Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts in the South East

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
England > South East

The median Senior Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the South East is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 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
9 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 - 209
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.11% - 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £452 - -
25th Percentile £496 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - £600
75th Percentile £528 - -
90th Percentile £541 - -
England median daily rate £520 £675 £588
% change year-on-year -22.96% +14.89% +29.98%

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 3,197 4,533 5,351
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.02% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,075 2,782 3,664
10th Percentile £208 £250 £217
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +3.90% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 376 239
10th Percentile £13.76 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £27.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £49.73
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +15.32% +126.05%
75th Percentile £56.88 £72.33 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.23 £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -43.94% +5.88% +65.50%

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the South East

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the South East

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 9 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the South East

Senior Cybersecurity 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 Senior Cybersecurity Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Surrey - 3 £520 -
Thames Valley - 1 £423 - 2
Berkshire - 1 £423 - 2
Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
England

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 9 August 2025, Senior Cybersecurity 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 Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Runbook
2 3 (75.00%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (75.00%) Zero Trust
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) F5
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (75.00%) Network Load Balancing
2 3 (75.00%) Qualys
2 3 (75.00%) Data Security
3 2 (50.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco
4 1 (25.00%) Benchmarking
4 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Aruba
4 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology

Senior Cybersecurity 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Data Security
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (75.00%) Network Load Balancing
2 3 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Runbook
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Benchmarking
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (75.00%) F5
1 3 (75.00%) Qualys
2 1 (25.00%) Aruba
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco