Security Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026.

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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 422 363 371
Rank change year-on-year -59 +8 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 160 106 162
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.39% 0.44% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.47% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 69 122
10th Percentile £351 £349 £355
25th Percentile £424 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £577 £606 £675
90th Percentile £625 £653 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £19.74 £49.31 -
25th Percentile £24.15 £54.65 -
Median hourly rate £28.00 £67.93 £11.25
Median % change year-on-year -58.78% +503.78% -83.99%
75th Percentile £42.38 £76.83 -
90th Percentile £56.75 £79.54 -
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £67.93 £12.50
% change year-on-year -58.78% +443.40% -82.21%

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 37,960 22,434 33,770
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.38% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,575 14,905 22,421
10th Percentile £319 £295 £283
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £644
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,608 926 2,442
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.92
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -18.73% -17.97%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.19 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +52.45% -23.29% -18.89%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -51 64 £538 +2.38% 27
South East -50 38 £550 +4.76% 26
Midlands -58 16 £400 -23.81% 10
North of England -56 14 £410 -18.00% 26
South West -29 13 £525 +10.53% 18
West Midlands -52 9 £288 -45.24% 5
Yorkshire -50 8 £469 - 12
East of England -24 7 £475 -20.83% 4
East Midlands - 7 £463 - 5
North West -40 5 £438 -12.50% 13
North East - 1 £400 - 1
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 81 (50.63%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (26.25%) NIST
3 36 (22.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (21.88%) SIEM
5 34 (21.25%) Incident Response
6 33 (20.63%) Security Cleared
7 31 (19.38%) Security Operations
8 30 (18.75%) Information Security
9 28 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (17.50%) Microsoft
10 26 (16.25%) Azure
11 25 (15.63%) SC Cleared
12 21 (13.13%) Vulnerability Management
13 18 (11.25%) CISSP
14 16 (10.00%) AWS
14 16 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (10.00%) Threat Detection
15 15 (9.38%) GAP Analysis
15 15 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
16 13 (8.13%) Application Security
16 13 (8.13%) Cloud Security
16 13 (8.13%) Kubernetes
16 13 (8.13%) Process Improvement
16 13 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
17 12 (7.50%) Azure Sentinel
17 12 (7.50%) CI/CD
17 12 (7.50%) Network Security
17 12 (7.50%) Validation
17 12 (7.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
18 11 (6.88%) CISM

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 2 (1.25%) Confluence
2 1 (0.63%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.88%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.25%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (16.25%) Azure
2 16 (10.00%) AWS
3 12 (7.50%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (4.38%) SaaS
5 6 (3.75%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (3.13%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (2.50%) GCP
8 3 (1.88%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.25%) Azure Stack
9 2 (1.25%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.25%) Serverless
10 1 (0.63%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.63%) AWS KMS
10 1 (0.63%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.63%) GitHub
10 1 (0.63%) OpenDNS
10 1 (0.63%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.63%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.50%) Network Security
2 8 (5.00%) Firewall
3 2 (1.25%) DMZ
3 2 (1.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (1.25%) VPN
3 2 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.63%) DNS
4 1 (0.63%) HTTP
4 1 (0.63%) Modbus
4 1 (0.63%) NAS
4 1 (0.63%) SAN
4 1 (0.63%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.63%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.63%) VLAN
4 1 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.25%) Power BI
2 1 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.63%) Big Data
2 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.25%) JIRA
2 1 (0.63%) GitLab
2 1 (0.63%) Jenkins
General
1 50 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 31 (19.38%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (14.38%) Finance
4 7 (4.38%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (3.75%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.13%) Banking
7 4 (2.50%) Marketing
7 4 (2.50%) Military
7 4 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.88%) Legal
9 1 (0.63%) Advertising
9 1 (0.63%) Local Government
9 1 (0.63%) Retail
9 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.88%) OAuth
1 3 (1.88%) SAML
2 2 (1.25%) OpenID
2 2 (1.25%) REST
2 2 (1.25%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.63%) eBPF
3 1 (0.63%) ISPF
3 1 (0.63%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.88%) Operational Technology
2 15 (9.38%) Security Posture
3 10 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (5.63%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (5.63%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 8 (5.00%) Onboarding
5 8 (5.00%) SCADA
6 5 (3.13%) Robotics
7 4 (2.50%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.50%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.88%) CSOC
9 2 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.63%) BYOD
10 1 (0.63%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.63%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.63%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.50%) Windows
2 1 (0.63%) Linux
2 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.63%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (50.63%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (21.88%) SIEM
3 34 (21.25%) Incident Response
4 31 (19.38%) Security Operations
5 30 (18.75%) Information Security
6 28 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (13.13%) Vulnerability Management
8 16 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 16 (10.00%) Threat Detection
9 15 (9.38%) GAP Analysis
9 15 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (8.13%) Application Security
10 13 (8.13%) Cloud Security
10 13 (8.13%) Process Improvement
10 13 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (7.50%) CI/CD
11 12 (7.50%) Validation
11 12 (7.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 11 (6.88%) Risk Assessment
12 11 (6.88%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 8 (5.00%) Python
1 8 (5.00%) SQL
2 7 (4.38%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.25%) Bash
4 1 (0.63%) CLIST
4 1 (0.63%) JCL
4 1 (0.63%) REXX
Qualifications
1 33 (20.63%) Security Cleared
2 25 (15.63%) SC Cleared
3 18 (11.25%) CISSP
4 11 (6.88%) CISM
5 10 (6.25%) CEH
5 10 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
5 10 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 9 (5.63%) Degree
7 6 (3.75%) CISA
7 6 (3.75%) GIAC
8 4 (2.50%) CompTIA CySA+
8 4 (2.50%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.25%) CCNP
10 2 (1.25%) IIBA
10 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.25%) SSCP
11 1 (0.63%) CBAP
11 1 (0.63%) CRISC
11 1 (0.63%) GCED
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (26.25%) NIST
2 36 (22.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (6.88%) GRC
4 9 (5.63%) GDPR
5 7 (4.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (4.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (4.38%) NCSC
5 7 (4.38%) NIST 800
6 6 (3.75%) IASME
6 6 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (2.50%) COBIT
8 3 (1.88%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.88%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.25%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.63%) GxP
10 1 (0.63%) PMO
10 1 (0.63%) SLA
10 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (3.13%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.25%) Docker
2 2 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.63%) RACF
3 1 (0.63%) Snort
3 1 (0.63%) Squid
Systems Management
1 13 (8.13%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.25%) Nessus
2 2 (1.25%) Nexpose
2 2 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.63%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.63%) Puppet
3 1 (0.63%) Suricata
3 1 (0.63%) zSecure
Vendors
1 28 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.25%) Splunk
3 8 (5.00%) Qualys
4 6 (3.75%) CrowdStrike
5 5 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.50%) Progress
6 4 (2.50%) Tenable
7 3 (1.88%) Cisco
8 2 (1.25%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.25%) OneTrust
8 2 (1.25%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.63%) Carbon Black
9 1 (0.63%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.63%) Databricks
9 1 (0.63%) Exabeam
9 1 (0.63%) FireEye
9 1 (0.63%) IBM
9 1 (0.63%) Oracle
9 1 (0.63%) Tanium
9 1 (0.63%) Zscaler