Incident Analyst Contracts in England

Incident Analyst
UK > England

The median Incident Analyst daily rate in England is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 636 751
Rank change year-on-year +94 +115 -157
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Analyst 12 9 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.033% 0.018% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.019% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 24
10th Percentile £279 £392 £200
25th Percentile £325 - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £463
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -13.51% +19.35%
75th Percentile £429 £413 £519
90th Percentile £524 £790 £567
UK median daily rate £350 £441 £463
% change year-on-year -20.69% -4.58% +14.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -1.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,147 46,484 67,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.64% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,648 32,994 47,972
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £639
90th Percentile £750 £758 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,382 1,859
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.37
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.45 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Incident Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Incident Analyst in England

Incident Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Incident Analyst in England

Incident Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Analyst in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Analyst in England

Incident Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Incident Analyst in England

Incident 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 Incident Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Midlands - 5 £350 -
West Midlands - 5 £350 -
London +97 3 - -
South West - 2 £510 -
North West - 1 - -
South East - 1 £170 -
North of England - 1 - -
Incident Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Incident 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 Incident Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 7 (58.33%) Service Management
2 7 (58.33%) ITIL
3 6 (50.00%) ITSM
3 6 (50.00%) ServiceNow
4 5 (41.67%) Incident Response
4 5 (41.67%) Telecoms
4 5 (41.67%) Performance Management
4 5 (41.67%) Operational Technology
5 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
6 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
7 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
7 2 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
7 2 (16.67%) Use Case
7 2 (16.67%) Information Security
7 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 1 (8.33%) Retail
8 1 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
8 1 (8.33%) Time Management
8 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
8 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
8 1 (8.33%) Digital Forensics
8 1 (8.33%) Azure
8 1 (8.33%) SIEM

Incident 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
General
1 5 (41.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Automotive
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Operational Technology
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 7 (58.33%) ITIL
2 7 (58.33%) Service Management
3 6 (50.00%) ITSM
4 5 (41.67%) Incident Response
4 5 (41.67%) Performance Management
5 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (16.67%) Information Security
6 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
6 2 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (16.67%) Use Case
7 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
7 1 (8.33%) Digital Forensics
7 1 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
7 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (8.33%) SIEM
7 1 (8.33%) Time Management
7 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Perl
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
1 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) BeyondTrust