Security Analyst Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Analyst daily rate in Work from Home is £505 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 289 302 437
Rank change year-on-year +13 +135 -39
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 53 166 184
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.36% 0.68% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.72% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 116 135
10th Percentile £400 £350 £388
25th Percentile £488 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -2.44% +10.81%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £798 £637
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.25
Median hourly rate - - £63.50
75th Percentile - - £64.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £12.50 £75.00 £66.90
% change year-on-year -83.33% +12.11% +14.99%

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 13,614 23,092 42,542
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.27% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,191 16,381 30,896
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 562 531 571
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.98 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.64 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.74 £52.50 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +37.60% +64.39%
75th Percentile £64.69 £67.13 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.23 £77.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.46
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.97% +12.51%

Security Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security 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 Security Analyst.

Security Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Analyst over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Security Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security 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 Security Analyst.

Security Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 39 (73.58%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (47.17%) Information Security
3 17 (32.08%) Risk Management
4 15 (28.30%) CISSP
4 15 (28.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (28.30%) SIEM
5 14 (26.42%) Vulnerability Management
5 14 (26.42%) Security Cleared
5 14 (26.42%) CISM
6 13 (24.53%) Management Information System
7 12 (22.64%) Penetration Testing
7 12 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (20.75%) NIST
8 11 (20.75%) Firewall
9 10 (18.87%) Public Sector
9 10 (18.87%) Social Skills
9 10 (18.87%) Incident Response
9 10 (18.87%) Security Monitoring
10 9 (16.98%) Security Operations
10 9 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (16.98%) Mentoring
10 9 (16.98%) Decision-Making
10 9 (16.98%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 9 (16.98%) Degree
10 9 (16.98%) SC Cleared
11 8 (15.09%) Finance
12 7 (13.21%) Project Management
12 7 (13.21%) Incident Management
12 7 (13.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 6 (11.32%) Privileged Access Management

Security 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.89%) IBM Notes
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.89%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.66%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.77%) AWS
3 2 (3.77%) Azure
4 1 (1.89%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.89%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.75%) Firewall
2 6 (11.32%) Network Security
3 5 (9.43%) DNS
3 5 (9.43%) TCP/IP
4 4 (7.55%) DHCP
4 4 (7.55%) VLAN
4 4 (7.55%) VPN
5 3 (5.66%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.89%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.89%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.89%) HTTP
6 1 (1.89%) Intranet
6 1 (1.89%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (1.89%) SMTP
6 1 (1.89%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.66%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 10 (18.87%) Public Sector
1 10 (18.87%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (15.09%) Finance
4 5 (9.43%) Banking
5 3 (5.66%) Retail Banking
6 2 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Advertising
7 1 (1.89%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.89%) Legal
7 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 13 (24.53%) Management Information System
2 6 (11.32%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (11.32%) Security Posture
3 4 (7.55%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (5.66%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.89%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.89%) Contactless
6 1 (1.89%) CSOC
6 1 (1.89%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.89%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.89%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.43%) Windows
2 3 (5.66%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (73.58%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (47.17%) Information Security
3 17 (32.08%) Risk Management
4 15 (28.30%) SIEM
5 14 (26.42%) Vulnerability Management
6 12 (22.64%) Penetration Testing
6 12 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (18.87%) Incident Response
7 10 (18.87%) Security Monitoring
8 9 (16.98%) Decision-Making
8 9 (16.98%) Mentoring
8 9 (16.98%) Security Operations
8 9 (16.98%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 7 (13.21%) Incident Management
9 7 (13.21%) Project Management
10 6 (11.32%) Computer Science
10 6 (11.32%) Privileged Access Management
10 6 (11.32%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 5 (9.43%) Cloud Security
11 5 (9.43%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.77%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.89%) Python
2 1 (1.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (28.30%) CISSP
2 14 (26.42%) CISM
2 14 (26.42%) Security Cleared
3 9 (16.98%) Degree
3 9 (16.98%) SC Cleared
4 6 (11.32%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (9.43%) CISA
6 4 (7.55%) APMP
6 4 (7.55%) CCNA
6 4 (7.55%) CEH
6 4 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (7.55%) CRISC
6 4 (7.55%) PMP
7 2 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (3.77%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.77%) GCIH
7 2 (3.77%) ISSAP
7 2 (3.77%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.89%) GIAC
8 1 (1.89%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (28.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (20.75%) NIST
3 7 (13.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 3 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (3.77%) COBIT
5 2 (3.77%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (3.77%) GDPR
5 2 (3.77%) ISO 31000
5 2 (3.77%) NCSC
5 2 (3.77%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.89%) GLBA
6 1 (1.89%) GRC
6 1 (1.89%) IASME
6 1 (1.89%) ISAE 3402
6 1 (1.89%) QA
6 1 (1.89%) RMADS
6 1 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.89%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (3.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Nessus
2 1 (1.89%) CASB
2 1 (1.89%) CSIRT
2 1 (1.89%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (1.89%) Nmap
2 1 (1.89%) QRadar
2 1 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.66%) Cisco
3 2 (3.77%) Splunk
4 1 (1.89%) Axway
4 1 (1.89%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.89%) Darktrace
4 1 (1.89%) ForeScout
4 1 (1.89%) Juniper
4 1 (1.89%) Lotus
4 1 (1.89%) McAfee
4 1 (1.89%) Netskope
4 1 (1.89%) Okta
4 1 (1.89%) Oracle
4 1 (1.89%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.89%) Qualys
4 1 (1.89%) ScienceLogic
4 1 (1.89%) Trend Micro
4 1 (1.89%) Varonis
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