Cybersecurity Analyst Contract Job Trends

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the UK is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026.

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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 446 481
Rank change year-on-year -104 +35 +86
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 75 70 102
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.24% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.26% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 42 79
10th Percentile £314 £276 £400
25th Percentile £408 £388 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £486 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.54% -11.59% -
75th Percentile £630 £538 £708
90th Percentile £631 £623 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £485 £570
% change year-on-year -14.95% -14.91% +6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66.25 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £54.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.85% - -
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
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 43,568 26,796 39,671
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 92.46% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,699 17,460 25,789
10th Percentile £320 £300 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +4.21% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,848 1,033 2,665
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.20 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.85 £28.18 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.59% -24.85% -16.67%
75th Percentile £66.50 £62.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.26
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £27.24 £40.00
% change year-on-year +65.21% -31.91% -4.94%

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 13 May 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
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 13 May 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 -113 58 £550 +4.76% 41
UK excluding London -87 32 £413 -14.95% 32
London -72 31 £525 - 11
Work from Home -48 18 £525 +16.67% 15
Scotland +10 12 £350 +21.95%
Midlands -50 8 £250 -55.75% 7
North of England - 6 £463 - 7
West Midlands -56 5 £250 -55.75% 3
Yorkshire - 5 £600 - 4
South East -63 4 £600 +19.90% 13
East Midlands - 3 - - 3
South West - 2 - - 5
North West - 1 £325 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 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 27 (36.00%) Security Cleared
3 23 (30.67%) Azure
4 21 (28.00%) SC Cleared
5 18 (24.00%) NIST
6 17 (22.67%) SIEM
7 16 (21.33%) CISSP
7 16 (21.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (20.00%) Incident Response
8 15 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 14 (18.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (17.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (16.00%) DevOps
12 11 (14.67%) AWS
12 11 (14.67%) CEH
12 11 (14.67%) Microsoft
12 11 (14.67%) Power Platform
12 11 (14.67%) Security Operations
13 10 (13.33%) CISM
13 10 (13.33%) Power BI
13 10 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
14 9 (12.00%) Agile
14 9 (12.00%) Analytics
14 9 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
14 9 (12.00%) Degree
14 9 (12.00%) GAP Analysis
14 9 (12.00%) Information Security
14 9 (12.00%) SQL
14 9 (12.00%) Validation

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
2 1 (1.33%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (10.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.33%) MS Visio
3 3 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 23 (30.67%) Azure
2 11 (14.67%) AWS
2 11 (14.67%) Power Platform
3 8 (10.67%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (9.33%) Power Automate
5 5 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (5.33%) Entra ID
7 3 (4.00%) GCP
8 2 (2.67%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.33%) GitHub
9 1 (1.33%) Lucidchart
9 1 (1.33%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.33%) Firewall
2 2 (2.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (2.67%) Network Security
3 1 (1.33%) Intranet
3 1 (1.33%) NAS
3 1 (1.33%) SAN
3 1 (1.33%) VLAN
3 1 (1.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.33%) Power BI
2 1 (1.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (8.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.33%) GitLab
2 1 (1.33%) Jenkins
General
1 26 (34.67%) Social Skills
2 17 (22.67%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (16.00%) Finance
4 7 (9.33%) Banking
5 4 (5.33%) Marketing
6 3 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.33%) Advertising
7 1 (1.33%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.33%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.33%) Military
7 1 (1.33%) Retail
7 1 (1.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.00%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.33%) ADO
2 1 (1.33%) LDAP
2 1 (1.33%) OAuth
2 1 (1.33%) REST
2 1 (1.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.00%) Operational Technology
2 7 (9.33%) Management Information System
2 7 (9.33%) Security Posture
3 6 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (6.67%) Robotics
5 4 (5.33%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (5.33%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.67%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.67%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.67%) SCADA
6 2 (2.67%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.33%) CSOC
7 1 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.33%) PMI
7 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.00%) Windows
2 2 (2.67%) Linux
3 1 (1.33%) AIX
3 1 (1.33%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (22.67%) SIEM
3 15 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 15 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 14 (18.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (17.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (16.00%) DevOps
7 11 (14.67%) Security Operations
8 10 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
9 9 (12.00%) Agile
9 9 (12.00%) Analytics
9 9 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (12.00%) GAP Analysis
9 9 (12.00%) Information Security
9 9 (12.00%) Validation
10 8 (10.67%) Cloud Security
10 8 (10.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 8 (10.67%) Threat Intelligence
11 7 (9.33%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.00%) SQL
2 5 (6.67%) Python
3 3 (4.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.33%) Bash
4 1 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 27 (36.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (28.00%) SC Cleared
3 16 (21.33%) CISSP
4 11 (14.67%) CEH
5 10 (13.33%) CISM
6 9 (12.00%) Degree
7 8 (10.67%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (9.33%) DV Cleared
9 6 (8.00%) CISA
9 6 (8.00%) GIAC
10 4 (5.33%) Master's Degree
11 2 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (2.67%) CBAP
11 2 (2.67%) IIBA
12 1 (1.33%) AWS Certification
12 1 (1.33%) Azure Certification
12 1 (1.33%) CompTIA CySA+
12 1 (1.33%) CRISC
12 1 (1.33%) FFIEC
12 1 (1.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (24.00%) NIST
2 16 (21.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (9.33%) GRC
4 5 (6.67%) GDPR
5 3 (4.00%) COBIT
5 3 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (2.67%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.33%) GxP
7 1 (1.33%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.33%) ISA99
7 1 (1.33%) NCSC
7 1 (1.33%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.33%) SLA
7 1 (1.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (5.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.33%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 1 (1.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (14.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.00%) Splunk
3 4 (5.33%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (4.00%) Progress
4 3 (4.00%) Qualys
4 3 (4.00%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.67%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.33%) Cisco
6 1 (1.33%) Databricks
6 1 (1.33%) OneTrust
6 1 (1.33%) Tenable
6 1 (1.33%) Tripwire