Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £570, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 369 472
Rank change year-on-year +33 +103 -53
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 65 61 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.27% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.29% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 34 15
10th Percentile £413 £372 £413
25th Percentile £511 £416 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.22% -6.82% +29.41%
75th Percentile £750 £588 £588
90th Percentile - £663 £640
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £72.50 £63.30
Median hourly rate £50.00 £75.00 £65.80
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +13.98% -
75th Percentile - £77.50 £68.90
90th Percentile - - £69.26
UK median hourly rate £61.25 £75.00 £65.80
% change year-on-year -18.33% +13.98% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,709 21,379 29,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.21% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 14,853 20,421
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,090 1,383
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.68 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
North of England +27 19 £570 +16.92% 2
Scotland +58 15 £525 - 2
North West +21 15 £570 +16.92% 1
South West +10 12 £750 +24.22% 6
South East +6 11 £544 +8.80%
Midlands +7 5 £500 -14.89% 3
East of England +6 5 £535 +18.89% 1
West Midlands +11 4 £500 -13.04% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £750 - 1
East Midlands +4 1 - - 2
Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 65 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (33.85%) Social Skills
3 20 (30.77%) Use Case
4 19 (29.23%) Azure
4 19 (29.23%) SIEM
4 19 (29.23%) Banking
4 19 (29.23%) Microsoft
5 18 (27.69%) Active Directory
5 18 (27.69%) Microsoft Excel
6 17 (26.15%) Entra ID
6 17 (26.15%) Identity Access Management
7 16 (24.62%) Remediation Plan
7 16 (24.62%) CyberArk
7 16 (24.62%) SailPoint
7 16 (24.62%) QA
7 16 (24.62%) SharePoint
8 14 (21.54%) Information Security
8 14 (21.54%) Vulnerability Management
9 13 (20.00%) Data Protection
9 13 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (20.00%) Management Information System
9 13 (20.00%) NIST
10 12 (18.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 11 (16.92%) Penetration Testing
11 11 (16.92%) Incident Management
11 11 (16.92%) Business Continuity
11 11 (16.92%) Public Sector
11 11 (16.92%) IT Strategy
11 11 (16.92%) Business Strategy

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 16 (24.62%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (27.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.54%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 19 (29.23%) Azure
2 17 (26.15%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.08%) AWS
4 2 (3.08%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.54%) GCP
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.62%) Firewall
1 3 (4.62%) Intranet
2 2 (3.08%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.54%) SMTP
3 1 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 22 (33.85%) Social Skills
2 19 (29.23%) Banking
3 11 (16.92%) Public Sector
4 6 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.15%) Finance
6 2 (3.08%) French Language
6 2 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.08%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.54%) Electronics
7 1 (1.54%) Marketing
7 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (24.62%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (9.23%) Operational Technology
3 5 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (4.62%) CSOC
4 3 (4.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (4.62%) SCADA
4 3 (4.62%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.08%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.08%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.15%) Windows
2 3 (4.62%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (30.77%) Use Case
3 19 (29.23%) SIEM
4 17 (26.15%) Identity Access Management
5 16 (24.62%) Remediation Plan
6 14 (21.54%) Information Security
6 14 (21.54%) Vulnerability Management
7 13 (20.00%) Data Protection
7 13 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 12 (18.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 11 (16.92%) Business Continuity
9 11 (16.92%) Business Strategy
9 11 (16.92%) Incident Management
9 11 (16.92%) IT Strategy
9 11 (16.92%) Penetration Testing
10 9 (13.85%) Business Impact Analysis
10 9 (13.85%) Impact Analysis
10 9 (13.85%) Roadmaps
10 9 (13.85%) Technical Analysis
10 9 (13.85%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 7 (10.77%) CISSP
1 7 (10.77%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.15%) Degree
2 4 (6.15%) DV Cleared
2 4 (6.15%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.62%) CCNA
3 3 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (4.62%) OSCP
4 2 (3.08%) SANS
5 1 (1.54%) CEH
5 1 (1.54%) CISA
5 1 (1.54%) CISM
5 1 (1.54%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.54%) GIAC
5 1 (1.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (24.62%) QA
2 13 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (20.00%) NIST
3 9 (13.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 4 (6.15%) NIST 800
5 3 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (4.62%) IASME
6 2 (3.08%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (1.54%) GDPR
7 1 (1.54%) GRC
System Software
1 18 (27.69%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.54%) Nessus
Vendors
1 19 (29.23%) Microsoft
2 16 (24.62%) CyberArk
3 2 (3.08%) Splunk
4 1 (1.54%) Cadence
4 1 (1.54%) Cisco
4 1 (1.54%) Google
4 1 (1.54%) SAP
4 1 (1.54%) ServiceNow