Security Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 284 270
Rank change year-on-year +17 -14 +133
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 68 114 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.55% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.60% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 81 104
10th Percentile £350 £356 £340
25th Percentile £380 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £538 £750 £570
90th Percentile £600 - £638
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - - £63.73
25th Percentile - £11.25 £65.19
Median hourly rate £81.35 £12.50 £70.25
Median % change year-on-year +550.80% -82.21% +5.01%
75th Percentile - - £75.19
90th Percentile - - £76.58
UK median hourly rate £67.93 £12.50 £70.25
% change year-on-year +443.40% -82.21% +5.01%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 11,802 19,038 21,534
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 92.39% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,509 11,591 14,985
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 844 2,364 1,082
10th Percentile £13.76 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.75 £17.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £62.24 £62.14 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.97 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.78% -17.38% +87.50%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security 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 Security Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
South East +34 27 £525 -2.78% 36
Midlands +15 20 £500 -4.76% 14
East Midlands +14 11 £350 -12.50% 10
Scotland -1 11 £467 -11.14% 18
West Midlands +11 9 £525 - 2
South West +34 6 £475 -36.67% 8
North of England -5 6 £500 -6.98% 27
North West 0 5 £500 -21.57% 16
East of England +27 2 £600 +12.15% 15
Yorkshire +3 1 - - 7
Security Analyst
UK

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 53 (77.94%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (36.76%) Social Skills
3 23 (33.82%) Incident Response
3 23 (33.82%) SIEM
4 21 (30.88%) Security Cleared
5 18 (26.47%) SC Cleared
5 18 (26.47%) Kusto Query Language
5 18 (26.47%) Security Operations
6 16 (23.53%) Microsoft
6 16 (23.53%) Information Security
7 14 (20.59%) Azure
8 13 (19.12%) Windows
8 13 (19.12%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (16.18%) Security Operations Centre
9 11 (16.18%) Incident Management
9 11 (16.18%) Vulnerability Management
10 10 (14.71%) DV Cleared
10 10 (14.71%) ITSM
11 9 (13.24%) Linux
11 9 (13.24%) Python
11 9 (13.24%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (13.24%) CISSP
11 9 (13.24%) Firewall
11 9 (13.24%) Qualys
12 8 (11.76%) ArcSight
12 8 (11.76%) Power BI
12 8 (11.76%) Power Platform
12 8 (11.76%) GRC
12 8 (11.76%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (11.76%) Operational Technology

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.47%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.59%) Azure
2 8 (11.76%) Azure Sentinel
2 8 (11.76%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.41%) Akamai
3 3 (4.41%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (2.94%) SaaS
5 1 (1.47%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (1.47%) AWS
5 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.47%) GCP
5 1 (1.47%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.24%) Firewall
2 6 (8.82%) Network Security
3 4 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.94%) DNS
4 2 (2.94%) FTP
4 2 (2.94%) HTTP
4 2 (2.94%) SMTP
4 2 (2.94%) SSL
5 1 (1.47%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.76%) Power BI
2 3 (4.41%) Tableau
3 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 25 (36.76%) Social Skills
2 13 (19.12%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.82%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.35%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (7.35%) Retail
5 4 (5.88%) Finance
6 3 (4.41%) Banking
7 1 (1.47%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.47%) Aviation
7 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Law
7 1 (1.47%) Legal
7 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.94%) LDAP
2 1 (1.47%) OAuth
2 1 (1.47%) OpenID
2 1 (1.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.18%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (11.76%) Operational Technology
3 5 (7.35%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (5.88%) Security Posture
5 3 (4.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (4.41%) Driving Licence
5 3 (4.41%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (4.41%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.94%) CSOC
6 2 (2.94%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.47%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.47%) SCADA
7 1 (1.47%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 13 (19.12%) Windows
2 9 (13.24%) Linux
3 3 (4.41%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (77.94%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (33.82%) Incident Response
2 23 (33.82%) SIEM
3 18 (26.47%) Security Operations
4 16 (23.53%) Information Security
5 11 (16.18%) Incident Management
5 11 (16.18%) Vulnerability Management
6 10 (14.71%) ITSM
7 9 (13.24%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (10.29%) Analytics
8 7 (10.29%) Business Continuity
8 7 (10.29%) OSINT
8 7 (10.29%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (10.29%) Threat Intelligence
9 6 (8.82%) Data Protection
9 6 (8.82%) Remediation Plan
10 5 (7.35%) ITIL
10 5 (7.35%) Kalman Filter
10 5 (7.35%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (7.35%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 18 (26.47%) Kusto Query Language
2 9 (13.24%) Python
3 3 (4.41%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.41%) SQL
4 2 (2.94%) Bash
Qualifications
1 21 (30.88%) Security Cleared
2 18 (26.47%) SC Cleared
3 10 (14.71%) DV Cleared
4 9 (13.24%) CISSP
5 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (8.82%) Degree
7 5 (7.35%) CASP
7 5 (7.35%) CISM
7 5 (7.35%) CompTIA CySA+
7 5 (7.35%) GCIH
8 3 (4.41%) GCIA
9 2 (2.94%) CRISC
10 1 (1.47%) CISA
10 1 (1.47%) CREST Certified
10 1 (1.47%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (1.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (1.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.76%) GRC
2 4 (5.88%) GDPR
3 3 (4.41%) HIPAA
3 3 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.41%) SLA
4 2 (2.94%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.47%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.47%) NCSC
5 1 (1.47%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (4.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.41%) Nessus
1 3 (4.41%) SCCM
1 3 (4.41%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (4.41%) WSUS
2 2 (2.94%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 16 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.24%) Qualys
3 8 (11.76%) ArcSight
4 4 (5.88%) Palo Alto
4 4 (5.88%) Varonis
5 3 (4.41%) CyberArk
5 3 (4.41%) Imperva
6 2 (2.94%) Splunk
7 1 (1.47%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.47%) FireEye
7 1 (1.47%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.47%) Google
7 1 (1.47%) Oracle
7 1 (1.47%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.47%) Tanium
7 1 (1.47%) Tenable
7 1 (1.47%) Twitter