Incident Analyst Contracts

Incident Analyst
UK

The median Incident Analyst daily rate in the UK is £350 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 570 680 807
Rank change year-on-year +110 +127 -143
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Analyst 13 16 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.028% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.029% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 31
10th Percentile £204 - £200
25th Percentile £325 £400 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £441 £463
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% -4.58% +15.63%
75th Percentile £400 £473 £519
90th Percentile £522 £695 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £473 £463
% change year-on-year -26.00% +2.27% +183.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -30.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 39,665 55,057 84,118
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,784 38,442 59,095
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,534 2,069
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.26 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +3.98%

Incident Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Analyst in the UK

Incident Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Incident Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Incident Analyst in the UK

Incident Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Analyst over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Analyst in the UK

Incident Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Incident Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Incident Analyst in the UK

Incident Analyst
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Analyst within the UK 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
England +108 13 £350 -12.50% 10
UK excluding London +72 10 £350 -26.00% 8
West Midlands - 5 £350 -
Midlands - 5 £350 -
Work from Home +114 4 £350 -26.00%
London +84 3 - - 1
South East - 2 £198 - 8
South West - 2 £510 -
North of England - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -

Incident Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Incident 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 featuring Incident Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Incident Management
2 7 (53.85%) ITIL
2 7 (53.85%) Service Management
3 6 (46.15%) ITSM
3 6 (46.15%) ServiceNow
4 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
4 5 (38.46%) Performance Management
4 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
4 5 (38.46%) Incident Response
4 5 (38.46%) Operational Technology
5 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
6 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
7 2 (15.38%) Use Case
7 2 (15.38%) Information Security
7 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
7 2 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
7 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
7 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
8 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 1 (7.69%) RBAC
8 1 (7.69%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 1 (7.69%) SOAR
8 1 (7.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
8 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (7.69%) NsoIT

Incident Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
General
1 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Automotive
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Operational Technology
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Incident Management
2 7 (53.85%) ITIL
2 7 (53.85%) Service Management
3 6 (46.15%) ITSM
4 5 (38.46%) Incident Response
4 5 (38.46%) Performance Management
5 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
6 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Information Security
6 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
6 2 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Use Case
7 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
7 1 (7.69%) Digital Forensics
7 1 (7.69%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
7 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (7.69%) SIEM
7 1 (7.69%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Perl
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
1 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) ServiceNow
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) BeyondTrust