Security Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst daily rate in England is £498, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 350 297
Rank change year-on-year -12 -53 +165
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 187 159 287
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.60% 0.52% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.56% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 110 226
10th Percentile £325 £413 £400
25th Percentile £400 £475 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -5.24% +0.48% -0.48%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £638 £676 £673
UK median daily rate £498 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -5.24% +0.96% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.00 - -
Median hourly rate £36.00 £50.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +164.13% -67.08%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £44.80 - -
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £50.00 £18.93
% change year-on-year -28.00% +164.13% -67.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 28,233 28,165 35,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 92.89% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,092 17,437 24,751
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,705 974 1,399
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.34 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.05 £19.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £74.42 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%

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 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 2025. 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 +1 82 £500 -4.76% 19
South East -30 34 £488 -3.70% 34
North of England -30 19 £500 - 24
South West -9 14 £375 -50.00% 15
Midlands -23 14 £400 -23.81% 27
North West -10 11 £334 -36.38% 15
East of England -10 10 £513 -12.77% 25
East Midlands - 9 £400 - 9
Yorkshire -34 8 £520 +4.00% 9
West Midlands -27 4 £588 +11.90% 16
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 December 2025, 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.

1 113 (60.43%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (37.43%) Incident Response
3 60 (32.09%) SIEM
4 55 (29.41%) Microsoft
5 53 (28.34%) Information Security
6 52 (27.81%) Security Operations
7 51 (27.27%) NIST
8 47 (25.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 44 (23.53%) Security Cleared
10 42 (22.46%) AWS
11 39 (20.86%) SC Cleared
12 35 (18.72%) Risk Management
13 33 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
13 33 (17.65%) Splunk
14 32 (17.11%) CISSP
14 32 (17.11%) Vulnerability Management
15 29 (15.51%) Agile
16 26 (13.90%) Azure
16 26 (13.90%) Firewall
16 26 (13.90%) Threat Detection
17 23 (12.30%) Penetration Testing
18 22 (11.76%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 22 (11.76%) Threat Intelligence
19 21 (11.23%) Continuous Improvement
19 21 (11.23%) CrowdStrike
19 21 (11.23%) GDPR
20 20 (10.70%) Stakeholder Management
21 19 (10.16%) CompTIA Security+
22 18 (9.63%) MITRE ATT&CK
22 18 (9.63%) Network Security

