Security Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 342 337
Rank change year-on-year -40 -5 +88
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 182 141 216
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.53% 0.54% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.58% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 95 167
10th Percentile £325 £413 £400
25th Percentile £400 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £623
90th Percentile £638 £624 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 3
10th Percentile £20.31 - -
25th Percentile - £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £28.00 £54.50 £11.25
Median % change year-on-year -48.62% +384.44% -83.84%
75th Percentile £36.00 £63.25 £15.09
90th Percentile - - £17.39
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £54.50 £11.88
% change year-on-year -48.62% +358.95% -82.95%

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 31,296 24,249 35,198
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.70% 93.05% 93.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,862 15,146 23,628
10th Percentile £300 £300 £272
25th Percentile £408 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,999 708 2,116
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.98 £13.17
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £16.54
Median hourly rate £31.46 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% - -7.03%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.73 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.00 £72.39
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.52 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.50% -4.23% -2.23%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -19 78 £513 -2.38% 14
South East -58 26 £463 -10.84% 17
South West +3 21 £525 - 6
Midlands -39 21 £400 -21.95% 10
North of England -51 13 £475 -7.32% 10
East Midlands - 13 £400 - 2
East of England -17 11 £513 -14.58% 9
West Midlands -46 7 £363 -29.27% 8
North West -33 6 £297 -43.52% 6
Yorkshire - 6 £520 - 2
North East -13 1 £400 +14.29% 2
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 February 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 87 (47.80%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (31.32%) Incident Response
3 56 (30.77%) SIEM
4 46 (25.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 44 (24.18%) Information Security
6 43 (23.63%) Security Cleared
7 41 (22.53%) Microsoft
7 41 (22.53%) Security Operations
8 40 (21.98%) AWS
9 38 (20.88%) NIST
9 38 (20.88%) SC Cleared
10 32 (17.58%) CISSP
11 29 (15.93%) Splunk
12 27 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
13 26 (14.29%) Agile
13 26 (14.29%) Risk Management
14 24 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (13.19%) Vulnerability Management
15 22 (12.09%) Azure
15 22 (12.09%) Threat Detection
16 20 (10.99%) GRC
16 20 (10.99%) Security Management
17 18 (9.89%) CISM
17 18 (9.89%) GDPR
17 18 (9.89%) Network Security
18 17 (9.34%) Degree
18 17 (9.34%) Firewall
19 16 (8.79%) CEH
19 16 (8.79%) CompTIA Security+
19 16 (8.79%) 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:

Applications
1 7 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 40 (21.98%) AWS
2 22 (12.09%) Azure
3 12 (6.59%) GCP
4 8 (4.40%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.75%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.20%) Cloudflare
8 4 (2.20%) OpenDNS
8 4 (2.20%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.65%) OCI
9 3 (1.65%) SaaS
10 2 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.10%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.10%) AWS KMS
10 2 (1.10%) Serverless
11 1 (0.55%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.55%) AWS CodePipeline
11 1 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.55%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (9.89%) Network Security
2 17 (9.34%) Firewall
3 5 (2.75%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.20%) HTTP
5 3 (1.65%) Internet
6 2 (1.10%) DMZ
6 2 (1.10%) DNS
6 2 (1.10%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.55%) SMTP
7 1 (0.55%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.20%) Power BI
2 1 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.55%) JIRA
General
1 54 (29.67%) Social Skills
2 35 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (13.19%) Finance
