Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Senior Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the UK is £515 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 687 846
Rank change year-on-year +113 +159 -150
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst 11 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.010% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.011% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 2
10th Percentile £486 - £463
25th Percentile £508 £563 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £581
90th Percentile £710 - £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 - -

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 39,719 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,839 38,395 59,001
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 2,655 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
UK excluding London +78 9 £515 - 3
Work from Home +132 7 £515 -
Scotland - 6 £515 - 2
England +102 5 £600 +4.35% 1
London +85 2 £463 -19.57%
East of England - 2 £750 - 1
South West - 1 £675 -

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Senior 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 featuring Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (72.73%) SIEM
3 7 (63.64%) Vulnerability Management
3 7 (63.64%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (63.64%) Management Information System
4 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 6 (54.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (54.55%) Public Sector
5 5 (45.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 5 (45.45%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (45.45%) Privileged Access Management
5 5 (45.45%) Technical Analysis
5 5 (45.45%) Use Case
5 5 (45.45%) Information Security
5 5 (45.45%) Incident Management
5 5 (45.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 5 (45.45%) Impact Analysis
5 5 (45.45%) Business Impact Analysis
6 3 (27.27%) Incident Response
6 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
6 3 (27.27%) Firewall
6 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
6 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
6 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
7 2 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (18.18%) Red Team
7 2 (18.18%) Blue Team
7 2 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
7 2 (18.18%) Problem Management

Senior Cybersecurity 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 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (9.09%) Network Security
General
1 6 (54.55%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Legal
2 1 (9.09%) Local Government
2 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
3 1 (9.09%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (72.73%) SIEM
3 7 (63.64%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (63.64%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 5 (45.45%) Business Impact Analysis
5 5 (45.45%) Impact Analysis
5 5 (45.45%) Incident Management
5 5 (45.45%) Information Security
5 5 (45.45%) Privileged Access Management
5 5 (45.45%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (45.45%) Technical Analysis
5 5 (45.45%) Use Case
5 5 (45.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 3 (27.27%) Incident Response
6 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
6 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
7 2 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
7 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) CISSP
3 1 (9.09%) CCNA
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
3 1 (9.09%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (45.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (18.18%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (9.09%) GDPR
4 1 (9.09%) NCSC
4 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) Splunk
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco