Cybersecurity Analyst Contract Job Trends

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the UK is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 469 520
Rank change year-on-year -36 +51 +147
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 77 74 88
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.22% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 47 61
10th Percentile £333 £413 £400
25th Percentile £411 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £633 £550 £545
90th Percentile £742 £651 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £488 £545
% change year-on-year +6.67% -10.55% +21.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £37.20 - -
25th Percentile £38.63 - -
Median hourly rate £47.00 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -
75th Percentile £58.13 - -
90th Percentile £61.20 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £50.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 32,988 33,120 42,501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.74% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,924 20,243 28,641
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £403 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,924 1,136 1,517
10th Percentile £14.22 £15.36 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%
75th Percentile £56.81 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £73.66 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Top 12 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 7 December 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
England -37 69 £523 +4.50% 14
London -9 36 £520 -0.95% 5
UK excluding London -37 32 £520 +6.67% 11
Work from Home +2 27 £423 -15.40% 7
North of England -33 8 £525 - 3
Scotland +9 7 £338 -27.03% 1
South East -27 7 £520 +6.67% 5
Yorkshire - 6 £525 -
South West -11 5 £350 -51.72%
West Midlands -23 5 £525 - 1
Midlands -29 5 £525 - 1
North West -14 2 £525 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 7 December 2025, 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 77 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (44.16%) Incident Response
3 32 (41.56%) SIEM
4 28 (36.36%) Security Cleared
5 24 (31.17%) Microsoft
6 23 (29.87%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 23 (29.87%) Threat Intelligence
6 23 (29.87%) Vulnerability Management
7 22 (28.57%) Security Operations
8 21 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (25.97%) SC Cleared
10 18 (23.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (22.08%) AWS
12 16 (20.78%) CEH
12 16 (20.78%) CISSP
12 16 (20.78%) GIAC
12 16 (20.78%) Splunk
13 15 (19.48%) Information Security
13 15 (19.48%) NIST
13 15 (19.48%) Threat Detection
14 13 (16.88%) Agile
14 13 (16.88%) Firewall
15 11 (14.29%) Azure
15 11 (14.29%) Business Analysis
15 11 (14.29%) CISM
15 11 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
16 10 (12.99%) CompTIA CySA+
16 10 (12.99%) DV Cleared
16 10 (12.99%) Forensic 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 (6.49%) Confluence
2 1 (1.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.19%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.30%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.08%) AWS
2 11 (14.29%) Azure
3 6 (7.79%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (6.49%) GCP
4 5 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.90%) OCI
5 3 (3.90%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.30%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.30%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.30%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.88%) Firewall
2 5 (6.49%) Internet
2 5 (6.49%) Network Security
3 2 (2.60%) DNS
3 2 (2.60%) HTTP
3 2 (2.60%) SMTP
3 2 (2.60%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.60%) Wireless
4 1 (1.30%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.30%) Intranet
4 1 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.30%) VoIP
4 1 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.90%) Power BI
2 1 (1.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.30%) JIRA
General
1 35 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 29 (37.66%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (12.99%) Public Sector
4 9 (11.69%) Finance
5 6 (7.79%) Banking
6 5 (6.49%) Military
6 5 (6.49%) Retail
7 4 (5.19%) Investment Banking
7 4 (5.19%) Law
8 2 (2.60%) Legal
9 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.30%) Local Government
9 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.30%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.30%) LDAP
1 1 (1.30%) OAuth
1 1 (1.30%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.30%) SAML
1 1 (1.30%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.18%) Cyber Defence
1 14 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (10.39%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (7.79%) Security Posture
4 5 (6.49%) Cybercrime
4 5 (6.49%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.90%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.90%) Operational Technology
5 3 (3.90%) PKI
6 2 (2.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.30%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.30%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.30%) PMI
7 1 (1.30%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.39%) Windows
2 4 (5.19%) Linux
3 1 (1.30%) AIX
3 1 (1.30%) Solaris
3 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (44.16%) Incident Response
3 32 (41.56%) SIEM
4 23 (29.87%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 23 (29.87%) Threat Intelligence
4 23 (29.87%) Vulnerability Management
5 22 (28.57%) Security Operations
6 21 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (23.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (19.48%) Information Security
8 15 (19.48%) Threat Detection
9 13 (16.88%) Agile
10 11 (14.29%) Business Analysis
11 10 (12.99%) Forensic Analysis
11 10 (12.99%) Mentoring
12 9 (11.69%) Coaching
12 9 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (11.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 8 (10.39%) Line Management
13 8 (10.39%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.79%) Python
2 5 (6.49%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.19%) Bash
4 3 (3.90%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 20 (25.97%) SC Cleared
3 16 (20.78%) CEH
3 16 (20.78%) CISSP
3 16 (20.78%) GIAC
4 11 (14.29%) CISM
4 11 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
5 10 (12.99%) CompTIA CySA+
5 10 (12.99%) DV Cleared
6 8 (10.39%) Degree
7 7 (9.09%) OSCP
8 6 (7.79%) GCIH
9 5 (6.49%) GREM
10 4 (5.19%) GCIA
10 4 (5.19%) SSCP
11 3 (3.90%) CCNA
11 3 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (3.90%) CRISC
11 3 (3.90%) FFIEC
12 2 (2.60%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (19.48%) NIST
2 11 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (10.39%) GDPR
4 5 (6.49%) NIST 800
5 4 (5.19%) PCI DSS
6 3 (3.90%) NCSC
7 2 (2.60%) HIPAA
7 2 (2.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (2.60%) SOC 2
8 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.30%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (1.30%) GRC
8 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.60%) CSIRT
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 24 (31.17%) Microsoft
2 16 (20.78%) Splunk
3 5 (6.49%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (3.90%) F5
4 3 (3.90%) Qualys
4 3 (3.90%) Rapid7
4 3 (3.90%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.60%) Darktrace
5 2 (2.60%) Google
5 2 (2.60%) Tenable
6 1 (1.30%) ArcSight
6 1 (1.30%) Aruba
6 1 (1.30%) Cisco
6 1 (1.30%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.30%) Meraki
6 1 (1.30%) Oracle
6 1 (1.30%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.30%) SAP
6 1 (1.30%) Zscaler