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 (0.53%) Confluence
1 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.07%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 42 (22.46%) AWS
2 26 (13.90%) Azure
3 14 (7.49%) GCP
4 11 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.21%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.67%) Cloudflare
7 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (2.67%) OpenDNS
7 5 (2.67%) SaaS
8 3 (1.60%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.60%) OCI
9 2 (1.07%) AWS KMS
9 2 (1.07%) GitHub
9 2 (1.07%) Slack
10 1 (0.53%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.53%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.53%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.53%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (13.90%) Firewall
2 18 (9.63%) Network Security
3 6 (3.21%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (2.67%) HTTP
5 4 (2.14%) Internet
5 4 (2.14%) NGFW
6 3 (1.60%) DNS
6 3 (1.60%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.07%) SMTP
7 2 (1.07%) Wireless
8 1 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.53%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.53%) VoIP
8 1 (0.53%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.21%) Power BI
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.14%) JIRA
2 2 (1.07%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.53%) Postman
3 1 (0.53%) SoapUI
General
1 65 (34.76%) Social Skills
2 42 (22.46%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (9.63%) Finance
4 14 (7.49%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.81%) Banking
5 9 (4.81%) Military
6 8 (4.28%) Retail
7 7 (3.74%) Legal
8 6 (3.21%) Law
9 4 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.60%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.53%) Local Government
11 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.53%) Marketing
11 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Police
11 1 (0.53%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.07%) ISPF
1 2 (1.07%) OAuth
1 2 (1.07%) PyTorch
1 2 (1.07%) TensorFlow
2 1 (0.53%) eBPF
2 1 (0.53%) LDAP
2 1 (0.53%) OpenID
2 1 (0.53%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.76%) Cyber Defence
2 19 (10.16%) Cyber Threat
3 17 (9.09%) Security Posture
4 15 (8.02%) Management Information System
4 15 (8.02%) Onboarding
5 11 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (2.67%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.14%) Cybercrime
7 4 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.14%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.60%) BYOD
9 2 (1.07%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (1.07%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.07%) Mainframe
9 2 (1.07%) NHS
10 1 (0.53%) CSOC
10 1 (0.53%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.28%) Windows
2 3 (1.60%) Linux
3 2 (1.07%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.07%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.07%) zOS
4 1 (0.53%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (60.43%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (37.43%) Incident Response
3 60 (32.09%) SIEM
4 53 (28.34%) Information Security
5 52 (27.81%) Security Operations
6 35 (18.72%) Risk Management
7 33 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (17.11%) Vulnerability Management
9 29 (15.51%) Agile
10 26 (13.90%) Threat Detection
11 23 (12.30%) Penetration Testing
12 22 (11.76%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 22 (11.76%) Threat Intelligence
13 21 (11.23%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (10.70%) Stakeholder Management
15 18 (9.63%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 17 (9.09%) Security Management
17 16 (8.56%) Change Management
18 15 (8.02%) Incident Management
18 15 (8.02%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.49%) Python
2 12 (6.42%) PowerShell
3 9 (4.81%) Bash
3 9 (4.81%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.07%) CLIST
4 2 (1.07%) JCL
4 2 (1.07%) REXX
5 1 (0.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 39 (20.86%) SC Cleared
3 32 (17.11%) CISSP
4 19 (10.16%) CompTIA Security+
5 17 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
5 17 (9.09%) Degree
6 16 (8.56%) CISM
7 15 (8.02%) CEH
8 13 (6.95%) GIAC
9 9 (4.81%) DV Cleared
10 8 (4.28%) GCIH
11 7 (3.74%) GCIA
11 7 (3.74%) OSCP
12 6 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (3.21%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (3.21%) SANS
13 5 (2.67%) CRISC
13 5 (2.67%) SSCP
14 4 (2.14%) CCNA
14 4 (2.14%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (27.27%) NIST
2 47 (25.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (11.23%) GDPR
4 17 (9.09%) GRC
5 12 (6.42%) PCI DSS
6 11 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (5.88%) NCSC
7 9 (4.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (4.81%) NIST 800
8 7 (3.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.60%) HIPAA
9 3 (1.60%) IASME
9 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (1.07%) PMO
11 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.53%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.53%) QA
11 1 (0.53%) SLA
11 1 (0.53%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (2.67%) Docker
1 5 (2.67%) Snort
1 5 (2.67%) Squid
2 4 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.07%) RACF
3 2 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.81%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.21%) Nessus
2 6 (3.21%) Nexpose
3 5 (2.67%) Suricata
4 4 (2.14%) CSIRT
5 2 (1.07%) zSecure
6 1 (0.53%) Ansible
6 1 (0.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.53%) Nmap
6 1 (0.53%) QRadar
6 1 (0.53%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 33 (17.65%) Splunk
3 21 (11.23%) CrowdStrike
4 12 (6.42%) Qualys
5 10 (5.35%) Google
5 10 (5.35%) Palo Alto
6 7 (3.74%) Cisco
6 7 (3.74%) F5
6 7 (3.74%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.74%) Tenable
6 7 (3.74%) Zscaler
7 5 (2.67%) Blue Coat
7 5 (2.67%) Carbon Black
7 5 (2.67%) FireEye
7 5 (2.67%) Rapid7
8 4 (2.14%) CyberArk
9 3 (1.60%) Darktrace
10 2 (1.07%) Atlassian
10 2 (1.07%) IBM
10 2 (1.07%) LogRhythm