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 14 July 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
14 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 392 461
Rank change year-on-year +31 +69 +123
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 6 10 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.044% 0.057% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.061% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 15
10th Percentile £616 £460 £410
25th Percentile £622 £531 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £525
90th Percentile £710 £685 £640
England median daily rate £400 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -25.93% +8.00% -9.09%

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 12,599 16,357 24,109
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 94.01% 94.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,518 11,670 17,610
10th Percentile £331 £330 £360
25th Percentile £425 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 296 276
10th Percentile £18.41 £16.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.95 £20.50 £22.98
Median hourly rate £32.00 £28.25 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year +13.27% -24.51% +6.91%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.55 £69.13 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.18 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -29.55% -6.98% +72.00%

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

For the 6 months to 14 July 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 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) NIST
3 3 (50.00%) AWS
3 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (50.00%) GCP
3 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (50.00%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) Information Security Management
4 2 (33.33%) Security Management
4 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (33.33%) Network Security
4 2 (33.33%) ISMS
4 2 (33.33%) Benchmarking
4 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) GRC
4 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Cyber Resilience
5 1 (16.67%) SOC 2

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 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) AWS
2 3 (50.00%) GCP
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security Management
2 2 (33.33%) ISMS
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Security Management
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Fintech
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (33.33%) GRC
2 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (16.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Intel