4 12 (6.59%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.40%) Military
6 6 (3.30%) Banking
6 6 (3.30%) Legal
6 6 (3.30%) Retail
7 5 (2.75%) Law
8 4 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.20%) Marketing
9 3 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.55%) Local Government
10 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.10%) ISPF
1 2 (1.10%) OAuth
1 2 (1.10%) SailPoint
1 2 (1.10%) SAML
2 1 (0.55%) eBPF
2 1 (0.55%) LDAP
2 1 (0.55%) OpenID
2 1 (0.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.99%) Cyber Defence
2 19 (10.44%) Cyber Threat
3 15 (8.24%) Security Posture
4 13 (7.14%) Management Information System
5 12 (6.59%) Onboarding
6 10 (5.49%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (3.85%) Operational Technology
8 5 (2.75%) Virtual Team
9 4 (2.20%) Cybercrime
9 4 (2.20%) Robotics
10 3 (1.65%) BYOD
10 3 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.10%) CSOC
11 2 (1.10%) Mainframe
12 1 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.55%) Cloud Security Posture
12 1 (0.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 1 (0.55%) Insider Threat
12 1 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.20%) Windows
2 2 (1.10%) Linux
2 2 (1.10%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.10%) zOS
3 1 (0.55%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (47.80%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (31.32%) Incident Response
3 56 (30.77%) SIEM
4 44 (24.18%) Information Security
5 41 (22.53%) Security Operations
6 27 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (14.29%) Agile
7 26 (14.29%) Risk Management
8 24 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (13.19%) Vulnerability Management
9 22 (12.09%) Threat Detection
10 20 (10.99%) Security Management
11 16 (8.79%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 16 (8.79%) Threat Intelligence
12 14 (7.69%) Coaching
12 14 (7.69%) Mentoring
12 14 (7.69%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 13 (7.14%) Change Management
13 13 (7.14%) Line Management
13 13 (7.14%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.95%) PowerShell
1 9 (4.95%) Python
2 6 (3.30%) Bash
2 6 (3.30%) Kusto Query Language
2 6 (3.30%) SQL
3 2 (1.10%) CLIST
3 2 (1.10%) JCL
3 2 (1.10%) REXX
Qualifications
1 43 (23.63%) Security Cleared
2 38 (20.88%) SC Cleared
3 32 (17.58%) CISSP
4 18 (9.89%) CISM
5 17 (9.34%) Degree
6 16 (8.79%) CEH
6 16 (8.79%) CompTIA Security+
7 14 (7.69%) CompTIA CySA+
7 14 (7.69%) GIAC
8 11 (6.04%) DV Cleared
9 7 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (3.30%) CISA
10 6 (3.30%) GCIA
10 6 (3.30%) GCIH
10 6 (3.30%) OSCP
10 6 (3.30%) SANS
11 5 (2.75%) CRISC
12 4 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (2.20%) GREM
12 4 (2.20%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (25.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (20.88%) NIST
3 20 (10.99%) GRC
4 18 (9.89%) GDPR
5 10 (5.49%) PCI DSS
6 9 (4.95%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (4.40%) NCSC
8 7 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (3.30%) NIST 800
10 3 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (1.65%) HIPAA
11 2 (1.10%) IASME
11 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (1.10%) PMO
12 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.55%) QA
12 1 (0.55%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.20%) Docker
2 4 (2.20%) Snort
2 4 (2.20%) Squid
3 2 (1.10%) RACF
3 2 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.75%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.75%) Nessus
1 5 (2.75%) Nexpose
2 4 (2.20%) Suricata
3 2 (1.10%) CSIRT
3 2 (1.10%) zSecure
4 1 (0.55%) Ansible
4 1 (0.55%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.55%) Nmap
4 1 (0.55%) QRadar
4 1 (0.55%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (22.53%) Microsoft
2 29 (15.93%) Splunk
3 13 (7.14%) Qualys
4 8 (4.40%) CrowdStrike
4 8 (4.40%) Tenable
5 7 (3.85%) Google
5 7 (3.85%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.75%) Cisco
6 5 (2.75%) Palo Alto
6 5 (2.75%) Rapid7
6 5 (2.75%) Zscaler
7 4 (2.20%) Blue Coat
7 4 (2.20%) Carbon Black
7 4 (2.20%) CyberArk
7 4 (2.20%) FireEye
8 3 (1.65%) Progress
9 2 (1.10%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.10%) IBM
9 2 (1.10%) LogRhythm
10 1 (0.55%) Exabeam