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 in the 6 months leading up to 22 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
22 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 610 756
Rank change year-on-year +73 +146 -114
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 13 26 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.035% 0.055% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.059% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 26
10th Percentile £313 £344 £388
25th Percentile £466 £372 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -5.26% +1.33%
75th Percentile £675 £498 £584
90th Percentile £700 £556 £650
UK median daily rate £650 £450 £484
% change year-on-year +44.44% -7.02% +1.89%

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%

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 22 June 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 22 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 +78 6 £650 +40.54%
South East +12 4 £425 -10.53% 2
North of England +13 3 - - 1
West Midlands +19 2 - - 1
Midlands +18 2 - - 1
Yorkshire - 2 - -
North West +9 1 - - 1
IT Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 June 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 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (38.46%) Security Operations
2 5 (38.46%) Windows
3 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
4 3 (23.08%) Finance
4 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Cyberattack
4 3 (23.08%) SIEM
4 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
4 3 (23.08%) Azure
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 3 (23.08%) Task Automation
4 3 (23.08%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (23.08%) Offensive Security
4 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
4 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
5 2 (15.38%) Server Management
5 2 (15.38%) Service-Level Objective
5 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
5 2 (15.38%) Network Management
5 2 (15.38%) SAP Security
5 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (15.38%) Decision Tree
5 2 (15.38%) Power BI
5 2 (15.38%) Software Asset Management
5 2 (15.38%) Server Building

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 5 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.69%) IaaS
4 1 (7.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Wireless
2 1 (7.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Banking
2 2 (15.38%) French Language
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Cyberattack
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.69%) CSOC
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
3 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (38.46%) Security Operations
3 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
3 3 (23.08%) Offensive Security
3 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (23.08%) SIEM
3 3 (23.08%) Task Automation
3 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
4 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) Decision Tree
4 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (15.38%) Information Security
4 2 (15.38%) ISMS
4 2 (15.38%) Network Management
4 2 (15.38%) SAP Security
4 2 (15.38%) Server Management
4 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Service-Level Objective
4 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) CASB
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) HP
2 2 (15.38%) SAP