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 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 350 353
Rank change year-on-year -34 +3 +67
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 183 134 208
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.52% 0.52% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.56% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 89 157
10th Percentile £325 £413 £400
25th Percentile £411 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -1.89%
75th Percentile £570 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £625 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £525 £523
% change year-on-year -1.24% +0.48% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 3
10th Percentile £20.31 - -
25th Percentile - £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £28.00 £54.50 £11.25
Median % change year-on-year -48.62% +384.44% -83.84%
75th Percentile £36.00 £63.25 £15.09
90th Percentile - - £17.39
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £54.50 £11.88
% change year-on-year -48.62% +358.95% -82.95%

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 32,563 23,895 34,861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 92.95% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,678 15,176 23,386
10th Percentile £306 £300 £270
25th Percentile £411 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,085 729 2,154
10th Percentile £15.18 £16.25 £13.23
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.00 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £34.52
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +4.30% -13.71%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.30 £71.89
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £34.31 £35.00
% change year-on-year -2.35% -1.99% -12.50%

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 27 February 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 27 February 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 27 February 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 -38 74 £525 - 12
South East -50 28 £500 -4.76% 9
South West -2 23 £525 - 2
Midlands -38 20 £400 -21.95% 11
North of England -54 17 £470 -8.29% 7
East Midlands - 12 £400 - 5
East of England -25 11 £513 -14.58% 6
North West -26 8 £325 -38.10% 5
West Midlands -45 8 £363 -29.27% 6
Yorkshire - 8 £520 - 2
North East -16 1 £400 +14.29%
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 February 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 88 (48.09%) Cybersecurity
2 55 (30.05%) Incident Response
3 51 (27.87%) SIEM
4 47 (25.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 45 (24.59%) Information Security
6 44 (24.04%) NIST
7 40 (21.86%) AWS
8 39 (21.31%) Microsoft
8 39 (21.31%) Security Cleared
8 39 (21.31%) Security Operations
9 37 (20.22%) SC Cleared
10 33 (18.03%) CISSP
11 29 (15.85%) Agile
11 29 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
12 27 (14.75%) Risk Management
13 25 (13.66%) Splunk
14 24 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (13.11%) Vulnerability Management
15 22 (12.02%) Threat Detection
16 20 (10.93%) Azure
16 20 (10.93%) GRC
16 20 (10.93%) Security Management
17 19 (10.38%) CISM
17 19 (10.38%) Degree
18 18 (9.84%) GDPR
19 17 (9.29%) Network Security
20 16 (8.74%) CompTIA Security+
21 14 (7.65%) Change Management
21 14 (7.65%) Coaching
21 14 (7.65%) Firewall

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:

