Security Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £538 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 266 284 398
Rank change year-on-year +18 +114 -59
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 119 169 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.58% 0.72% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.76% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 105 71
10th Percentile £356 £341 £300
25th Percentile £475 £413 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £750 £588 £575
90th Percentile - £638 £588
UK median daily rate £525 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -4.33% +9.75% +7.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 5
10th Percentile - £63.73 £62.67
25th Percentile £11.25 £65.19 £63.30
Median hourly rate £12.50 £70.25 £65.80
Median % change year-on-year -82.21% +6.76% +31.60%
75th Percentile - £75.19 £79.04
90th Percentile - £76.58 £80.35
UK median hourly rate £12.50 £70.25 £65.80
% change year-on-year -82.21% +6.76% +31.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 18,841 22,170 29,329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 94.33% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,467 15,486 20,548
10th Percentile £213 £225 £203
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,255 1,134 1,466
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +3.98%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.03
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.13%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security 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 Security Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
South East +16 33 £540 +8.00% 15
Scotland +57 29 £525 +22.95% 7
North of England -23 20 £525 - 19
South West +16 16 £750 +29.03% 5
Midlands +22 15 £525 -8.70% 5
West Midlands +10 10 £563 - 4
North West -4 9 £638 +59.38% 7
Yorkshire 0 8 £650 +23.81% 12
East of England +9 6 £535 +48.61% 2
East Midlands +26 5 £400 -38.46% 1
North East - 3 £300 -
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 76 (63.87%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (36.13%) Security Cleared
3 31 (26.05%) Information Security
4 30 (25.21%) Microsoft
5 26 (21.85%) SC Cleared
6 25 (21.01%) SIEM
7 24 (20.17%) Social Skills
8 23 (19.33%) Security Operations
8 23 (19.33%) Azure
9 19 (15.97%) Identity Access Management
9 19 (15.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 19 (15.97%) Active Directory
9 19 (15.97%) Microsoft Excel
10 18 (15.13%) Management Information System
10 18 (15.13%) Banking
10 18 (15.13%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 17 (14.29%) SharePoint
11 17 (14.29%) Entra ID
11 17 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
12 16 (13.45%) SailPoint
12 16 (13.45%) CyberArk
12 16 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
12 16 (13.45%) Remediation Plan
12 16 (13.45%) Public Sector
12 16 (13.45%) QA
13 15 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
13 15 (12.61%) DV Cleared
14 14 (11.76%) Network Security
14 14 (11.76%) Penetration Testing
14 14 (11.76%) CISSP

Security 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 17 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.68%) Confluence
3 1 (0.84%) Apache
3 1 (0.84%) EPiServer
3 1 (0.84%) IIS
3 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.84%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.84%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (15.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.52%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (19.33%) Azure
2 17 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 6 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.52%) Mimecast
5 2 (1.68%) AWS
6 1 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.76%) Network Security
2 13 (10.92%) Firewall
3 7 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (5.88%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (4.20%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.36%) SAN
6 3 (2.52%) Intranet
7 2 (1.68%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.84%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.84%) DNS
8 1 (0.84%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.84%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.84%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (1.68%) JIRA
General
1 24 (20.17%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.13%) Banking
3 16 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (13.45%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.04%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (4.20%) Finance
6 3 (2.52%) Police
6 3 (2.52%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.84%) Advertising
8 1 (0.84%) Electronics
8 1 (0.84%) Legal
8 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.84%) Marketing
8 1 (0.84%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.45%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.84%) .NET
2 1 (0.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.13%) Management Information System
2 12 (10.08%) Security Operations Centre
3 11 (9.24%) Security Posture
4 8 (6.72%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (5.04%) Product Ownership
6 5 (4.20%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (3.36%) CSOC
7 4 (3.36%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (2.52%) SCADA
9 2 (1.68%) CCTV
10 1 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.84%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.84%) Contactless
10 1 (0.84%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.84%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.84%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.24%) Linux
2 8 (6.72%) Windows
3 5 (4.20%) Debian
3 5 (4.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (63.87%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (26.05%) Information Security
3 25 (21.01%) SIEM
4 23 (19.33%) Security Operations
5 19 (15.97%) Identity Access Management
6 18 (15.13%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 17 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
8 16 (13.45%) Remediation Plan
9 15 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (11.76%) Penetration Testing
10 14 (11.76%) Risk Management
11 13 (10.92%) Incident Management
11 13 (10.92%) Incident Response
11 13 (10.92%) Security Monitoring
11 13 (10.92%) Use Case
12 11 (9.24%) Time Management
13 10 (8.40%) Decision-Making
14 9 (7.56%) Business Impact Analysis
14 9 (7.56%) Impact Analysis
14 9 (7.56%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.04%) Python
2 1 (0.84%) Java
2 1 (0.84%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 43 (36.13%) Security Cleared
2 26 (21.85%) SC Cleared
3 15 (12.61%) DV Cleared
4 14 (11.76%) CISM
4 14 (11.76%) CISSP
5 13 (10.92%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (5.88%) CCNP
6 7 (5.88%) Degree
7 4 (3.36%) CISA
8 3 (2.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (2.52%) CCNA
8 3 (2.52%) CRISC
8 3 (2.52%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (2.52%) ISSAP
8 3 (2.52%) OSCP
9 2 (1.68%) SANS
10 1 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.84%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (13.45%) QA
3 11 (9.24%) NIST
4 9 (7.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 6 (5.04%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (3.36%) IASME
6 4 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (2.52%) COBIT
7 3 (2.52%) NIST 800
8 2 (1.68%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (1.68%) NCSC
8 2 (1.68%) RMADS
9 1 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.84%) GDPR
System Software
1 19 (15.97%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (5.88%) Nessus
2 1 (0.84%) Ansible
Vendors
1 30 (25.21%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.45%) CyberArk
3 8 (6.72%) Cisco
4 7 (5.88%) Juniper
4 7 (5.88%) Palo Alto
4 7 (5.88%) ScienceLogic
5 5 (4.20%) Red Hat
5 5 (4.20%) Splunk
6 3 (2.52%) VMware
7 2 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.84%) CA
8 1 (0.84%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.84%) F5
8 1 (0.84%) ForeScout
8 1 (0.84%) Netskope
8 1 (0.84%) Qualys
8 1 (0.84%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.84%) Sophos
8 1 (0.84%) Varonis
8 1 (0.84%) Zscaler