Security Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £535, 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 283 272 388
Rank change year-on-year -11 +116 -49
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 119 159 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.70% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.74% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 97 76
10th Percentile £356 £340 £325
25th Percentile £419 £413 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £750 £550 £575
90th Percentile - £613 £588
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 6
10th Percentile £11.25 - £62.78
25th Percentile £11.56 £72.50 £63.30
Median hourly rate £12.50 £75.00 £66.90
Median % change year-on-year -83.33% +12.11% +14.99%
75th Percentile - £77.50 £76.65
90th Percentile £31.25 - £80.13
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
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,709 21,379 29,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.21% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 14,853 20,421
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,090 1,383
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.68 £62.45
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding 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
South East +17 38 £542 +8.40% 24
Scotland +58 22 £525 +23.53% 4
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 the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 72 (60.50%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (35.29%) Security Cleared
3 30 (25.21%) Information Security
3 30 (25.21%) Microsoft
4 28 (23.53%) SC Cleared
5 26 (21.85%) Social Skills
6 25 (21.01%) SIEM
7 22 (18.49%) Azure
8 21 (17.65%) Management Information System
9 20 (16.81%) Microsoft Excel
9 20 (16.81%) Active Directory
10 19 (15.97%) Banking
10 19 (15.97%) Identity Access Management
11 18 (15.13%) Security Operations
11 18 (15.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 17 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 17 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
12 17 (14.29%) SharePoint
12 17 (14.29%) Entra ID
12 17 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
13 16 (13.45%) SailPoint
13 16 (13.45%) CyberArk
13 16 (13.45%) Remediation Plan
13 16 (13.45%) QA
14 15 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
14 15 (12.61%) Public Sector
15 14 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
15 14 (11.76%) CISSP
16 13 (10.92%) Use Case
16 13 (10.92%) Incident Management

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 17 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.52%) Confluence
3 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (16.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.36%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (18.49%) Azure
2 17 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 7 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.52%) AWS
5 2 (1.68%) Mimecast
5 2 (1.68%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.84%) GCP
6 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.08%) Firewall
2 11 (9.24%) Network Security
3 6 (5.04%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (5.04%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (2.52%) Intranet
4 3 (2.52%) SAN
4 3 (2.52%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.68%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.68%) Wireless
6 1 (0.84%) SMTP
6 1 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.68%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.52%) JIRA
2 1 (0.84%) Jenkins
General
1 26 (21.85%) Social Skills
2 19 (15.97%) Banking
3 15 (12.61%) Public Sector
4 14 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.88%) Finance
6 5 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.20%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.52%) Police
7 3 (2.52%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.68%) French Language
8 2 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.68%) Legal
9 1 (0.84%) Advertising
9 1 (0.84%) Electronics
9 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.84%) Marketing
9 1 (0.84%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.45%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 21 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 10 (8.40%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (8.40%) Security Posture
3 7 (5.88%) Operational Technology
4 6 (5.04%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (5.04%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.52%) CSOC
5 3 (2.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (2.52%) SCADA
6 2 (1.68%) CCTV
6 2 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.68%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.68%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.84%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (0.84%) Contactless
7 1 (0.84%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.24%) Linux
2 9 (7.56%) Windows
3 5 (4.20%) Debian
3 5 (4.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (60.50%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (25.21%) Information Security
3 25 (21.01%) SIEM
4 19 (15.97%) Identity Access Management
5 18 (15.13%) Security Operations
6 17 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
6 17 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 17 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
7 16 (13.45%) Remediation Plan
8 15 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (10.92%) Incident Management
9 13 (10.92%) Incident Response
9 13 (10.92%) Security Monitoring
9 13 (10.92%) Use Case
10 12 (10.08%) Risk Management
11 9 (7.56%) Data Protection
11 9 (7.56%) Decision-Making
11 9 (7.56%) Privileged Access Management
11 9 (7.56%) Technical Analysis
11 9 (7.56%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 28 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.76%) CISSP
4 13 (10.92%) DV Cleared
5 12 (10.08%) CISM
6 11 (9.24%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (5.04%) CCNP
7 6 (5.04%) Degree
8 4 (3.36%) CISA
8 4 (3.36%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (2.52%) CCNA
9 3 (2.52%) CRISC
9 3 (2.52%) ISSAP
9 3 (2.52%) OSCP
10 2 (1.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.68%) SANS
11 1 (0.84%) CompTIA CySA+
11 1 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 1 (0.84%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (13.45%) QA
3 9 (7.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 9 (7.56%) NIST
4 4 (3.36%) RMADS
5 3 (2.52%) COBIT
5 3 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.52%) IASME
5 3 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (2.52%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.68%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.84%) GDPR
7 1 (0.84%) GRC
System Software
1 20 (16.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (5.88%) Nessus
Vendors
1 30 (25.21%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.45%) CyberArk
3 7 (5.88%) Cisco
4 6 (5.04%) Juniper
4 6 (5.04%) Palo Alto
4 6 (5.04%) ScienceLogic
5 5 (4.20%) Red Hat
5 5 (4.20%) Splunk
6 3 (2.52%) SAP
6 3 (2.52%) VMware
7 2 (1.68%) HP
8 1 (0.84%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.84%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.84%) ForeScout
8 1 (0.84%) Google
8 1 (0.84%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.84%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.84%) Sophos
8 1 (0.84%) Varonis