Senior Security Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Security Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £518 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 443 501
Rank change year-on-year +67 +58 -73
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 12 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.058% 0.017% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.018% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 7
10th Percentile £508 £418 £350
25th Percentile £508 £425 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -14.29% +9.38%
75th Percentile £540 £475 -
90th Percentile £699 £483 -
UK median daily rate £525 £558 £525
% change year-on-year -5.83% +6.19% +4.69%

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 19,104 22,515 29,589
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 94.27% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,669 15,787 20,737
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £397 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £597 £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 2,253 1,161 1,465
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £43.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
Scotland +44 6 £515 +21.18% 3
South East - 3 £540 - 2
East of England - 2 £750 - 1
South West - 1 £675 - 1
Senior Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
2 8 (66.67%) Information Security
2 8 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 8 (66.67%) SIEM
3 7 (58.33%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (58.33%) Management Information System
3 7 (58.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (41.67%) Use Case
5 5 (41.67%) Firewall
5 5 (41.67%) Technical Analysis
5 5 (41.67%) Mentoring
5 5 (41.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 5 (41.67%) Privileged Access Management
5 5 (41.67%) Public Sector
5 5 (41.67%) Impact Analysis
5 5 (41.67%) Business Impact Analysis
5 5 (41.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 3 (25.00%) Change Management
7 3 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (25.00%) Network Security
7 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
7 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
7 3 (25.00%) Azure
7 3 (25.00%) Security Architecture
7 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
7 3 (25.00%) Security Operations

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Firewall
2 3 (25.00%) Network Security
3 2 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 5 (41.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
3 1 (8.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 8 (66.67%) Information Security
2 8 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
2 8 (66.67%) SIEM
3 7 (58.33%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (58.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 5 (41.67%) Business Impact Analysis
5 5 (41.67%) Impact Analysis
5 5 (41.67%) Mentoring
5 5 (41.67%) Privileged Access Management
5 5 (41.67%) Technical Analysis
5 5 (41.67%) Use Case
5 5 (41.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 3 (25.00%) Change Management
6 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
6 3 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (25.00%) Security Architecture
6 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) CISSP
3 1 (8.33%) CCNA
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (8.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Splunk
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco