Security Incident Analyst Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Security Incident Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Incident Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £483, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 - 360
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Incident Analyst 6 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.021% - 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% - 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £456 - -
25th Percentile £468 - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 - £750
75th Percentile £487 - £775
90th Percentile £494 - -
UK median daily rate £483 - £750

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 25,827 13,795 16,122
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.26% 89.82% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,177 8,477 9,298
10th Percentile £303 £210 £220
25th Percentile £413 £361 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £598
90th Percentile £688 £663 £676
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,377 1,275 1,372
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.50 £14.43
25th Percentile £19.78 £16.30 £19.59
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.08 £43.97
Median % change year-on-year +69.49% -42.97% +0.50%
75th Percentile £67.84 £51.32 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.58 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.19% -41.51% -3.37%

Security Incident Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Security Incident Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Security Incident Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Incident Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Incident Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Security Incident 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 Incident Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 September 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
North West - 6 £483 - 3
North of England - 6 £483 - 3
Scotland - 4 £484 - 6
Security Incident Analyst
UK

Security Incident Analyst Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 September 2026, Security Incident 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 Security Incident Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 6 (100.00%) Service Management
1 6 (100.00%) SIAM
1 6 (100.00%) SLA
2 5 (83.33%) Major Incident Management
2 5 (83.33%) Validation
3 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
3 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) Security Operations
4 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
4 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
4 1 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management

Security Incident 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 5 (83.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 6 (100.00%) Service Management
1 6 (100.00%) SIAM
2 5 (83.33%) Major Incident Management
2 5 (83.33%) Validation
3 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
3 4 (66.67%) Security Operations
4 1 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) SLA
2 1 (16.67%) Data Quality