Applications
1 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 40 (21.86%) AWS
2 20 (10.93%) Azure
3 11 (6.01%) GCP
4 7 (3.83%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Purview
5 6 (3.28%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.19%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.64%) Cloudflare
7 3 (1.64%) OCI
7 3 (1.64%) OpenDNS
7 3 (1.64%) SaaS
8 2 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.09%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.09%) AWS KMS
8 2 (1.09%) Serverless
9 1 (0.55%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.55%) AWS CodePipeline
9 1 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.55%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.29%) Network Security
2 14 (7.65%) Firewall
3 5 (2.73%) HTTP
3 5 (2.73%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.09%) DMZ
4 2 (1.09%) DNS
4 2 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.09%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.09%) VPN
5 1 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.55%) NAS
5 1 (0.55%) SAN
5 1 (0.55%) SMTP
5 1 (0.55%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.19%) Power BI
2 1 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.55%) JIRA
General
1 59 (32.24%) Social Skills
2 37 (20.22%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (14.75%) Finance
4 12 (6.56%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.83%) Military
6 6 (3.28%) Banking
7 5 (2.73%) Retail
8 4 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.19%) Legal
8 4 (2.19%) Marketing
9 3 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.09%) Law
10 2 (1.09%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.55%) Local Government
11 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.64%) OAuth
1 3 (1.64%) SAML
2 2 (1.09%) ISPF
2 2 (1.09%) OpenID
2 2 (1.09%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.55%) eBPF
3 1 (0.55%) LDAP
3 1 (0.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.93%) Cyber Defence
2 15 (8.20%) Security Posture
3 14 (7.65%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (7.10%) Management Information System
4 13 (7.10%) Onboarding
5 11 (6.01%) Operational Technology
6 9 (4.92%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (3.28%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.73%) Robotics
9 4 (2.19%) BYOD
10 3 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.64%) SCADA
11 2 (1.09%) CSOC
11 2 (1.09%) Mainframe
12 1 (0.55%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.55%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.19%) Windows
2 3 (1.64%) Linux
3 2 (1.09%) zOS
4 1 (0.55%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (48.09%) Cybersecurity
2 55 (30.05%) Incident Response
3 51 (27.87%) SIEM
4 45 (24.59%) Information Security
5 39 (21.31%) Security Operations
6 29 (15.85%) Agile
6 29 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (14.75%) Risk Management
8 24 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (13.11%) Vulnerability Management
9 22 (12.02%) Threat Detection
10 20 (10.93%) Security Management
11 14 (7.65%) Change Management
11 14 (7.65%) Coaching
11 14 (7.65%) Line Management
11 14 (7.65%) Mentoring
11 14 (7.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (7.10%) Penetration Testing
12 13 (7.10%) Risk Assessment
12 13 (7.10%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.37%) PowerShell
1 8 (4.37%) Python
2 7 (3.83%) SQL
3 5 (2.73%) Bash
3 5 (2.73%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.09%) CLIST
4 2 (1.09%) JCL
4 2 (1.09%) REXX
Qualifications
1 39 (21.31%) Security Cleared
2 37 (20.22%) SC Cleared
3 33 (18.03%) CISSP
4 19 (10.38%) CISM
4 19 (10.38%) Degree
5 16 (8.74%) CompTIA Security+
6 12 (6.56%) CEH
7 10 (5.46%) CompTIA CySA+
7 10 (5.46%) GIAC
8 8 (4.37%) DV Cleared
9 7 (3.83%) CISA
9 7 (3.83%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (3.28%) SANS
11 5 (2.73%) CRISC
11 5 (2.73%) GCIA
11 5 (2.73%) GCIH
12 4 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (2.19%) Master's Degree
12 4 (2.19%) SSCP
13 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (25.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (24.04%) NIST
3 20 (10.93%) GRC
4 18 (9.84%) GDPR
5 11 (6.01%) PCI DSS
6 10 (5.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (4.92%) NCSC
8 8 (4.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (4.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (3.83%) NIST 800
10 3 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (1.64%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.64%) IASME
10 3 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (1.09%) PMO
12 1 (0.55%) GxP
12 1 (0.55%) ISA99
12 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.55%) QA
12 1 (0.55%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (3.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.64%) Docker
2 3 (1.64%) Snort
2 3 (1.64%) Squid
3 2 (1.09%) RACF
3 2 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (2.19%) Kubernetes
1 4 (2.19%) Nessus
1 4 (2.19%) Nexpose
2 3 (1.64%) Suricata
3 2 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.09%) zSecure
4 1 (0.55%) Ansible
4 1 (0.55%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.55%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.55%) Nmap
4 1 (0.55%) QRadar
4 1 (0.55%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (21.31%) Microsoft
2 25 (13.66%) Splunk
3 11 (6.01%) Qualys
4 7 (3.83%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.83%) Tenable
5 6 (3.28%) CrowdStrike
5 6 (3.28%) Google
6 5 (2.73%) Cisco
6 5 (2.73%) Rapid7
7 4 (2.19%) CyberArk
7 4 (2.19%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.19%) Zscaler
8 3 (1.64%) Blue Coat
8 3 (1.64%) Carbon Black
8 3 (1.64%) FireEye
8 3 (1.64%) Progress
9 2 (1.09%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.09%) IBM
9 2 (1.09%) LogRhythm
10 1 (0.55%) Exabeam