Cybersecurity Analyst Contract Job Trends

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the UK is £585, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 April 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 557 454 487
Rank change year-on-year -103 +33 +121
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 71 73 105
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.25% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.27% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 50 83
10th Percentile £283 £286 £400
25th Percentile £463 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £475 £544
Median % change year-on-year +23.16% -12.68% -1.09%
75th Percentile £631 £538 £644
90th Percentile £660 £545 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £475 £570
% change year-on-year -13.16% -16.67% +6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £39.25 - -
25th Percentile £43.75 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £53.50 £54.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% - -
75th Percentile £62.25 £63.25 -
90th Percentile £66.15 - -
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 42,310 27,110 40,746
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 92.64% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,286 17,809 26,634
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £407 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £629 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +2.63% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,662 974 2,583
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.84 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.09 £20.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £41.16 £31.51 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.61% -9.97% -22.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.03 £72.26
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.25 £30.10 £35.00
% change year-on-year +40.37% -14.00% -17.38%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 12 April 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 -125 56 £585 +23.16% 60
UK excluding London -98 32 £413 -13.16% 61
London -69 27 £563 +28.57% 8
Work from Home -48 17 £525 +10.53% 8
Scotland +9 11 £350 +21.95% 4
Midlands -59 9 £363 - 15
North of England - 7 £540 - 17
West Midlands -62 6 £363 - 6
Yorkshire - 6 £570 - 9
East Midlands - 3 - - 9
South West - 3 - - 5
South East -77 2 - - 12
North West - 1 £325 - 7

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

For the 6 months to 12 April 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 71 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (35.21%) Security Cleared
3 21 (29.58%) SC Cleared
4 20 (28.17%) Azure
5 18 (25.35%) CISSP
6 17 (23.94%) NIST
6 17 (23.94%) Vulnerability Management
7 16 (22.54%) Incident Response
8 15 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (18.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 12 (16.90%) AWS
10 12 (16.90%) CISM
10 12 (16.90%) DevOps
11 11 (15.49%) CEH
11 11 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (15.49%) SIEM
12 10 (14.08%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (14.08%) Information Security
12 10 (14.08%) Microsoft
12 10 (14.08%) Power Platform
12 10 (14.08%) Security Operations
12 10 (14.08%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (12.68%) Agile
13 9 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
13 9 (12.68%) Degree
13 9 (12.68%) Power BI
13 9 (12.68%) Risk Assessment
13 9 (12.68%) SQL
14 8 (11.27%) Analytics
14 8 (11.27%) Azure DevOps

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 (7.04%) Confluence
2 1 (1.41%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (9.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.63%) MS Visio
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 20 (28.17%) Azure
2 12 (16.90%) AWS
3 10 (14.08%) Power Platform
4 8 (11.27%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (9.86%) Power Automate
6 4 (5.63%) GCP
6 4 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (4.23%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.41%) GitHub
8 1 (1.41%) Lucidchart
8 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.41%) OCI
8 1 (1.41%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.45%) Firewall
2 3 (4.23%) Network Security
3 2 (2.82%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.41%) DNS
4 1 (1.41%) HTTP
4 1 (1.41%) Intranet
4 1 (1.41%) NAS
4 1 (1.41%) SAN
4 1 (1.41%) SMTP
4 1 (1.41%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.41%) VLAN
4 1 (1.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.68%) Power BI
2 1 (1.41%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (8.45%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) GitLab
2 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 15 (21.13%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (16.90%) Finance
4 7 (9.86%) Banking
5 5 (7.04%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.63%) Marketing
7 2 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Military
7 2 (2.82%) Retail
8 1 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.41%) Law
8 1 (1.41%) Legal
8 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.23%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.41%) ADO
2 1 (1.41%) LDAP
2 1 (1.41%) OAuth
2 1 (1.41%) REST
2 1 (1.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.90%) Operational Technology
2 7 (9.86%) Management Information System
3 6 (8.45%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (8.45%) Security Posture
4 5 (7.04%) Robotics
5 4 (5.63%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (5.63%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.41%) PMI
7 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.41%) SCADA
7 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.04%) Windows
2 3 (4.23%) Linux
3 1 (1.41%) AIX
3 1 (1.41%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (23.94%) Vulnerability Management
3 16 (22.54%) Incident Response
4 15 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (16.90%) DevOps
6 11 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (15.49%) SIEM
7 10 (14.08%) Information Security
7 10 (14.08%) Security Operations
7 10 (14.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (12.68%) Agile
8 9 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (12.68%) Risk Assessment
9 8 (11.27%) Analytics
9 8 (11.27%) Cloud Security
9 8 (11.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 8 (11.27%) GAP Analysis
9 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (11.27%) Threat Intelligence
10 7 (9.86%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.68%) SQL
2 6 (8.45%) Python
3 4 (5.63%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.82%) Bash
5 1 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 25 (35.21%) Security Cleared
2 21 (29.58%) SC Cleared
3 18 (25.35%) CISSP
4 12 (16.90%) CISM
5 11 (15.49%) CEH
6 10 (14.08%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (12.68%) Degree
8 8 (11.27%) GIAC
9 6 (8.45%) DV Cleared
10 5 (7.04%) CISA
11 4 (5.63%) Master's Degree
12 2 (2.82%) CCNA
12 2 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (2.82%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (2.82%) CRISC
12 2 (2.82%) GCIH
12 2 (2.82%) IIBA
12 2 (2.82%) OSCP
13 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (1.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (23.94%) NIST
2 13 (18.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (8.45%) GDPR
3 6 (8.45%) GRC
4 3 (4.23%) NIST 800
4 3 (4.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (2.82%) COBIT
5 2 (2.82%) NCSC
5 2 (2.82%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.41%) GxP
6 1 (1.41%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.41%) ISA99
6 1 (1.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.41%) CSIRT
1 1 (1.41%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (14.08%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.45%) Splunk
3 4 (5.63%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.23%) Progress
4 3 (4.23%) Qualys
5 2 (2.82%) CyberArk
5 2 (2.82%) Tenable
6 1 (1.41%) Cisco
6 1 (1.41%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.41%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.41%) Databricks
6 1 (1.41%) Google
6 1 (1.41%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.41%) Tripwire