Security Analyst Contracts in the North of England

Security Analyst
England > North of England

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 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
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 153 125
Rank change year-on-year -17 -28 +108
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 13 12 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.32% 0.28% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.31% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 37
10th Percentile £300 £458 £363
25th Percentile £409 £475 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -1.96% +20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £588
90th Percentile £594 £533 £608
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +3.81%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,706 3,911 4,835
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 92.81% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,398 2,345 3,277
10th Percentile £250 £278 £263
25th Percentile £368 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £641 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 281 204
10th Percentile £12.87 £11.44 £15.72
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.65
Median hourly rate £22.32 £29.77 £27.35
Median % change year-on-year -25.04% +8.85% +35.87%
75th Percentile £49.28 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.79 £70.00 £56.24
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.60% +68.69%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the North of England

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the North of England

Security Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

Security Analyst
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 25 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -3 9 £450 -10.00% 5
Yorkshire -12 4 £550 +10.00% 4
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 25 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 North of England region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (76.92%) Security Operations
2 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (69.23%) NIST
2 9 (69.23%) Information Security
3 7 (53.85%) Incident Response
4 6 (46.15%) Onboarding
4 6 (46.15%) Risk Assessment
4 6 (46.15%) Risk Management
4 6 (46.15%) Change Control
5 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
5 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
5 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
5 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
5 5 (38.46%) Remediation Plan
5 5 (38.46%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (30.77%) Azure
7 3 (23.08%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
8 2 (15.38%) Privileged Access Management
8 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
8 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
8 2 (15.38%) GAP Analysis
8 2 (15.38%) SIEM
8 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (7.69%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Lucidchart
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Kerberos
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Postman
2 1 (7.69%) SoapUI
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) OAuth
1 1 (7.69%) OpenID
1 1 (7.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Onboarding
2 3 (23.08%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Security Operations
2 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (69.23%) Information Security
3 7 (53.85%) Incident Response
4 6 (46.15%) Change Control
4 6 (46.15%) Risk Assessment
4 6 (46.15%) Risk Management
5 5 (38.46%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (38.46%) Remediation Plan
6 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
6 2 (15.38%) Privileged Access Management
6 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (15.38%) SIEM
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) CISM
3 1 (7.69%) CISSP
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.69%) GCIA
3 1 (7.69%) GCIH
3 1 (7.69%) ISTQB
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (69.23%) NIST
2 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (7.69%) GDPR
3 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) BeyondTrust
2 1 (7.69%) CyberArk
2 1 (7.69%) Darktrace
2 1 (7.69%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) Thycotic
2 1 (7.69%) Varonis