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 13 September 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 369 397
Rank change year-on-year -37 +28 -91
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 228 149 140
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 0.54% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.59% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 89 94
10th Percentile £363 £350 £402
25th Percentile £425 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.71% -
75th Percentile £600 £563 £600
90th Percentile £650 £628 £688
UK median daily rate £544 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +11.54% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 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 £68.07 £63.25 -
90th Percentile £83.63 - -
UK median hourly rate £57.05 £54.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +4.67% +9.00% -

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 42,644 25,339 30,656
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 91.32% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,474 16,339 19,303
10th Percentile £325 £280 £305
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,406 1,355 1,524
10th Percentile £14.96 £13.71 £14.66
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -47.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.13 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.50% -41.51% -0.76%

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 13 September 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 13 September 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 13 September 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 94 £550 +10.00% 55
South East -5 80 £550 +12.82% 32
North of England -56 26 £450 -7.69% 44
North West -44 21 £450 - 29
West Midlands -40 9 £600 +10.09% 9
Midlands -57 9 £600 +50.00% 25
South West -45 8 £650 +62.50% 14
Yorkshire -38 5 £400 -27.27% 14
East of England -20 3 £400 -27.27% 8
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 September 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.

1 171 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 85 (37.28%) Security Operations
3 72 (31.58%) SIEM
4 66 (28.95%) Security Cleared
5 57 (25.00%) NIST
6 52 (22.81%) Vulnerability Management
7 49 (21.49%) Incident Response
7 49 (21.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 47 (20.61%) Microsoft
9 38 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (16.67%) Information Security
10 36 (15.79%) SC Cleared
11 35 (15.35%) Azure
12 34 (14.91%) Incident Management
13 33 (14.47%) DV Cleared
14 32 (14.04%) Security Monitoring
15 31 (13.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 31 (13.60%) Threat Detection
16 25 (10.96%) Cloud Security
17 24 (10.53%) AWS
17 24 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
18 23 (10.09%) Risk Management
19 21 (9.21%) Workshop Facilitation
20 20 (8.77%) Application Security
20 20 (8.77%) CISSP
21 19 (8.33%) GRC
21 19 (8.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
22 18 (7.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
22 18 (7.89%) Threat Intelligence
23 17 (7.46%) Problem-Solving

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 4 (1.75%) IIS
2 3 (1.32%) Confluence
3 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.32%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.44%) InfoPath
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 35 (15.35%) Azure
2 24 (10.53%) AWS
3 16 (7.02%) Azure Sentinel
3 16 (7.02%) Entra ID
4 15 (6.58%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (3.95%) Azure Logic Apps
6 7 (3.07%) GCP
6 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (3.07%) SaaS
7 5 (2.19%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.32%) Akamai
8 3 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.32%) GitHub
9 2 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.88%) Azure Stack
9 2 (0.88%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.44%) IaaS
10 1 (0.44%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.44%) PaaS
10 1 (0.44%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.70%) Network Security
2 6 (2.63%) Firewall
3 5 (2.19%) HTTP
3 5 (2.19%) Intranet
4 4 (1.75%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.88%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.44%) DNS
6 1 (0.44%) Modbus
6 1 (0.44%) NAS
6 1 (0.44%) SAN
6 1 (0.44%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.19%) Power BI
2 1 (0.44%) Big Data
2 1 (0.44%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (1.75%) JIRA
2 3 (1.32%) GitLab
2 3 (1.32%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.88%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.88%) Snyk
3 2 (0.88%) SonarQube
General
1 74 (32.46%) Social Skills
2 37 (16.23%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (9.65%) Finance
4 18 (7.89%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (6.58%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.07%) Military
8 6 (2.63%) Banking
8 6 (2.63%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.75%) Legal
9 4 (1.75%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.88%) Law
11 1 (0.44%) Advertising
11 1 (0.44%) Back Office
11 1 (0.44%) Local Government
11 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.63%) FIDO
1 6 (2.63%) WebAuthn
2 5 (2.19%) REST
3 2 (0.88%) Regular Expression
3 2 (0.88%) Terraform
4 1 (0.44%) JSON
4 1 (0.44%) LDAP
4 1 (0.44%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.96%) Security Operations Centre
2 22 (9.65%) Operational Technology
3 20 (8.77%) Onboarding
4 19 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
5 17 (7.46%) Security Posture
6 14 (6.14%) Cyber Defence
7 12 (5.26%) Management Information System
8 7 (3.07%) SCADA
9 6 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.63%) CMDB
9 6 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.75%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.75%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.32%) Cyberattack
11 3 (1.32%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.32%) Embedded Systems
11 3 (1.32%) Mobile Payment
11 3 (1.32%) PKI
11 3 (1.32%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.58%) Windows
2 11 (4.82%) Linux
3 4 (1.75%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 85 (37.28%) Security Operations
3 72 (31.58%) SIEM
4 52 (22.81%) Vulnerability Management
5 49 (21.49%) Incident Response
6 38 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 38 (16.67%) Information Security
7 34 (14.91%) Incident Management
8 32 (14.04%) Security Monitoring
9 31 (13.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 31 (13.60%) Threat Detection
10 25 (10.96%) Cloud Security
11 24 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (10.09%) Risk Management
13 21 (9.21%) Workshop Facilitation
14 20 (8.77%) Application Security
15 19 (8.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 18 (7.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 18 (7.89%) Threat Intelligence
17 17 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.26%) Python
2 11 (4.82%) Kusto Query Language
3 9 (3.95%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.32%) Bash
4 3 (1.32%) SQL
5 2 (0.88%) Perl
6 1 (0.44%) C
6 1 (0.44%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 66 (28.95%) Security Cleared
2 36 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 33 (14.47%) DV Cleared
4 20 (8.77%) CISSP
5 14 (6.14%) CompTIA Security+
6 12 (5.26%) CompTIA CySA+
6 12 (5.26%) Degree
7 9 (3.95%) GIAC
8 8 (3.51%) CISM
9 6 (2.63%) CISA
10 5 (2.19%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.19%) CEH
10 5 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (2.19%) SANS
11 4 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.75%) IIBA
11 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.32%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.32%) CCSP
12 3 (1.32%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (25.00%) NIST
2 49 (21.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (8.33%) GRC
4 16 (7.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (5.26%) GDPR
6 8 (3.51%) NIST 800
6 8 (3.51%) SLA
7 7 (3.07%) NCSC
8 6 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (2.19%) IASME
9 5 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 4 (1.75%) PCI DSS
11 3 (1.32%) COBIT
11 3 (1.32%) ISO 31000
11 3 (1.32%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.88%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.88%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.88%) SOC 1
12 2 (0.88%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (3.07%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.32%) Docker
2 3 (1.32%) ISA Server
3 2 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.44%) NFS
4 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (6.14%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.32%) CASB
2 3 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.88%) HP Fortify
3 2 (0.88%) Nexpose
3 2 (0.88%) Puppet
3 2 (0.88%) QRadar
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 47 (20.61%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.46%) Splunk
3 14 (6.14%) CrowdStrike
4 8 (3.51%) Qualys
5 7 (3.07%) Google
6 4 (1.75%) Tenable
6 4 (1.75%) Tripwire
7 3 (1.32%) ArcSight
7 3 (1.32%) Centrify
7 3 (1.32%) Cisco
7 3 (1.32%) F5
7 3 (1.32%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.88%) Checkmarx
8 2 (0.88%) OneTrust
8 2 (0.88%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.88%) Veracode
8 2 (0.88%) VMware
9 1 (0.44%) Databricks
9 1 (0.44%) Netskope
9 1 (0.44%) Snow