Security Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South West

Security Analyst
England > South West

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the South West is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 115 140
Rank change year-on-year -5 +25 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 13 11 11
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.56% 0.52% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.56% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 4
10th Percentile - £668 £546
25th Percentile £363 £675 £577
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £750 £656
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +14.29% +14.13%
75th Percentile £537 £775 £700
90th Percentile £538 £808 -
England median daily rate £498 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -5.24% - -

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 2,099 1,980 2,804
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.09% 93.75% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,218 1,234 1,843
10th Percentile £230 £213 £250
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £644 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £714 £706
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 144 291
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.85 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.78 £51.13 £45.00
Median hourly rate £38.22 £65.00 £57.33
Median % change year-on-year -41.20% +13.38% -11.80%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.43 £74.83 £83.40
England median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Security Analyst job vacancy trend in the South West

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies 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 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the South West

Security Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies 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 19 December 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
Wiltshire -14 7 £531 -29.20% 1
Bristol -1 4 £375 -48.28%
Gloucestershire -10 1 £350 -48.15%
Devon - 1 - -
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Security 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 South West region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) AWS
2 8 (61.54%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (53.85%) SIEM
4 6 (46.15%) Agile
4 6 (46.15%) CISSP
4 6 (46.15%) CompTIA CySA+
4 6 (46.15%) Degree
4 6 (46.15%) Impact Assessments
4 6 (46.15%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (46.15%) SANS
4 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
4 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
4 6 (46.15%) Security Management
5 3 (23.08%) DV Cleared
5 3 (23.08%) GDPR
5 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
5 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
6 2 (15.38%) DBS Check
6 2 (15.38%) Information Security
6 2 (15.38%) NIST
6 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
6 2 (15.38%) Threat Detection
7 1 (7.69%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (7.69%) Analytics
7 1 (7.69%) Anomaly Detection
7 1 (7.69%) Ansible

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (84.62%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 1 (7.69%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (7.69%) AWS CloudTrail
2 1 (7.69%) AWS CodePipeline
2 1 (7.69%) AWS KMS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Military
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) SIEM
3 6 (46.15%) Agile
3 6 (46.15%) Impact Assessments
3 6 (46.15%) Security Management
4 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 2 (15.38%) Information Security
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
5 2 (15.38%) Threat Detection
6 1 (7.69%) Analytics
6 1 (7.69%) Behavioural Analytics
6 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 1 (7.69%) Dashboard Development
6 1 (7.69%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) CISSP
1 6 (46.15%) CompTIA CySA+
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
1 6 (46.15%) Network+ Certification
1 6 (46.15%) SANS
1 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) DV Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) GDPR
1 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (15.38%) NIST
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Ansible
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow