Cybersecurity Analyst Contract Job Trends

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 471 504
Rank change year-on-year -79 +33 +37
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 133 80 61
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.24% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.27% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 53 30
10th Percentile £348 £305 £413
25th Percentile £413 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -5.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £609
90th Percentile £705 £650 £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 2
10th Percentile £46.25 - £51.88
25th Percentile £49.06 £45.75 £54.69
Median hourly rate £57.05 £54.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% -11.02% -
75th Percentile £68.07 £63.25 £69.69
90th Percentile £83.63 - £73.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.05 - £50.00

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 50,606 29,766 35,027
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 91.04% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,920 18,783 21,484
10th Percentile £325 £276 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £733 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,907 1,587 1,616
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.75 £14.79
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.30 £20.69
Median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.19% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.70 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.65 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.08 £43.97
% change year-on-year +69.49% -42.97% +0.50%

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 23 September 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 23 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Top 14 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 23 September 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 -54 122 £575 +10.58% 100
UK excluding London -68 78 £563 +12.50% 77
South East -24 49 £575 +15.58% 14
London -74 46 £550 +5.26% 32
Work from Home -67 30 £475 +11.76% 38
North of England -75 10 £425 -18.27% 18
South West -34 8 £650 +85.71% 14
Yorkshire -45 5 £575 +10.58% 3
North West -46 5 £385 -26.76% 13
East of England - 4 - - 4
Scotland -30 3 £375 -22.52% 10
Wales - 3 £240 - 1
West Midlands -43 1 £250 -52.38% 7
Midlands -52 1 £250 -52.38% 17

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

For the 6 months to 23 September 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.

1 133 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (42.11%) SIEM
3 52 (39.10%) Security Cleared
4 51 (38.35%) Security Operations
5 40 (30.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 35 (26.32%) NIST
7 32 (24.06%) Vulnerability Management
8 29 (21.80%) Security Monitoring
9 28 (21.05%) Incident Response
10 27 (20.30%) DV Cleared
10 27 (20.30%) Microsoft
11 24 (18.05%) Incident Management
12 23 (17.29%) Azure
13 22 (16.54%) Threat Detection
14 21 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (15.79%) SC Cleared
14 21 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
15 19 (14.29%) Information Security
16 16 (12.03%) AWS
16 16 (12.03%) CISSP
16 16 (12.03%) Risk Management
17 15 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
17 15 (11.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 14 (10.53%) Cloud Security
18 14 (10.53%) GRC
19 13 (9.77%) Data Protection
19 13 (9.77%) Degree
19 13 (9.77%) Entra ID
19 13 (9.77%) GAP Analysis
19 13 (9.77%) Remediation Plan

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 6 (4.51%) IIS
2 3 (2.26%) Confluence
3 2 (1.50%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.75%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.26%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.75%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 23 (17.29%) Azure
2 16 (12.03%) AWS
3 13 (9.77%) Entra ID
4 8 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.26%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.51%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (4.51%) GCP
7 3 (2.26%) Akamai
7 3 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.50%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.50%) GitHub
8 2 (1.50%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.50%) SaaS
9 1 (0.75%) Google Data Studio
9 1 (0.75%) IaaS
9 1 (0.75%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.76%) Network Security
2 4 (3.01%) Firewall
2 4 (3.01%) HTTP
3 3 (2.26%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.75%) Modbus
4 1 (0.75%) NAS
4 1 (0.75%) SAN
4 1 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.75%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.26%) Power BI
2 1 (0.75%) Big Data
2 1 (0.75%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.75%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.75%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (1.50%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.50%) GitLab
1 2 (1.50%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.50%) JIRA
1 2 (1.50%) Snyk
1 2 (1.50%) SonarQube
General
1 48 (36.09%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.54%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (12.03%) Finance
4 13 (9.77%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (7.52%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.51%) Banking
7 5 (3.76%) Military
8 4 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.50%) Law
10 2 (1.50%) Local Government
10 2 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.75%) Advertising
11 1 (0.75%) Back Office
11 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.75%) Publishing
11 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.51%) FIDO
1 6 (4.51%) WebAuthn
2 3 (2.26%) REST
3 2 (1.50%) Regular Expression
3 2 (1.50%) Terraform
4 1 (0.75%) ADO
4 1 (0.75%) JSON
4 1 (0.75%) LDAP
4 1 (0.75%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 13 (9.77%) Management Information System
3 10 (7.52%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (6.77%) Onboarding
5 7 (5.26%) Security Posture
6 6 (4.51%) CMDB
6 6 (4.51%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (4.51%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.76%) Data Centre
7 5 (3.76%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (3.76%) Mobile Payment
7 5 (3.76%) Public Cloud
7 5 (3.76%) Smartcard
8 4 (3.01%) NHS
8 4 (3.01%) SCADA
9 3 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (2.26%) CSOC
9 3 (2.26%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (2.26%) Cyberattack
10 2 (1.50%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.27%) Windows
2 9 (6.77%) Linux
3 4 (3.01%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (42.11%) SIEM
3 51 (38.35%) Security Operations
4 32 (24.06%) Vulnerability Management
5 29 (21.80%) Security Monitoring
6 28 (21.05%) Incident Response
7 24 (18.05%) Incident Management
8 22 (16.54%) Threat Detection
9 21 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
10 19 (14.29%) Information Security
11 16 (12.03%) Risk Management
12 15 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (11.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (10.53%) Cloud Security
14 13 (9.77%) Data Protection
14 13 (9.77%) GAP Analysis
14 13 (9.77%) Remediation Plan
14 13 (9.77%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 12 (9.02%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.51%) Python
2 4 (3.01%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.26%) Bash
4 2 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.50%) Perl
5 1 (0.75%) Korn
5 1 (0.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (39.10%) Security Cleared
2 27 (20.30%) DV Cleared
3 21 (15.79%) SC Cleared
4 16 (12.03%) CISSP
5 13 (9.77%) Degree
6 10 (7.52%) CISM
7 8 (6.02%) CISA
8 7 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (5.26%) GIAC
9 6 (4.51%) CompTIA CySA+
10 5 (3.76%) IISP
10 5 (3.76%) SANS
11 4 (3.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (3.01%) CCSP
11 4 (3.01%) CEH
11 4 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (3.01%) CLAS
11 4 (3.01%) CREST Certified
12 3 (2.26%) MCSE
12 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (30.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (26.32%) NIST
3 14 (10.53%) GRC
4 10 (7.52%) GDPR
5 7 (5.26%) PCI DSS
6 6 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 5 (3.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (3.76%) ISO 31000
7 5 (3.76%) ISO 9001
8 3 (2.26%) NCSC
9 2 (1.50%) SLA
10 1 (0.75%) COBIT
10 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.75%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.75%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.75%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.01%) ISA Server
2 2 (1.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.50%) Docker
2 2 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.75%) NFS
3 1 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.01%) CASB
1 4 (3.01%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.26%) Nessus
2 3 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.50%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 27 (20.30%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.02%) CrowdStrike
3 10 (7.52%) Splunk
4 9 (6.77%) Qualys
5 8 (6.02%) Google
6 5 (3.76%) Tripwire
7 4 (3.01%) Centrify
7 4 (3.01%) Cisco
7 4 (3.01%) F5
7 4 (3.01%) ServiceNow
7 4 (3.01%) Tenable
8 3 (2.26%) ArcSight
8 3 (2.26%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.50%) Checkmarx
9 2 (1.50%) Rapid7
9 2 (1.50%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.50%) Veracode
9 2 (1.50%) VMware
9 2 (1.50%) Workday
10 1 (0.75%) CyberArk