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 11 April 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 405 381 375
Rank change year-on-year -24 -6 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 179 104 180
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.46% 0.43% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.46% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 74 138
10th Percentile £333 £357 £361
25th Percentile £411 £463 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year - +1.45% -5.91%
75th Percentile £575 £574 £647
90th Percentile £631 £646 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.31% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 3
10th Percentile £21.08 £49.31 -
25th Percentile £28.00 £54.65 -
Median hourly rate £32.00 £67.93 £11.25
Median % change year-on-year -52.89% +503.78% -82.82%
75th Percentile £36.00 £76.83 £15.09
90th Percentile £42.08 £79.54 £17.39
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £67.93 £12.50
% change year-on-year -52.89% +443.40% -80.92%

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 36,130 22,574 34,661
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 92.74% 92.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,725 15,118 23,117
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,403 844 2,345
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.69 £12.88
25th Percentile £20.50 £20.26 £16.25
Median hourly rate £44.00 £32.50 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.38% -4.41% -22.07%
75th Percentile £67.25 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £71.89
UK median hourly rate £41.06 £31.64 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.76% -9.60% -21.40%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 11 April 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 -60 65 £525 - 21
South East -53 36 £550 +10.00% 26
South West -10 23 £525 -4.55% 8
Midlands -53 19 £400 -23.81% 18
North of England -54 17 £470 -8.29% 22
Yorkshire -41 11 £500 - 10
East of England -22 10 £475 -20.83% 8
West Midlands -60 10 £325 -38.10% 8
East Midlands - 9 £425 - 10
North West -27 5 £438 -14.63% 8
North East - 1 £400 - 4
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 April 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 85 (47.49%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (24.02%) Incident Response
2 43 (24.02%) Information Security
3 41 (22.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (22.91%) NIST
4 37 (20.67%) SIEM
5 33 (18.44%) Security Cleared
6 32 (17.88%) Microsoft
6 32 (17.88%) Security Operations
7 29 (16.20%) AWS
8 28 (15.64%) CISSP
8 28 (15.64%) SC Cleared
9 21 (11.73%) Azure
9 21 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (11.17%) Agile
10 20 (11.17%) GRC
11 19 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (10.61%) Security Management
11 19 (10.61%) Threat Detection
11 19 (10.61%) Vulnerability Management
12 18 (10.06%) Risk Management
13 17 (9.50%) Degree
14 16 (8.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 15 (8.38%) CompTIA Security+
15 15 (8.38%) Network Security
15 15 (8.38%) Process Improvement
16 14 (7.82%) CISM
16 14 (7.82%) GDPR
16 14 (7.82%) Splunk
17 13 (7.26%) Cloud Security

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 (1.12%) Confluence
2 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.68%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (16.20%) AWS
2 21 (11.73%) Azure
3 7 (3.91%) Azure Sentinel
3 7 (3.91%) GCP
3 7 (3.91%) Microsoft Purview
4 5 (2.79%) Entra ID
4 5 (2.79%) SaaS
5 4 (2.23%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.23%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.68%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.12%) AWS KMS
7 2 (1.12%) Serverless
8 1 (0.56%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (0.56%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (0.56%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.56%) OCI
8 1 (0.56%) OpenDNS
8 1 (0.56%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.56%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.38%) Network Security
2 9 (5.03%) Firewall
3 5 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.12%) DMZ
4 2 (1.12%) DNS
4 2 (1.12%) HTTP
4 2 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.12%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.12%) VPN
5 1 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.56%) NAS
5 1 (0.56%) SAN
5 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.56%) SMTP
5 1 (0.56%) VLAN
5 1 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.23%) Power BI
2 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.56%) Big Data
2 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.68%) JIRA
2 2 (1.12%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.56%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.56%) GitLab
General
1 50 (27.93%) Social Skills
2 30 (16.76%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (12.29%) Finance
