Security Analytics Contract Job Trends in the South East

Security Analytics
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Security Analytics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 - 197
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Analytics 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.034% - 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.042% - 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - £396
75th Percentile £288 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £588 £396
% change year-on-year -10.64% +48.36% -36.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Security Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,756 2,758 4,708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.31% 91.54% 84.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,099 1,757 2,740
10th Percentile £281 £256 £243
25th Percentile £408 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £623
90th Percentile £713 £675 £700
England median daily rate £509 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 434 172 435
10th Percentile £15.36 £13.85 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.69 £16.05 £18.26
Median hourly rate £52.50 £28.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -41.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £81.05 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.95
% change year-on-year +50.00% -16.55% -4.13%

Security Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Analytics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Security Analytics job vacancy trend in the South East

Security Analytics
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Security Analytics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Security Analytics

Security Analytics
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 Analytics within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 May 2026. 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
Hampshire - 2 £275 - 1
Security Analytics
England

Security Analytics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Operations Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 2 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft