Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > England

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in England is £570, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 471 531 677
Rank change year-on-year +60 +146 -79
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 79 105 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.24% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 66 68
10th Percentile £400 £378 £387
25th Percentile £500 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £554 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.93% +0.68% +18.60%
75th Percentile £750 £650 £600
90th Percentile - £700 £625
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £51.88 - -
25th Percentile £54.69 £72.50 £63.30
Median hourly rate £61.25 £75.00 £65.80
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +13.98% -
75th Percentile £69.69 £77.50 £68.90
90th Percentile £73.63 - £69.26
UK median hourly rate £61.25 £75.00 £65.80
% change year-on-year -18.33% +13.98% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,808 44,443 66,953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 31,614 47,944
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,321 1,753
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in England over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in England over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 20 June 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
London +61 29 £538 -6.52% 3
North of England +27 19 £570 +16.92% 1
North West +21 15 £570 +16.92% 1
South West +10 12 £750 +24.22% 5
South East +6 11 £544 +8.80%
Midlands +7 5 £500 -14.89% 3
East of England +6 5 £535 +18.89% 1
West Midlands +11 4 £500 -13.04%
Yorkshire - 4 £750 -
East Midlands +4 1 - - 3
Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 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 England region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 79 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (29.11%) Microsoft
2 23 (29.11%) Social Skills
3 21 (26.58%) SIEM
4 16 (20.25%) Azure
5 15 (18.99%) Data Protection
5 15 (18.99%) NIST
5 15 (18.99%) Remediation Plan
6 14 (17.72%) Identity Access Management
6 14 (17.72%) Microsoft Excel
6 14 (17.72%) Active Directory
6 14 (17.72%) Banking
7 13 (16.46%) CISSP
7 13 (16.46%) SharePoint
7 13 (16.46%) Disaster Recovery
7 13 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (16.46%) Entra ID
7 13 (16.46%) Incident Response
8 12 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (15.19%) CyberArk
8 12 (15.19%) SailPoint
8 12 (15.19%) Vulnerability Management
8 12 (15.19%) Use Case
8 12 (15.19%) QA
9 11 (13.92%) Business Continuity
9 11 (13.92%) Finance
9 11 (13.92%) IT Strategy
9 11 (13.92%) Business Strategy
10 10 (12.66%) Security Operations
10 10 (12.66%) Security Cleared

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 13 (16.46%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (17.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.27%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 16 (20.25%) Azure
2 13 (16.46%) Entra ID
3 7 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.06%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.53%) AWS
6 1 (1.27%) GCP
6 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.59%) Firewall
2 4 (5.06%) Network Security
3 3 (3.80%) Intranet
4 2 (2.53%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.27%) SMTP
5 1 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.06%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.53%) JIRA
2 1 (1.27%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (29.11%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.72%) Banking
3 13 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (13.92%) Finance
5 4 (5.06%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.80%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.80%) Marketing
6 3 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.80%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.53%) Electronics
7 2 (2.53%) French Language
7 2 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.53%) Law
7 2 (2.53%) Retail
8 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.19%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.39%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (8.86%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.59%) Operational Technology
4 5 (6.33%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (6.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 4 (5.06%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (5.06%) Product Ownership
5 4 (5.06%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (3.80%) CSOC
6 3 (3.80%) SCADA
6 3 (3.80%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.13%) Windows
2 5 (6.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (26.58%) SIEM
3 15 (18.99%) Data Protection
3 15 (18.99%) Remediation Plan
4 14 (17.72%) Identity Access Management
5 13 (16.46%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (16.46%) Incident Response
6 12 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (15.19%) Use Case
6 12 (15.19%) Vulnerability Management
7 11 (13.92%) Business Continuity
7 11 (13.92%) Business Strategy
7 11 (13.92%) IT Strategy
8 10 (12.66%) Security Operations
9 9 (11.39%) Information Security
9 9 (11.39%) Risk Management
9 9 (11.39%) Roadmaps
9 9 (11.39%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 8 (10.13%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (10.13%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.53%) PowerShell
1 2 (2.53%) SQL
2 1 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (16.46%) CISSP
2 10 (12.66%) Security Cleared
3 8 (10.13%) Degree
4 6 (7.59%) DV Cleared
5 5 (6.33%) CEH
5 5 (6.33%) OSCP
5 5 (6.33%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.80%) CCNA
6 3 (3.80%) CISA
6 3 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (3.80%) GIAC
7 2 (2.53%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.53%) GCIA
7 2 (2.53%) GCIH
7 2 (2.53%) GREM
7 2 (2.53%) GSEC
7 2 (2.53%) SANS
8 1 (1.27%) CISM
8 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (18.99%) NIST
2 12 (15.19%) QA
3 4 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (5.06%) NIST 800
4 3 (3.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (3.80%) IASME
5 1 (1.27%) GDPR
5 1 (1.27%) GRC
System Software
1 14 (17.72%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.80%) Nessus
1 3 (3.80%) QRadar
2 2 (2.53%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.27%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 23 (29.11%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.19%) CyberArk
3 3 (3.80%) Qualys
4 2 (2.53%) BeyondTrust
4 2 (2.53%) Oracle
4 2 (2.53%) SAP
5 1 (1.27%) Cadence
5 1 (1.27%) Cisco
5 1 (1.27%) Cybereason
5 1 (1.27%) Google
5 1 (1.27%) McAfee
5 1 (1.27%) Proofpoint
5 1 (1.27%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.27%) Splunk
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