Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in Edinburgh is £525 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 55 106 124
Rank change year-on-year +51 +18 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 16 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.97% 0.47% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.07% 0.49% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 2
10th Percentile £508 - £300
25th Percentile £509 - £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £423
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.23%
75th Percentile £750 - £509
90th Percentile - - £556
Scotland median daily rate £525 £430 £575
% change year-on-year +22.09% -25.22% +48.39%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 773 1,228 1,860
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.31% 95.64% 95.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 876 1,276
10th Percentile £202 £240 £230
25th Percentile £400 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £547 £569
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 12 21
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.62 £14.55
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -18.23% -54.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £54.43 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £24.26 £21.75 £26.85
% change year-on-year +11.52% -18.99% -28.40%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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 across the Edinburgh region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (68.75%) Incident Management
3 9 (56.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (56.25%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 9 (56.25%) Penetration Testing
3 9 (56.25%) Information Security
3 9 (56.25%) Management Information System
3 9 (56.25%) Technical Analysis
3 9 (56.25%) Vulnerability Management
3 9 (56.25%) Use Case
3 9 (56.25%) SIEM
3 9 (56.25%) Security Monitoring
3 9 (56.25%) Privileged Access Management
3 9 (56.25%) Public Sector
3 9 (56.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 9 (56.25%) Impact Analysis
3 9 (56.25%) Business Impact Analysis
3 9 (56.25%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 6 (37.50%) Banking
5 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
5 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 4 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (25.00%) SailPoint
5 4 (25.00%) CyberArk
5 4 (25.00%) Entra ID
5 4 (25.00%) QA
5 4 (25.00%) Azure

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
1 4 (25.00%) Entra ID
General
1 9 (56.25%) Public Sector
2 6 (37.50%) Banking
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (68.75%) Incident Management
3 9 (56.25%) Business Impact Analysis
3 9 (56.25%) Impact Analysis
3 9 (56.25%) Information Security
3 9 (56.25%) Penetration Testing
3 9 (56.25%) Privileged Access Management
3 9 (56.25%) Security Monitoring
3 9 (56.25%) SIEM
3 9 (56.25%) Technical Analysis
3 9 (56.25%) Use Case
3 9 (56.25%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 9 (56.25%) Vulnerability Management
3 9 (56.25%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 4 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
5 3 (18.75%) Security Operations
6 2 (12.50%) Change Management
6 2 (12.50%) Malware Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (56.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 9 (56.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (25.00%) QA
3 2 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) CyberArk
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Splunk