Cybersecurity Analyst Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity Analyst
England > Yorkshire

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in Yorkshire is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 - 109
Rank change year-on-year - - +27
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 5 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.30% - 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% - 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £510 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - -
75th Percentile £543 - -
90th Percentile £600 - -
England median daily rate £520 £550 £506
% change year-on-year -5.45% +8.64% -3.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,553 1,327 1,942
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 90.46% 95.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,020 782 1,267
10th Percentile £253 £263 £239
25th Percentile £380 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £603
90th Percentile £638 £650 £700
England median daily rate £512 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.48% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 56 33
10th Percentile £17.48 £14.86 £13.92
25th Percentile £19.85 £16.25 £17.22
Median hourly rate £25.04 £23.34 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% +9.53% +11.89%
75th Percentile £81.25 £39.69 £23.75
90th Percentile - £48.75 £41.60
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +67.93%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
South Yorkshire - 2 £525 -
West Yorkshire - 2 £520 - 3
North Yorkshire - 1 £625 -
Cybersecurity Analyst
England

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 16 October 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 Yorkshire region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (40.00%) Confluence
3 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) GCIA
3 2 (40.00%) GCIH
3 2 (40.00%) GCP
3 2 (40.00%) GIAC
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
3 2 (40.00%) NIST
3 2 (40.00%) NIST 800
3 2 (40.00%) OCI
3 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (40.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) Rapid7
3 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) GCP
1 2 (40.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (40.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) SOAR
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Use Case
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (40.00%) GCIA
1 2 (40.00%) GCIH
1 2 (40.00%) GIAC
1 2 (40.00%) SSCP
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
1 2 (40.00%) NIST 800
1 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Rapid7
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft