Cyber Defence Analyst Contracts

Cyber Defence Analyst
UK

The median Cyber Defence Analyst daily rate in the UK is £800, 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 558 690 846
Rank change year-on-year +132 +156 -115
Contract jobs requiring a Cyber Defence Analyst 26 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.013% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.013% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 2
10th Percentile £517 £569 £544
25th Percentile £538 £625 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £650 £638
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +1.96% -
75th Percentile £850 £694 £697
90th Percentile - £700 £721
UK excluding London median daily rate £800 £650 £638
% change year-on-year +23.08% +1.96% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Cyber Defence Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence Analyst in the UK

Cyber Defence Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Defence Analyst in the UK

Cyber Defence Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Defence Analyst over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Defence Analyst in the UK

Cyber Defence Analyst
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence Analyst within the UK 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
England +105 26 £800 +23.08%
UK excluding London +46 24 £800 +23.08%
South West - 11 £538 -
West Midlands +20 8 £538 -17.23%
Midlands +19 8 £538 -17.23%
South East - 7 £800 -
Yorkshire - 3 £800 -
North of England - 3 £800 -
London - 1 £750 -

Cyber Defence Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Cyber Defence 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 featuring Cyber Defence Analyst in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
2 24 (92.31%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (92.31%) Cyber Threat
2 24 (92.31%) Security Cleared
3 23 (88.46%) DV Cleared
4 22 (84.62%) Protective Monitoring
5 17 (65.38%) SIEM
5 17 (65.38%) Microsoft
5 17 (65.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 17 (65.38%) NIST 800
5 17 (65.38%) NIST
5 17 (65.38%) Social Skills
6 15 (57.69%) SOAR
6 15 (57.69%) Incident Response
6 15 (57.69%) Incident Management
6 15 (57.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 15 (57.69%) Mentoring
6 15 (57.69%) Threat Intelligence
6 15 (57.69%) Case Management
7 14 (53.85%) Information Security
8 13 (50.00%) Use Case
8 13 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 12 (46.15%) CRM
9 12 (46.15%) Management Information System
9 12 (46.15%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
11 3 (11.54%) Security Operations
11 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
12 2 (7.69%) Distributed Applications
12 2 (7.69%) Operational Technology

Cyber Defence Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Wireless
General
1 17 (65.38%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 26 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
2 24 (92.31%) Cyber Threat
3 17 (65.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 12 (46.15%) Management Information System
5 2 (7.69%) Distributed Applications
5 2 (7.69%) Operational Technology
6 1 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (92.31%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (84.62%) Protective Monitoring
3 17 (65.38%) SIEM
4 15 (57.69%) Case Management
4 15 (57.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 15 (57.69%) Incident Management
4 15 (57.69%) Incident Response
4 15 (57.69%) Mentoring
4 15 (57.69%) SOAR
4 15 (57.69%) Threat Intelligence
5 14 (53.85%) Information Security
6 13 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 13 (50.00%) Use Case
7 12 (46.15%) CRM
7 12 (46.15%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (11.54%) Security Operations
9 2 (7.69%) Analytics
9 2 (7.69%) Open Source
9 2 (7.69%) OSINT
9 2 (7.69%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 24 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 23 (88.46%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (65.38%) NIST
1 17 (65.38%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 17 (65.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Red Hat