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 16 August 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 361 393
Rank change year-on-year -60 +32 -76
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 207 146 126
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.45% 0.53% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.57% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 92 89
10th Percentile £366 £325 £400
25th Percentile £425 £386 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £498 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.55% -5.24% -3.67%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £628 £649 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +12.82% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile £46.25 £49.31 -
25th Percentile £49.06 £54.65 -
Median hourly rate £57.05 £67.93 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.02% +35.85% -
75th Percentile £65.26 £76.83 -
90th Percentile £72.13 £79.54 -
UK median hourly rate £57.05 £67.93 £12.50
% change year-on-year -16.02% +443.40% -

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 42,419 25,455 30,840
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 91.59% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,676 16,439 20,225
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £627 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,186 1,350 1,784
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.50 £14.19
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.23 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.48% -43.94% +8.04%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £65.01
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +66.84% -41.51% +2.38%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 16 August 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 -54 83 £556 +11.25% 39
South East -26 74 £550 +10.00% 44
North of England -66 22 £429 -12.00% 28
North West -35 15 £430 -4.56% 17
West Midlands -44 10 £600 +6.19% 6
Midlands -57 10 £600 +50.00% 16
South West -51 9 £650 +62.50% 13
Yorkshire -40 7 £400 -27.27% 9
East of England -22 2 £400 - 6
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 August 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.

1 143 (69.08%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (33.82%) Security Operations
3 61 (29.47%) SIEM
4 58 (28.02%) NIST
5 55 (26.57%) Security Cleared
6 50 (24.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 41 (19.81%) Vulnerability Management
8 39 (18.84%) Incident Response
9 36 (17.39%) Microsoft
10 35 (16.91%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (16.43%) Information Security
12 32 (15.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 31 (14.98%) DV Cleared
14 30 (14.49%) Azure
15 27 (13.04%) SC Cleared
15 27 (13.04%) Threat Detection
16 26 (12.56%) Security Monitoring
17 24 (11.59%) Incident Management
18 22 (10.63%) Risk Management
18 22 (10.63%) Stakeholder Management
19 20 (9.66%) Cloud Security
19 20 (9.66%) Workshop Facilitation
20 19 (9.18%) CISSP
21 18 (8.70%) Application Security
21 18 (8.70%) Business Analysis
21 18 (8.70%) Vulnerability Remediation
22 17 (8.21%) GAP Analysis
22 17 (8.21%) Process Improvement
23 16 (7.73%) Azure Sentinel
23 16 (7.73%) Cyber Essentials

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 3 (1.45%) Confluence
2 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.45%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.48%) InfoPath
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 30 (14.49%) Azure
2 16 (7.73%) Azure Sentinel
3 14 (6.76%) AWS
4 12 (5.80%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
6 8 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.38%) SaaS
8 6 (2.90%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (2.42%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.93%) GCP
11 3 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.45%) GitHub
12 2 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.97%) Azure Stack
12 2 (0.97%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.48%) IaaS
13 1 (0.48%) PaaS
13 1 (0.48%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.76%) Network Security
2 7 (3.38%) Firewall
3 4 (1.93%) Intranet
3 4 (1.93%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.97%) HTTP
4 2 (0.97%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.48%) DNS
5 1 (0.48%) Modbus
5 1 (0.48%) NAS
5 1 (0.48%) SAN
5 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.48%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.48%) VoIP
5 1 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.42%) Power BI
2 1 (0.48%) Big Data
2 1 (0.48%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (1.45%) GitLab
1 3 (1.45%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.45%) JIRA
2 2 (0.97%) Burp Suite
2 2 (0.97%) Snyk
2 2 (0.97%) SonarQube
General
1 69 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 37 (17.87%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (10.63%) Finance
4 17 (8.21%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (6.28%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.38%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.42%) Banking
7 5 (2.42%) Military
7 5 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.42%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.45%) Legal
9 2 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.48%) Advertising
10 1 (0.48%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.93%) FIDO
1 4 (1.93%) WebAuthn
2 2 (0.97%) REST
3 1 (0.48%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.56%) Operational Technology
2 19 (9.18%) Security Operations Centre
3 17 (8.21%) Security Posture
4 16 (7.73%) Onboarding
5 13 (6.28%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (5.31%) SCADA
7 10 (4.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (3.86%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (3.86%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.93%) CMDB
11 3 (1.45%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.45%) PKI
12 2 (0.97%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.97%) CSOC
12 2 (0.97%) Cyber Security Posture
12 2 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.97%) Insider Threat
12 2 (0.97%) Reference Data
12 2 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.35%) Windows
2 5 (2.42%) Linux
3 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (69.08%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (33.82%) Security Operations
3 61 (29.47%) SIEM
4 41 (19.81%) Vulnerability Management
5 39 (18.84%) Incident Response
6 35 (16.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (16.43%) Information Security
8 32 (15.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 27 (13.04%) Threat Detection
10 26 (12.56%) Security Monitoring
11 24 (11.59%) Incident Management
12 22 (10.63%) Risk Management
12 22 (10.63%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (9.66%) Cloud Security
13 20 (9.66%) Workshop Facilitation
14 18 (8.70%) Application Security
14 18 (8.70%) Business Analysis
14 18 (8.70%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 17 (8.21%) GAP Analysis
15 17 (8.21%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.83%) Python
2 8 (3.86%) Kusto Query Language
2 8 (3.86%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.45%) Bash
3 3 (1.45%) SQL
4 2 (0.97%) Perl
5 1 (0.48%) C
5 1 (0.48%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 55 (26.57%) Security Cleared
2 31 (14.98%) DV Cleared
3 27 (13.04%) SC Cleared
4 19 (9.18%) CISSP
5 14 (6.76%) CompTIA Security+
6 12 (5.80%) CompTIA CySA+
7 10 (4.83%) Degree
7 10 (4.83%) GIAC
8 7 (3.38%) CISM
9 6 (2.90%) CEH
10 5 (2.42%) SANS
11 4 (1.93%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.93%) CISA
11 4 (1.93%) IIBA
11 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.45%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.45%) GCIA
12 3 (1.45%) GCIH
12 3 (1.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (28.02%) NIST
2 50 (24.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (7.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (7.25%) GRC
5 9 (4.35%) GDPR
5 9 (4.35%) NIST 800
6 8 (3.86%) NCSC
7 7 (3.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (2.90%) IASME
8 6 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (1.93%) COBIT
10 2 (0.97%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.97%) SLA
10 2 (0.97%) SOC 1
10 2 (0.97%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.48%) ISA99
11 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 5 (2.42%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.45%) Docker
3 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (6.28%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.97%) HP Fortify
2 2 (0.97%) Nexpose
2 2 (0.97%) Puppet
2 2 (0.97%) QRadar
2 2 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.97%) Terraform
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.83%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (3.38%) Splunk
4 4 (1.93%) Google
4 4 (1.93%) Tenable
5 3 (1.45%) ArcSight
5 3 (1.45%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.97%) Checkmarx
6 2 (0.97%) OneTrust
6 2 (0.97%) Qualys
6 2 (0.97%) SolarWinds
6 2 (0.97%) Tanium
6 2 (0.97%) Veracode
7 1 (0.48%) Clearswift
7 1 (0.48%) Databricks
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle
7 1 (0.48%) Progress
7 1 (0.48%) SGI
7 1 (0.48%) Snow
7 1 (0.48%) Tripwire