IT Security Analyst Contracts in England

IT Security Analyst
UK > England

The median IT Security Analyst daily rate in England is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 625 750
Rank change year-on-year +93 +125 -132
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 6 23 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.046% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.049% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 34
10th Percentile £378 £333 £350
25th Percentile £625 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £675 £500 £540
90th Percentile £705 £583 £646
UK median daily rate £650 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +44.44% -5.26% +5.56%

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 34,178 47,326 67,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,701 33,606 48,311
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,407 1,890
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.37 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.37
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

IT Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Analyst in England

IT Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Security Analyst in England

IT Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Security Analyst in England

IT Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Security Analyst in England

IT Security 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 IT Security Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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
London +99 6 £650 +34.02% 3
IT Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, IT 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 England region featuring IT Security Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Security Operations
2 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Windows
3 3 (50.00%) Cyberattack
3 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (50.00%) Azure
3 3 (50.00%) SIEM
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (50.00%) Task Automation
3 3 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (50.00%) Offensive Security
3 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
5 1 (16.67%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (16.67%) Investment Management
5 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (16.67%) VPN
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) PaaS
5 1 (16.67%) IaaS
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Fintech
5 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management

IT Security 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 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) IaaS
2 1 (16.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) CSOC
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Security Operations
2 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (50.00%) Offensive Security
3 3 (50.00%) SIEM
3 3 (50.00%) Task Automation
3 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
5 1 (16.67%) Investment Management
5 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
5 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (16.67%) SOAR
5 1 (16.67%) Value Proposition
5 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) CASB
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft