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 24 November 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 362 302
Rank change year-on-year -7 -60 +172
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 183 155 287
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.60% 0.50% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.54% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 104 226
10th Percentile £335 £413 £413
25th Percentile £400 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.48% -0.48%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £673
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 1
10th Percentile £28.00 - -
25th Percentile £32.00 - -
Median hourly rate £36.00 £50.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +164.13% -65.58%
75th Percentile £39.38 - -
90th Percentile £50.95 - -
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £50.00 £18.93
% change year-on-year -28.00% +164.13% -65.58%

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 27,614 28,942 36,723
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 92.95% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,664 17,706 25,343
10th Percentile £281 £300 £290
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -1.69% -2.91%
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 1,686 1,084 1,421
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.33
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.05 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -11.52% +39.11%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +49.17%

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 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 -7 79 £500 -4.76% 20
South East -23 30 £520 +4.00% 23
Midlands -11 21 £400 -27.27% 8
North of England -25 19 £500 - 5
East Midlands - 17 £400 - 4
South West +12 16 £375 -50.00% 6
North West -13 11 £334 -33.20% 4
Yorkshire -28 8 £520 +4.00% 1
East of England -14 5 £550 -6.38% 7
West Midlands -17 3 £588 +6.82% 4
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 November 2025, 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.

1 121 (66.12%) Cybersecurity
2 67 (36.61%) Incident Response
3 58 (31.69%) Information Security
4 56 (30.60%) SIEM
5 51 (27.87%) Microsoft
6 50 (27.32%) Security Operations
7 47 (25.68%) NIST
8 42 (22.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 39 (21.31%) Security Cleared
10 37 (20.22%) AWS
11 34 (18.58%) Risk Management
11 34 (18.58%) SC Cleared
12 31 (16.94%) Splunk
12 31 (16.94%) Vulnerability Management
13 30 (16.39%) CISSP
13 30 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
14 29 (15.85%) Penetration Testing
15 28 (15.30%) Firewall
16 26 (14.21%) Agile
17 25 (13.66%) Azure
18 23 (12.57%) GRC
19 22 (12.02%) Threat Intelligence
20 21 (11.48%) CrowdStrike
20 21 (11.48%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
20 21 (11.48%) GDPR
20 21 (11.48%) Threat Detection
21 19 (10.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
21 19 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
22 18 (9.84%) CompTIA CySA+
22 18 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement

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 (0.55%) Confluence
1 1 (0.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.09%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 37 (20.22%) AWS
2 25 (13.66%) Azure
3 11 (6.01%) GCP
4 10 (5.46%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.28%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.28%) SaaS
7 4 (2.19%) Cloudflare
7 4 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (2.19%) OpenDNS
8 3 (1.64%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.64%) GitHub
8 3 (1.64%) OCI
8 3 (1.64%) Slack
9 2 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.55%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.55%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (0.55%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.55%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (15.30%) Firewall
2 16 (8.74%) Network Security
3 5 (2.73%) HTTP
3 5 (2.73%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.19%) Internet
4 4 (2.19%) NGFW
5 3 (1.64%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.09%) DNS
6 2 (1.09%) SMTP
6 2 (1.09%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.09%) Wireless
7 1 (0.55%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.28%) Power BI
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.19%) JIRA
2 2 (1.09%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.55%) Postman
3 1 (0.55%) SoapUI
General
1 64 (34.97%) Social Skills
2 40 (21.86%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (10.93%) Finance
4 14 (7.65%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.01%) Retail
6 8 (4.37%) Banking
7 7 (3.83%) Legal
7 7 (3.83%) Military
8 6 (3.28%) Law
9 4 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.64%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.09%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.55%) Local Government
12 1 (0.55%) Police
12 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.09%) PyTorch
1 2 (1.09%) TensorFlow
2 1 (0.55%) ISPF
2 1 (0.55%) OAuth
2 1 (0.55%) OpenID
2 1 (0.55%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.38%) Cyber Defence
1 19 (10.38%) Cyber Threat
1 19 (10.38%) Security Posture
2 15 (8.20%) Management Information System
3 14 (7.65%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.46%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.19%) Cybercrime
5 4 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.19%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.64%) BYOD
6 3 (1.64%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.09%) NHS
8 1 (0.55%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.55%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.55%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.55%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.10%) Windows
2 6 (3.28%) Linux
3 4 (2.19%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.09%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.55%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.55%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (66.12%) Cybersecurity
2 67 (36.61%) Incident Response
3 58 (31.69%) Information Security
4 56 (30.60%) SIEM
5 50 (27.32%) Security Operations
6 34 (18.58%) Risk Management
7 31 (16.94%) Vulnerability Management
8 30 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (15.85%) Penetration Testing
10 26 (14.21%) Agile
11 22 (12.02%) Threat Intelligence
12 21 (11.48%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 21 (11.48%) Threat Detection
13 19 (10.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 19 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (8.20%) Incident Management
15 15 (8.20%) ITSM
15 15 (8.20%) Security Management
15 15 (8.20%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.65%) Python
2 12 (6.56%) PowerShell
3 11 (6.01%) Bash
4 10 (5.46%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.55%) CLIST
5 1 (0.55%) JCL
5 1 (0.55%) REXX
5 1 (0.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (21.31%) Security Cleared
2 34 (18.58%) SC Cleared
3 30 (16.39%) CISSP
4 18 (9.84%) CompTIA CySA+
5 17 (9.29%) CompTIA Security+
5 17 (9.29%) Degree
6 14 (7.65%) CEH
7 13 (7.10%) CISM
8 12 (6.56%) GIAC
9 9 (4.92%) DV Cleared
9 9 (4.92%) GCIH
10 7 (3.83%) GCIA
10 7 (3.83%) OSCP
11 6 (3.28%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (3.28%) SANS
11 6 (3.28%) SSCP
12 5 (2.73%) CRISC
13 4 (2.19%) CCNA
13 4 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (2.19%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (25.68%) NIST
2 42 (22.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (12.57%) GRC
4 21 (11.48%) GDPR
5 10 (5.46%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (5.46%) NCSC
5 10 (5.46%) PCI DSS
6 9 (4.92%) NIST 800
7 8 (4.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (2.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.64%) IASME
9 3 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (1.09%) HIPAA
10 2 (1.09%) PMO
10 2 (1.09%) SLA
11 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.55%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.55%) QA
11 1 (0.55%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (2.19%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.19%) Docker
1 4 (2.19%) Snort
1 4 (2.19%) Squid
2 1 (0.55%) RACF
Systems Management
1 8 (4.37%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.73%) Nessus
2 5 (2.73%) Nexpose
3 4 (2.19%) CSIRT
3 4 (2.19%) Suricata
4 1 (0.55%) Ansible
4 1 (0.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.55%) Nmap
4 1 (0.55%) QRadar
4 1 (0.55%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.55%) SCCM
4 1 (0.55%) Terraform
4 1 (0.55%) WSUS
4 1 (0.55%) zSecure
Vendors
1 51 (27.87%) Microsoft
2 31 (16.94%) Splunk
3 21 (11.48%) CrowdStrike
4 12 (6.56%) Qualys
5 9 (4.92%) Google
5 9 (4.92%) Palo Alto
6 7 (3.83%) F5
6 7 (3.83%) ServiceNow
7 6 (3.28%) Tenable
7 6 (3.28%) Zscaler
8 5 (2.73%) Cisco
8 5 (2.73%) Rapid7
9 4 (2.19%) Blue Coat
9 4 (2.19%) Carbon Black
9 4 (2.19%) FireEye
10 3 (1.64%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.64%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.64%) Darktrace
10 3 (1.64%) SAP
10 3 (1.64%) VMware