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 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 379 371
Rank change year-on-year -36 -8 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 170 103 170
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.43% 0.42% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.45% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 69 129
10th Percentile £343 £357 £356
25th Percentile £413 £463 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% -5.45%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £663
90th Percentile £631 £653 £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% -82.76%
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% -80.84%

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 36,438 22,702 34,531
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 92.70% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,879 15,162 23,005
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 867 2,382
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.41 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.73 £19.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -19.08%
75th Percentile £67.36 £64.63 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year +37.73% -13.00% -22.22%

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 19 April 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 19 April 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 19 April 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 64 £525 - 11
South East -41 36 £550 +4.76% 23
Midlands -56 19 £400 -23.81% 25
North of England -63 17 £470 -8.29% 16
South West -14 16 £525 -4.55% 7
Yorkshire -46 11 £500 - 9
East of England -23 10 £475 -20.83% 6
West Midlands -59 10 £325 -38.10% 15
East Midlands - 9 £425 - 10
North West -42 5 £438 -14.63% 6
North East - 1 £400 - 1
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 77 (45.29%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (24.12%) Incident Response
2 41 (24.12%) Information Security
3 39 (22.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (22.94%) NIST
4 32 (18.82%) Microsoft
4 32 (18.82%) Security Operations
5 30 (17.65%) SIEM
6 27 (15.88%) Security Cleared
7 23 (13.53%) SC Cleared
8 22 (12.94%) Azure
8 22 (12.94%) CISSP
9 21 (12.35%) AWS
10 20 (11.76%) GRC
10 20 (11.76%) Threat Detection
11 19 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (11.18%) Vulnerability Management
12 18 (10.59%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (10.59%) Risk Management
13 16 (9.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 15 (8.82%) CompTIA Security+
14 15 (8.82%) Network Security
14 15 (8.82%) Process Improvement
15 14 (8.24%) CISM
15 14 (8.24%) Cloud Security
15 14 (8.24%) GDPR
16 13 (7.65%) Agile
16 13 (7.65%) GAP Analysis
16 13 (7.65%) Splunk
17 12 (7.06%) CEH

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%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.76%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.18%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.94%) Azure
2 21 (12.35%) AWS
3 7 (4.12%) Azure Sentinel
3 7 (4.12%) GCP
3 7 (4.12%) Microsoft Purview
4 5 (2.94%) Entra ID
4 5 (2.94%) SaaS
5 4 (2.35%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.35%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.18%) Serverless
8 1 (0.59%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.59%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.59%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.59%) GitHub
8 1 (0.59%) OCI
8 1 (0.59%) OpenDNS
8 1 (0.59%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.59%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.82%) Network Security
2 9 (5.29%) Firewall
3 5 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.18%) DMZ
4 2 (1.18%) DNS
4 2 (1.18%) HTTP
4 2 (1.18%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.18%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.18%) VPN
5 1 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.59%) NAS
5 1 (0.59%) SAN
5 1 (0.59%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.59%) SMTP
5 1 (0.59%) VLAN
5 1 (0.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.35%) Power BI
2 1 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.59%) Big Data
2 1 (0.59%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.76%) JIRA
2 1 (0.59%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.59%) GitLab
2 1 (0.59%) Jenkins
General
1 48 (28.24%) Social Skills
2 29 (17.06%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (12.35%) Finance
4 10 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.53%) Banking
5 6 (3.53%) Legal
5 6 (3.53%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.35%) Marketing
7 4 (2.35%) Military
7 4 (2.35%) Retail
8 2 (1.18%) Law
9 1 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.59%) Local Government
9 1 (0.59%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.76%) OAuth
1 3 (1.76%) SAML
2 2 (1.18%) ISPF
2 2 (1.18%) OpenID
2 2 (1.18%) REST
2 2 (1.18%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.59%) eBPF
3 1 (0.59%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.65%) Cyber Threat
1 13 (7.65%) Operational Technology
1 13 (7.65%) Security Posture
2 11 (6.47%) Onboarding
3 10 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (4.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (4.71%) Management Information System
5 7 (4.12%) SCADA
5 7 (4.12%) Virtual Team
6 6 (3.53%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (2.94%) Robotics
8 4 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.18%) CSOC
10 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.18%) Mainframe
11 1 (0.59%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.59%) Insider Threat
11 1 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.35%) Windows
2 3 (1.76%) Linux
3 2 (1.18%) zOS
4 1 (0.59%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (45.29%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (24.12%) Incident Response
2 41 (24.12%) Information Security
3 32 (18.82%) Security Operations
4 30 (17.65%) SIEM
5 20 (11.76%) Threat Detection
6 19 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (11.18%) Vulnerability Management
7 18 (10.59%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (10.59%) Risk Management
8 16 (9.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (8.82%) Process Improvement
10 14 (8.24%) Cloud Security
11 13 (7.65%) Agile
11 13 (7.65%) GAP Analysis
12 12 (7.06%) Security Management
13 11 (6.47%) Application Security
13 11 (6.47%) CI/CD
14 10 (5.88%) Containerisation
14 10 (5.88%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.71%) Python
1 8 (4.71%) SQL
2 7 (4.12%) Kusto Query Language
3 6 (3.53%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.76%) Bash
5 2 (1.18%) CLIST
5 2 (1.18%) JCL
5 2 (1.18%) REXX
Qualifications
1 27 (15.88%) Security Cleared
2 23 (13.53%) SC Cleared
3 22 (12.94%) CISSP
4 15 (8.82%) CompTIA Security+
5 14 (8.24%) CISM
6 12 (7.06%) CEH
7 10 (5.88%) Degree
8 9 (5.29%) GIAC
9 7 (4.12%) DV Cleared
10 6 (3.53%) CISA
11 4 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (2.35%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.76%) CompTIA CySA+
12 3 (1.76%) CRISC
12 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (1.18%) AWS Certification
13 2 (1.18%) CCNP
13 2 (1.18%) CCSP
13 2 (1.18%) IIBA
13 2 (1.18%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (22.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 39 (22.94%) NIST
2 20 (11.76%) GRC
3 14 (8.24%) GDPR
4 12 (7.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (6.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (5.88%) NCSC
7 7 (4.12%) NIST 800
8 6 (3.53%) IASME
8 6 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (2.94%) PCI DSS
10 4 (2.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (1.76%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (1.76%) COBIT
12 2 (1.18%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.59%) GxP
13 1 (0.59%) ISA99
13 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.59%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (3.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.18%) Docker
2 2 (1.18%) RACF
2 2 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.59%) Snort
3 1 (0.59%) Squid
Systems Management
1 12 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.18%) Nessus
2 2 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.18%) zSecure
3 1 (0.59%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.59%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (0.59%) Nexpose
3 1 (0.59%) Nmap
3 1 (0.59%) Suricata
Vendors
1 32 (18.82%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.65%) Splunk
3 7 (4.12%) Qualys
3 7 (4.12%) Tenable
4 6 (3.53%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.35%) Google
6 3 (1.76%) Cisco
6 3 (1.76%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (1.76%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.76%) Progress
6 3 (1.76%) Rapid7
7 2 (1.18%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.18%) IBM
7 2 (1.18%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.18%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.59%) Blue Coat
8 1 (0.59%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.59%) FireEye
8 1 (0.59%) Oracle
8 1 (0.59%) Tripwire