Security Analyst Contracts in London

Security Analyst
England > London

The median Security Analyst daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 338 348 424
Rank change year-on-year +10 +76 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 62 134 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.35% 0.53% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.56% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 102 125
10th Percentile £413 £363 £363
25th Percentile £463 £458 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £510
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +12.75% +12.09%
75th Percentile £584 £697 £600
90th Percentile £675 £871 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% +9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £29.25
Median hourly rate - - £30.50
75th Percentile - - £31.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £11.25 £75.00 £65.80
% change year-on-year -85.00% +13.98% +13.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,560 23,906 36,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 95.05% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,921 17,459 27,030
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 281 404
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.98 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.17 £22.63 £23.75
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.12%
75th Percentile £46.59 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in London

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in London

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in London

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in London

Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Central London +41 10 £500 +0.45% 1
Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 London region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 40 (64.52%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (25.81%) SIEM
2 16 (25.81%) Information Security
3 14 (22.58%) Finance
3 14 (22.58%) Microsoft
3 14 (22.58%) Security Operations
4 13 (20.97%) Incident Response
5 12 (19.35%) CISSP
6 11 (17.74%) Social Skills
6 11 (17.74%) Vulnerability Management
7 10 (16.13%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (14.52%) Azure
8 9 (14.52%) Windows
8 9 (14.52%) NIST
8 9 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (12.90%) Data Protection
9 8 (12.90%) Banking
10 7 (11.29%) Firewall
10 7 (11.29%) Management Information System
10 7 (11.29%) Risk Management
10 7 (11.29%) Threat Intelligence
10 7 (11.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 6 (9.68%) Security Monitoring
11 6 (9.68%) Power Platform
11 6 (9.68%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (9.68%) Power BI
11 6 (9.68%) CISM
11 6 (9.68%) Active Directory
11 6 (9.68%) PowerShell

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.61%) Confluence
3 1 (1.61%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.61%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.61%) OmniGraffle
3 1 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.61%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.13%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (14.52%) Azure
3 6 (9.68%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.23%) AWS
4 2 (3.23%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.61%) IaaS
5 1 (1.61%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.61%) PaaS
5 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.29%) Firewall
2 5 (8.06%) Network Security
3 1 (1.61%) DNS
3 1 (1.61%) HTTP
3 1 (1.61%) SMTP
3 1 (1.61%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.61%) VPN
3 1 (1.61%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.68%) Power BI
2 1 (1.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 14 (22.58%) Finance
2 11 (17.74%) Social Skills
3 8 (12.90%) Banking
4 5 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.84%) Retail Banking
6 2 (3.23%) Law
6 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Games
7 1 (1.61%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.61%) Legal
7 1 (1.61%) Marketing
7 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.29%) Management Information System
2 6 (9.68%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (8.06%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (6.45%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (6.45%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (4.84%) Cyberattack
5 3 (4.84%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.84%) Security Posture
6 2 (3.23%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.61%) CSOC
7 1 (1.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.61%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.52%) Windows
2 2 (3.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (64.52%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (25.81%) Information Security
2 16 (25.81%) SIEM
3 14 (22.58%) Security Operations
4 13 (20.97%) Incident Response
5 11 (17.74%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (12.90%) Data Protection
8 7 (11.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 7 (11.29%) Risk Management
8 7 (11.29%) Threat Intelligence
9 6 (9.68%) Security Monitoring
10 5 (8.06%) Data Loss Prevention
10 5 (8.06%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 4 (6.45%) Agile
11 4 (6.45%) Cloud Security
11 4 (6.45%) Identity Access Management
11 4 (6.45%) Incident Management
11 4 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (6.45%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.68%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.45%) SQL
3 1 (1.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (19.35%) CISSP
2 6 (9.68%) CISM
3 5 (8.06%) Degree
3 5 (8.06%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.84%) CEH
4 3 (4.84%) GREM
4 3 (4.84%) GSEC
4 3 (4.84%) OSCP
4 3 (4.84%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.23%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.23%) GCIA
5 2 (3.23%) GCIH
5 2 (3.23%) GIAC
6 1 (1.61%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (1.61%) CISA
6 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.61%) CRISC
6 1 (1.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (14.52%) NIST
3 4 (6.45%) GDPR
4 2 (3.23%) GRC
5 1 (1.61%) GLBA
5 1 (1.61%) ISAE 3402
5 1 (1.61%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (1.61%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (9.68%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.84%) CSIRT
1 3 (4.84%) Nessus
1 3 (4.84%) QRadar
2 2 (3.23%) CASB
3 1 (1.61%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.61%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (1.61%) Nmap
Vendors
1 14 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.84%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (3.23%) BeyondTrust
3 2 (3.23%) McAfee
3 2 (3.23%) Oracle
3 2 (3.23%) Qualys
3 2 (3.23%) SAP
4 1 (1.61%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.61%) Axway
4 1 (1.61%) Cisco
4 1 (1.61%) Concur
4 1 (1.61%) Cybereason
4 1 (1.61%) Darktrace
4 1 (1.61%) Lotus
4 1 (1.61%) Netskope
4 1 (1.61%) Proofpoint
4 1 (1.61%) Symantec
4 1 (1.61%) Trend Micro
4 1 (1.61%) VMware