Cybersecurity Analyst Contract Job Trends

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the UK is £545, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 453 498
Rank change year-on-year -106 +45 +88
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 78 71 102
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.24% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.26% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 44 79
10th Percentile £316 £279 £400
25th Percentile £423 £413 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +14.74% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £631 £538 £708
90th Percentile £638 £619 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £570
% change year-on-year - -16.67% +8.57%
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 43,929 27,125 40,035
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 92.53% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,003 17,719 26,065
10th Percentile £318 £300 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% -2.10% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +3.58% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,852 1,052 2,665
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £44.00 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.72% -20.55% -18.89%
75th Percentile £66.25 £62.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.46 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +62.36% -30.00% -4.76%

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 6 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 6 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 -101 61 £550 +4.76% 30
UK excluding London -96 34 £475 - 29
London -56 32 £525 +7.69% 5
Work from Home -46 18 £525 +13.51% 16
Scotland +7 12 £350 +26.81%
Midlands -65 9 £363 -35.84% 10
North of England - 7 £540 - 9
West Midlands -54 6 £363 -35.84% 5
Yorkshire - 6 £570 - 1
South East -64 3 £587 +17.45% 7
South West - 3 - - 2
East Midlands - 3 - - 5
North West - 1 £325 - 8

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 78 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (37.18%) Security Cleared
3 24 (30.77%) Azure
3 24 (30.77%) SC Cleared
4 19 (24.36%) NIST
5 18 (23.08%) Incident Response
6 17 (21.79%) CISSP
6 17 (21.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (21.79%) Vulnerability Management
7 16 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (20.51%) SIEM
8 14 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (16.67%) AWS
10 12 (15.38%) DevOps
10 12 (15.38%) Security Operations
11 11 (14.10%) Agile
11 11 (14.10%) CEH
11 11 (14.10%) CISM
11 11 (14.10%) Information Security
11 11 (14.10%) Microsoft
11 11 (14.10%) Power Platform
12 10 (12.82%) Power BI
13 9 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
13 9 (11.54%) Cloud Security
13 9 (11.54%) CompTIA Security+
13 9 (11.54%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 9 (11.54%) Degree
13 9 (11.54%) GAP Analysis
13 9 (11.54%) Risk Assessment

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 (6.41%) Confluence
2 1 (1.28%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.13%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 24 (30.77%) Azure
2 13 (16.67%) AWS
3 11 (14.10%) Power Platform
4 8 (10.26%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (8.97%) Power Automate
6 6 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (5.13%) Entra ID
7 4 (5.13%) GCP
8 3 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.28%) GitHub
9 1 (1.28%) Lucidchart
9 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.28%) OCI
9 1 (1.28%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.41%) Firewall
2 2 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (2.56%) Network Security
3 1 (1.28%) Intranet
3 1 (1.28%) NAS
3 1 (1.28%) SAN
3 1 (1.28%) VLAN
3 1 (1.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.82%) Power BI
2 1 (1.28%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (7.69%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) GitLab
2 1 (1.28%) Jenkins
General
1 26 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 18 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (15.38%) Finance
4 7 (8.97%) Banking
5 5 (6.41%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.13%) Marketing
7 3 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Military
9 1 (1.28%) Advertising
9 1 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.28%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.28%) Law
9 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.28%) Retail
9 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.85%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.28%) ADO
2 1 (1.28%) LDAP
2 1 (1.28%) OAuth
2 1 (1.28%) REST
2 1 (1.28%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.38%) Operational Technology
2 8 (10.26%) Management Information System
3 7 (8.97%) Security Posture
4 6 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (6.41%) Robotics
6 4 (5.13%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (5.13%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.56%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.56%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.56%) SCADA
7 2 (2.56%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.28%) CSOC
8 1 (1.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.28%) PMI
8 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.13%) Windows
2 3 (3.85%) Linux
3 1 (1.28%) AIX
3 1 (1.28%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (23.08%) Incident Response
3 17 (21.79%) Vulnerability Management
4 16 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (20.51%) SIEM
5 14 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (15.38%) DevOps
6 12 (15.38%) Security Operations
7 11 (14.10%) Agile
7 11 (14.10%) Information Security
8 9 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (11.54%) Cloud Security
8 9 (11.54%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 9 (11.54%) GAP Analysis
8 9 (11.54%) Risk Assessment
8 9 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (11.54%) Threat Intelligence
8 9 (11.54%) Validation
9 8 (10.26%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.54%) SQL
2 5 (6.41%) Python
3 3 (3.85%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.28%) Bash
Qualifications
1 29 (37.18%) Security Cleared
2 24 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 17 (21.79%) CISSP
4 11 (14.10%) CEH
4 11 (14.10%) CISM
5 9 (11.54%) CompTIA Security+
5 9 (11.54%) Degree
6 7 (8.97%) GIAC
7 6 (7.69%) CISA
7 6 (7.69%) DV Cleared
8 4 (5.13%) Master's Degree
9 2 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (2.56%) CBAP
9 2 (2.56%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (2.56%) IIBA
10 1 (1.28%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.28%) CAPM
10 1 (1.28%) CRISC
10 1 (1.28%) CSSLP
10 1 (1.28%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (24.36%) NIST
2 17 (21.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (8.97%) GRC
4 6 (7.69%) GDPR
5 3 (3.85%) COBIT
5 3 (3.85%) PCI DSS
5 3 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (2.56%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.28%) GxP
7 1 (1.28%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.28%) ISA99
7 1 (1.28%) NCSC
7 1 (1.28%) SLA
7 1 (1.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.28%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 1 (1.28%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (14.10%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.69%) Splunk
3 4 (5.13%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (5.13%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.85%) Progress
4 3 (3.85%) Qualys
5 2 (2.56%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.28%) Cisco
6 1 (1.28%) Databricks
6 1 (1.28%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.28%) Tenable
6 1 (1.28%) Tripwire