Security Analyst Contracts 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 31 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 375 365
Rank change year-on-year +7 -10 +130
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 118 161 298
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.49% 0.44% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.47% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 117 207
10th Percentile £350 £360 £350
25th Percentile £400 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +5.52%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £650
90th Percentile £650 £750 £720
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £49.31 - £63.73
25th Percentile £54.65 - £65.19
Median hourly rate £67.93 £11.25 £70.25
Median % change year-on-year +503.78% -83.99% +5.01%
75th Percentile £76.83 - £75.19
90th Percentile £79.54 - £76.58
UK median hourly rate £67.93 £12.50 £70.25
% change year-on-year +443.40% -82.21% +5.01%

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 22,374 34,092 44,934
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.74% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,795 22,500 31,965
10th Percentile £293 £285 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 931 2,543 1,312
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% +89.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.60 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.89% -16.67% +87.50%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 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 +43 58 £525 +5.00% 64
South East +34 26 £525 -2.78% 22
Midlands +14 18 £450 -14.29% 17
East Midlands +16 11 £350 -12.50% 13
West Midlands +7 7 £525 - 4
South West +36 6 £475 -36.67% 8
North of England +3 5 £500 -6.98% 20
North West +4 4 £500 -21.57% 13
East of England +20 2 £600 +12.15% 9
Yorkshire +7 1 - - 5
Security Analyst
UK

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Security Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 87 (73.73%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (33.05%) Incident Response
3 36 (30.51%) SIEM
4 33 (27.97%) Microsoft
5 32 (27.12%) Social Skills
6 31 (26.27%) Security Operations
7 27 (22.88%) Information Security
8 26 (22.03%) Python
9 24 (20.34%) Analytical Skills
10 22 (18.64%) Security Cleared
11 21 (17.80%) SC Cleared
11 21 (17.80%) Azure
12 20 (16.95%) Firewall
13 16 (13.56%) AWS
14 15 (12.71%) Vulnerability Management
14 15 (12.71%) Security Posture
15 14 (11.86%) Kusto Query Language
15 14 (11.86%) NIST
15 14 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
15 14 (11.86%) Bash
15 14 (11.86%) Cyber Threat
15 14 (11.86%) PowerShell
15 14 (11.86%) Network Security
16 13 (11.02%) CISSP
16 13 (11.02%) Windows
17 12 (10.17%) GDPR
17 12 (10.17%) Finance
17 12 (10.17%) GRC
18 11 (9.32%) Cloud Security
18 11 (9.32%) Business Intelligence

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (17.80%) Azure
2 16 (13.56%) AWS
3 10 (8.47%) Power Platform
4 9 (7.63%) GCP
5 6 (5.08%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (4.24%) Akamai
7 4 (3.39%) SaaS
8 3 (2.54%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.69%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.85%) GitHub
10 1 (0.85%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.85%) Serverless
10 1 (0.85%) Slack
10 1 (0.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (16.95%) Firewall
2 14 (11.86%) Network Security
3 9 (7.63%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (3.39%) DNS
4 4 (3.39%) HTTP
4 4 (3.39%) SMTP
5 3 (2.54%) SSL
5 3 (2.54%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.69%) FTP
6 2 (1.69%) VPN
7 1 (0.85%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.47%) Power BI
2 5 (4.24%) Tableau
3 2 (1.69%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.85%) JIRA
1 1 (0.85%) Metasploit
General
1 32 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 24 (20.34%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (10.17%) Finance
4 8 (6.78%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (4.24%) Retail
6 3 (2.54%) Banking
6 3 (2.54%) Legal
6 3 (2.54%) Local Government
7 2 (1.69%) Military
8 1 (0.85%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.85%) Aviation
8 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.85%) Law
8 1 (0.85%) Publishing
8 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.39%) OAuth
2 3 (2.54%) LDAP
3 2 (1.69%) OpenID
3 2 (1.69%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.69%) SAML
4 1 (0.85%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.71%) Security Posture
2 14 (11.86%) Cyber Threat
3 10 (8.47%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (7.63%) Management Information System
4 9 (7.63%) Operational Technology
5 5 (4.24%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.54%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (2.54%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (2.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (2.54%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.69%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.69%) CSOC
7 2 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (1.69%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.85%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.85%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.85%) SCADA
8 1 (0.85%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.02%) Windows
2 9 (7.63%) Linux
3 3 (2.54%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.85%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (73.73%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (33.05%) Incident Response
3 36 (30.51%) SIEM
4 31 (26.27%) Security Operations
5 27 (22.88%) Information Security
6 15 (12.71%) Vulnerability Management
7 14 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (9.32%) Business Continuity
8 11 (9.32%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (9.32%) Cloud Security
9 10 (8.47%) Asset Management
9 10 (8.47%) ITSM
9 10 (8.47%) Risk Management
9 10 (8.47%) SOAR
10 9 (7.63%) Data Analysis
11 8 (6.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (6.78%) Data Protection
11 8 (6.78%) Penetration Testing
11 8 (6.78%) Security Monitoring
11 8 (6.78%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 26 (22.03%) Python
2 14 (11.86%) Bash
2 14 (11.86%) Kusto Query Language
2 14 (11.86%) PowerShell
3 9 (7.63%) SQL
4 1 (0.85%) PHP
Qualifications
1 22 (18.64%) Security Cleared
2 21 (17.80%) SC Cleared
3 13 (11.02%) CISSP
4 10 (8.47%) CompTIA Security+
4 10 (8.47%) DV Cleared
5 9 (7.63%) CEH
6 8 (6.78%) CISM
6 8 (6.78%) Degree
7 5 (4.24%) GCIH
8 4 (3.39%) CompTIA CySA+
8 4 (3.39%) CRISC
8 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.69%) CASP
10 2 (1.69%) CCNA
10 2 (1.69%) CCSP
10 2 (1.69%) CISA
10 2 (1.69%) OSCP
10 2 (1.69%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.86%) NIST
2 12 (10.17%) GDPR
2 12 (10.17%) GRC
3 9 (7.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (6.78%) HIPAA
5 6 (5.08%) PCI DSS
6 4 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (2.54%) NIST 800
7 3 (2.54%) SLA
7 3 (2.54%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.69%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (1.69%) NCSC
8 2 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.85%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.85%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.85%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 5 (4.24%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.39%) Nessus
1 4 (3.39%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (2.54%) SCCM
2 3 (2.54%) WSUS
3 2 (1.69%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.85%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.85%) Nmap
Vendors
1 33 (27.97%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.47%) Splunk
3 8 (6.78%) Qualys
4 5 (4.24%) VMware
5 4 (3.39%) Palo Alto
5 4 (3.39%) Varonis
6 3 (2.54%) ArcSight
6 3 (2.54%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (2.54%) CyberArk
6 3 (2.54%) Google
6 3 (2.54%) Imperva
6 3 (2.54%) Oracle
6 3 (2.54%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.54%) Tenable
7 2 (1.69%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.69%) SAP
8 1 (0.85%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.85%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.85%) Workday