Security Analytics Contracts in England

Security Analytics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Security Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 540 641
Rank change year-on-year +60 +101 +110
Contract jobs citing Security Analytics 5 2 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.021% 0.005% 0.024%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.006% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 10
10th Percentile £534 - £587
25th Percentile £547 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £396 £625
Median % change year-on-year +48.36% -36.64% +6.38%
75th Percentile £622 - £638
90th Percentile £631 - £663
UK median daily rate £588 £396 £625
% change year-on-year +48.36% -36.64% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £91.25
Median hourly rate - - £97.50
75th Percentile - - £103.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £97.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Security Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Security Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Security Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Analytics in England

Security Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Analytics in England

Security Analytics
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 Analytics within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Midlands - 2 - - 2
West Midlands - 2 - - 2
South West +46 1 £550 - 4
London - 1 - - 2
Security Analytics
UK

Security Analytics
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Elasticsearch
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Security Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) SIEM Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Elasticsearch Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Elasticsearch Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Operations Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Splunk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) YARA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
2 4 (80.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
3 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (60.00%) SOAR
3 3 (60.00%) Threat Detection
3 3 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (40.00%) Event Correlation
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (40.00%) Threat Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) Zero Trust
5 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
5 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
5 1 (20.00%) Server Hardening
5 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (20.00%) CCSP
3 1 (20.00%) CISA
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) CISM
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) CSIRT
1 1 (20.00%) Kibana
1 1 (20.00%) logstash
1 1 (20.00%) QRadar
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Splunk
2 1 (20.00%) FireEye
2 1 (20.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) Tanium