Cybersecurity Analyst Contract Job Trends

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 454 488
Rank change year-on-year -105 +34 +69
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 86 69 98
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.24% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.26% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 44 75
10th Percentile £325 £279 £413
25th Percentile £388 £380 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £486 £550
Median % change year-on-year +18.25% -11.59% -
75th Percentile £600 £538 £739
90th Percentile £631 £643 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £485 £570
% change year-on-year +18.56% -14.91% +11.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £47.00 - -
25th Percentile £48.13 £45.75 £68.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £54.50 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -24.83% -3.33%
75th Percentile £59.38 £63.25 £76.25
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 45,342 26,733 39,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.39% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,608 17,258 25,745
10th Percentile £325 £287 £280
25th Percentile £413 £404 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £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 3,029 1,088 2,850
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.69 £17.87 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.69 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +56.04% -25.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -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 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 June 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 -92 69 £575 +9.52% 100
UK excluding London -88 46 £575 +18.56% 99
London -73 29 £525 - 15
Work from Home -42 20 £525 +16.67% 25
South East -66 14 £600 +22.97% 31
Scotland -3 12 £375 -22.36% 4
Midlands -47 7 £250 -55.75% 11
North of England - 7 £344 - 21
South West - 6 £630 - 20
Yorkshire - 5 £600 - 12
West Midlands -54 4 £250 -55.75% 3
East Midlands - 3 - - 8
North West - 2 £335 - 8

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 86 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (43.02%) Security Cleared
3 28 (32.56%) SIEM
4 27 (31.40%) Azure
5 21 (24.42%) NIST
5 21 (24.42%) SC Cleared
6 20 (23.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (23.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (19.77%) Security Operations
8 16 (18.60%) Incident Response
9 14 (16.28%) CISSP
9 14 (16.28%) DevOps
9 14 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (16.28%) Vulnerability Management
10 13 (15.12%) Analytics
10 13 (15.12%) DV Cleared
10 13 (15.12%) Power Platform
11 12 (13.95%) GAP Analysis
11 12 (13.95%) Power BI
12 11 (12.79%) AWS
12 11 (12.79%) Degree
12 11 (12.79%) Incident Management
12 11 (12.79%) Microsoft
12 11 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
13 10 (11.63%) Cloud Security
13 10 (11.63%) Validation
14 9 (10.47%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (10.47%) Microsoft Excel
14 9 (10.47%) 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 5 (5.81%) Confluence
2 1 (1.16%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (10.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.65%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 27 (31.40%) Azure
2 13 (15.12%) Power Platform
3 11 (12.79%) AWS
4 9 (10.47%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (8.14%) Power Automate
6 5 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (4.65%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (4.65%) Entra ID
8 3 (3.49%) GCP
9 2 (2.33%) GitHub
9 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.16%) Lucidchart
10 1 (1.16%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.65%) Firewall
1 4 (4.65%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.16%) Modbus
2 1 (1.16%) NAS
2 1 (1.16%) Network Security
2 1 (1.16%) SAN
2 1 (1.16%) VLAN
2 1 (1.16%) VoIP
2 1 (1.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (13.95%) Power BI
2 1 (1.16%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (6.98%) JIRA
2 2 (2.33%) GitLab
2 2 (2.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.16%) Burp Suite
3 1 (1.16%) Snyk
3 1 (1.16%) SonarQube
General
1 30 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.77%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (15.12%) Finance
4 7 (8.14%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (6.98%) Banking
6 5 (5.81%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.49%) Marketing
8 2 (2.33%) Military
9 1 (1.16%) Advertising
9 1 (1.16%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.16%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.49%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.16%) ADO
2 1 (1.16%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.77%) Operational Technology
2 8 (9.30%) Management Information System
3 7 (8.14%) Security Posture
4 6 (6.98%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (5.81%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (4.65%) Robotics
7 3 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (3.49%) Product Ownership
8 2 (2.33%) CSOC
8 2 (2.33%) SCADA
8 2 (2.33%) Virtual Team
9 1 (1.16%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.16%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (1.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (1.16%) Cyberattack
9 1 (1.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.16%) PKI
9 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.49%) Linux
1 3 (3.49%) Windows
2 1 (1.16%) AIX
2 1 (1.16%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (32.56%) SIEM
3 20 (23.26%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (19.77%) Security Operations
5 16 (18.60%) Incident Response
6 14 (16.28%) DevOps
6 14 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (16.28%) Vulnerability Management
7 13 (15.12%) Analytics
8 12 (13.95%) GAP Analysis
9 11 (12.79%) Incident Management
9 11 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (11.63%) Cloud Security
10 10 (11.63%) Validation
11 9 (10.47%) Remediation Plan
11 9 (10.47%) Risk Assessment
11 9 (10.47%) Security Monitoring
11 9 (10.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (10.47%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.30%) SQL
2 3 (3.49%) Python
3 1 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (43.02%) Security Cleared
2 21 (24.42%) SC Cleared
3 14 (16.28%) CISSP
4 13 (15.12%) DV Cleared
5 11 (12.79%) Degree
6 8 (9.30%) CEH
6 8 (9.30%) CISM
7 7 (8.14%) GIAC
8 6 (6.98%) CISA
9 5 (5.81%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (4.65%) Master's Degree
10 4 (4.65%) SANS
11 3 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (2.33%) CBAP
12 2 (2.33%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (2.33%) IIBA
13 1 (1.16%) AWS Certification
13 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (1.16%) FFIEC
13 1 (1.16%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (24.42%) NIST
2 20 (23.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (8.14%) GRC
4 3 (3.49%) COBIT
4 3 (3.49%) GDPR
5 2 (2.33%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (2.33%) SLA
6 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.16%) GxP
6 1 (1.16%) ISA99
6 1 (1.16%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (3.49%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.16%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 1 (1.16%) HP Fortify
2 1 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (12.79%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.65%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (4.65%) Progress
2 4 (4.65%) Qualys
2 4 (4.65%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.49%) ArcSight
3 3 (3.49%) Splunk
4 1 (1.16%) Checkmarx
4 1 (1.16%) Cisco
4 1 (1.16%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.16%) Databricks
4 1 (1.16%) Google
4 1 (1.16%) OneTrust
4 1 (1.16%) Tenable
4 1 (1.16%) Tripwire
4 1 (1.16%) Veracode