Monitoring Analyst Contract Job Trends

Monitoring Analyst
UK

The median Monitoring Analyst daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 551 620
Rank change year-on-year +9 +69 +217
Contract jobs requiring a Monitoring Analyst 22 7 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.066% 0.019% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.020% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 8
10th Percentile £412 £240 £250
25th Percentile £469 £294 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% - -6.49%
75th Percentile £611 £606 £452
90th Percentile £613 £669 £482
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £675 £450
% change year-on-year -33.33% +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 30,429 34,622 44,656
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.90% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,240 20,894 30,502
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,674 1,380 1,518
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.02 £14.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.94%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.56 £40.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -38.60% -9.60% +93.74%

Monitoring Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Monitoring Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Monitoring Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Monitoring Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Monitoring Analyst over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Monitoring Analyst in the UK

Monitoring Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Monitoring Analyst
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Monitoring Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 22 October 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 +18 21 £575 +27.78% 10
London +26 17 £575 +27.78% 6
Work from Home +40 16 £575 +27.78% 5
UK excluding London -16 4 £450 -33.33% 8
South East - 3 £450 - 4
West Midlands - 1 £308 - 4
Midlands - 1 £308 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, Monitoring 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 Monitoring Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (68.18%) Microsoft
2 13 (59.09%) Azure
2 13 (59.09%) Azure Sentinel
2 13 (59.09%) Splunk
3 11 (50.00%) Carbon Black
3 11 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
3 11 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
3 11 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 11 (50.00%) Qualys
4 5 (22.73%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 5 (22.73%) SQL
5 4 (18.18%) Python
6 3 (13.64%) AWS
7 2 (9.09%) AI
7 2 (9.09%) Change Management
7 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (9.09%) GCP
7 2 (9.09%) Incident Response
7 2 (9.09%) ITIL
7 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (9.09%) Security Monitoring
7 2 (9.09%) SIEM
7 2 (9.09%) Threat Detection
8 1 (4.55%) Actimize
8 1 (4.55%) Analytics
8 1 (4.55%) Anomaly Detection
8 1 (4.55%) Data Analysis
8 1 (4.55%) Data Extraction
8 1 (4.55%) Data Management

Monitoring 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 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Actimize
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 13 (59.09%) Azure
1 13 (59.09%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (13.64%) AWS
3 2 (9.09%) GCP
4 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle Database
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
1 1 (4.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 4 (18.18%) Banking
1 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.55%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 5 (22.73%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 2 (9.09%) AI
3 2 (9.09%) Change Management
3 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (9.09%) Incident Response
3 2 (9.09%) ITIL
3 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (9.09%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (9.09%) SIEM
3 2 (9.09%) Threat Detection
4 1 (4.55%) Data Analysis
4 1 (4.55%) Data Management
4 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.55%) Project Management
4 1 (4.55%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (4.55%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (4.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (4.55%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (22.73%) SQL
3 4 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
1 1 (4.55%) PMP
Vendors
1 15 (68.18%) Microsoft
2 13 (59.09%) Splunk
3 11 (50.00%) Carbon Black
3 11 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
3 11 (50.00%) Qualys
4 1 (4.55%) Oracle
4 1 (4.55%) Pega
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow