Senior Security Analyst Contracts in London

Senior Security Analyst
England > London

The median Senior Security Analyst daily rate in London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 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
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 393 468
Rank change year-on-year +32 +75 +138
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 4 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.029% 0.029% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.031% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 1
10th Percentile £420 - -
25th Percentile £431 £513 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -8.70% +17.47%
75th Percentile £588 £572 £588
90th Percentile £670 £634 -
England median daily rate £520 £540 £558
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.14% +6.19%

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 12,646 16,186 24,044
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 94.08% 94.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,558 11,551 17,581
10th Percentile £331 £331 £360
25th Percentile £425 £448 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £680 £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 200 275 272
10th Percentile £17.98 £16.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.86 £20.98 £23.27
Median hourly rate £31.25 £30.16 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% -19.40% +6.91%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £70.55 £82.50
England median hourly rate £27.64 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -30.90% -6.98% +70.01%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in London

Senior Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Security Analyst in London

Senior Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Analyst in London over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Security Analyst in London

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 2025, Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (50.00%) GRC
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Publishing
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Intel
2 1 (25.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (25.00%) CSIRT
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Analysis

Senior 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 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Publishing
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) SOAR
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GRC
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (25.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Intel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft