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 12 September 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 541 483 508
Rank change year-on-year -58 +25 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 130 79 59
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.24% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.26% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 50 29
10th Percentile £346 £300 £413
25th Percentile £409 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £498 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.55% -9.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £613
90th Percentile £760 £650 £697
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £484 £550
% change year-on-year +18.80% -12.00% +2.80%
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 50,382 30,069 35,903
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 91.09% 93.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,936 18,968 22,276
10th Percentile £325 £280 £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 £625 £621 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,746 1,571 1,738
10th Percentile £14.58 £13.75 £14.73
25th Percentile £20.25 £17.04 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -
75th Percentile £67.50 £52.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.88 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.59
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.83% +12.32%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -72 119 £575 +10.58% 61
UK excluding London -69 74 £575 +18.80% 43
London -63 47 £543 +3.39% 20
South East -25 45 £600 +26.21% 8
Work from Home -66 30 £468 +4.06% 19
North of England -66 10 £425 -21.30% 13
South West -39 8 £650 +85.71% 6
Yorkshire -41 5 £575 -0.43% 4
North West -43 5 £385 -26.76% 9
East of England - 4 - - 4
Scotland -33 3 £375 -22.52%
Wales - 3 £240 - 1
West Midlands -52 1 £250 -52.38% 3
Midlands -53 1 £250 -52.38% 11

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 130 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (41.54%) SIEM
3 50 (38.46%) Security Cleared
4 47 (36.15%) Security Operations
5 37 (28.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (24.62%) NIST
7 29 (22.31%) Vulnerability Management
8 28 (21.54%) Incident Response
8 28 (21.54%) Security Monitoring
9 27 (20.77%) DV Cleared
10 25 (19.23%) Microsoft
11 24 (18.46%) Incident Management
12 22 (16.92%) Azure
12 22 (16.92%) Threat Detection
13 20 (15.38%) SC Cleared
13 20 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
15 16 (12.31%) Information Security
16 15 (11.54%) AWS
17 14 (10.77%) CISSP
17 14 (10.77%) Cloud Security
17 14 (10.77%) GAP Analysis
17 14 (10.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 13 (10.00%) Application Security
18 13 (10.00%) Entra ID
18 13 (10.00%) Risk Management
18 13 (10.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
19 11 (8.46%) CrowdStrike
19 11 (8.46%) Degree
19 11 (8.46%) GRC

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 4 (3.08%) Confluence
1 4 (3.08%) IIS
2 2 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.77%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (3.08%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.77%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 22 (16.92%) Azure
2 15 (11.54%) AWS
3 13 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 8 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.38%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.62%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (4.62%) GCP
7 3 (2.31%) Akamai
7 3 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.31%) GitHub
8 2 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.54%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.54%) SaaS
9 1 (0.77%) Google Data Studio
9 1 (0.77%) IaaS
9 1 (0.77%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.77%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.85%) Network Security
2 4 (3.08%) Firewall
2 4 (3.08%) HTTP
3 3 (2.31%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.77%) Modbus
4 1 (0.77%) NAS
4 1 (0.77%) SAN
4 1 (0.77%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.77%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.38%) Power BI
2 1 (0.77%) Big Data
2 1 (0.77%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.77%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (2.31%) GitLab
1 3 (2.31%) Jenkins
1 3 (2.31%) JIRA
2 2 (1.54%) Burp Suite
2 2 (1.54%) Snyk
2 2 (1.54%) SonarQube
General
1 46 (35.38%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (12.31%) Finance
4 11 (8.46%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (6.92%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.15%) Banking
7 5 (3.85%) Military
8 3 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.54%) Law
9 2 (1.54%) Local Government
9 2 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.77%) Advertising
10 1 (0.77%) Back Office
10 1 (0.77%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.77%) Publishing
10 1 (0.77%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.62%) FIDO
1 6 (4.62%) WebAuthn
2 4 (3.08%) REST
3 2 (1.54%) Regular Expression
3 2 (1.54%) Terraform
4 1 (0.77%) ADO
4 1 (0.77%) JSON
4 1 (0.77%) LDAP
4 1 (0.77%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.62%) Operational Technology
2 10 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.15%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.62%) CMDB
4 6 (4.62%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (4.62%) Security Posture
4 6 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.08%) NHS
5 4 (3.08%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.08%) SCADA
6 3 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.31%) CSOC
6 3 (2.31%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (2.31%) Cyberattack
6 3 (2.31%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.31%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (2.31%) Mobile Payment
6 3 (2.31%) Smartcard
7 2 (1.54%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.92%) Windows
2 7 (5.38%) Linux
3 3 (2.31%) Mac OS
3 3 (2.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (41.54%) SIEM
3 47 (36.15%) Security Operations
4 29 (22.31%) Vulnerability Management
5 28 (21.54%) Incident Response
5 28 (21.54%) Security Monitoring
6 24 (18.46%) Incident Management
7 22 (16.92%) Threat Detection
8 20 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 19 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (12.31%) Information Security
11 14 (10.77%) Cloud Security
11 14 (10.77%) GAP Analysis
11 14 (10.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (10.00%) Application Security
12 13 (10.00%) Risk Management
12 13 (10.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 11 (8.46%) Problem-Solving
13 11 (8.46%) Remediation Plan
13 11 (8.46%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.62%) Python
2 4 (3.08%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.31%) Bash
4 2 (1.54%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.54%) Perl
5 1 (0.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 27 (20.77%) DV Cleared
3 20 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 14 (10.77%) CISSP
5 11 (8.46%) Degree
6 8 (6.15%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (5.38%) CISM
7 7 (5.38%) GIAC
8 6 (4.62%) CISA
8 6 (4.62%) CompTIA CySA+
9 5 (3.85%) SANS
10 4 (3.08%) CEH
11 3 (2.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (2.31%) CLAS
11 3 (2.31%) CREST Certified
11 3 (2.31%) IIBA
11 3 (2.31%) IISP
11 3 (2.31%) MCSE
11 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (28.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (24.62%) NIST
3 11 (8.46%) GRC
4 9 (6.92%) GDPR
5 5 (3.85%) PCI DSS
6 4 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (2.31%) ISO 31000
7 3 (2.31%) ISO 9001
8 2 (1.54%) COBIT
8 2 (1.54%) SLA
9 1 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.77%) NCSC
9 1 (0.77%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (2.31%) Docker
1 3 (2.31%) ISA Server
2 2 (1.54%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.77%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.77%) NFS
3 1 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.08%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.31%) CASB
2 3 (2.31%) Nessus
2 3 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.54%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 25 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.46%) CrowdStrike
3 9 (6.92%) Splunk
4 7 (5.38%) Google
4 7 (5.38%) Qualys
5 4 (3.08%) Tripwire
6 3 (2.31%) ArcSight
6 3 (2.31%) Centrify
6 3 (2.31%) Cisco
6 3 (2.31%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.31%) F5
6 3 (2.31%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.31%) Tenable
7 2 (1.54%) Checkmarx
7 2 (1.54%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.54%) Veracode
7 2 (1.54%) VMware
7 2 (1.54%) Workday
8 1 (0.77%) Databricks
8 1 (0.77%) Snow