Security Analyst Contracts in Edinburgh

Security Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Security Analyst daily rate in Edinburgh is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 104 116
Rank change year-on-year +49 +12 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 18 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.19% 0.62% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.30% 0.65% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 4 4
10th Percentile £508 £404 £285
25th Percentile £510 £409 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £343
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% +24.09% -16.97%
75th Percentile £719 £441 £443
90th Percentile £750 £446 £530
Scotland median daily rate £525 £429 £420
% change year-on-year +22.38% +2.14% +5.00%

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 784 1,233 1,859
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.38% 95.58% 96.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 882 1,278
10th Percentile £203 £250 £230
25th Percentile £407 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £550
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £458
% change year-on-year - +3.83% +7.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 14 23
10th Percentile £16.10 £14.53 £11.98
25th Percentile £17.86 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -1.12% -62.61%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £63.60 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £23.18 £25.55
% change year-on-year +50.99% -9.26% -36.14%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Edinburgh

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in Edinburgh

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in Edinburgh

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 Edinburgh region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (55.56%) Incident Management
2 10 (55.56%) Information Security
3 9 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 9 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 9 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 9 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 9 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
3 9 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 9 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 9 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
3 9 (50.00%) Business Impact Analysis
3 9 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
3 9 (50.00%) SIEM
3 9 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 9 (50.00%) Use Case
3 9 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 5 (27.78%) Banking
4 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
4 5 (27.78%) Identity Access Management
4 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
5 4 (22.22%) CyberArk
5 4 (22.22%) Entra ID
5 4 (22.22%) Remediation Plan
5 4 (22.22%) Azure
5 4 (22.22%) SailPoint
5 4 (22.22%) QA
5 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel

Security 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 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.56%) Apache
2 1 (5.56%) EPiServer
2 1 (5.56%) IIS
2 1 (5.56%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.56%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
1 4 (22.22%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) BIG-IP
1 1 (5.56%) DNS
1 1 (5.56%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (5.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (5.56%) Internet
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
1 1 (5.56%) SAN
1 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
General
1 9 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (27.78%) Banking
2 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) SailPoint
2 1 (5.56%) .NET
2 1 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.56%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (55.56%) Incident Management
2 10 (55.56%) Information Security
3 9 (50.00%) Business Impact Analysis
3 9 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
3 9 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 9 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 9 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
3 9 (50.00%) SIEM
3 9 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
3 9 (50.00%) Use Case
3 9 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 9 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 9 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 5 (27.78%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (22.22%) Remediation Plan
6 3 (16.67%) Data Protection
7 2 (11.11%) Security Operations
8 1 (5.56%) Malware Analysis
8 1 (5.56%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Java
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 9 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (22.22%) QA
3 2 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) CyberArk
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) CA
2 1 (5.56%) F5
2 1 (5.56%) Splunk