ECSA Contracts in England

EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ECSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 529 645
Rank change year-on-year +42 +116 +129
Contract jobs citing ECSA 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.005% 0.002%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.013% 0.018% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +25.00% -5.88% -15.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

ECSA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,623 11,179 13,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.46% 30.71% 27.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,841 6,938 8,950
10th Percentile £281 £313 £335
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £713 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 437 970 675
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £40.00 £53.35
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -25.02% +30.35%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.28 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.15 £77.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% -27.27% +25.14%

ECSA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing ECSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for ECSA in England

ECSA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for ECSA in England

ECSA
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 ECSA within the England region over the 6 months to 21 May 2025. 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
South East - 1 £500 -
ECSA
UK

ECSA
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk