Security Operations Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Operations Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 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
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 328 369 402
Rank change year-on-year +41 +33 +88
Contract jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 10 9 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.044% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.048% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 12
10th Percentile £309 £323 £401
25th Percentile £481 £355 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £370 £500
Median % change year-on-year +41.89% -26.00% -
75th Percentile - £619 £569
90th Percentile - £663 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £81.35 £11.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +623.11% - -
UK median hourly rate £81.35 £11.25 -
% change year-on-year +623.11% - -

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 11,768 18,835 21,601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 92.47% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,510 11,498 15,031
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 £508 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -3.33% -3.31% +3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 819 2,316 1,097
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.75 £17.72
Median hourly rate £26.50 £40.00 £42.16
Median % change year-on-year -33.75% -5.11% +110.78%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.64 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.99 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.32% -18.89% +88.21%

Security Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Operations 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 Operations Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 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
Midlands +11 4 £525 - 5
North West - 3 £525 -
North of England - 3 £525 - 8
South East +44 2 £525 +41.89% 10
West Midlands +12 2 £525 -
East Midlands - 2 £350 - 5
East of England +23 1 - - 8
Security Operations Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 2025, Security Operations 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 Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Security Operations
2 8 (80.00%) SIEM
2 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (70.00%) Incident Management
3 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (70.00%) Kusto Query Language
3 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (70.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (60.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (20.00%) Information Security
5 2 (20.00%) ITSM
6 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (10.00%) Firewall
6 1 (10.00%) Windows
6 1 (10.00%) Python
6 1 (10.00%) LDAP
6 1 (10.00%) SMTP
6 1 (10.00%) FTP
6 1 (10.00%) HTTP
6 1 (10.00%) DNS
6 1 (10.00%) SSL
6 1 (10.00%) SLA
6 1 (10.00%) Network Security
6 1 (10.00%) Banking
6 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (10.00%) PowerShell

Security Operations 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) DNS
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) FTP
1 1 (10.00%) HTTP
1 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
1 1 (10.00%) SMTP
1 1 (10.00%) SSL
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Aviation
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Security Operations
2 8 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 8 (80.00%) SIEM
3 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (70.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (20.00%) Information Security
4 2 (20.00%) ITSM
5 1 (10.00%) Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) Fintech
5 1 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (10.00%) Network Packet Capture
5 1 (10.00%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (10.00%) Task Automation
5 1 (10.00%) Tech Ops
5 1 (10.00%) Threat Detection
5 1 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (10.00%) Bash
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Darktrace
2 1 (10.00%) Twitter
2 1 (10.00%) Varonis