Security Analyst Contracts in the City of London

Security Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £525 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 117 166 173
Rank change year-on-year +49 +7 -34
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 12 6 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.54% 0.16% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.17% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 14
10th Percentile £400 £319 £350
25th Percentile £469 £408 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £578
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -2.60% +35.88%
75th Percentile £631 £634 £638
90th Percentile £700 £674 £650
Central London median daily rate £513 £563 £555
% change year-on-year -8.89% +1.35% +30.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 City of London with a recognized job title 2,111 3,471 3,990
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 95.20% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,503 2,350 3,011
10th Percentile £350 £350 £369
25th Percentile £450 £470 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £792 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £580 £560
% change year-on-year -5.17% +3.57% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 50
10th Percentile £16.46 £15.50 £13.74
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.50 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £44.10 £86.65 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the City of London

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the City of London

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the City of London

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the City of London

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 City of London region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) NIST
3 5 (41.67%) Information Security
3 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (25.00%) Finance
5 3 (25.00%) CISM
5 3 (25.00%) Firewall
5 3 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (25.00%) CISSP
5 3 (25.00%) Azure
5 3 (25.00%) SIEM
5 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (25.00%) Due Diligence
6 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
6 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
6 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
6 2 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (16.67%) GDPR
6 2 (16.67%) Information Security Governance
6 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (16.67%) Business Continuity
6 2 (16.67%) PCI DSS
6 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (16.67%) Advertising

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (8.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) DMZ
2 1 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (8.33%) Network Security
2 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Advertising
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Local Government
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) CSOC
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (41.67%) Information Security
3 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (25.00%) Due Diligence
3 3 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (25.00%) SIEM
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (16.67%) Information Security Governance
4 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
5 1 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (8.33%) SWOT Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CISM
1 3 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (8.33%) CISA
2 1 (8.33%) CRISC
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) NIST
2 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (16.67%) GDPR
3 2 (16.67%) PCI DSS
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (8.33%) GRC
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (8.33%) Netskope
2 1 (8.33%) Zscaler