Cybersecurity Analyst Contract Job Trends

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the UK is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 498 548
Rank change year-on-year +11 +50 +121
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 81 61 103
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.16% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.17% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 31 63
10th Percentile £303 £413 £363
25th Percentile £400 £475 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £606 £553
90th Percentile £650 £690 £640
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £51.88 -
25th Percentile £45.75 £54.69 -
Median hourly rate £54.50 £61.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% - -
75th Percentile £63.25 £69.69 -
90th Percentile - £73.63 -
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 30,003 35,798 46,379
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 92.95% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,960 22,064 31,748
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,577 1,684 1,483
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £52.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -44.11% +4.65% +95.45%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst 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 18 September 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
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 18 September 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 +29 65 £520 -4.15% 23
UK excluding London +10 38 £500 -9.09% 23
London +25 36 £525 +2.44% 8
Work from Home +44 34 £475 -13.64% 12
Scotland +8 12 £484 - 4
South East +23 11 £475 -13.64% 9
North of England -9 6 £525 - 6
South West +25 5 £350 -50.00%
West Midlands -10 4 £525 +5.00% 2
Midlands -16 4 £525 +5.00% 2
Yorkshire - 4 £525 - 1
North West -14 2 £525 - 5

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Cybersecurity Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 81 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (37.04%) Social Skills
3 29 (35.80%) SIEM
3 29 (35.80%) Microsoft
3 29 (35.80%) Incident Response
4 25 (30.86%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (27.16%) Security Cleared
6 20 (24.69%) Azure
6 20 (24.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 20 (24.69%) Security Operations
6 20 (24.69%) Threat Intelligence
7 19 (23.46%) Vulnerability Management
8 18 (22.22%) Information Security
9 17 (20.99%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (18.52%) CISSP
11 15 (18.52%) Windows
12 14 (17.28%) SC Cleared
13 13 (16.05%) DV Cleared
13 13 (16.05%) Firewall
13 13 (16.05%) CompTIA CySA+
14 12 (14.81%) Linux
14 12 (14.81%) CEH
14 12 (14.81%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (13.58%) Threat Detection
15 11 (13.58%) GIAC
15 11 (13.58%) Azure Sentinel
15 11 (13.58%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (12.35%) Finance
16 10 (12.35%) ITIL

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.94%) Confluence
2 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.94%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.23%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 20 (24.69%) Azure
2 11 (13.58%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (7.41%) AWS
3 6 (7.41%) Power Platform
4 5 (6.17%) Akamai
5 3 (3.70%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.23%) GCP
6 1 (1.23%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.23%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.05%) Firewall
2 5 (6.17%) Internet
2 5 (6.17%) Network Security
3 2 (2.47%) Wireless
4 1 (1.23%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.23%) DNS
4 1 (1.23%) HTTP
4 1 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.23%) SMTP
4 1 (1.23%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.23%) VoIP
4 1 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.41%) Power BI
2 1 (1.23%) Tableau
General
1 30 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 25 (30.86%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (12.35%) Finance
4 8 (9.88%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.64%) Banking
6 4 (4.94%) Military
7 3 (3.70%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.70%) Law
7 3 (3.70%) Local Government
7 3 (3.70%) Retail
8 2 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.47%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.23%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.94%) SailPoint
2 3 (3.70%) OAuth
3 1 (1.23%) LDAP
3 1 (1.23%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.23%) OpenID
3 1 (1.23%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.23%) REST
3 1 (1.23%) SAML
3 1 (1.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.81%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (11.11%) Security Posture
3 6 (7.41%) Cyber Defence
3 6 (7.41%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (6.17%) Cybercrime
5 4 (4.94%) Driving Licence
5 4 (4.94%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.70%) PKI
7 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.23%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.23%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 15 (18.52%) Windows
2 12 (14.81%) Linux
3 2 (2.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.47%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.23%) AIX
4 1 (1.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (35.80%) Incident Response
2 29 (35.80%) SIEM
3 20 (24.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 20 (24.69%) Security Operations
3 20 (24.69%) Threat Intelligence
4 19 (23.46%) Vulnerability Management
5 18 (22.22%) Information Security
6 17 (20.99%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (13.58%) Threat Detection
9 10 (12.35%) Business Analysis
9 10 (12.35%) Identity Access Management
9 10 (12.35%) ITIL
10 9 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
10 9 (11.11%) Use Case
11 8 (9.88%) Incident Management
11 8 (9.88%) OSINT
11 8 (9.88%) Requirements Gathering
11 8 (9.88%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.58%) Kusto Query Language
2 8 (9.88%) Python
3 4 (4.94%) Bash
3 4 (4.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (27.16%) Security Cleared
2 15 (18.52%) CISSP
3 14 (17.28%) SC Cleared
4 13 (16.05%) CompTIA CySA+
4 13 (16.05%) DV Cleared
5 12 (14.81%) CEH
6 11 (13.58%) GIAC
7 10 (12.35%) Degree
8 8 (9.88%) GCIH
9 7 (8.64%) CISM
10 6 (7.41%) CASP
10 6 (7.41%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (7.41%) OSCP
11 5 (6.17%) GCIA
11 5 (6.17%) GREM
12 4 (4.94%) SSCP
13 3 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (3.70%) FFIEC
14 2 (2.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (2.47%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.88%) NIST
2 6 (7.41%) GDPR
2 6 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.94%) GRC
3 4 (4.94%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.70%) HIPAA
4 3 (3.70%) NIST 800
4 3 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (2.47%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (1.23%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.23%) NCSC
6 1 (1.23%) QA
6 1 (1.23%) SLA
6 1 (1.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (6.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.23%) CSIRT
2 1 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (35.80%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.11%) Qualys
3 8 (9.88%) ArcSight
3 8 (9.88%) Splunk
4 4 (4.94%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (4.94%) ForgeRock
4 4 (4.94%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.70%) F5
5 3 (3.70%) Imperva
5 3 (3.70%) Okta
5 3 (3.70%) Oracle
5 3 (3.70%) Palo Alto
5 3 (3.70%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.70%) SAP
6 1 (1.23%) Aruba
6 1 (1.23%) Cisco
6 1 (1.23%) Google
6 1 (1.23%) Meraki
6 1 (1.23%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.23%) Zscaler