Security Risk Analyst Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Security Risk Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Risk Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 372 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Risk Analyst 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.011% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.012% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile £510 - -
UK median daily rate £480 £633 £500
% change year-on-year -24.11% +26.50% -4.76%

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 13,778 16,349 20,418
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.85% 92.24% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,464 9,485 13,633
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £361 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +0.50%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £653 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,251 1,438 1,196
10th Percentile £13.46 £14.37 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £42.08
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +6.95% +91.26%
75th Percentile £51.95 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.96% +68.69%

Security Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Security Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Security Risk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Risk Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

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

Security Risk Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Risk Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Risk Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Security Risk 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 Risk Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 September 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 -8 3 £350 -
East Midlands - 3 £350 -
East of England - 1 £550 -
Security Risk Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Security Risk 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 Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (100.00%) GRC
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Retail
2 3 (75.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (75.00%) Ticket Management
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (25.00%) Burp Suite
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (25.00%) Nexpose
3 1 (25.00%) CRISC
3 1 (25.00%) OSCP
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) CEH
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (25.00%) Qualys
3 1 (25.00%) Application Security
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (25.00%) Tenable

Security Risk 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 3 (75.00%) Retail
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Ticket Management
3 1 (25.00%) Application Security
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CEH
1 1 (25.00%) CISM
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) CRISC
1 1 (25.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) GRC
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Qualys
1 1 (25.00%) Tenable