Network Security Analyst Contract Job Trends

Network Security Analyst
UK

The median Network Security Analyst daily rate in the UK is £371, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 559 550 621
Rank change year-on-year -9 +71 +219
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Analyst 4 1 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.003% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.003% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - £518
25th Percentile - - £583
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £371 £550 £597
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% -7.80% +63.42%
75th Percentile - - £626
90th Percentile - - £644
UK excluding London median daily rate - £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +77.78%

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 31,114 33,947 44,122
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 92.88% 93.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,696 20,467 30,059
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £738 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,755 1,285 1,535
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.04 £14.88
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.19 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +57.89%
75th Percentile £51.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +85.42%

Network Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Network Security Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Security Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Network Security Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Network Security Analyst
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 2 November 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 -7 4 £371 -32.48% 3
London - 3 - - 3

Network Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 November 2025, Network 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 Network Security Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Behavioural Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Darktrace
2 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) GCIA
2 1 (25.00%) GIAC
2 1 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Zscaler

Network 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Insider Threat
1 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Behavioural Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (25.00%) GCIA
1 1 (25.00%) GIAC
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (25.00%) Darktrace
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Zscaler