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 3 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
3 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 358 379
Rank change year-on-year -59 +21 -68
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 222 150 134
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 0.55% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.60% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 91 89
10th Percentile £371 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.71% -0.71%
75th Percentile £600 £574 £600
90th Percentile £650 £638 £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 £31.25
% change year-on-year -16.02% +117.36% -

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 42,158 25,047 30,515
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 91.51% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,345 16,151 19,528
10th Percentile £325 £281 £303
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £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 3,265 1,357 1,613
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.67 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.33 £20.75
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £67.02
90th Percentile £79.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.25 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.99% -41.51% +1.18%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 3 September 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 -42 94 £563 +7.14% 82
South East -14 77 £550 +12.82% 39
North of England -46 25 £450 -7.69% 39
North West -34 20 £450 - 31
South West -42 8 £650 +62.50% 19
West Midlands -44 8 £600 +10.09% 15
Midlands -64 8 £600 +50.00% 30
Yorkshire -39 5 £400 -27.27% 7
East of England -21 2 £400 - 11
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 September 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.

1 164 (73.87%) Cybersecurity
2 83 (37.39%) Security Operations
3 70 (31.53%) SIEM
4 66 (29.73%) Security Cleared
5 56 (25.23%) NIST
6 48 (21.62%) Incident Response
6 48 (21.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 47 (21.17%) Vulnerability Management
8 44 (19.82%) Microsoft
9 38 (17.12%) Continuous Improvement
10 36 (16.22%) SC Cleared
11 34 (15.32%) Incident Management
12 33 (14.86%) Azure
12 33 (14.86%) DV Cleared
12 33 (14.86%) Information Security
13 32 (14.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 29 (13.06%) Security Monitoring
14 29 (13.06%) Threat Detection
15 23 (10.36%) Cloud Security
15 23 (10.36%) Stakeholder Management
16 22 (9.91%) AWS
17 21 (9.46%) Workshop Facilitation
18 20 (9.01%) Application Security
18 20 (9.01%) Risk Management
19 19 (8.56%) Vulnerability Remediation
20 18 (8.11%) CISSP
20 18 (8.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
20 18 (8.11%) Threat Intelligence
21 16 (7.21%) Azure Sentinel
21 16 (7.21%) 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 (1.35%) Confluence
2 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.45%) IIS
2 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.35%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.45%) InfoPath
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 33 (14.86%) Azure
2 22 (9.91%) AWS
3 16 (7.21%) Azure Sentinel
3 16 (7.21%) Entra ID
4 15 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.05%) Azure Logic Apps
6 7 (3.15%) SaaS
7 6 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (2.25%) GCP
8 5 (2.25%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.35%) GitHub
10 2 (0.90%) Akamai
10 2 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.90%) Azure Stack
10 2 (0.90%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.45%) IaaS
11 1 (0.45%) PaaS
11 1 (0.45%) SAP Fieldglass
11 1 (0.45%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.86%) Network Security
2 6 (2.70%) Firewall
3 5 (2.25%) Intranet
4 4 (1.80%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.35%) HTTP
6 2 (0.90%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.45%) DNS
7 1 (0.45%) Modbus
7 1 (0.45%) NAS
7 1 (0.45%) SAN
7 1 (0.45%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.45%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.25%) Power BI
2 1 (0.45%) Big Data
2 1 (0.45%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (1.80%) JIRA
2 3 (1.35%) GitLab
2 3 (1.35%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.90%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.90%) Snyk
3 2 (0.90%) SonarQube
General
1 74 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 36 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (9.46%) Finance
4 18 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (6.76%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.15%) Military
8 6 (2.70%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.25%) Banking
9 5 (2.25%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.35%) Legal
12 2 (0.90%) Law
13 1 (0.45%) Advertising
13 1 (0.45%) Local Government
13 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.45%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.70%) FIDO
1 6 (2.70%) WebAuthn
2 4 (1.80%) REST
3 2 (0.90%) Terraform
4 1 (0.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.81%) Security Operations Centre
2 23 (10.36%) Operational Technology
3 19 (8.56%) Onboarding
4 17 (7.66%) Cyber Threat
4 17 (7.66%) Security Posture
5 14 (6.31%) Cyber Defence
6 10 (4.50%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.60%) SCADA
8 7 (3.15%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.70%) CMDB
9 6 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.80%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.35%) PKI
12 2 (0.90%) CSOC
12 2 (0.90%) Cyber Security Posture
12 2 (0.90%) Cyberattack
12 2 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.90%) Insider Threat
12 2 (0.90%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.90%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.95%) Windows
2 8 (3.60%) Linux
3 3 (1.35%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (73.87%) Cybersecurity
2 83 (37.39%) Security Operations
3 70 (31.53%) SIEM
4 48 (21.62%) Incident Response
5 47 (21.17%) Vulnerability Management
6 38 (17.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (15.32%) Incident Management
8 33 (14.86%) Information Security
9 32 (14.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 29 (13.06%) Security Monitoring
10 29 (13.06%) Threat Detection
11 23 (10.36%) Cloud Security
11 23 (10.36%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (9.46%) Workshop Facilitation
13 20 (9.01%) Application Security
13 20 (9.01%) Risk Management
14 19 (8.56%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 18 (8.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 18 (8.11%) Threat Intelligence
16 16 (7.21%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.95%) Kusto Query Language
1 11 (4.95%) Python
2 8 (3.60%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.35%) Bash
3 3 (1.35%) SQL
4 2 (0.90%) Perl
5 1 (0.45%) C
5 1 (0.45%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 66 (29.73%) Security Cleared
2 36 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 33 (14.86%) DV Cleared
4 18 (8.11%) CISSP
5 14 (6.31%) CompTIA Security+
6 12 (5.41%) CompTIA CySA+
7 9 (4.05%) Degree
7 9 (4.05%) GIAC
8 6 (2.70%) CISM
9 5 (2.25%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.25%) CEH
9 5 (2.25%) SANS
10 4 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.80%) CISA
10 4 (1.80%) IIBA
10 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.35%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.35%) GCIA
11 3 (1.35%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (25.23%) NIST
2 48 (21.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (7.21%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (7.21%) GRC
4 10 (4.50%) GDPR
5 8 (3.60%) NIST 800
5 8 (3.60%) SLA
6 7 (3.15%) NCSC
7 6 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (2.25%) IASME
8 5 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.35%) COBIT
10 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.90%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.90%) SOC 1
10 2 (0.90%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.45%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 6 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.35%) Docker
3 1 (0.45%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (6.31%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.90%) HP Fortify
2 2 (0.90%) Nexpose
2 2 (0.90%) Puppet
2 2 (0.90%) QRadar
2 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.45%) CASB
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (19.82%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.31%) Splunk
3 11 (4.95%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (2.25%) Google
4 5 (2.25%) Qualys
5 4 (1.80%) Tenable
6 3 (1.35%) ArcSight
6 3 (1.35%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.90%) Checkmarx
7 2 (0.90%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.90%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.90%) Tripwire
7 2 (0.90%) Veracode
8 1 (0.45%) Centrify
8 1 (0.45%) Cisco
8 1 (0.45%) Databricks
8 1 (0.45%) Progress
8 1 (0.45%) SGI
8 1 (0.45%) Snow
8 1 (0.45%) Tanium
207 Security Analyst jobs in England