Security Risk Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Security Risk Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Risk Analyst daily rate in England is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 524 579
Rank change year-on-year +17 +55 +195
Contract jobs requiring a Security Risk Analyst 7 4 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.012% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.013% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 9
10th Percentile £350 £575 £498
25th Percentile £381 £594 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £633 £500
Median % change year-on-year -22.92% +26.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £518 £664 -
90th Percentile £538 £680 £515
UK median daily rate £480 £633 £500
% change year-on-year -24.11% +26.50% -4.76%

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 25,142 30,231 40,165
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 92.98% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,215 18,878 28,055
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,352 1,487 1,370
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.61 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.32 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.25 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -46.77% +5.58% +69.89%
75th Percentile £53.99 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.96% +68.69%

Security Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Risk Analyst in England

Security Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Risk Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Risk Analyst job vacancies in England

Security Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Risk Analyst in England over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Risk Analyst in England

Security Risk Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Risk Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Risk Analyst job vacancies in England

Security Risk 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 Risk Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 16 September 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 +31 3 £495 -21.74% 7
Midlands -8 3 £350 -
East Midlands - 3 £350 -
East of England - 1 £550 -
Security Risk Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Security Risk 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 Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) GRC
2 5 (71.43%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Information Security
3 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (57.14%) NIST
4 3 (42.86%) Ticket Management
4 3 (42.86%) Business Continuity
4 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
4 3 (42.86%) Retail
4 3 (42.86%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (42.86%) ITSM
4 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
5 2 (28.57%) Finance
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (28.57%) Python
5 2 (28.57%) CISSP
5 2 (28.57%) CISM
5 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (28.57%) TensorFlow
5 2 (28.57%) GNU Octave
5 2 (28.57%) NIST 800
5 2 (28.57%) PyTorch
5 2 (28.57%) EBIOS
6 1 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (14.29%) Application Security
6 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
6 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
6 1 (14.29%) LLM

Security Risk 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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) GNU Octave
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Burp Suite
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) PyTorch
1 2 (28.57%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Information Security
3 3 (42.86%) Business Continuity
3 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
3 3 (42.86%) ITSM
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 3 (42.86%) Ticket Management
4 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) EBIOS
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Application Security
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
5 1 (14.29%) ISMS
5 1 (14.29%) LLM
5 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
5 1 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISM
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) CEH
2 1 (14.29%) CISA
2 1 (14.29%) CRISC
2 1 (14.29%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) GRC
2 4 (57.14%) NIST
3 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (28.57%) NIST 800
4 1 (14.29%) GDPR
4 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
4 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Nexpose
1 1 (14.29%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Qualys
1 1 (14.29%) Tenable