Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £463, 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 277 324 427
Rank change year-on-year +47 +103 +156
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 27 21 50
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.27% 0.14% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.15% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 36
10th Percentile £252 £398 £350
25th Percentile £287 £495 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £515 £513
Median % change year-on-year -10.19% +0.49% -6.82%
75th Percentile £492 £575 £663
90th Percentile £553 £649 £746
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 - £70.25
% change year-on-year - - +6.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cybersecurity Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cybersecurity Analyst.

Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cybersecurity Analyst.

Cybersecurity Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Cybersecurity 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 27 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (51.85%) Social Skills
3 9 (33.33%) Python
3 9 (33.33%) CISSP
4 8 (29.63%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (29.63%) CISM
4 8 (29.63%) Vulnerability Management
4 8 (29.63%) Power BI
4 8 (29.63%) Power Platform
5 7 (25.93%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (22.22%) Customer Service
6 6 (22.22%) Security Posture
6 6 (22.22%) Analytics
6 6 (22.22%) Firewall
6 6 (22.22%) Risk Management
6 6 (22.22%) Data Analysis
6 6 (22.22%) Qualys
6 6 (22.22%) Security Testing
7 5 (18.52%) PCI DSS
7 5 (18.52%) Information Security
7 5 (18.52%) Finance
7 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
7 5 (18.52%) SQL
7 5 (18.52%) Security Operations
7 5 (18.52%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (18.52%) Scorecard
7 5 (18.52%) GDPR
7 5 (18.52%) Tableau
7 5 (18.52%) HIPAA

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) Power Platform
2 4 (14.81%) Entra ID
3 3 (11.11%) Azure
4 2 (7.41%) Akamai
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) Firewall
2 3 (11.11%) Network Security
3 1 (3.70%) DNS
3 1 (3.70%) HTTP
3 1 (3.70%) SMTP
3 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (29.63%) Power BI
2 5 (18.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.70%) Metasploit
General
1 14 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Finance
4 3 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Banking
5 2 (7.41%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.70%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 4 (14.81%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (14.81%) Operational Technology
3 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (3.70%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (29.63%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (29.63%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (22.22%) Analytics
3 6 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 6 (22.22%) Data Analysis
3 6 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 6 (22.22%) Security Testing
4 5 (18.52%) Identity Access Management
4 5 (18.52%) Information Security
4 5 (18.52%) Scorecard
4 5 (18.52%) Security Operations
4 5 (18.52%) Visualisation
5 4 (14.81%) Customer Experience
5 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (14.81%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 3 (11.11%) Incident Response
6 3 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 3 (11.11%) RBAC
6 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) Python
2 5 (18.52%) SQL
3 1 (3.70%) Bash
3 1 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) CISSP
2 8 (29.63%) CISM
3 4 (14.81%) CEH
3 4 (14.81%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (14.81%) Degree
4 3 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 2 (7.41%) CISA
5 2 (7.41%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (3.70%) CCNA
6 1 (3.70%) CCSP
6 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.70%) GCIH
6 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (3.70%) OSCP
6 1 (3.70%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) GDPR
1 5 (18.52%) HIPAA
1 5 (18.52%) PCI DSS
2 4 (14.81%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (14.81%) NIST
3 3 (11.11%) GRC
3 3 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (7.41%) NIST 800
5 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) CASB
1 1 (3.70%) CSIRT
1 1 (3.70%) Nessus
1 1 (3.70%) Nmap
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Qualys
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.11%) ForgeRock
3 3 (11.11%) Okta
4 2 (7.41%) Imperva
4 2 (7.41%) Palo Alto
4 2 (7.41%) Tenable
5 1 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (3.70%) Darktrace
5 1 (3.70%) Forcepoint
5 1 (3.70%) Google