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 16 November 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 492 544
Rank change year-on-year -15 +52 +134
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 79 72 87
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.21% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 44 60
10th Percentile £340 £413 £385
25th Percentile £409 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -
75th Percentile £563 £556 £545
90th Percentile £685 £671 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £500 £545
% change year-on-year +4.00% -8.26% +21.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £37.20 £51.88 -
25th Percentile £38.63 £54.69 -
Median hourly rate £47.00 £61.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.27% - -
75th Percentile £58.13 £69.69 -
90th Percentile £61.20 £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 32,121 33,965 44,165
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 92.87% 93.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,371 20,492 29,993
10th Percentile £278 £300 £294
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,875 1,270 1,571
10th Percentile £14.22 £15.10 £15.12
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +58.28%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +85.11%

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 16 November 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 16 November 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 16 November 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 -16 69 £520 +4.00% 31
UK excluding London -23 37 £520 +4.00% 20
London -6 35 £523 +4.50% 15
Work from Home +20 29 £425 -10.53% 6
South East -10 10 £520 +4.00% 11
Scotland +3 9 £492 +6.27%
North of England -28 8 £525 - 6
South West +11 6 £350 -51.72%
Yorkshire - 6 £525 - 1
West Midlands -23 4 £525 +5.00% 1
Midlands -33 4 £525 +5.00% 2
North West -21 2 £525 - 5

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

For the 6 months to 16 November 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 79 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (43.04%) Incident Response
3 32 (40.51%) SIEM
4 27 (34.18%) Security Cleared
5 25 (31.65%) Vulnerability Management
6 22 (27.85%) Microsoft
6 22 (27.85%) Security Operations
7 21 (26.58%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 21 (26.58%) Threat Intelligence
8 18 (22.78%) SC Cleared
9 17 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (21.52%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (18.99%) Azure
10 15 (18.99%) CISSP
10 15 (18.99%) Firewall
10 15 (18.99%) GIAC
10 15 (18.99%) Information Security
11 14 (17.72%) AWS
11 14 (17.72%) CEH
11 14 (17.72%) Splunk
11 14 (17.72%) Threat Detection
12 13 (16.46%) CompTIA CySA+
12 13 (16.46%) DV Cleared
13 12 (15.19%) NIST
13 12 (15.19%) Windows
14 11 (13.92%) Business Analysis
15 10 (12.66%) Agile
15 10 (12.66%) Azure Sentinel
15 10 (12.66%) CompTIA Security+
16 9 (11.39%) Degree

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 (6.33%) Confluence
2 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.06%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.27%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.99%) Azure
2 14 (17.72%) AWS
3 10 (12.66%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (5.06%) GCP
4 4 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.80%) OCI
5 3 (3.80%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.53%) Akamai
7 1 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.27%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.27%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.99%) Firewall
2 5 (6.33%) Internet
3 4 (5.06%) Network Security
4 2 (2.53%) DNS
4 2 (2.53%) HTTP
4 2 (2.53%) SMTP
4 2 (2.53%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.53%) Wireless
5 1 (1.27%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (1.27%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.27%) VoIP
5 1 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.80%) Power BI
2 1 (1.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) JIRA
General
1 31 (39.24%) Social Skills
2 27 (34.18%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (12.66%) Public Sector
4 9 (11.39%) Finance
5 6 (7.59%) Banking
6 4 (5.06%) Investment Banking
6 4 (5.06%) Law
6 4 (5.06%) Military
6 4 (5.06%) Retail
7 2 (2.53%) Legal
7 2 (2.53%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.27%) LDAP
1 1 (1.27%) OAuth
1 1 (1.27%) OAuth2
1 1 (1.27%) OpenID
1 1 (1.27%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.27%) REST
1 1 (1.27%) SailPoint
1 1 (1.27%) SAML
1 1 (1.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.46%) Cyber Threat
2 11 (13.92%) Cyber Defence
3 8 (10.13%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (7.59%) Security Posture
5 5 (6.33%) Cybercrime
6 4 (5.06%) Management Information System
7 3 (3.80%) Driving Licence
7 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
7 3 (3.80%) PKI
8 2 (2.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (2.53%) Operational Technology
9 1 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.27%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (1.27%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 12 (15.19%) Windows
2 8 (10.13%) Linux
3 2 (2.53%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.27%) AIX
4 1 (1.27%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (43.04%) Incident Response
3 32 (40.51%) SIEM
4 25 (31.65%) Vulnerability Management
5 22 (27.85%) Security Operations
6 21 (26.58%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 21 (26.58%) Threat Intelligence
7 17 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (21.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (18.99%) Information Security
9 14 (17.72%) Threat Detection
10 11 (13.92%) Business Analysis
11 10 (12.66%) Agile
12 9 (11.39%) Incident Management
12 9 (11.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 8 (10.13%) Cloud Security
13 8 (10.13%) Requirements Gathering
14 7 (8.86%) Cyber Intelligence
14 7 (8.86%) Identity Access Management
14 7 (8.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.86%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (6.33%) Python
3 4 (5.06%) Bash
3 4 (5.06%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (34.18%) Security Cleared
2 18 (22.78%) SC Cleared
3 15 (18.99%) CISSP
3 15 (18.99%) GIAC
4 14 (17.72%) CEH
5 13 (16.46%) CompTIA CySA+
5 13 (16.46%) DV Cleared
6 10 (12.66%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (11.39%) Degree
7 9 (11.39%) GCIH
8 8 (10.13%) CISM
9 7 (8.86%) OSCP
10 6 (7.59%) GCIA
11 5 (6.33%) GREM
11 5 (6.33%) SSCP
12 4 (5.06%) CASP
13 3 (3.80%) CCNA
13 3 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (3.80%) FFIEC
14 2 (2.53%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.19%) NIST
2 9 (11.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (7.59%) GDPR
4 5 (6.33%) NIST 800
5 3 (3.80%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.53%) NCSC
6 2 (2.53%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.27%) Accessibility
7 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.27%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (1.27%) GRC
7 1 (1.27%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (1.27%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.53%) CSIRT
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.27%) QRadar
2 1 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (27.85%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.72%) Splunk
3 5 (6.33%) ArcSight
3 5 (6.33%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (6.33%) Qualys
4 4 (5.06%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.80%) F5
5 3 (3.80%) Rapid7
6 2 (2.53%) Darktrace
6 2 (2.53%) Google
6 2 (2.53%) Imperva
6 2 (2.53%) Oracle
6 2 (2.53%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.53%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.53%) SAP
6 2 (2.53%) Tenable
7 1 (1.27%) Aruba
7 1 (1.27%) Cisco
7 1 (1.27%) Meraki
7 1 (1.27%) Zscaler