Security Risk Analyst Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Risk Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Risk Analyst daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 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
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 340 456
Rank change year-on-year +36 +116 +152
Contract jobs requiring a Security Risk Analyst 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% 0.014% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.015% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile £492 - -
UK median daily rate £475 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -11.63% +7.50% -6.98%

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 9,439 13,759 22,674
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 93.73% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,344 9,264 16,024
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 543 538
10th Percentile £13.96 £14.16 £16.98
25th Percentile £17.51 £22.50 £24.65
Median hourly rate £34.48 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% -14.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £75.15
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -29.33% -12.79% +68.63%

Security Risk Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Risk Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Security Risk 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 Security Risk Analyst.

Security Risk Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, Security Risk 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 Security Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) ITSM
3 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (40.00%) Python
3 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (40.00%) TensorFlow
3 2 (40.00%) GNU Octave
3 2 (40.00%) Ticket Management
3 2 (40.00%) NIST 800
3 2 (40.00%) EBIOS
3 2 (40.00%) NIST
3 2 (40.00%) PyTorch
3 2 (40.00%) GRC
4 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (20.00%) LLM
4 1 (20.00%) SOC 2
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Deep Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS

Security Risk 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 (40.00%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) PyTorch
1 2 (40.00%) TensorFlow
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (40.00%) EBIOS
3 2 (40.00%) ITSM
3 2 (40.00%) Ticket Management
4 1 (20.00%) Deep Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (20.00%) ISMS
4 1 (20.00%) LLM
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (20.00%) OWASP
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISA
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GRC
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
1 2 (40.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (20.00%) SOC 2