Cyber Threat Analyst Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cyber Threat Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £553, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 348 389
Rank change year-on-year -75 +41 +84
Contract jobs requiring a Cyber Threat Analyst 4 1 22
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.008% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.008% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 21
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £613 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £625 £570
Median % change year-on-year -11.52% +9.65% -8.80%
75th Percentile - £638 £580
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £527 £625 £568
% change year-on-year -15.76% +10.13% -9.20%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,029 11,992 19,556
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 92.30% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,378 7,477 12,218
10th Percentile £238 £209 £213
25th Percentile £383 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £487
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -2.46% -2.60%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £594
90th Percentile £675 £675 £683
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,052 652 2,018
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.33 £12.85
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £15.85
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -9.68%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £34.31 £34.08
% change year-on-year -2.35% +0.66% -15.85%

Cyber Threat Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cyber Threat Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Cyber Threat Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cyber Threat Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cyber Threat Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 March 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
East of England - 2 £553 - 1
Scotland - 2 - - 2
Cyber Threat Analyst
UK

Cyber Threat Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 March 2026, Cyber Threat 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 UK excluding London region featuring Cyber Threat Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Computacenter
2 2 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) Open Source
2 2 (50.00%) OSINT
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Splunk
2 2 (50.00%) Tenable
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling

Cyber Threat Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (50.00%) Open Source
2 2 (50.00%) OSINT
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Computacenter
1 2 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (50.00%) Splunk
1 2 (50.00%) Tenable