Security Analyst Contracts in the East of England

Security Analyst
England > East of England

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the East of England is £505 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 121 141
Rank change year-on-year +20 +20 -37
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 7 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.37% 0.20% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.22% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile £331 £277 £346
25th Percentile £416 £301 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £360 £500
Median % change year-on-year +40.28% -28.00% +18.34%
75th Percentile £614 £426 -
90th Percentile £726 £456 -
England median daily rate £520 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -5.45% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £11.25 - -
England median hourly rate £11.25 £70.25 £65.80
% change year-on-year -83.99% +6.76% +31.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 1,702 1,855 2,391
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.39% 91.79% 92.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 764 1,130 1,396
10th Percentile £205 £188 £163
25th Percentile £313 £305 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £550
90th Percentile £652 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 595 289 365
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £35.80 £15.53
Median % change year-on-year +20.11% +130.52% -11.26%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the East of England

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the East of England

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the East of England

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the East of England

Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 5 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
Cambridgeshire +8 2 £750 +66.67% 1
Hertfordshire -3 2 £375 +38.89% 1
Suffolk - 2 - -
Bedfordshire -5 1 £535 -
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 5 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 East of England region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Security Operations
2 4 (57.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
4 2 (28.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 2 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Red Team
4 2 (28.57%) Blue Team
4 2 (28.57%) SIEM
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
4 2 (28.57%) CCTV
4 2 (28.57%) Firewall
4 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (28.57%) Windows
4 2 (28.57%) Linux
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 1 (14.29%) Active Directory

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (28.57%) CCTV
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Security Operations
2 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (28.57%) Blue Team
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 2 (28.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
4 2 (28.57%) Red Team
4 2 (28.57%) SIEM
4 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GRC
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Darktrace
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk
2 1 (14.29%) Varonis