Security Analyst Contracts in Manchester

Security Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median Security Analyst daily rate in Manchester is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 83 98
Rank change year-on-year 0 +15 +44
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 3 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.30% 0.083% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.086% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £505 - £381
25th Percentile £513 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 - £531
90th Percentile £545 - £569
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +17.65%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 932 1,161 1,622
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 96.03% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 588 736 1,192
10th Percentile £299 £313 £300
25th Percentile £388 £406 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £713 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 47 57
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.58 £15.72
25th Percentile £14.13 £21.25 £16.85
Median hourly rate £21.10 £35.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.71% +79.49% +14.44%
75th Percentile £43.13 £60.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £72.75 £72.70 £67.60
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £32.90 £30.65
% change year-on-year -23.54% +7.33% +34.71%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Manchester

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in Manchester

Security Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, 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 Manchester region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) GCIA
3 1 (33.33%) GCIH
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) GCIA
1 1 (33.33%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft