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 26 June 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 460 498
Rank change year-on-year -94 +38 +67
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 99 71 90
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.23% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.25% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 44 65
10th Percentile £341 £287 £418
25th Percentile £421 £319 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £725
90th Percentile £633 £637 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £475 £570
% change year-on-year +26.21% -16.67% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - £51.88
25th Percentile £46.25 £45.75 £54.69
Median hourly rate £48.75 £54.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% -11.02% -18.33%
75th Percentile £54.69 £63.25 £69.69
90th Percentile £63.13 - £73.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 - £50.00
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

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 47,008 27,876 40,382
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 92.16% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,552 17,889 25,942
10th Percentile £325 £288 £281
25th Percentile £415 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,155 1,223 2,887
10th Percentile £15.38 £13.76 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.08 £17.31 £16.58
Median hourly rate £43.61 £26.45 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.86% -29.47% -12.79%
75th Percentile £67.50 £55.37 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.65 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -

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 26 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 26 June 2026.

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 26 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 -95 84 £575 +21.05% 36
UK excluding London -91 52 £600 +26.21% 29
London -65 35 £525 +6.06% 11
Work from Home -57 26 £488 +8.33% 12
South East -50 22 £600 +26.21% 9
Scotland -12 10 £400 -11.89%
South West -26 10 £650 +85.71% 4
North of England - 6 £472 - 7
Yorkshire - 5 £600 - 2
West Midlands -57 4 £250 -55.75%
Midlands -62 4 £250 -55.75% 2
North West - 1 £344 - 5

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 99 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (46.46%) Security Cleared
3 37 (37.37%) SIEM
4 28 (28.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (27.27%) Azure
6 25 (25.25%) NIST
7 24 (24.24%) Security Operations
8 23 (23.23%) SC Cleared
9 22 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (20.20%) DV Cleared
10 20 (20.20%) Incident Response
11 18 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
12 16 (16.16%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (15.15%) GAP Analysis
14 14 (14.14%) DevOps
14 14 (14.14%) Security Monitoring
15 13 (13.13%) CISSP
16 12 (12.12%) Analytics
16 12 (12.12%) AWS
16 12 (12.12%) Incident Management
16 12 (12.12%) Microsoft
16 12 (12.12%) Remediation Plan
16 12 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 12 (12.12%) Vulnerability Remediation
17 11 (11.11%) Cloud Security
17 11 (11.11%) Power BI
17 11 (11.11%) Power Platform
18 10 (10.10%) Degree
18 10 (10.10%) Problem-Solving
19 9 (9.09%) Azure DevOps

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 (5.05%) Confluence
2 2 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.01%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (7.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.04%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.01%) InfoPath
5 1 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 27 (27.27%) Azure
2 12 (12.12%) AWS
3 11 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 9 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (6.06%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (6.06%) Entra ID
5 6 (6.06%) Power Automate
6 4 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (3.03%) GCP
7 3 (3.03%) GitHub
8 2 (2.02%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.01%) Lucidchart
9 1 (1.01%) SaaS
9 1 (1.01%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.05%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (4.04%) Firewall
3 3 (3.03%) Network Security
4 1 (1.01%) Modbus
4 1 (1.01%) NAS
4 1 (1.01%) SAN
4 1 (1.01%) VLAN
4 1 (1.01%) VoIP
4 1 (1.01%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (1.01%) Big Data
2 1 (1.01%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (5.05%) JIRA
2 3 (3.03%) GitLab
2 3 (3.03%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.02%) Burp Suite
3 2 (2.02%) Snyk
3 2 (2.02%) SonarQube
General
1 36 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 16 (16.16%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (15.15%) Finance
4 9 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (6.06%) Banking
5 6 (6.06%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.03%) Military
7 2 (2.02%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.02%) Marketing
8 1 (1.01%) Advertising
8 1 (1.01%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.01%) Local Government
8 1 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.01%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.03%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.01%) ADO
2 1 (1.01%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.19%) Operational Technology
2 9 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 6 (6.06%) Management Information System
4 5 (5.05%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (5.05%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.03%) Robotics
5 3 (3.03%) SCADA
6 2 (2.02%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.02%) CSOC
6 2 (2.02%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.02%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.02%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.01%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.01%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.01%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.01%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.01%) PKI
7 1 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.05%) Windows
2 4 (4.04%) Linux
3 1 (1.01%) AIX
3 1 (1.01%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (37.37%) SIEM
3 24 (24.24%) Security Operations
4 22 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (20.20%) Incident Response
6 18 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
7 16 (16.16%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (15.15%) GAP Analysis
9 14 (14.14%) DevOps
9 14 (14.14%) Security Monitoring
10 12 (12.12%) Analytics
10 12 (12.12%) Incident Management
10 12 (12.12%) Remediation Plan
10 12 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (12.12%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 11 (11.11%) Cloud Security
12 10 (10.10%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 9 (9.09%) Threat Detection
13 9 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.07%) SQL
2 6 (6.06%) Python
3 4 (4.04%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.03%) Bash
5 2 (2.02%) Perl
6 1 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 46 (46.46%) Security Cleared
2 23 (23.23%) SC Cleared
3 20 (20.20%) DV Cleared
4 13 (13.13%) CISSP
5 10 (10.10%) Degree
6 8 (8.08%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (7.07%) CISM
7 7 (7.07%) GIAC
8 6 (6.06%) CEH
9 5 (5.05%) CISA
9 5 (5.05%) CompTIA CySA+
9 5 (5.05%) SANS
10 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (3.03%) Master's Degree
11 3 (3.03%) MCSE
12 2 (2.02%) AWS Certification
12 2 (2.02%) Azure Certification
12 2 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (2.02%) CBAP
12 2 (2.02%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (28.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (25.25%) NIST
3 5 (5.05%) GRC
4 3 (3.03%) COBIT
4 3 (3.03%) GDPR
5 2 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.02%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (2.02%) SLA
6 1 (1.01%) GxP
6 1 (1.01%) ISA99
6 1 (1.01%) NCSC
6 1 (1.01%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.01%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (3.03%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.03%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.02%) HP Fortify
2 2 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.02%) Terraform
3 1 (1.01%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 12 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.05%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.04%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (4.04%) Progress
3 4 (4.04%) Qualys
4 3 (3.03%) ArcSight
4 3 (3.03%) Splunk
5 2 (2.02%) Checkmarx
5 2 (2.02%) CyberArk
5 2 (2.02%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.02%) Tenable
5 2 (2.02%) Tripwire
5 2 (2.02%) Veracode
6 1 (1.01%) Cisco
6 1 (1.01%) Clearswift
6 1 (1.01%) Databricks
6 1 (1.01%) Google
6 1 (1.01%) NEC
6 1 (1.01%) Snow
6 1 (1.01%) Tanium