Monitoring Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Monitoring Analyst
England > London

The median Monitoring Analyst daily rate in London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 379 433
Rank change year-on-year +26 +54 +144
Contract jobs requiring a Monitoring Analyst 17 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.038% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.040% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 2
10th Percentile £512 £238 -
25th Percentile £528 £250 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £250
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% +80.00% -51.22%
75th Percentile £611 £475 -
90th Percentile £613 £580 -
England median daily rate £575 £450 £250
% change year-on-year +27.78% +80.00% -51.22%

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 12,380 14,992 19,412
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.05% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,241 9,739 14,154
10th Percentile £335 £345 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 167 210
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.31
25th Percentile £22.00 £23.80 £22.26
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.33% -7.41% +24.62%
75th Percentile £48.00 £58.75 £61.15
90th Percentile £67.11 £79.55 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £46.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -7.61% +59.17%

Monitoring Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Monitoring Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Monitoring Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Monitoring Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Monitoring Analyst job vacancies in London

Monitoring Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Monitoring Analyst in London over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Monitoring Analyst in London

Monitoring Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Monitoring Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Monitoring Analyst job vacancies in London

Monitoring 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 Monitoring Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 22 October 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 +16 1 - - 2
Monitoring Analyst
England

Monitoring Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, Monitoring 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 London region featuring Monitoring Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 13 (76.47%) Azure
2 13 (76.47%) Azure Sentinel
2 13 (76.47%) Splunk
3 11 (64.71%) Carbon Black
3 11 (64.71%) CrowdStrike
3 11 (64.71%) Kusto Query Language
3 11 (64.71%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 11 (64.71%) Qualys
4 3 (17.65%) AWS
5 2 (11.76%) AI
5 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (11.76%) GCP
5 2 (11.76%) Incident Response
5 2 (11.76%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (11.76%) SIEM
5 2 (11.76%) Threat Detection
6 1 (5.88%) Actimize
6 1 (5.88%) Analytics
6 1 (5.88%) Anomaly Detection
6 1 (5.88%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 1 (5.88%) Change Management
6 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis
6 1 (5.88%) Data Extraction
6 1 (5.88%) Data Science
6 1 (5.88%) Data Visualisation
6 1 (5.88%) ITIL
6 1 (5.88%) JIRA
6 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office

Monitoring Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 13 (76.47%) Azure
1 13 (76.47%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (17.65%) AWS
3 2 (11.76%) GCP
4 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
1 1 (5.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (11.76%) Banking
1 2 (11.76%) Finance
1 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
1 2 (11.76%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.88%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (11.76%) AI
2 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (11.76%) Incident Response
2 2 (11.76%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (11.76%) SIEM
2 2 (11.76%) Threat Detection
3 1 (5.88%) Analytics
3 1 (5.88%) Anomaly Detection
3 1 (5.88%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 1 (5.88%) Change Management
3 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis
3 1 (5.88%) Data Extraction
3 1 (5.88%) Data Science
3 1 (5.88%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (5.88%) ITIL
3 1 (5.88%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (5.88%) Trend Analysis
3 1 (5.88%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Vendors
1 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 13 (76.47%) Splunk
3 11 (64.71%) Carbon Black
3 11 (64.71%) CrowdStrike
3 11 (64.71%) Qualys
4 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow