Security Analyst Contracts in the South East

Security Analyst
England > South East

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the South East is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 160 182
Rank change year-on-year +43 +22 +53
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 25 33 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.84% 0.61% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 0.66% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 29 23
10th Percentile £459 £356 £326
25th Percentile £491 £506 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £567 £638 £569
90th Percentile £645 £900 £605
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 2,733 5,014 5,290
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.44% 92.30% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,823 3,012 3,691
10th Percentile £233 £213 £220
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.01%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £603
90th Percentile £661 £688 £700
England median daily rate £524 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.26% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 480 237
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £16.40
25th Percentile £19.97 £18.20 £21.65
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.08
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.21% +140.40%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.31% -17.38% +95.65%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the South East

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the South East

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the South East

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the South East

Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 16 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
Thames Valley +33 15 £555 +5.21% 8
Berkshire +41 13 £550 -1.70% 8
Surrey +22 8 £500 -
Hampshire +23 2 £518 -4.87% 9
Buckinghamshire 0 2 £555 +8.61%
Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 South East region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (88.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (32.00%) Operational Technology
3 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (28.00%) SIEM
3 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared
5 5 (20.00%) Asset Management
5 5 (20.00%) Python
5 5 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (20.00%) Power BI
5 5 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 5 (20.00%) Power Platform
5 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 4 (16.00%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (16.00%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (16.00%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (16.00%) Remediation Plan
6 4 (16.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
7 3 (12.00%) DV Cleared
7 3 (12.00%) Qualys
7 3 (12.00%) Incident Management
7 3 (12.00%) Incident Response
7 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
8 2 (8.00%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (8.00%) Threat Intelligence
8 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
8 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (8.00%) Active Directory

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (8.00%) Akamai
2 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (8.00%) SaaS
3 1 (4.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (4.00%) Tableau
General
1 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Operational Technology
2 4 (16.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.00%) CSOC
4 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (88.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (28.00%) SIEM
3 5 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 5 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 4 (16.00%) Remediation Plan
4 4 (16.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (12.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (12.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (8.00%) Identity Management
6 2 (8.00%) Privileged Access Management
6 2 (8.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 1 (4.00%) Dashboard Development
7 1 (4.00%) Data-Flow Analysis
7 1 (4.00%) Mentoring
7 1 (4.00%) OSINT
7 1 (4.00%) Protective Monitoring
7 1 (4.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) Python
2 4 (16.00%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.00%) CASP
5 1 (4.00%) CISSP
5 1 (4.00%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (4.00%) CREST Certified
5 1 (4.00%) Degree
5 1 (4.00%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (4.00%) NCSC
2 1 (4.00%) NIST
2 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (12.00%) Qualys
2 2 (8.00%) ArcSight
2 2 (8.00%) CyberArk
2 2 (8.00%) Imperva
2 2 (8.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.00%) Google