IT Security Analyst Contracts

IT Security Analyst
UK

The median IT Security Analyst daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 575 690
Rank change year-on-year +59 +115 +118
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 4 7 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.016% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.017% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 18
10th Percentile - £419 £325
25th Percentile £488 £625 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £650 £450
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +44.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £500
90th Percentile £683 £700 £539
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 - £438
% change year-on-year - - -10.26%

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

IT Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured IT Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Analyst in the UK

IT Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Security Analyst.

Daily rate trend for IT Security Analyst in the UK

IT Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Security Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Security Analyst in the UK

IT Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Security Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for IT Security Analyst in the UK

IT Security Analyst
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +55 4 £500 -23.08% 6
Work from Home +41 2 £500 -27.27% 4
London +34 2 £700 +7.69% 4
Midlands - 2 £500 -
North West - 2 £500 -
West Midlands - 2 £500 -
UK excluding London - 2 £500 - 3
North of England - 2 £500 -

IT Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Security Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring IT Security Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (50.00%) Varonis
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Mimecast
4 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (25.00%) JIRA
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Front Office
4 1 (25.00%) Law
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset

IT Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Mimecast
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Front Office
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Varonis