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 16 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
16 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 369 381
Rank change year-on-year -57 +12 -28
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 180 121 162
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.42% 0.49% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.53% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 73 115
10th Percentile £374 £325 £359
25th Percentile £447 £380 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -3.45%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £675
90th Percentile £630 £650 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile £19.46 £49.31 -
25th Percentile £20.31 £54.65 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £67.93 £11.25
Median % change year-on-year -30.07% +503.78% -85.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £76.83 £30.63
90th Percentile £61.25 £79.54 £42.25
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £67.93 £12.50
% change year-on-year -30.07% +443.40% -83.33%

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 39,592 22,802 34,769
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 92.33% 92.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,389 14,983 22,663
10th Percentile £325 £290 £288
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £638
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,786 1,008 2,673
10th Percentile £15.93 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.28 £18.13 £16.58
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +56.52% -27.31% -12.11%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £43.61 £27.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year +58.85% -26.80% -16.67%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -66 73 £550 +4.76% 25
South East -43 40 £550 +4.76% 46
South West -18 19 £573 +43.13% 21
North of England -54 19 £450 +100.00% 45
Midlands -60 16 £513 +28.13% 31
West Midlands -49 13 £600 -1.23% 15
North West -31 10 £450 +100.00% 25
Yorkshire -46 9 £469 - 12
East Midlands -35 3 £400 +14.29% 16
East of England -30 2 - - 19
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 June 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.

1 102 (56.67%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (26.11%) Security Cleared
3 44 (24.44%) SIEM
4 42 (23.33%) NIST
5 41 (22.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 41 (22.78%) Security Operations
6 37 (20.56%) Information Security
7 33 (18.33%) Incident Response
8 31 (17.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (16.67%) Azure
10 26 (14.44%) Microsoft
10 26 (14.44%) Vulnerability Management
11 25 (13.89%) DV Cleared
11 25 (13.89%) SC Cleared
12 24 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 20 (11.11%) CISSP
14 19 (10.56%) Risk Management
15 17 (9.44%) Application Security
15 17 (9.44%) Cloud Security
16 16 (8.89%) Process Improvement
16 16 (8.89%) Threat Detection
17 15 (8.33%) AWS
17 15 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
17 15 (8.33%) GAP Analysis
17 15 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
18 14 (7.78%) CompTIA Security+
18 14 (7.78%) Security Monitoring
18 14 (7.78%) Workshop Facilitation
19 13 (7.22%) CI/CD
19 13 (7.22%) GRC

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 (1.11%) Confluence
2 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.11%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.56%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 30 (16.67%) Azure
2 15 (8.33%) AWS
2 15 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (4.44%) Azure Logic Apps
3 8 (4.44%) SaaS
4 6 (3.33%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.33%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (1.67%) GCP
5 3 (1.67%) GitHub
5 3 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.67%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.11%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.56%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.56%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.56%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.56%) SAP Fieldglass
7 1 (0.56%) Serverless
7 1 (0.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.11%) Network Security
2 6 (3.33%) Firewall
3 5 (2.78%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.11%) DMZ
5 1 (0.56%) HTTP
5 1 (0.56%) Modbus
5 1 (0.56%) NAS
5 1 (0.56%) SAN
5 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.56%) VLAN
5 1 (0.56%) VoIP
5 1 (0.56%) VPN
5 1 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.67%) Power BI
2 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.56%) Big Data
2 1 (0.56%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.67%) GitLab
1 3 (1.67%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.11%) Burp Suite
2 2 (1.11%) JIRA
2 2 (1.11%) Snyk
2 2 (1.11%) SonarQube
General
1 56 (31.11%) Social Skills
2 31 (17.22%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (15.00%) Finance
4 9 (5.00%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.33%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.22%) Banking
8 3 (1.67%) Legal
8 3 (1.67%) Marketing
9 2 (1.11%) Military
10 1 (0.56%) Advertising
10 1 (0.56%) Local Government
10 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.11%) OAuth
1 2 (1.11%) OpenID
1 2 (1.11%) SailPoint
1 2 (1.11%) SAML
2 1 (0.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.00%) Operational Technology
2 14 (7.78%) Security Posture
3 13 (7.22%) Onboarding
4 12 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (5.56%) Management Information System
6 9 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (4.44%) SCADA
8 4 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (2.22%) Robotics
9 3 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.11%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.11%) CSOC
10 2 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.11%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 1 (0.56%) Insider Threat
11 1 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.56%) PKI
11 1 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.00%) Windows
2 5 (2.78%) Linux
3 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (56.67%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (24.44%) SIEM
3 41 (22.78%) Security Operations
4 37 (20.56%) Information Security
5 33 (18.33%) Incident Response
6 31 (17.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (14.44%) Vulnerability Management
8 24 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 19 (10.56%) Risk Management
10 17 (9.44%) Application Security
10 17 (9.44%) Cloud Security
11 16 (8.89%) Process Improvement
11 16 (8.89%) Threat Detection
12 15 (8.33%) GAP Analysis
12 15 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (7.78%) Security Monitoring
13 14 (7.78%) Workshop Facilitation
14 13 (7.22%) CI/CD
14 13 (7.22%) Incident Management
14 13 (7.22%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.44%) SQL
2 7 (3.89%) Kusto Query Language
2 7 (3.89%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.89%) Python
3 3 (1.67%) Bash
4 2 (1.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 47 (26.11%) Security Cleared
2 25 (13.89%) DV Cleared
2 25 (13.89%) SC Cleared
3 20 (11.11%) CISSP
4 14 (7.78%) CompTIA Security+
5 12 (6.67%) Degree
6 9 (5.00%) CISM
6 9 (5.00%) CompTIA CySA+
7 8 (4.44%) CEH
7 8 (4.44%) GIAC
8 6 (3.33%) CISA
9 5 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.78%) SANS
10 4 (2.22%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.67%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.67%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.67%) MCSE
11 3 (1.67%) SSCP
12 2 (1.11%) GCIA
12 2 (1.11%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (23.33%) NIST
2 41 (22.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (7.22%) GRC
4 9 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (4.44%) GDPR
5 8 (4.44%) NIST 800
6 6 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (3.33%) IASME
6 6 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 6 (3.33%) NCSC
7 4 (2.22%) COBIT
8 3 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (1.11%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (1.11%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.11%) SLA
9 2 (1.11%) SOC 1
9 2 (1.11%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.56%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.56%) GxP
10 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (3.89%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (7.22%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.11%) HP Fortify
3 2 (1.11%) Nexpose
3 2 (1.11%) Puppet
3 2 (1.11%) Terraform
4 1 (0.56%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 26 (14.44%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.78%) CrowdStrike
2 5 (2.78%) Qualys
2 5 (2.78%) ServiceNow
2 5 (2.78%) Splunk
3 4 (2.22%) Progress
4 3 (1.67%) ArcSight
4 3 (1.67%) Tenable
5 2 (1.11%) Checkmarx
5 2 (1.11%) CyberArk
5 2 (1.11%) OneTrust
5 2 (1.11%) SolarWinds
5 2 (1.11%) Tanium
5 2 (1.11%) Tripwire
5 2 (1.11%) Veracode
6 1 (0.56%) Cisco
6 1 (0.56%) Clearswift
6 1 (0.56%) Google
6 1 (0.56%) NEC
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle
174 Security Analyst jobs in England