Security Operations Analyst Contracts in England

Security Operations Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Operations Analyst daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 528 615
Rank change year-on-year +53 +87 +150
Contract jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 10 14 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.038% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.041% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 27
10th Percentile £461 £347 £370
25th Percentile - £355 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +21.05%
75th Percentile - £641 £700
90th Percentile £544 £669 £875
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £81.35 £11.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +623.11% - -
UK median hourly rate £81.35 £11.25 -
% change year-on-year +623.11% - -

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Security Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Analyst in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations 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 Operations Analyst 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
South East +45 2 £525 +41.89% 7
London +36 2 £325 -48.00% 12
Midlands +22 2 £525 - 5
West Midlands +14 2 £525 - 2
North West - 2 £525 -
North of England - 2 £525 - 5
East of England +28 1 - - 8
Security Operations Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security Operations 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 Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) SIEM
1 9 (90.00%) Security Operations
1 9 (90.00%) Incident Response
2 8 (80.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (70.00%) Incident Management
3 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
4 6 (60.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (60.00%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (20.00%) Firewall
5 2 (20.00%) Python
5 2 (20.00%) Client/Server
5 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Bash
5 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) SOAR
6 1 (10.00%) YARA
6 1 (10.00%) Aviation
6 1 (10.00%) Threat Detection
6 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (10.00%) Cyberattack
6 1 (10.00%) Network Packet Capture
6 1 (10.00%) Splunk
6 1 (10.00%) Twitter

Security Operations 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (10.00%) DNS
2 1 (10.00%) FTP
2 1 (10.00%) HTTP
2 1 (10.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) SMTP
2 1 (10.00%) SSL
2 1 (10.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Relational Database
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (10.00%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (20.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (10.00%) Cyberattack
3 1 (10.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (10.00%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Incident Response
1 9 (90.00%) Security Operations
1 9 (90.00%) SIEM
2 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (70.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) SOAR
5 1 (10.00%) Information Security
5 1 (10.00%) Migration
5 1 (10.00%) Network Packet Capture
5 1 (10.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (20.00%) Bash
2 2 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Rapid7
2 1 (10.00%) Splunk
2 1 (10.00%) Twitter
2 1 (10.00%) VMware