Cybersecurity Analyst Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the West Midlands is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 110 108
Rank change year-on-year -23 -2 +67
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 5 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.23% 0.11% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.12% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £463 - -
25th Percentile £481 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £606 - -
90th Percentile £648 - £623
England median daily rate £523 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +4.50% - -2.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,941 1,700 1,757
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.08% 93.41% 93.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,251 1,065 1,205
10th Percentile £258 £213 £220
25th Percentile £400 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £683 £706 £688
England median daily rate £504 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.05% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 66 65
10th Percentile £12.66 £12.65 £15.50
25th Percentile £14.19 £15.29 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.08 £23.71 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.76% +5.38% +26.98%
75th Percentile £31.00 £32.02 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £46.88 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.74 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.91% -17.22% +38.46%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 3 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 December 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
Warwickshire -4 4 £588 - 1
Shropshire - 1 £450 -
Cybersecurity Analyst
England

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 3 December 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) NIST
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (20.00%) AIX
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) CAPM
4 1 (20.00%) CBAP
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (20.00%) Confluence
4 1 (20.00%) CyberArk
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) GDPR
4 1 (20.00%) Internal Audit
4 1 (20.00%) LDAP
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Lucidchart
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (20.00%) OAuth
4 1 (20.00%) Operational Stability

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Lucidchart
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) LDAP
1 1 (20.00%) OAuth
1 1 (20.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) AIX
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Solaris
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (20.00%) Operational Stability
3 1 (20.00%) Password Management
3 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Privileged Password Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) RBAC
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CAPM
2 1 (20.00%) CBAP
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) NIST
3 1 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (20.00%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) CyberArk