Security Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

Security Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £525, 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 102 118 142
Rank change year-on-year +16 +24 +43
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 9 15 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.47% 0.54% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.59% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 17
10th Percentile £488 £388 £400
25th Percentile £497 £394 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +6.98%
75th Percentile £561 £675 £650
90th Percentile £618 £700 £693
England median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% +10.00%

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%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the Midlands

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the Midlands

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the Midlands

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the Midlands

Security 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 Security 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 +13 9 £525 -6.67% 6
Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Midlands region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (33.33%) CyberArk
3 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
3 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 2 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 2 (22.22%) SIEM
4 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
4 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
4 2 (22.22%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
4 2 (22.22%) Varonis
4 2 (22.22%) SaaS
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (22.22%) Identity Management
5 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) Law
5 1 (11.11%) Migration
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
5 1 (11.11%) SQL

Security 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 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (22.22%) SaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
1 2 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (22.22%) Identity Management
3 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
3 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) SIEM
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (11.11%) Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
4 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Operations Management
4 1 (11.11%) Security Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) SOAR
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CTC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (11.11%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) CyberArk
3 2 (22.22%) Varonis
4 1 (11.11%) FireEye
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle
4 1 (11.11%) Splunk
4 1 (11.11%) Tanium