Security Analyst Contract Job Trends in Guildford

Security Analyst
Surrey > Guildford

The median Security Analyst daily rate in Guildford is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Guildford 5.00% - 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.00% - 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median daily rate £488 £506 £645
% change year-on-year -3.70% -21.51% +22.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Guildford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Guildford. 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 Guildford with a recognized job title 40 50 56
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 92.59% 96.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 41 49
10th Percentile £300 £150 £219
25th Percentile £413 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £490 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.63% -10.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £584 £663 £738
90th Percentile £600 £738 £788
Surrey median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £25.20 - £47.00
25th Percentile £27.00 - £48.13
Median hourly rate £28.00 - £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +72.41%
75th Percentile £28.50 - -
90th Percentile £29.40 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £55.00 £53.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% +22.22%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Guildford

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in Guildford

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 Guildford region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Splunk
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) CSIRT
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk