Security Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

Security Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 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
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 119 126
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +45
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 21 13 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.82% 0.48% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 0.52% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 16
10th Percentile - £357 £425
25th Percentile £350 £475 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £509 £681 £600
90th Percentile £569 £700 £619
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +3.81%

All DemandTrendContract 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 2,287 2,489 2,809
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.51% 92.60% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,496 1,641 1,957
10th Percentile £220 £250 £223
25th Percentile £358 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +3.63% +1.58%
75th Percentile £556 £598 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 127 105
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.66 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.91 £14.26 £16.50
Median hourly rate £24.58 £20.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.90% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £31.72 £37.50 £42.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.14 £69.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.63% +68.64%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies 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 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the Midlands

Security Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies 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 29 August 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
East Midlands +11 17 £350 -12.50% 7
West Midlands -16 3 £565 -5.83% 2
Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Midlands region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (66.67%) ITSM
1 14 (66.67%) Information Security
1 14 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 14 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 12 (57.14%) GRC
2 12 (57.14%) Penetration Testing
3 9 (42.86%) Data Protection
4 8 (38.10%) Ticket Management
4 8 (38.10%) Business Continuity
5 7 (33.33%) Retail
5 7 (33.33%) GDPR
6 4 (19.05%) Firewall
6 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
6 4 (19.05%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (19.05%) Security Posture
7 3 (14.29%) Incident Response
7 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
7 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 3 (14.29%) Security Operations
8 2 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
8 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (9.52%) Network Monitoring
8 2 (9.52%) Regulatory Compliance
8 2 (9.52%) Remediation Plan
8 2 (9.52%) Security Monitoring
8 2 (9.52%) Threat Intelligence
8 2 (9.52%) Task Automation
8 2 (9.52%) Analytical Thinking
8 2 (9.52%) Bash
8 2 (9.52%) HIPAA

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 2 (9.52%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Firewall
1 4 (19.05%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (9.52%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 14 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Retail
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Law
4 1 (4.76%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Security Posture
2 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 14 (66.67%) Information Security
1 14 (66.67%) ITSM
2 12 (57.14%) Penetration Testing
3 9 (42.86%) Data Protection
4 8 (38.10%) Business Continuity
4 8 (38.10%) Ticket Management
5 3 (14.29%) Incident Response
5 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 3 (14.29%) Security Operations
6 2 (9.52%) Analytics
6 2 (9.52%) Business Analysis
6 2 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (9.52%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (9.52%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (9.52%) Security Architecture
6 2 (9.52%) Service Management
6 2 (9.52%) SIEM
6 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (9.52%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) Bash
1 2 (9.52%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
1 2 (9.52%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) CISM
1 2 (9.52%) CISSP
1 2 (9.52%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (57.14%) GRC
2 7 (33.33%) GDPR
3 2 (9.52%) HIPAA
3 2 (9.52%) SLA
4 1 (4.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) CyberArk
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle
2 1 (4.76%) SAP
2 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow