 1 (0.49%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.68%) Operational Technology
2 17 (8.29%) Security Operations Centre
3 16 (7.80%) Onboarding
4 15 (7.32%) Security Posture
5 12 (5.85%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (4.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (4.88%) SCADA
7 8 (3.90%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (3.90%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.46%) CMDB
9 3 (1.46%) PKI
10 2 (0.98%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.98%) CSOC
10 2 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.98%) Insider Threat
10 2 (0.98%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.98%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 1 (0.49%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.39%) Windows
2 5 (2.44%) Linux
3 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (67.80%) Cybersecurity
2 66 (32.20%) Security Operations
3 58 (28.29%) SIEM
4 39 (19.02%) Incident Response
5 37 (18.05%) Vulnerability Management
6 36 (17.56%) Information Security
7 34 (16.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (15.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 25 (12.20%) Threat Detection
10 24 (11.71%) Security Monitoring
11 23 (11.22%) Risk Management
12 22 (10.73%) Incident Management
13 21 (10.24%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (9.27%) Workshop Facilitation
15 18 (8.78%) Cloud Security
16 17 (8.29%) Application Security
16 17 (8.29%) Business Analysis
16 17 (8.29%) GAP Analysis
17 16 (7.80%) Process Improvement
18 15 (7.32%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.90%) Kusto Query Language
1 8 (3.90%) Python
2 7 (3.41%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.46%) Bash
3 3 (1.46%) SQL
4 2 (0.98%) Perl
5 1 (0.49%) C
5 1 (0.49%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 55 (26.83%) Security Cleared
2 30 (14.63%) DV Cleared
3 28 (13.66%) SC Cleared
4 20 (9.76%) CISSP
5 15 (7.32%) CompTIA Security+
6 12 (5.85%) CompTIA CySA+
7 10 (4.88%) GIAC
8 9 (4.39%) Degree
9 7 (3.41%) CISM
10 6 (2.93%) CEH
11 5 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (2.44%) SANS
12 4 (1.95%) CISA
13 3 (1.46%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.46%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.46%) GCIA
13 3 (1.46%) GCIH
13 3 (1.46%) IIBA
13 3 (1.46%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (26.83%) NIST
2 51 (24.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (7.32%) GRC
4 9 (4.39%) GDPR
4 9 (4.39%) NIST 800
5 8 (3.90%) NCSC
6 7 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (2.93%) IASME
7 6 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (1.95%) COBIT
9 2 (0.98%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.98%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.98%) SLA
9 2 (0.98%) SOC 1
9 2 (0.98%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.49%) ISA99
10 1 (0.49%) PMO
10 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.46%) Docker
3 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (6.34%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.98%) HP Fortify
3 2 (0.98%) Nexpose
3 2 (0.98%) Puppet
3 2 (0.98%) QRadar
3 2 (0.98%) Terraform
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (17.56%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.88%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (3.41%) Splunk
4 4 (1.95%) Google
5 3 (1.46%) ArcSight
5 3 (1.46%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.46%) Tenable
6 2 (0.98%) Checkmarx
6 2 (0.98%) OneTrust
6 2 (0.98%) Qualys
6 2 (0.98%) SolarWinds
6 2 (0.98%) Tanium
6 2 (0.98%) Veracode
7 1 (0.49%) Clearswift
7 1 (0.49%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.49%) NEC
7 1 (0.49%) Oracle
7 1 (0.49%) Tripwire
7 1 (0.49%) Varonis
7 1 (0.49%) VMware