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 20 October 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 366 298
Rank change year-on-year +13 -68 +158
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 169 157 327
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.60% 0.50% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.53% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 103 242
10th Percentile £333 £413 £413
25th Percentile £400 £475 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% -
75th Percentile £563 £600 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £673
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% - -
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £50.00 -
% change year-on-year +9.00% - -

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 25,642 29,384 38,493
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 93.02% 93.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,472 17,925 26,842
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -2.78% -1.82%
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 1,469 1,199 1,415
10th Percentile £13.83 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -6.28% +58.75%
75th Percentile £50.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +66.48%

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 20 October 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
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 20 October 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 +15 71 £500 -4.76% 21
South East -10 28 £500 -8.26% 20
Midlands -1 24 £400 -33.33% 16
East Midlands - 20 £400 - 8
North of England -17 17 £475 -5.00% 19
South West +12 14 £459 -36.66% 7
North West -7 12 £268 -46.40% 14
Yorkshire -27 5 £520 +4.00% 4
West Midlands -17 3 £545 -9.17% 7
East of England -9 2 £550 -4.35% 7
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 October 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.

1 118 (69.82%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (35.50%) Incident Response
3 57 (33.73%) SIEM
4 50 (29.59%) Information Security
5 49 (28.99%) Microsoft
6 45 (26.63%) Security Operations
7 41 (24.26%) NIST
8 33 (19.53%) Security Cleared
9 32 (18.93%) AWS
9 32 (18.93%) Firewall
10 31 (18.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 30 (17.75%) Penetration Testing
12 29 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
12 29 (17.16%) Risk Management
12 29 (17.16%) SC Cleared
12 29 (17.16%) Splunk
12 29 (17.16%) Vulnerability Management
13 28 (16.57%) Azure
14 24 (14.20%) CISSP
15 23 (13.61%) Threat Intelligence
16 21 (12.43%) Agile
16 21 (12.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
17 19 (11.24%) CrowdStrike
17 19 (11.24%) ITSM
17 19 (11.24%) Stakeholder Management
18 17 (10.06%) GRC
18 17 (10.06%) Python
19 16 (9.47%) CompTIA CySA+
19 16 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
19 16 (9.47%) Degree

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 2 (1.18%) Confluence
2 1 (0.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.18%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 32 (18.93%) AWS
2 28 (16.57%) Azure
3 11 (6.51%) Azure Sentinel
4 8 (4.73%) GCP
5 6 (3.55%) SaaS
6 5 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.37%) Cloudflare
7 4 (2.37%) OpenDNS
7 4 (2.37%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.78%) Akamai
8 3 (1.78%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.78%) GitHub
8 3 (1.78%) Slack
9 2 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.18%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.18%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.18%) OCI
10 1 (0.59%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.59%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 32 (18.93%) Firewall
2 12 (7.10%) Network Security
3 5 (2.96%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (2.37%) HTTP
4 4 (2.37%) Internet
4 4 (2.37%) NGFW
5 2 (1.18%) Wireless
6 1 (0.59%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.59%) DNS
6 1 (0.59%) SMTP
6 1 (0.59%) SSL
6 1 (0.59%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.59%) VoIP
6 1 (0.59%) VPN
6 1 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.37%) Power BI
2 1 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.78%) JIRA
2 1 (0.59%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.59%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.59%) Postman
2 1 (0.59%) SoapUI
General
1 63 (37.28%) Social Skills
2 43 (25.44%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (11.83%) Finance
4 10 (5.92%) Retail
5 9 (5.33%) Banking
5 9 (5.33%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.96%) Military
7 4 (2.37%) Law
8 3 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.78%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.78%) Legal
8 3 (1.78%) Local Government
9 2 (1.18%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.18%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.59%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.78%) OAuth
2 2 (1.18%) OpenID
2 2 (1.18%) PyTorch
2 2 (1.18%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.59%) LDAP
3 1 (0.59%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.59%) REST
3 1 (0.59%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.59%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.02%) Security Posture
2 17 (10.06%) Cyber Defence
3 16 (9.47%) Management Information System
4 15 (8.88%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (5.33%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.14%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.96%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.37%) Cybercrime
8 4 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.78%) BYOD
9 3 (1.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.78%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.59%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.59%) CSOC
10 1 (0.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.59%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.59%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.59%) PKI
10 1 (0.59%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.47%) Windows
2 6 (3.55%) Linux
2 6 (3.55%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.18%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (69.82%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (35.50%) Incident Response
3 57 (33.73%) SIEM
4 50 (29.59%) Information Security
5 45 (26.63%) Security Operations
6 30 (17.75%) Penetration Testing
7 29 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (17.16%) Risk Management
7 29 (17.16%) Vulnerability Management
8 23 (13.61%) Threat Intelligence
9 21 (12.43%) Agile
9 21 (12.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 19 (11.24%) ITSM
10 19 (11.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (9.47%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 16 (9.47%) Threat Detection
12 15 (8.88%) Incident Management
12 15 (8.88%) Security Management
12 15 (8.88%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.06%) Python
2 14 (8.28%) Bash
2 14 (8.28%) PowerShell
3 13 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (19.53%) Security Cleared
2 29 (17.16%) SC Cleared
3 24 (14.20%) CISSP
4 16 (9.47%) CompTIA CySA+
4 16 (9.47%) Degree
5 11 (6.51%) CEH
6 10 (5.92%) CISM
6 10 (5.92%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (5.33%) DV Cleared
7 9 (5.33%) GIAC
8 8 (4.73%) GCIH
9 7 (4.14%) SANS
10 6 (3.55%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (3.55%) OSCP
10 6 (3.55%) SSCP
11 5 (2.96%) CRISC
11 5 (2.96%) GCIA
12 4 (2.37%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (2.37%) GREM
13 3 (1.78%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (24.26%) NIST
2 31 (18.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (10.06%) GRC
4 16 (9.47%) GDPR
5 9 (5.33%) NIST 800
6 8 (4.73%) PCI DSS
7 7 (4.14%) NCSC
8 6 (3.55%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (2.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.78%) HIPAA
11 3 (1.78%) IASME
11 3 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (1.78%) SLA
12 2 (1.18%) PMO
12 2 (1.18%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.59%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.59%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.59%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.37%) Docker
1 4 (2.37%) Snort
1 4 (2.37%) Squid
2 3 (1.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (4.73%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.14%) Nessus
3 5 (2.96%) Nexpose
4 4 (2.37%) CSIRT
4 4 (2.37%) Suricata
5 3 (1.78%) SCCM
5 3 (1.78%) WSUS
6 2 (1.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.59%) Ansible
7 1 (0.59%) QRadar
7 1 (0.59%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (28.99%) Microsoft
2 29 (17.16%) Splunk
3 19 (11.24%) CrowdStrike
4 16 (9.47%) Qualys
5 10 (5.92%) Palo Alto
6 7 (4.14%) F5
7 6 (3.55%) Google
7 6 (3.55%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.96%) Cisco
8 5 (2.96%) Zscaler
9 4 (2.37%) Blue Coat
9 4 (2.37%) Carbon Black
9 4 (2.37%) FireEye
9 4 (2.37%) Oracle
9 4 (2.37%) SAP
9 4 (2.37%) Tenable
9 4 (2.37%) VMware
10 3 (1.78%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.78%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.18%) Imperva