Cyber Defence Analyst Contracts in the South West

Cyber Defence Analyst
England > South West

The median Cyber Defence Analyst daily rate in the South West is £538 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 - 177
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cyber Defence Analyst 11 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.34% - 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £505 - -
25th Percentile £513 - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - £725
75th Percentile - - £738
90th Percentile £634 - -
England median daily rate £750 £650 £725
% change year-on-year +15.38% -10.34% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,984 3,350 3,547
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.34% 92.52% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,901 2,514 2,539
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £388 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +9.29%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £658
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 265 203
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £50.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +41.30% +8.24%
75th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.75 £69.13
England median hourly rate £36.34 £44.77 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.83% +98.96% +0.36%

Cyber Defence Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Cyber Defence Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence Analyst in the South West

Cyber Defence Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence Analyst in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Defence Analyst in the South West

Cyber Defence Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence Analyst within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Wiltshire - 10 £538 -
Bristol - 1 £525 -
Cyber Defence Analyst
England

Cyber Defence Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Cyber Defence 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 West region featuring Cyber Defence Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) SIEM
1 11 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
2 10 (90.91%) NIST
2 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 10 (90.91%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 10 (90.91%) Threat Intelligence
2 10 (90.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 10 (90.91%) NIST 800
2 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 10 (90.91%) DV Cleared
2 10 (90.91%) Security Cleared
3 9 (81.82%) Use Case
3 9 (81.82%) Information Security
3 9 (81.82%) Incident Management
3 9 (81.82%) Case Management
3 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (81.82%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (81.82%) SOAR
3 9 (81.82%) Incident Response
4 8 (72.73%) Protective Monitoring
4 8 (72.73%) Mentoring
4 8 (72.73%) Root Cause Analysis
4 8 (72.73%) CRM
4 8 (72.73%) Management Information System
5 7 (63.64%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
7 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
7 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
8 1 (9.09%) Cyber Intelligence
8 1 (9.09%) Distributed Applications

Cyber Defence Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Wireless
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 11 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
2 10 (90.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 9 (81.82%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (72.73%) Management Information System
5 1 (9.09%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
5 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) SIEM
2 10 (90.91%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 10 (90.91%) Threat Intelligence
3 9 (81.82%) Case Management
3 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (81.82%) Incident Management
3 9 (81.82%) Incident Response
3 9 (81.82%) Information Security
3 9 (81.82%) SOAR
3 9 (81.82%) Use Case
4 8 (72.73%) CRM
4 8 (72.73%) Mentoring
4 8 (72.73%) Protective Monitoring
4 8 (72.73%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (63.64%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
7 1 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
7 1 (9.09%) Analytics
7 1 (9.09%) Open Source
7 1 (9.09%) OSINT
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) DV Cleared
1 10 (90.91%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (90.91%) NIST
1 10 (90.91%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Red Hat