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 21 March 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 353 359
Rank change year-on-year -43 +6 +69
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 183 118 191
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 0.48% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.52% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 82 143
10th Percentile £354 £356 £378
25th Percentile £413 £463 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £638
90th Percentile £638 £661 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
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 34,460 22,787 34,959
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.04% 93.03% 92.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,776 15,097 23,367
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £408 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,253 791 2,280
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.16 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.46 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.61
90th Percentile £76.58 £76.25 £71.30
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £33.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.54% -23.53%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -37 74 £550 +4.76% 20
South East -56 32 £500 - 27
South West -5 23 £525 +10.53% 7
Midlands -51 19 £400 -23.81% 18
North of England -60 15 £488 -4.88% 22
East of England -17 10 £475 -20.83% 8
East Midlands - 10 £400 - 10
West Midlands -61 9 £363 -30.95% 8
Yorkshire -48 8 £529 - 11
North West -27 6 £410 -21.90% 7
North East -15 1 £400 +14.29% 4
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 March 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 90 (49.18%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (28.96%) Incident Response
3 49 (26.78%) SIEM
4 46 (25.14%) Information Security
5 44 (24.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (22.40%) NIST
7 40 (21.86%) Microsoft
8 39 (21.31%) AWS
9 38 (20.77%) Security Cleared
10 37 (20.22%) Security Operations
11 36 (19.67%) SC Cleared
12 30 (16.39%) Agile
12 30 (16.39%) CISSP
13 27 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
14 24 (13.11%) Azure
14 24 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (13.11%) Threat Detection
15 23 (12.57%) Splunk
16 22 (12.02%) Vulnerability Management
17 21 (11.48%) Risk Management
18 20 (10.93%) Degree
18 20 (10.93%) Security Management
19 18 (9.84%) GRC
20 17 (9.29%) GDPR
20 17 (9.29%) Network Security
21 16 (8.74%) CISM
21 16 (8.74%) CompTIA Security+
22 15 (8.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 14 (7.65%) Application Security
23 14 (7.65%) Change Management

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 1 (0.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 39 (21.31%) AWS
2 24 (13.11%) Azure
3 9 (4.92%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (4.92%) GCP
4 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Purview
5 6 (3.28%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (1.64%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.64%) SaaS
8 2 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.09%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.09%) AWS KMS
8 2 (1.09%) Cloudflare
8 2 (1.09%) OCI
8 2 (1.09%) OpenDNS
8 2 (1.09%) Serverless
9 1 (0.55%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.55%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.29%) Network Security
2 12 (6.56%) Firewall
3 5 (2.73%) HTTP
3 5 (2.73%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.09%) DMZ
4 2 (1.09%) DNS
4 2 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.09%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.09%) VPN
5 1 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.55%) NAS
5 1 (0.55%) SAN
5 1 (0.55%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.55%) SMTP
5 1 (0.55%) VLAN
5 1 (0.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.64%) Power BI
2 1 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.09%) JIRA
2 1 (0.55%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.55%) GitLab
General
1 56 (30.60%) Social Skills
2 38 (20.77%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (12.57%) Finance
4 13 (7.10%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.83%) Military
6 6 (3.28%) Banking
7 4 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.19%) Legal
7 4 (2.19%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.19%) Marketing
7 4 (2.19%) Retail
8 3 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.09%) Law
10 1 (0.55%) Local Government
10 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.64%) OAuth
1 3 (1.64%) SAML
2 2 (1.09%) ISPF
2 2 (1.09%) OpenID
2 2 (1.09%) REST
2 2 (1.09%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.55%) eBPF
3 1 (0.55%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.93%) Cyber Defence
2 14 (7.65%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (7.10%) Management Information System
3 13 (7.10%) Operational Technology
4 12 (6.56%) Onboarding
4 12 (6.56%) Security Posture
5 8 (4.37%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (3.28%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.73%) Robotics
7 5 (2.73%) SCADA
8 4 (2.19%) BYOD
8 4 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.09%) CSOC
9 2 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.09%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.55%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.55%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.19%) Windows
2 3 (1.64%) Linux
3 2 (1.09%) zOS
4 1 (0.55%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (49.18%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (28.96%) Incident Response
3 49 (26.78%) SIEM
4 46 (25.14%) Information Security
5 37 (20.22%) Security Operations
6 30 (16.39%) Agile
7 27 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (13.11%) Threat Detection
9 22 (12.02%) Vulnerability Management
10 21 (11.48%) Risk Management
11 20 (10.93%) Security Management
12 15 (8.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (7.65%) Application Security
13 14 (7.65%) Change Management
13 14 (7.65%) Cloud Security
13 14 (7.65%) Coaching
13 14 (7.65%) Line Management
13 14 (7.65%) Mentoring
14 12 (6.56%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.37%) Kusto Query Language
2 7 (3.83%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.83%) Python
2 7 (3.83%) SQL
3 4 (2.19%) Bash
4 2 (1.09%) CLIST
4 2 (1.09%) JCL
4 2 (1.09%) REXX
Qualifications
1 38 (20.77%) Security Cleared
2 36 (19.67%) SC Cleared
3 30 (16.39%) CISSP
4 20 (10.93%) Degree
5 16 (8.74%) CISM
5 16 (8.74%) CompTIA Security+
6 11 (6.01%) CEH
7 10 (5.46%) CompTIA CySA+
8 9 (4.92%) GIAC
9 8 (4.37%) DV Cleared
10 7 (3.83%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (3.28%) CISA
11 6 (3.28%) SANS
12 4 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (2.19%) Master's Degree
13 3 (1.64%) CRISC
13 3 (1.64%) GCIA
13 3 (1.64%) GCIH
13 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (1.64%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (24.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (22.40%) NIST
3 18 (9.84%) GRC
4 17 (9.29%) GDPR
5 10 (5.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (4.92%) PCI DSS
7 8 (4.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (4.37%) NCSC
8 7 (3.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (3.28%) NIST 800
10 3 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (1.64%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.64%) IASME
10 3 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (1.09%) COBIT
12 1 (0.55%) GxP
12 1 (0.55%) ISA99
12 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.55%) PMO
12 1 (0.55%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (3.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.64%) Docker
3 2 (1.09%) RACF
3 2 (1.09%) Snort
3 2 (1.09%) Squid
3 2 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.73%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.64%) Nessus
3 2 (1.09%) Nexpose
3 2 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.09%) Suricata
3 2 (1.09%) zSecure
4 1 (0.55%) Ansible
4 1 (0.55%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.55%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.55%) Nmap
4 1 (0.55%) QRadar
4 1 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (21.86%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.57%) Splunk
3 8 (4.37%) Qualys
4 6 (3.28%) ServiceNow
4 6 (3.28%) Tenable
5 5 (2.73%) Google
6 4 (2.19%) Cisco
6 4 (2.19%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (2.19%) CyberArk
6 4 (2.19%) Rapid7
7 3 (1.64%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.64%) Progress
7 3 (1.64%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.09%) Blue Coat
8 2 (1.09%) Carbon Black
8 2 (1.09%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.09%) FireEye
8 2 (1.09%) IBM
8 2 (1.09%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.55%) Tanium