Information Security Analyst Contracts in London

Information Security Analyst
England > London

The median Information Security Analyst daily rate in London is £650, 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 346 383 470
Rank change year-on-year +37 +87 +102
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 7 8 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.056% 0.045% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.048% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 19
10th Percentile £459 £545 £420
25th Percentile £613 £613 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £498
Median % change year-on-year - +30.65% +10.56%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £586
90th Percentile £705 - £675
England median daily rate £650 £508 £498
% change year-on-year +28.08% +2.01% +2.05%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Information Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Analyst in London

Information Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security Analyst in London.

Daily rate trend for Information Security Analyst in London

Information Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Analyst in London

Information Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security Analyst in London.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Analyst in London

Information Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Analyst within the London 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
Central London +2 2 - - 3
Information Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Information 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 London region featuring Information Security Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) GCP
2 3 (42.86%) GRC
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) NIST
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 2 (28.57%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (28.57%) Network Security
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Tableau
3 2 (28.57%) Benchmarking
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Intel
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
4 1 (14.29%) Data Quality

Information Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
1 3 (42.86%) GCP
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (14.29%) Mimecast
3 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Tableau
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (28.57%) Benchmarking
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
2 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (14.29%) Data Mapping
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Fintech
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) GRC
2 2 (28.57%) NIST
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
3 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (14.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Intel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft