Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts with Work from Home Options

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in Work from Home is £515 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 393 557
Rank change year-on-year +74 +164 -84
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 22 58 66
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.24% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.25% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 37 50
10th Percentile £420 £363 £387
25th Percentile £495 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -0.45% +22.22%
75th Percentile £575 £663 £600
90th Percentile £649 £737 £625
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68.75 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 - -
75th Percentile £76.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £75.00 £65.80
% change year-on-year -3.33% +13.98% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 13,702 22,790 42,423
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.25% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,229 16,154 30,827
10th Percentile £325 £357 £358
25th Percentile £425 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £633
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 528 568
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.75
25th Percentile £22.54 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.32 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% +32.44% +70.19%
75th Percentile £63.38 £66.71 £58.47
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.15 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cybersecurity Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cybersecurity Analyst.

Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cybersecurity Analyst.

Cybersecurity Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (63.64%) Information Security
2 14 (63.64%) SIEM
3 9 (40.91%) Management Information System
3 9 (40.91%) Risk Management
4 8 (36.36%) Firewall
4 8 (36.36%) Penetration Testing
4 8 (36.36%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 8 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
4 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (31.82%) Security Monitoring
5 7 (31.82%) Public Sector
5 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
5 7 (31.82%) Mentoring
5 7 (31.82%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (31.82%) Computer Science
5 7 (31.82%) Degree
5 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
6 6 (27.27%) Network Security
6 6 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (27.27%) Incident Management
6 6 (27.27%) Decision-Making
7 5 (22.73%) Privileged Access Management
7 5 (22.73%) Incident Response
7 5 (22.73%) Impact Analysis
7 5 (22.73%) Business Impact Analysis
7 5 (22.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 5 (22.73%) Technical Analysis
7 5 (22.73%) Use Case

Cybersecurity 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 1 (4.55%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (36.36%) Firewall
2 6 (27.27%) Network Security
3 4 (18.18%) DHCP
3 4 (18.18%) DNS
3 4 (18.18%) TCP/IP
3 4 (18.18%) VLAN
3 4 (18.18%) VPN
4 2 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (4.55%) Intranet
5 1 (4.55%) Reverse Proxy
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Public Sector
2 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Electronics
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing
4 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Management Information System
2 7 (31.82%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (9.09%) Product Ownership
4 2 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (63.64%) Information Security
2 14 (63.64%) SIEM
3 9 (40.91%) Risk Management
4 8 (36.36%) Penetration Testing
4 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (36.36%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 8 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (31.82%) Computer Science
5 7 (31.82%) Mentoring
5 7 (31.82%) Security Monitoring
6 6 (27.27%) Decision-Making
6 6 (27.27%) Incident Management
7 5 (22.73%) Impact Analysis
7 5 (22.73%) Incident Response
7 5 (22.73%) Privileged Access Management
7 5 (22.73%) Project Management
7 5 (22.73%) Technical Analysis
7 5 (22.73%) Use Case
7 5 (22.73%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Degree
1 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 5 (22.73%) CISSP
3 4 (18.18%) APMP
3 4 (18.18%) CCNA
3 4 (18.18%) CEH
3 4 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (18.18%) CISM
3 4 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (18.18%) PMP
4 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
5 2 (9.09%) GCIA
5 2 (9.09%) GCIH
5 2 (9.09%) GIAC
6 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (22.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (9.09%) NIST
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (4.55%) IASME
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) CSIRT
1 2 (9.09%) Nessus
1 2 (9.09%) QRadar
2 1 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) BeyondTrust
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) Okta
3 1 (4.55%) Qualys
3 1 (4.55%) SAP
3 1 (4.55%) Splunk