Security Analyst Contracts in Central London

Security Analyst
London > Central London

The median Security Analyst daily rate in Central London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 164 175
Rank change year-on-year +43 +11 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 12 8 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.50% 0.21% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.22% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 16
10th Percentile £213 £356 £350
25th Percentile £438 £500 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £553
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +1.81% +30.00%
75th Percentile £631 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £660 £650
London median daily rate £500 £570 £500
% change year-on-year -12.28% +14.00% +8.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,302 3,663 4,303
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.32% 95.27% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,641 2,508 3,274
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £560
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +4.91% +6.67%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 27 51
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £21.63 £19.36 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -5.41% +105.84%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £40.00 £86.32 £65.75
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.54% +1.43% +9.38%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Central London

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in Central London

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in Central London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in Central London

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in Central London

Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
City of London +53 11 £513 -8.89% 1
Security Analyst
London

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 Central London region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) NIST
3 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (41.67%) Information Security
4 4 (33.33%) SIEM
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (25.00%) Azure
5 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (25.00%) Finance
5 3 (25.00%) CISM
5 3 (25.00%) Firewall
5 3 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (25.00%) CISSP
5 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 3 (25.00%) Due Diligence
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
6 2 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (16.67%) GDPR
6 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
6 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
6 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (16.67%) Advertising
6 2 (16.67%) PCI DSS
6 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (16.67%) Business Continuity
6 2 (16.67%) Information Security Governance

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (8.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) DMZ
2 1 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (8.33%) Network Security
2 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Advertising
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Local Government
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) CSOC
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (41.67%) Information Security
3 4 (33.33%) SIEM
4 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (25.00%) Due Diligence
4 3 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (16.67%) Business Continuity
5 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (16.67%) Information Security Governance
5 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (8.33%) Build Automation
6 1 (8.33%) Data Privacy
6 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
6 1 (8.33%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CISM
1 3 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (8.33%) CISA
2 1 (8.33%) CRISC
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) NIST
2 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (16.67%) GDPR
3 2 (16.67%) PCI DSS
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (8.33%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) CASB
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (8.33%) Netskope
2 1 (8.33%) Zscaler