Cybersecurity Analyst Contract Job Trends

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the UK is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 531 454 471
Rank change year-on-year -77 +17 +97
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 88 68 100
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.24% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.26% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 41 76
10th Percentile £321 £275 £400
25th Percentile £394 £380 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -11.36% -
75th Percentile £630 £538 £734
90th Percentile £634 £625 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £485 £570
% change year-on-year -2.06% -14.91% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £47.00 - -
25th Percentile £48.13 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £54.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% - -
75th Percentile £59.38 £63.25 -
90th Percentile £65.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.75 - -

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 44,606 26,623 39,417
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.40% 92.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,281 17,328 25,680
10th Percentile £325 £290 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -3.31%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,914 1,023 2,675
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.82
25th Percentile £20.36 £18.17 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.69 £28.15 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.63% -22.88% -18.89%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £27.13 £40.00
% change year-on-year +65.90% -32.19% -5.88%

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 22 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 22 May 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 22 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 -97 70 £575 +9.52% 43
UK excluding London -89 44 £475 -2.06% 40
London -64 31 £525 - 13
Work from Home -40 18 £525 +16.67% 15
Scotland +3 13 £350 +21.95% 1
South East -59 11 £600 +19.95% 22
Midlands -63 8 £250 -55.75% 2
North of England - 6 £463 - 10
South West - 6 £630 - 8
West Midlands -54 5 £250 -55.75%
Yorkshire - 5 £600 - 7
East Midlands - 3 - - 2
North West - 1 £325 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 88 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (44.32%) Security Cleared
3 29 (32.95%) SIEM
4 26 (29.55%) Azure
4 26 (29.55%) SC Cleared
5 23 (26.14%) NIST
6 21 (23.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (21.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (20.45%) Incident Response
9 16 (18.18%) CISSP
10 15 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (17.05%) Security Operations
10 15 (17.05%) Vulnerability Management
11 14 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (14.77%) Analytics
12 13 (14.77%) DevOps
12 13 (14.77%) GAP Analysis
12 13 (14.77%) Microsoft
13 12 (13.64%) AWS
13 12 (13.64%) Degree
13 12 (13.64%) Power Platform
14 11 (12.50%) CEH
14 11 (12.50%) DV Cleared
14 11 (12.50%) Power BI
14 11 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
15 10 (11.36%) Agile
15 10 (11.36%) CISM
15 10 (11.36%) Validation
16 9 (10.23%) Business Intelligence
16 9 (10.23%) Cloud Security

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 (5.68%) Confluence
2 1 (1.14%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (10.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.55%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 26 (29.55%) Azure
2 12 (13.64%) AWS
2 12 (13.64%) Power Platform
3 8 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (7.95%) Power Automate
5 6 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (5.68%) Entra ID
7 3 (3.41%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (3.41%) GCP
8 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.14%) GitHub
9 1 (1.14%) Lucidchart
9 1 (1.14%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.68%) Firewall
2 2 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (2.27%) Network Security
3 1 (1.14%) Intranet
3 1 (1.14%) Modbus
3 1 (1.14%) NAS
3 1 (1.14%) SAN
3 1 (1.14%) VLAN
3 1 (1.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (1.14%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (6.82%) JIRA
2 1 (1.14%) GitLab
2 1 (1.14%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 19 (21.59%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (13.64%) Finance
4 7 (7.95%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (6.82%) Banking
6 5 (5.68%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.55%) Marketing
8 3 (3.41%) Military
9 1 (1.14%) Advertising
9 1 (1.14%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.14%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.14%) Retail
9 1 (1.14%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.41%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.14%) ADO
2 1 (1.14%) LDAP
2 1 (1.14%) OAuth
2 1 (1.14%) REST
2 1 (1.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.45%) Operational Technology
2 8 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 8 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 7 (7.95%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (5.68%) Robotics
5 4 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (3.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (3.41%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.27%) CSOC
7 2 (2.27%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.27%) SCADA
7 2 (2.27%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.14%) PMI
8 1 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.41%) Windows
2 2 (2.27%) Linux
3 1 (1.14%) AIX
3 1 (1.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (32.95%) SIEM
3 19 (21.59%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (20.45%) Incident Response
5 15 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (17.05%) Security Operations
5 15 (17.05%) Vulnerability Management
6 14 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (14.77%) Analytics
7 13 (14.77%) DevOps
7 13 (14.77%) GAP Analysis
8 11 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
9 10 (11.36%) Agile
9 10 (11.36%) Validation
10 9 (10.23%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (10.23%) Cloud Security
10 9 (10.23%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 9 (10.23%) Threat Intelligence
11 8 (9.09%) Remediation Plan
11 8 (9.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.23%) SQL
2 5 (5.68%) Python
3 3 (3.41%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.14%) Bash
4 1 (1.14%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 39 (44.32%) Security Cleared
2 26 (29.55%) SC Cleared
3 16 (18.18%) CISSP
4 12 (13.64%) Degree
5 11 (12.50%) CEH
5 11 (12.50%) DV Cleared
6 10 (11.36%) CISM
7 7 (7.95%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (7.95%) GIAC
8 6 (6.82%) CISA
9 4 (4.55%) Master's Degree
9 4 (4.55%) SANS
10 3 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (2.27%) CBAP
11 2 (2.27%) IIBA
12 1 (1.14%) CompTIA CySA+
12 1 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (1.14%) CRISC
12 1 (1.14%) FFIEC
12 1 (1.14%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (26.14%) NIST
2 21 (23.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (7.95%) GRC
4 5 (5.68%) GDPR
5 3 (3.41%) COBIT
5 3 (3.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (2.27%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.27%) SLA
7 1 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.14%) GxP
7 1 (1.14%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.14%) ISA99
7 1 (1.14%) NCSC
7 1 (1.14%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.14%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 1 (1.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (14.77%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.82%) Splunk
3 4 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (4.55%) Progress
3 4 (4.55%) Qualys
3 4 (4.55%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.41%) ArcSight
5 2 (2.27%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.14%) Cisco
6 1 (1.14%) Databricks
6 1 (1.14%) OneTrust
6 1 (1.14%) Tenable
6 1 (1.14%) Tripwire