Junior Security Analyst Contract Job Trends

Junior Security Analyst
UK

The median Junior Security Analyst daily rate in the UK is £134, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 521 -
Rank change year-on-year -120 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Security Analyst 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.010% 0.007% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.007% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £126 - -
25th Percentile £127 £153 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £134 £155 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.71% - -
75th Percentile £142 £158 -
90th Percentile £143 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £19.04 - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - -
Median hourly rate £20.31 - -
75th Percentile £22.07 - -
90th Percentile £22.70 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.31 - -

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 46,354 27,333 40,601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 92.29% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,205 17,581 26,034
10th Percentile £325 £288 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £623 £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 3,093 1,154 2,952
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.79 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.61 £27.52 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.48% -26.63% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £62.00
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% -1.45%

Junior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Junior Security Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Junior Security Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior Security Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Security Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Security Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Junior Security Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Security Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Security Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Junior Security Analyst
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Security Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 -105 4 £134 -13.71% 10
London -68 2 £134 -13.71% 5
Work from Home - 2 £134 - 1
East of England - 2 - -
UK excluding London - 2 - - 9

Junior Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 June 2026, Junior Security 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 Junior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Due Diligence
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Information Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Principle of Least Privilege
2 2 (40.00%) Runbook
2 2 (40.00%) SaaS
2 2 (40.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) SSCP
3 1 (20.00%) Statistics

Junior Security 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Due Diligence
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Information Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Principle of Least Privilege
2 2 (40.00%) Runbook
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SSCP