Cybersecurity Analyst Contract Job Trends

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the UK is £535, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 500 465 512
Rank change year-on-year -35 +47 +146
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 75 75 87
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.23% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.25% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 51 65
10th Percentile £350 £413 £400
25th Percentile £443 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £638 £548 £588
90th Percentile £754 £623 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £500 £582
% change year-on-year +4.00% -14.02% +10.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £37.20 - -
25th Percentile £38.63 - -
Median hourly rate £47.00 - -
75th Percentile £58.13 - -
90th Percentile £61.20 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 33,832 30,446 40,336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 92.70% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,457 18,648 27,012
10th Percentile £300 £291 £281
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,952 945 1,577
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.51 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.05 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.11 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.66% -27.78% +41.02%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £46.09
% change year-on-year -20.81% -31.09% +78.99%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Top 13 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 2 January 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
England -57 64 £545 +9.00% 10
UK excluding London -44 36 £520 +4.00% 6
London -33 28 £625 +19.05% 6
Work from Home -3 22 £423 -15.40% 4
Scotland +15 10 £300 -35.14% 1
North of England -29 9 £520 -
Midlands -30 8 £525 - 2
South East -32 6 £520 +4.00% 2
Yorkshire - 6 £525 -
West Midlands -33 5 £525 - 2
South West -8 3 £350 -
North West -28 3 £500 -
East Midlands - 3 - -

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 January 2026, Cybersecurity 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 featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 75 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (41.33%) Incident Response
3 30 (40.00%) SIEM
4 28 (37.33%) Security Cleared
5 20 (26.67%) Microsoft
5 20 (26.67%) SC Cleared
6 19 (25.33%) CISSP
6 19 (25.33%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (25.33%) Vulnerability Management
7 18 (24.00%) CEH
8 17 (22.67%) GIAC
8 17 (22.67%) NIST
8 17 (22.67%) Security Operations
9 16 (21.33%) AWS
9 16 (21.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 16 (21.33%) Threat Intelligence
10 15 (20.00%) Splunk
10 15 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (18.67%) Agile
11 14 (18.67%) Threat Detection
12 13 (17.33%) Azure
12 13 (17.33%) CISM
13 12 (16.00%) Information Security
13 12 (16.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 10 (13.33%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (13.33%) DV Cleared
14 10 (13.33%) Forensic Analysis
14 10 (13.33%) Mentoring
15 9 (12.00%) Business Analysis

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (21.33%) AWS
2 13 (17.33%) Azure
3 6 (8.00%) Power Platform
4 5 (6.67%) GCP
5 4 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (5.33%) Power Automate
6 3 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (4.00%) OCI
7 1 (1.33%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.33%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.33%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.33%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.00%) Firewall
2 5 (6.67%) Internet
2 5 (6.67%) Network Security
3 2 (2.67%) DNS
3 2 (2.67%) HTTP
3 2 (2.67%) SMTP
3 2 (2.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.33%) Intranet
4 1 (1.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 33 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 27 (36.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.00%) Finance
5 5 (6.67%) Retail
6 4 (5.33%) Banking
6 4 (5.33%) Law
6 4 (5.33%) Military
7 3 (4.00%) Marketing
8 2 (2.67%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.67%) Legal
9 1 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.33%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) LDAP
1 1 (1.33%) OAuth
1 1 (1.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.33%) Cyber Threat
2 13 (17.33%) Cyber Defence
3 7 (9.33%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (8.00%) Management Information System
4 6 (8.00%) Operational Technology
5 5 (6.67%) Cybercrime
6 4 (5.33%) Security Posture
7 3 (4.00%) Onboarding
7 3 (4.00%) Robotics
8 1 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.33%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.33%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.33%) PMI
8 1 (1.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.00%) Windows
2 3 (4.00%) Linux
3 1 (1.33%) AIX
3 1 (1.33%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (41.33%) Incident Response
3 30 (40.00%) SIEM
4 19 (25.33%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (25.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 17 (22.67%) Security Operations
6 16 (21.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 16 (21.33%) Threat Intelligence
7 15 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (18.67%) Agile
8 14 (18.67%) Threat Detection
9 12 (16.00%) Information Security
10 10 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (13.33%) Forensic Analysis
10 10 (13.33%) Mentoring
11 9 (12.00%) Business Analysis
11 9 (12.00%) Coaching
11 9 (12.00%) Risk Assessment
11 9 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 8 (10.67%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.67%) SQL
2 4 (5.33%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.33%) Python
3 3 (4.00%) Bash
3 3 (4.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 28 (37.33%) Security Cleared
2 20 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 19 (25.33%) CISSP
4 18 (24.00%) CEH
5 17 (22.67%) GIAC
6 13 (17.33%) CISM
7 10 (13.33%) CompTIA Security+
7 10 (13.33%) DV Cleared
8 9 (12.00%) CompTIA CySA+
8 9 (12.00%) Degree
9 7 (9.33%) OSCP
10 6 (8.00%) GCIH
11 5 (6.67%) GREM
12 4 (5.33%) GCIA
13 3 (4.00%) CISA
13 3 (4.00%) CRISC
13 3 (4.00%) Master's Degree
13 3 (4.00%) SSCP
14 2 (2.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (2.67%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (22.67%) NIST
2 12 (16.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (8.00%) GDPR
4 5 (6.67%) GRC
5 4 (5.33%) NIST 800
5 4 (5.33%) PCI DSS
6 3 (4.00%) NCSC
7 2 (2.67%) HIPAA
7 2 (2.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (2.67%) SOC 2
8 1 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (1.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.67%) CSIRT
2 1 (1.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 20 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 15 (20.00%) Splunk
3 4 (5.33%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (4.00%) Rapid7
5 2 (2.67%) Darktrace
5 2 (2.67%) F5
5 2 (2.67%) Google
5 2 (2.67%) Qualys
5 2 (2.67%) Tenable
6 1 (1.33%) ArcSight
6 1 (1.33%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.33%) Meraki
6 1 (1.33%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.33%) Zscaler