Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
England > London

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in London is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 453 541
Rank change year-on-year +90 +88 -108
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 32 53 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.18% 0.19% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.20% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 35 37
10th Percentile £400 £340 £320
25th Percentile £425 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £566 £688 £600
90th Percentile £682 £798 £625
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +15.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,639 26,231 37,490
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 95.27% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,042 18,937 27,371
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 300 454
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £22.05
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% - +12.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £64.53 £76.43 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.25 £22.28
% change year-on-year -19.08% +94.12% -0.62%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Central London +50 5 £500 +60.00%
West London +14 1 £550 -21.43%
Cybersecurity Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 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 London region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (31.25%) CISSP
3 9 (28.13%) Finance
3 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
4 8 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 7 (21.88%) SIEM
5 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
5 7 (21.88%) Threat Intelligence
5 7 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (21.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 6 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (15.63%) Security Operations
7 5 (15.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (15.63%) NIST
7 5 (15.63%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 5 (15.63%) Incident Response
7 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (12.50%) Firewall
8 4 (12.50%) Information Security
8 4 (12.50%) Degree
8 4 (12.50%) Azure
8 4 (12.50%) Qualys
8 4 (12.50%) CEH
8 4 (12.50%) Product Ownership
8 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
9 3 (9.38%) Power Platform
9 3 (9.38%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (9.38%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (9.38%) Cyber Defence

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.13%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Azure
2 3 (9.38%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (9.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) Firewall
2 3 (9.38%) Network Security
3 2 (6.25%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 9 (28.13%) Finance
1 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.38%) Local Government
4 3 (9.38%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Law
5 2 (6.25%) Retail
6 1 (3.13%) Banking
6 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.13%) Legal
6 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.13%) Marketing
6 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.13%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 4 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 3 (9.38%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (9.38%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 7 (21.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 7 (21.88%) SIEM
3 7 (21.88%) Threat Intelligence
4 6 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (15.63%) Incident Response
5 5 (15.63%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (15.63%) Security Operations
6 4 (12.50%) Information Security
7 3 (9.38%) Agile
7 3 (9.38%) Threat Modelling
7 3 (9.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 2 (6.25%) Data Loss Prevention
8 2 (6.25%) GAP Analysis
8 2 (6.25%) Mentoring
8 2 (6.25%) Risk Assessment
8 2 (6.25%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 10 (31.25%) CISSP
2 4 (12.50%) CEH
2 4 (12.50%) Degree
3 3 (9.38%) CISA
3 3 (9.38%) CISM
3 3 (9.38%) GREM
3 3 (9.38%) GSEC
3 3 (9.38%) OSCP
4 2 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) NIST
2 3 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (6.25%) GDPR
3 2 (6.25%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.13%) NCSC
4 1 (3.13%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) FortiGate
1 1 (3.13%) QRadar
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) Qualys
3 1 (3.13%) Cadence
3 1 (3.13%) Cybereason
3 1 (3.13%) Intel
3 1 (3.13%) McAfee
3 1 (3.13%) Proofpoint
3 1 (3.13%) Sun