Security Analyst Contracts in the West Midlands

Security Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the West Midlands is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 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
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 106 150
Rank change year-on-year +3 +44 -24
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 13 22 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.64% 0.99% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.05% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 21
10th Percentile £361 £400 £450
25th Percentile £388 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +40.13%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £678 £588
England median daily rate £525 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% +9.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,861 2,090 3,440
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.58% 94.40% 96.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,255 1,424 2,486
10th Percentile £250 £263 £230
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% +14.71%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 62 67
10th Percentile £12.02 £12.50 £12.60
25th Percentile £14.75 £14.63 £14.75
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% +15.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £39.69 £28.56 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.63 £57.13 £24.05
England median hourly rate £38.50 £44.53 £24.00
% change year-on-year -13.54% +85.54% +14.01%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the West Midlands

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the West Midlands

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the West Midlands

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the West Midlands

Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Birmingham +15 8 £600 - 2
Coventry +7 2 - - 1
Staffordshire +5 1 - - 3
Warwickshire -12 1 £500 -16.67%
Wednesbury - 1 £260 -
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 11 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 West Midlands region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (38.46%) SIEM
3 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (30.77%) Security Operations
3 4 (30.77%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (23.08%) Windows
4 3 (23.08%) Finance
5 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (15.38%) CISSP
5 2 (15.38%) French Language
5 2 (15.38%) Banking
5 2 (15.38%) Mimecast
5 2 (15.38%) Power BI
5 2 (15.38%) Operational Technology
5 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
6 1 (7.69%) NIST
6 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 1 (7.69%) Attestation
6 1 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (7.69%) GRC
6 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
6 1 (7.69%) Cost Reduction
6 1 (7.69%) Application Security
6 1 (7.69%) Incident Response
6 1 (7.69%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 1 (7.69%) Budget Management

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) Mimecast
2 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Banking
2 2 (15.38%) French Language
3 1 (7.69%) Advertising
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (15.38%) Operational Technology
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (7.69%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (38.46%) SIEM
2 4 (30.77%) Security Operations
3 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.69%) Application Security
4 1 (7.69%) Attestation
4 1 (7.69%) Change Control
4 1 (7.69%) Coaching
4 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (7.69%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
4 1 (7.69%) Information Security
4 1 (7.69%) ISMS
4 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.69%) Security Management
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) CISSP
4 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.69%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GRC
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) Rapid7
1 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
1 1 (7.69%) Sophos