Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £565, 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 107 132 153
Rank change year-on-year +25 +21 +52
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 4 1 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.21% 0.036% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.039% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £500
25th Percentile £558 - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £573 - £688
90th Percentile - - £700
England median daily rate £500 £550 £554
% change year-on-year -9.09% -0.68% +0.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 1,725 2,532 3,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 91.84% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,707 2,290
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.26%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 213 128
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.84 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.21
Median hourly rate £18.82 £19.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -2.05% +16.33%
75th Percentile £28.18 £35.00 £28.88
90th Percentile £35.58 £54.60 £61.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the Midlands 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
West Midlands - 4 £565 - 1
Cybersecurity Analyst
England

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Cybersecurity 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 Midlands region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) CyberArk
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) SaaS
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Tanium
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (25.00%) Security Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) SOAR
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Splunk
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Operations Management
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) FireEye
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) CSIRT

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 2 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Operations Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) SOAR
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (25.00%) FireEye
2 1 (25.00%) Splunk
2 1 (25.00%) Tanium