Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts in the South East

Cybersecurity Analyst
England > South East

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the South East is £544 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 199 262
Rank change year-on-year +2 +63 -62
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 8 18 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.14% 0.31% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.33% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 1
10th Percentile £413 £396 -
25th Percentile £440 £475 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £500 £238
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% +110.53% -52.50%
75th Percentile £566 £588 £244
90th Percentile - £604 -
England median daily rate £550 £550 £530
% change year-on-year - +3.77% +16.16%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,153 5,511 7,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 94.43% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,094 3,838 5,032
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £394 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £613 £606 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 479 242 335
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.45 £43.85
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.98 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the South East

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the South East

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 25 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
Hampshire +7 5 £544 -6.41%
West Sussex +3 2 £425 -15.00%
Thames Valley -3 1 £544 +8.80% 2
Berkshire -21 1 £544 +16.05% 1
Cybersecurity Analyst
England

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 25 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 South East region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (50.00%) Scrum
3 4 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 4 (50.00%) Time Management
3 4 (50.00%) Kanban
3 4 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) System Testing
5 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) SIEM
5 2 (25.00%) Protective Monitoring
5 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (25.00%) NIST 800
5 2 (25.00%) NIST
5 2 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (25.00%) Security Posture

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

General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Kanban
2 4 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 4 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (50.00%) Scrum
2 4 (50.00%) Time Management
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) System Testing
4 2 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 2 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (25.00%) Protective Monitoring
4 2 (25.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
1 2 (25.00%) NIST 800