IT Security Analyst Contracts in London

IT Security Analyst
England > London

The median IT Security Analyst daily rate in London is £700, 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 351 385 484
Rank change year-on-year +34 +99 +90
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 2 6 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.016% 0.034% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.036% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 7
10th Percentile - £378 £288
25th Percentile £675 £625 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £650 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +36.84% -
75th Percentile £725 £675 £556
90th Percentile - £705 £605
England median daily rate £500 £650 £448
% change year-on-year -23.08% +45.25% -5.79%

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%

IT Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Analyst in London

IT Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Security Analyst in London

IT 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 IT 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 +3 1 - - 1
IT Security Analyst
England

IT Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT 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 IT Security Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Mimecast
2 1 (50.00%) Front Office
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365

IT 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Mimecast
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Front Office
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft