Security Analyst Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Security Analyst
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Security Analyst daily rate in Leeds is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 64 67
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 +37
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 2 2 17
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.30% 0.29% 1.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.31% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 14
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £510 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £530 £525 £515
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £520 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +17.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 650 637 1,051
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.73% 93.40% 97.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 399 719
10th Percentile £307 £325 £307
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% +2.44%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £656 £648 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £478 £525
% change year-on-year +4.71% -9.05% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 30 11
10th Percentile £21.63 £17.89 £16.50
25th Percentile £23.80 £19.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.50 £24.59 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +15.39% -0.30%
75th Percentile £27.06 £46.25 £23.00
90th Percentile £28.08 £48.75 £23.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £26.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.76% +31.25% -5.15%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Security Analyst job vacancy trend in Leeds

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Security Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in Leeds

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 17 October 2025, Security Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Leeds region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) GCIA
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 2 (100.00%) OCI
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Rapid7
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) SOAR
1 2 (100.00%) SSCP
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) SOAR
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) GCIA
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
1 2 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Rapid7