Security Analyst Contracts in the South West

Security Analyst
England > South West

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the South West is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 141 148
Rank change year-on-year +34 +7 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 4 16 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.24% 0.50% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.54% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 15
10th Percentile £405 £538 £360
25th Percentile £450 £600 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £750 £563
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +33.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £581 - £638
90th Percentile £585 - £656
England median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £63.73
25th Percentile - - £65.19
Median hourly rate - - £70.25
75th Percentile - - £75.19
90th Percentile - - £76.58
England median hourly rate £67.93 £11.25 £65.50
% change year-on-year +503.78% -82.82% -0.46%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,546 2,986 3,354
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 93.34% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 1,903 2,516
10th Percentile £220 £208 £263
25th Percentile £386 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £620 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 400 267
10th Percentile £18.51 £14.00 £18.09
25th Percentile £26.62 £27.50 £50.62
Median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £85.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the South West

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the South West

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the South West

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the South West

Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Gloucestershire +17 2 £563 - 1
Somerset +3 2 £400 -
Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 West region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (25.00%) GDPR
3 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 1 (25.00%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) E-Discovery
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (25.00%) Varonis
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Server Hardening

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Behavioural Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Compliance Audit
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) E-Discovery
3 1 (25.00%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Hardening
3 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Server Hardening
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Nessus
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
1 1 (25.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (25.00%) Qualys
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Varonis