Security Analyst Contracts in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 388 368 505
Rank change year-on-year -20 +137 -41
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 163 289 300
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.43% 0.61% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.65% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 200 201
10th Percentile £359 £357 £375
25th Percentile £445 £447 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% +9.68%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £588
90th Percentile £750 £762 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile - - £49.05
25th Percentile - £72.50 £62.78
Median hourly rate £11.25 £75.00 £65.80
Median % change year-on-year -85.00% +13.98% +13.10%
75th Percentile £30.63 £77.50 £74.27
90th Percentile £42.25 - £79.91
UK median hourly rate £12.50 £75.00 £65.80
% change year-on-year -83.33% +13.98% +13.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,808 44,443 66,953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 31,614 47,944
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,321 1,753
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 13 June 2024. 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
London +10 62 £500 -13.04% 21
South East +17 38 £542 +8.40% 24
North of England -25 22 £538 +5.39% 16
Midlands +9 18 £525 -6.67% 7
West Midlands +10 14 £525 -4.55% 6
South West +7 14 £750 +42.86% 7
Yorkshire -2 10 £650 +23.81% 8
North West -13 10 £638 +41.67% 8
East of England +6 7 £535 +48.61% 4
East Midlands +7 4 £400 -33.33% 1
North East - 2 £400 -
Security Analyst
UK

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, Security 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 job ads across the England region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 96 (58.90%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (26.38%) Security Cleared
3 41 (25.15%) Microsoft
4 37 (22.70%) Information Security
5 33 (20.25%) SIEM
6 31 (19.02%) Social Skills
7 30 (18.40%) Security Operations
8 28 (17.18%) Azure
9 27 (16.56%) SC Cleared
9 27 (16.56%) CISSP
10 26 (15.95%) Incident Response
11 23 (14.11%) Banking
12 21 (12.88%) Active Directory
12 21 (12.88%) Finance
12 21 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (11.66%) Risk Management
13 19 (11.66%) Firewall
14 18 (11.04%) CISM
14 18 (11.04%) Management Information System
14 18 (11.04%) Windows
14 18 (11.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 18 (11.04%) Vulnerability Management
14 18 (11.04%) Identity Access Management
15 17 (10.43%) NIST
15 17 (10.43%) Microsoft 365
15 17 (10.43%) Microsoft Excel
15 17 (10.43%) SharePoint
16 16 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
16 16 (9.82%) Network Security
17 15 (9.20%) Entra ID

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (10.43%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.45%) Confluence
3 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.61%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 17 (10.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.07%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.61%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.61%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 28 (17.18%) Azure
2 17 (10.43%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (9.20%) Entra ID
4 8 (4.91%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.07%) AWS
6 2 (1.23%) IaaS
6 2 (1.23%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.23%) SaaS
7 1 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.61%) GCP
7 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.61%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (11.66%) Firewall
2 16 (9.82%) Network Security
3 6 (3.68%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (3.68%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (2.45%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.84%) Intranet
5 3 (1.84%) SAN
6 2 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.23%) SMTP
6 2 (1.23%) Wireless
7 1 (0.61%) DNS
7 1 (0.61%) HTTP
7 1 (0.61%) VPN
7 1 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.61%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.91%) Power BI
2 1 (0.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (3.07%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (19.02%) Social Skills
2 23 (14.11%) Banking
3 21 (12.88%) Finance
4 16 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.07%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.45%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.84%) Legal
8 3 (1.84%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.23%) French Language
9 2 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.23%) Law
9 2 (1.23%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.23%) Marketing
10 1 (0.61%) Advertising
10 1 (0.61%) Electronics
10 1 (0.61%) Games
10 1 (0.61%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.61%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.36%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.04%) Management Information System
2 12 (7.36%) Cyber Threat
2 12 (7.36%) Security Posture
3 11 (6.75%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (4.91%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (4.91%) Operational Technology
5 7 (4.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (3.68%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (3.68%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.68%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.45%) CSOC
7 4 (2.45%) Cyberattack
8 3 (1.84%) SCADA
9 2 (1.23%) CCTV
9 2 (1.23%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.61%) Contactless
10 1 (0.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.61%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.04%) Windows
2 13 (7.98%) Linux
3 5 (3.07%) Debian
3 5 (3.07%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (58.90%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (22.70%) Information Security
3 33 (20.25%) SIEM
4 30 (18.40%) Security Operations
5 26 (15.95%) Incident Response
6 21 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (11.66%) Risk Management
8 18 (11.04%) Identity Access Management
8 18 (11.04%) Vulnerability Management
9 15 (9.20%) Remediation Plan
10 14 (8.59%) Data Protection
11 13 (7.98%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 12 (7.36%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (6.75%) Penetration Testing
14 10 (6.13%) Agile
14 10 (6.13%) Cloud Security
14 10 (6.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 10 (6.13%) Decision-Making
14 10 (6.13%) Threat Intelligence
14 10 (6.13%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.68%) PowerShell
1 6 (3.68%) Python
2 4 (2.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (26.38%) Security Cleared
2 27 (16.56%) CISSP
2 27 (16.56%) SC Cleared
3 18 (11.04%) CISM
4 14 (8.59%) DV Cleared
5 11 (6.75%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (6.75%) Degree
6 6 (3.68%) CCNP
6 6 (3.68%) OSCP
7 5 (3.07%) CISA
8 4 (2.45%) CEH
8 4 (2.45%) GIAC
9 3 (1.84%) CCNA
9 3 (1.84%) CRISC
9 3 (1.84%) GREM
9 3 (1.84%) GSEC
9 3 (1.84%) ISSAP
9 3 (1.84%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (10.43%) NIST
3 12 (7.36%) QA
4 5 (3.07%) GDPR
5 4 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (2.45%) RMADS
6 3 (1.84%) COBIT
6 3 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.84%) GRC
6 3 (1.84%) IASME
6 3 (1.84%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.61%) GLBA
7 1 (0.61%) ISAE 3402
7 1 (0.61%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (12.88%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.84%) Firmware
3 2 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (5.52%) Nessus
2 3 (1.84%) CSIRT
2 3 (1.84%) QRadar
3 2 (1.23%) CASB
4 1 (0.61%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.61%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.61%) Nmap
Vendors
1 41 (25.15%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.36%) CyberArk
3 8 (4.91%) Cisco
4 6 (3.68%) Juniper
4 6 (3.68%) Palo Alto
4 6 (3.68%) ScienceLogic
5 5 (3.07%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.07%) SAP
5 5 (3.07%) Splunk
6 4 (2.45%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (2.45%) VMware
7 2 (1.23%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (1.23%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.23%) HP
7 2 (1.23%) McAfee
7 2 (1.23%) Oracle
7 2 (1.23%) Qualys
8 1 (0.61%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.61%) Trend Micro
8 1 (0.61%) Varonis