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 1 August 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 357 411
Rank change year-on-year -66 +54 -78
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 202 149 126
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.44% 0.54% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.59% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 90 88
10th Percentile £358 £348 £400
25th Percentile £425 £391 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £584 £601
90th Percentile £613 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £488 £530
% change year-on-year +12.82% -8.02% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 1
10th Percentile £46.25 - -
25th Percentile £49.06 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £57.05 £54.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% +9.00% -
75th Percentile £65.26 £72.30 -
90th Percentile £72.13 £77.73 -
UK median hourly rate £57.05 £54.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year +4.67% +336.00% -

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 42,127 25,302 31,377
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 91.67% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,620 16,428 20,708
10th Percentile £328 £285 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,104 1,296 1,911
10th Percentile £15.93 £13.72 £14.13
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.85 £20.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £26.28 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year +71.23% -40.14% +2.09%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.31 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £42.91
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.39% +0.96%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -61 76 £550 +10.00% 31
South East -23 68 £550 +10.00% 28
North of England -59 24 £430 -11.90% 20
North West -45 16 £430 -4.44% 10
Midlands -59 14 £600 +50.00% 16
West Midlands -54 13 £600 +6.19% 3
South West -39 11 £645 +61.25% 10
Yorkshire -34 8 £400 -27.27% 10
East of England -17 2 £400 - 4
East Midlands -30 1 £550 +46.67% 13
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 August 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.

1 134 (66.34%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (32.18%) Security Operations
3 56 (27.72%) SIEM
4 55 (27.23%) NIST
4 55 (27.23%) Security Cleared
5 49 (24.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 39 (19.31%) Incident Response
7 37 (18.32%) Microsoft
8 36 (17.82%) Vulnerability Management
9 35 (17.33%) Information Security
10 34 (16.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (14.36%) DV Cleared
11 29 (14.36%) SC Cleared
11 29 (14.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 28 (13.86%) Azure
13 24 (11.88%) Threat Detection
14 23 (11.39%) Risk Management
14 23 (11.39%) Security Monitoring
15 21 (10.40%) Incident Management
16 20 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
17 19 (9.41%) CISSP
18 17 (8.42%) Cloud Security
18 17 (8.42%) Workshop Facilitation
19 16 (7.92%) Application Security
19 16 (7.92%) Azure Sentinel
19 16 (7.92%) Business Analysis
19 16 (7.92%) GAP Analysis
20 15 (7.43%) CompTIA Security+
20 15 (7.43%) Cyber Essentials
20 15 (7.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence

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 (0.99%) Confluence
2 1 (0.50%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.99%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.50%) InfoPath
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 28 (13.86%) Azure
2 16 (7.92%) Azure Sentinel
3 14 (6.93%) AWS
4 11 (5.45%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.46%) Azure Logic Apps
6 8 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (2.97%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.97%) SaaS
8 4 (1.98%) GCP
9 3 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.49%) GitHub
10 2 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.99%) Azure Stack
10 2 (0.99%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.50%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.50%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.50%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.94%) Network Security
2 6 (2.97%) Firewall
3 4 (1.98%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (1.49%) Intranet
5 2 (0.99%) HTTP
6 1 (0.50%) DNS
6 1 (0.50%) Modbus
6 1 (0.50%) NAS
6 1 (0.50%) SAN
6 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.50%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.50%) VLAN
6 1 (0.50%) VoIP
6 1 (0.50%) VPN
6 1 (0.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.97%) Power BI
2 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.50%) Big Data
2 1 (0.50%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.49%) GitLab
1 3 (1.49%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.99%) Burp Suite
2 2 (0.99%) JIRA
2 2 (0.99%) Snyk
2 2 (0.99%) SonarQube
General
1 67 (33.17%) Social Skills
2 37 (18.32%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.90%) Finance
4 14 (6.93%) Documentation Skills
4 14 (6.93%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.47%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.48%) Military
6 5 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.98%) Banking
8 3 (1.49%) Legal
8 3 (1.49%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.50%) Advertising
9 1 (0.50%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.99%) FIDO
1 2 (0.99%) REST
1 2 (0.99%) SailPoint
1 2 (0.99%) WebAuthn
2 1 (0.50%) OAuth
2 1 (0.50%) OpenID
2 1 (0.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.87%) Operational Technology
2 17 (8.42%) Security Operations Centre
3 16 (7.92%) Onboarding
4 15 (7.43%) Security Posture
5 12 (5.94%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (4.95%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (4.95%) SCADA
7 8 (3.96%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (3.96%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.99%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.99%) CMDB
9 2 (0.99%) CSOC
9 2 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.99%) Insider Threat
9 2 (0.99%) PKI
9 2 (0.99%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.99%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.50%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.46%) Windows
2 5 (2.48%) Linux
3 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (66.34%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (32.18%) Security Operations
3 56 (27.72%) SIEM
4 39 (19.31%) Incident Response
5 36 (17.82%) Vulnerability Management
6 35 (17.33%) Information Security
7 34 (16.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (14.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 24 (11.88%) Threat Detection
10 23 (11.39%) Risk Management
10 23 (11.39%) Security Monitoring
11 21 (10.40%) Incident Management
12 20 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
13 17 (8.42%) Cloud Security
13 17 (8.42%) Workshop Facilitation
14 16 (7.92%) Application Security
14 16 (7.92%) Business Analysis
14 16 (7.92%) GAP Analysis
15 15 (7.43%) Process Improvement
15 15 (7.43%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.96%) Kusto Query Language
1 8 (3.96%) Python
2 7 (3.47%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.98%) SQL
4 3 (1.49%) Bash
5 2 (0.99%) Perl
6 1 (0.50%) C
6 1 (0.50%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 55 (27.23%) Security Cleared
2 29 (14.36%) DV Cleared
2 29 (14.36%) SC Cleared
3 19 (9.41%) CISSP
4 15 (7.43%) CompTIA Security+
5 12 (5.94%) CompTIA CySA+
6 10 (4.95%) Degree
7 9 (4.46%) GIAC
8 7 (3.47%) CISM
9 6 (2.97%) CEH
10 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (2.48%) SANS
11 4 (1.98%) CISA
12 3 (1.49%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.49%) Azure Certification
12 3 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.49%) GCIA
12 3 (1.49%) GCIH
12 3 (1.49%) IIBA
12 3 (1.49%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (27.23%) NIST
2 49 (24.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (7.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (6.93%) GRC
5 9 (4.46%) GDPR
5 9 (4.46%) NIST 800
6 8 (3.96%) NCSC
7 7 (3.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (2.97%) IASME
8 6 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (1.98%) COBIT
10 2 (0.99%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.99%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.99%) SLA
10 2 (0.99%) SOC 1
10 2 (0.99%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.50%) ISA99
11 1 (0.50%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (2.48%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (6.44%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.99%) HP Fortify
3 2 (0.99%) Nexpose
3 2 (0.99%) Puppet
3 2 (0.99%) QRadar
3 2 (0.99%) Terraform
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 37 (18.32%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.95%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (3.47%) Splunk
4 4 (1.98%) Google
5 3 (1.49%) ArcSight
5 3 (1.49%) Tenable
6 2 (0.99%) Checkmarx
6 2 (0.99%) OneTrust
6 2 (0.99%) Qualys
6 2 (0.99%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.99%) SolarWinds
6 2 (0.99%) Tanium
6 2 (0.99%) Veracode
7 1 (0.50%) Cisco
7 1 (0.50%) Clearswift
7 1 (0.50%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.50%) NEC
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle
7 1 (0.50%) Progress
7 1 (0.50%) Tripwire