4 13 (7.26%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.35%) Banking
5 6 (3.35%) Legal
5 6 (3.35%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.79%) Military
6 5 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.23%) Marketing
7 4 (2.23%) Retail
8 3 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.12%) Law
10 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Local Government
10 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.68%) OAuth
1 3 (1.68%) SAML
2 2 (1.12%) ISPF
2 2 (1.12%) OpenID
2 2 (1.12%) REST
2 2 (1.12%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.56%) eBPF
3 1 (0.56%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.38%) Operational Technology
2 13 (7.26%) Cyber Defence
2 13 (7.26%) Cyber Threat
2 13 (7.26%) Security Posture
3 12 (6.70%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.59%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.59%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (4.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.91%) SCADA
6 7 (3.91%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.79%) Robotics
8 4 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.12%) CSOC
9 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.12%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.56%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.56%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.56%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.23%) Windows
2 3 (1.68%) Linux
3 2 (1.12%) zOS
4 1 (0.56%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (47.49%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (24.02%) Incident Response
2 43 (24.02%) Information Security
3 37 (20.67%) SIEM
4 32 (17.88%) Security Operations
5 21 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (11.17%) Agile
7 19 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (10.61%) Security Management
7 19 (10.61%) Threat Detection
7 19 (10.61%) Vulnerability Management
8 18 (10.06%) Risk Management
9 16 (8.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 15 (8.38%) Process Improvement
11 13 (7.26%) Cloud Security
11 13 (7.26%) GAP Analysis
12 11 (6.15%) Application Security
12 11 (6.15%) CI/CD
13 10 (5.59%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (5.59%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.47%) Python
1 8 (4.47%) SQL
2 7 (3.91%) Kusto Query Language
3 6 (3.35%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.68%) Bash
5 2 (1.12%) CLIST
5 2 (1.12%) JCL
5 2 (1.12%) REXX
Qualifications
1 33 (18.44%) Security Cleared
2 28 (15.64%) CISSP
2 28 (15.64%) SC Cleared
3 17 (9.50%) Degree
4 15 (8.38%) CompTIA Security+
5 14 (7.82%) CISM
6 12 (6.70%) CEH
7 11 (6.15%) DV Cleared
8 9 (5.03%) CompTIA CySA+
8 9 (5.03%) GIAC
9 7 (3.91%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (3.35%) CISA
10 6 (3.35%) SANS
11 4 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (2.23%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.68%) CRISC
12 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (1.12%) AWS Certification
13 2 (1.12%) IIBA
13 2 (1.12%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (22.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 41 (22.91%) NIST
2 20 (11.17%) GRC
3 14 (7.82%) GDPR
4 12 (6.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (6.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (5.59%) NCSC
7 8 (4.47%) NIST 800
8 6 (3.35%) IASME
8 6 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (2.79%) PCI DSS
10 4 (2.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (1.68%) COBIT
12 2 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (1.12%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.56%) GxP
13 1 (0.56%) ISA99
13 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (3.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.12%) Docker
2 2 (1.12%) RACF
2 2 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.56%) Snort
3 1 (0.56%) Squid
Systems Management
1 11 (6.15%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.12%) Nessus
2 2 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.12%) zSecure
3 1 (0.56%) Ansible
3 1 (0.56%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.56%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (0.56%) Nexpose
3 1 (0.56%) Nmap
3 1 (0.56%) Suricata
3 1 (0.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (17.88%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.82%) Splunk
3 7 (3.91%) Qualys
3 7 (3.91%) Tenable
4 6 (3.35%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.23%) Google
6 3 (1.68%) Cisco
6 3 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (1.68%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.68%) Progress
6 3 (1.68%) Rapid7
7 2 (1.12%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.12%) IBM
7 2 (1.12%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.12%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.56%) Blue Coat
8 1 (0.56%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.56%) FireEye
8 1 (0.56%) Oracle
8 1 (0.56%) Tripwire