Security Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst daily rate in England is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 358 358
Rank change year-on-year -32 0 +68
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 179 121 202
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 0.49% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.53% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 81 153
10th Percentile £325 £356 £388
25th Percentile £413 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £663 £750
UK median daily rate £523 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.48% - -
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% -82.82%
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% -80.92%

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 33,621 22,950 35,200
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.03% 93.03% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,202 15,047 23,545
10th Percentile £310 £300 £270
25th Percentile £413 £409 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £638
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 2,216 759 2,280
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.28 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.34 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.86 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.30% +7.69% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.25 £77.50 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £33.40 £32.50
% change year-on-year +4.79% +2.77% -23.53%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -31 72 £538 +2.38% 19
South East -66 29 £500 -2.44% 16
South West -2 23 £525 - 3
North of England -51 18 £475 -7.32% 8
Midlands -55 18 £400 -23.81% 12
East of England -24 10 £475 -20.83% 2
East Midlands - 10 £400 - 5
Yorkshire - 9 £520 - 2
North West -30 8 £325 -38.10% 4
West Midlands -61 8 £363 -30.95% 7
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 March 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 86 (48.04%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (30.17%) Incident Response
3 50 (27.93%) SIEM
4 43 (24.02%) Information Security
4 43 (24.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 41 (22.91%) NIST
6 40 (22.35%) AWS
7 38 (21.23%) Security Cleared
8 37 (20.67%) Microsoft
8 37 (20.67%) Security Operations
9 36 (20.11%) SC Cleared
10 30 (16.76%) Agile
10 30 (16.76%) CISSP
11 29 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
12 24 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (13.41%) Splunk
13 23 (12.85%) Risk Management
13 23 (12.85%) Vulnerability Management
14 22 (12.29%) Threat Detection
15 20 (11.17%) Azure
15 20 (11.17%) Security Management
16 19 (10.61%) Degree
17 18 (10.06%) GRC
18 17 (9.50%) Network Security
19 16 (8.94%) CISM
19 16 (8.94%) CompTIA Security+
19 16 (8.94%) GDPR
20 14 (7.82%) Change Management
20 14 (7.82%) Coaching
20 14 (7.82%) Line Management

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 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.68%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 40 (22.35%) AWS
2 20 (11.17%) Azure
3 10 (5.59%) GCP
4 7 (3.91%) Microsoft Purview
5 6 (3.35%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (3.35%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.23%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.23%) SaaS
7 3 (1.68%) OCI
8 2 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.12%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.12%) AWS KMS
8 2 (1.12%) Cloudflare
8 2 (1.12%) OpenDNS
8 2 (1.12%) Serverless
9 1 (0.56%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.56%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.50%) Network Security
2 13 (7.26%) Firewall
3 5 (2.79%) HTTP
3 5 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.12%) DMZ
4 2 (1.12%) DNS
4 2 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.12%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.12%) VPN
5 1 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.56%) NAS
5 1 (0.56%) SAN
5 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.56%) SMTP
5 1 (0.56%) VLAN
5 1 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.23%) Power BI
2 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 56 (31.28%) Social Skills
2 40 (22.35%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (13.41%) Finance
4 12 (6.70%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.91%) Military
6 5 (2.79%) Banking
7 4 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.23%) Legal
7 4 (2.23%) Marketing
7 4 (2.23%) Retail
8 3 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.68%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.12%) Law
10 1 (0.56%) Local Government
10 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.68%) OAuth
1 3 (1.68%) SAML
2 2 (1.12%) ISPF
2 2 (1.12%) OpenID
2 2 (1.12%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.56%) eBPF
3 1 (0.56%) LDAP
3 1 (0.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.17%) Cyber Defence
2 14 (7.82%) Cyber Threat
2 14 (7.82%) Security Posture
3 13 (7.26%) Management Information System
4 12 (6.70%) Onboarding
4 12 (6.70%) Operational Technology
5 8 (4.47%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (3.35%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.79%) Robotics
8 4 (2.23%) BYOD
8 4 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.23%) SCADA
9 2 (1.12%) CSOC
9 2 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.12%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.56%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.79%) Windows
2 3 (1.68%) Linux
3 2 (1.12%) zOS
4 1 (0.56%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (48.04%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (30.17%) Incident Response
3 50 (27.93%) SIEM
4 43 (24.02%) Information Security
5 37 (20.67%) Security Operations
6 30 (16.76%) Agile
7 29 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (12.85%) Risk Management
9 23 (12.85%) Vulnerability Management
10 22 (12.29%) Threat Detection
11 20 (11.17%) Security Management
12 14 (7.82%) Change Management
12 14 (7.82%) Coaching
12 14 (7.82%) Line Management
12 14 (7.82%) Mentoring
13 13 (7.26%) Cloud Security
13 13 (7.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 12 (6.70%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 11 (6.15%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.91%) PowerShell
1 7 (3.91%) Python
1 7 (3.91%) SQL
2 5 (2.79%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (2.23%) Bash
4 2 (1.12%) CLIST
4 2 (1.12%) JCL
4 2 (1.12%) REXX
Qualifications
1 38 (21.23%) Security Cleared
2 36 (20.11%) SC Cleared
3 30 (16.76%) CISSP
4 19 (10.61%) Degree
5 16 (8.94%) CISM
5 16 (8.94%) CompTIA Security+
6 11 (6.15%) CEH
7 10 (5.59%) CompTIA CySA+
8 9 (5.03%) GIAC
9 8 (4.47%) DV Cleared
10 7 (3.91%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (3.35%) CISA
11 6 (3.35%) SANS
12 5 (2.79%) GCIA
12 5 (2.79%) GCIH
13 4 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (2.23%) Master's Degree
13 4 (2.23%) SSCP
14 3 (1.68%) CRISC
15 2 (1.12%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (24.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (22.91%) NIST
3 18 (10.06%) GRC
4 16 (8.94%) GDPR
5 10 (5.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (5.59%) PCI DSS
6 8 (4.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (4.47%) NCSC
7 7 (3.91%) NIST 800
7 7 (3.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.68%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.68%) IASME
8 3 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (1.12%) PMO
10 1 (0.56%) GxP
10 1 (0.56%) ISA99
10 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.56%) QA
10 1 (0.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (3.91%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.12%) Docker
2 2 (1.12%) RACF
2 2 (1.12%) Snort
2 2 (1.12%) Squid
2 2 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.68%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.68%) Nessus
2 2 (1.12%) Nexpose
2 2 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.12%) Suricata
2 2 (1.12%) zSecure
3 1 (0.56%) Ansible
3 1 (0.56%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.56%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (0.56%) Nmap
3 1 (0.56%) QRadar
3 1 (0.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (20.67%) Microsoft
2 24 (13.41%) Splunk
3 9 (5.03%) Qualys
4 7 (3.91%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.35%) Tenable
6 5 (2.79%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (2.79%) Google
6 5 (2.79%) Rapid7
7 4 (2.23%) Cisco
7 4 (2.23%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.68%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.68%) Progress
8 3 (1.68%) Zscaler
9 2 (1.12%) Blue Coat
9 2 (1.12%) Carbon Black
9 2 (1.12%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.12%) FireEye
9 2 (1.12%) IBM
9 2 (1.12%) LogRhythm
9 2 (1.12%) Oracle