Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts in the City of London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the City of 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 119 170 194
Rank change year-on-year +51 +24 -41
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 5 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.23% 0.11% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.12% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £251 £290 -
25th Percentile £400 £334 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £411 £600
Median % change year-on-year +21.58% -31.46% +39.13%
75th Percentile £538 £492 -
90th Percentile £568 £538 -
Central London median daily rate £500 £313 £600
% change year-on-year +60.00% -47.92% +39.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 2,064 3,451 4,017
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.07% 95.17% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,467 2,348 3,027
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £588 £560
% change year-on-year -6.38% +4.91% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 23 51
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -5.41% +105.84%
75th Percentile £27.25 £58.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £40.00 £87.64 £65.75
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% -5.41% +105.84%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the City of London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the City of London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the City of London

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 job ads across the City of London region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Build Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Data Mapping
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (20.00%) Story Mapping
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Local Government
4 1 (20.00%) Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (20.00%) Degree

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DMZ
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Build Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Story Mapping
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft