Network Security Analyst Contracts

Network Security Analyst
UK

The median Network Security Analyst daily rate in the UK is £800 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 718 825
Rank change year-on-year +143 +107 -148
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Analyst 11 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.007% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.007% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 3
10th Percentile £542 £326 £266
25th Percentile £600 £328 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £350 £280
Median % change year-on-year +128.57% +25.00% -37.78%
75th Percentile £900 £488 £413
90th Percentile £938 £555 £488
UK excluding London median daily rate £800 £338 £280
% change year-on-year +137.04% +20.54% -34.12%

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 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £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 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Network Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Analyst in the UK

Network Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security Analyst in the UK

Network Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security Analyst over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security Analyst in the UK

Network Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security Analyst in the UK

Network Security Analyst
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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
UK excluding London +79 11 £800 +137.04%
England +126 10 £800 +128.57% 1
South East +20 10 £800 +137.04%
Work from Home +126 2 £763 +117.86%
Scotland - 1 £600 -

Network Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Network 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 featuring Network Security Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Network Security
2 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
3 7 (63.64%) Palo Alto
3 7 (63.64%) ScienceLogic
3 7 (63.64%) Time Management
3 7 (63.64%) DV Cleared
3 7 (63.64%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (63.64%) Cisco ISE
3 7 (63.64%) Firewall
3 7 (63.64%) Cisco
3 7 (63.64%) CCNP
3 7 (63.64%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (63.64%) Juniper
4 6 (54.55%) CISM
4 6 (54.55%) Nessus
4 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 6 (54.55%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (54.55%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (54.55%) Decision-Making
5 5 (45.45%) Security Posture
6 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
7 2 (18.18%) Degree
8 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
8 1 (9.09%) Use Case
8 1 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (9.09%) PKI
8 1 (9.09%) WebSphere
8 1 (9.09%) Management Information System

Network Security 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Apache
1 1 (9.09%) EPiServer
1 1 (9.09%) IIS
1 1 (9.09%) Tomcat
1 1 (9.09%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) Network Security
2 7 (63.64%) Cisco ASA
2 7 (63.64%) Cisco ISE
2 7 (63.64%) Firewall
3 1 (9.09%) BIG-IP
3 1 (9.09%) DNS
3 1 (9.09%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 1 (9.09%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (9.09%) Internet
3 1 (9.09%) SAN
3 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
General
1 6 (54.55%) Organisational Skills
1 6 (54.55%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
1 1 (9.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) PKI
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Time Management
2 6 (54.55%) Decision-Making
2 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (9.09%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (9.09%) Business Enablement
3 1 (9.09%) Business Process Mapping
3 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
3 1 (9.09%) Epics
3 1 (9.09%) Product Backlog
3 1 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (9.09%) Scrum
3 1 (9.09%) SDLC
3 1 (9.09%) Sprint Backlog
3 1 (9.09%) Sprint Review
3 1 (9.09%) Use Case
3 1 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (9.09%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Java
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) CCNP
2 7 (63.64%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (63.64%) DV Cleared
3 6 (54.55%) CISM
4 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) Degree
6 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) Nessus
2 1 (9.09%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Cisco
1 7 (63.64%) Juniper
1 7 (63.64%) Palo Alto
1 7 (63.64%) ScienceLogic
2 1 (9.09%) CA
2 1 (9.09%) F5
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft