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 22 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
22 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 422 354 389
Rank change year-on-year -68 +35 -97
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 224 148 144
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.48% 0.54% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.59% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 88 94
10th Percentile £368 £343 £413
25th Percentile £425 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £498 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.55% -5.24% -
75th Percentile £600 £553 £600
90th Percentile £643 £616 £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 42,705 25,037 30,206
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 91.31% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,379 16,124 18,786
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.98%
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 3,515 1,363 1,435
10th Percentile £14.87 £13.75 £14.84
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £43.61 £25.15 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +73.38% -45.54% +2.62%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.87 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -48 94 £543 +8.56% 91
South East -8 78 £550 +12.82% 37
North of England -58 26 £450 -5.26% 49
North West -41 21 £450 +35.14% 34
South West -38 8 £650 +85.71% 21
West Midlands -43 8 £600 +10.09% 8
Midlands -65 8 £600 +50.00% 26
Yorkshire -43 5 £400 -23.08% 12
East of England -31 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 22 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.

1 170 (75.89%) Cybersecurity
2 88 (39.29%) Security Operations
3 72 (32.14%) SIEM
4 67 (29.91%) Security Cleared
5 56 (25.00%) NIST
6 54 (24.11%) Vulnerability Management
7 49 (21.88%) Incident Response
7 49 (21.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 45 (20.09%) Microsoft
9 40 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (16.52%) SC Cleared
11 36 (16.07%) Information Security
12 34 (15.18%) Incident Management
13 33 (14.73%) DV Cleared
14 32 (14.29%) Azure
14 32 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
15 30 (13.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 28 (12.50%) Threat Detection
17 25 (11.16%) AWS
17 25 (11.16%) Cloud Security
18 24 (10.71%) Risk Management
19 23 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
20 21 (9.38%) CISSP
20 21 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
20 21 (9.38%) Workshop Facilitation
21 20 (8.93%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
21 20 (8.93%) GRC
21 20 (8.93%) Threat Intelligence
22 19 (8.48%) Vulnerability Remediation
23 18 (8.04%) Data Protection

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 5 (2.23%) IIS
2 2 (0.89%) Confluence
3 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.89%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.45%) InfoPath
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 32 (14.29%) Azure
2 25 (11.16%) AWS
3 16 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 15 (6.70%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (5.80%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (3.13%) GCP
7 7 (3.13%) SaaS
8 6 (2.68%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (2.23%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.34%) Akamai
11 2 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.89%) Azure Stack
11 2 (0.89%) GitHub
11 2 (0.89%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.45%) IaaS
12 1 (0.45%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.45%) PaaS
12 1 (0.45%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.80%) Network Security
2 6 (2.68%) Firewall
3 5 (2.23%) HTTP
3 5 (2.23%) Intranet
4 4 (1.79%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.89%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.45%) DNS
6 1 (0.45%) Modbus
6 1 (0.45%) NAS
6 1 (0.45%) SAN
6 1 (0.45%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.45%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.23%) Power BI
2 1 (0.45%) Big Data
2 1 (0.45%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (1.34%) JIRA
2 2 (0.89%) Burp Suite
2 2 (0.89%) GitLab
2 2 (0.89%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.89%) Snyk
2 2 (0.89%) SonarQube
General
1 71 (31.70%) Social Skills
2 40 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (9.38%) Finance
4 20 (8.93%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.13%) Military
8 6 (2.68%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.79%) Banking
9 4 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.79%) Legal
10 3 (1.34%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.89%) Law
12 1 (0.45%) Advertising
12 1 (0.45%) Back Office
12 1 (0.45%) Local Government
12 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.68%) FIDO
1 6 (2.68%) WebAuthn
2 4 (1.79%) REST
3 2 (0.89%) Regular Expression
3 2 (0.89%) Terraform
4 1 (0.45%) JSON
4 1 (0.45%) LDAP
4 1 (0.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.16%) Security Operations Centre
2 21 (9.38%) Operational Technology
3 20 (8.93%) Onboarding
4 19 (8.48%) Cyber Threat
5 18 (8.04%) Security Posture
6 14 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
6 14 (6.25%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.68%) CMDB
7 6 (2.68%) SCADA
7 6 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.23%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.79%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.79%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.79%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (1.79%) Mobile Payment
9 4 (1.79%) Smartcard
10 3 (1.34%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.34%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.59%) Windows
2 13 (5.80%) Linux
3 4 (1.79%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (75.89%) Cybersecurity
2 88 (39.29%) Security Operations
3 72 (32.14%) SIEM
4 54 (24.11%) Vulnerability Management
5 49 (21.88%) Incident Response
6 40 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (16.07%) Information Security
8 34 (15.18%) Incident Management
9 32 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
10 30 (13.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 28 (12.50%) Threat Detection
12 25 (11.16%) Cloud Security
13 24 (10.71%) Risk Management
14 23 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
15 21 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
15 21 (9.38%) Workshop Facilitation
16 20 (8.93%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 20 (8.93%) Threat Intelligence
17 19 (8.48%) Vulnerability Remediation
18 18 (8.04%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.36%) Python
2 9 (4.02%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.34%) Bash
4 3 (1.34%) SQL
5 2 (0.89%) Perl
6 1 (0.45%) C
6 1 (0.45%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 67 (29.91%) Security Cleared
2 37 (16.52%) SC Cleared
3 33 (14.73%) DV Cleared
4 21 (9.38%) CISSP
5 13 (5.80%) CompTIA Security+
5 13 (5.80%) Degree
6 12 (5.36%) CompTIA CySA+
7 10 (4.46%) CISM
8 9 (4.02%) GIAC
9 7 (3.13%) CISA
10 6 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (2.23%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.23%) CEH
11 5 (2.23%) SANS
12 4 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.79%) CCSP
12 4 (1.79%) CLAS
12 4 (1.79%) CREST Certified
12 4 (1.79%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (25.00%) NIST
2 49 (21.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (8.93%) GRC
4 16 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (5.36%) GDPR
6 8 (3.57%) SLA
7 7 (3.13%) NCSC
7 7 (3.13%) NIST 800
8 5 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 5 (2.23%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.79%) IASME
9 4 (1.79%) ISO 31000
9 4 (1.79%) ISO 9001
9 4 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.89%) COBIT
10 2 (0.89%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.89%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.89%) SOC 1
10 2 (0.89%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (3.13%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.79%) ISA Server
3 2 (0.89%) Docker
3 2 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.45%) NFS
4 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (5.80%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.79%) CASB
3 3 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.89%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.89%) Nexpose
4 2 (0.89%) Puppet
4 2 (0.89%) QRadar
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 45 (20.09%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.04%) Splunk
3 15 (6.70%) CrowdStrike
4 10 (4.46%) Qualys
5 8 (3.57%) Google
6 5 (2.23%) Tenable
6 5 (2.23%) Tripwire
7 4 (1.79%) Centrify
7 4 (1.79%) Cisco
7 4 (1.79%) F5
7 4 (1.79%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.34%) ArcSight
9 2 (0.89%) Checkmarx
9 2 (0.89%) OneTrust
9 2 (0.89%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.89%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.89%) Veracode
9 2 (0.89%) VMware
10 1 (0.45%) Clearswift
10 1 (0.45%) SGI
240 Security Analyst jobs in England