Security Incident Analyst Contract Job Trends in Preston

Security Incident Analyst
Lancashire > Preston

The median Security Incident Analyst daily rate in Preston is £483, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
23 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Incident Analyst 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 3.21% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.64% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £456 - -
25th Percentile £468 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 - -
75th Percentile £487 - -
90th Percentile £494 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £483 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 165 66 43
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.24% 92.96% 97.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 45 28
10th Percentile £412 £284 £200
25th Percentile £513 £405 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £512 £563
Median % change year-on-year +14.37% -9.07% +32.35%
75th Percentile £638 £640 £627
90th Percentile £680 £679 £835
Lancashire median daily rate £575 £512 £475
% change year-on-year +12.41% +7.68% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 6
10th Percentile £25.77 £35.09 £19.57
25th Percentile £33.42 £41.94 £24.06
Median hourly rate £70.00 £47.12 £31.15
Median % change year-on-year +48.56% +51.27% -32.55%
75th Percentile £76.33 £70.16 £48.16
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.79 £59.69
Lancashire median hourly rate £39.50 £47.12 £40.33
% change year-on-year -16.17% +16.85% -12.68%

Security Incident Analyst Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 23 September 2026, Security Incident Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Preston region featuring Security Incident Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 6 (100.00%) Service Management
1 6 (100.00%) SIAM
1 6 (100.00%) SLA
2 5 (83.33%) Major Incident Management
2 5 (83.33%) Validation
3 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
3 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) Security Operations
4 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
4 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
4 1 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management

Security Incident Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 5 (83.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 6 (100.00%) Service Management
1 6 (100.00%) SIAM
2 5 (83.33%) Major Incident Management
2 5 (83.33%) Validation
3 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
3 4 (66.67%) Security Operations
4 1 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) SLA
2 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
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