Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
England > London

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in London is £531 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 433 539
Rank change year-on-year +70 +106 -111
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 31 56 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.18% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.22% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 40 46
10th Percentile £400 £357 £335
25th Percentile £413 £491 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.21% +4.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £570 £688 £613
90th Percentile £689 £798 £625
England median daily rate £550 £554 £550
% change year-on-year -0.68% +0.68% +18.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,466 24,974 36,637
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 95.21% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,897 18,116 26,808
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £444 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £685 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 280 441
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.86 £22.68
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.61% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £46.48 £62.95 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.02 £80.00 £68.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 10 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
Central London +42 5 £500 +60.00%
West London +16 1 £550 -21.43%
Cybersecurity Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 London region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 31 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (32.26%) CISSP
3 8 (25.81%) Risk Management
3 8 (25.81%) SIEM
3 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
4 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (22.58%) Finance
4 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
5 6 (19.35%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (16.13%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (16.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 5 (16.13%) Threat Intelligence
6 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (16.13%) NIST
7 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
7 4 (12.90%) Incident Response
7 4 (12.90%) Product Ownership
7 4 (12.90%) Security Operations
7 4 (12.90%) Firewall
7 4 (12.90%) Information Security
7 4 (12.90%) Azure
7 4 (12.90%) Qualys
7 4 (12.90%) CEH
7 4 (12.90%) Degree
8 3 (9.68%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 3 (9.68%) Local Government
8 3 (9.68%) Network Security
8 3 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (9.68%) GSEC
8 3 (9.68%) Agile

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.23%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.90%) Azure
2 3 (9.68%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (9.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) Firewall
2 3 (9.68%) Network Security
3 2 (6.45%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Finance
3 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.68%) Local Government
4 3 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Law
5 2 (6.45%) Retail
6 1 (3.23%) Banking
6 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
6 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.23%) Marketing
6 1 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.23%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Product Ownership
2 3 (9.68%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (9.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.23%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (25.81%) Risk Management
2 8 (25.81%) SIEM
3 6 (19.35%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (16.13%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (16.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (16.13%) Threat Intelligence
5 4 (12.90%) Incident Response
5 4 (12.90%) Information Security
5 4 (12.90%) Security Operations
6 3 (9.68%) Agile
6 3 (9.68%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 3 (9.68%) Threat Modelling
6 3 (9.68%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 2 (6.45%) Biotechnology
7 2 (6.45%) Computer Science
7 2 (6.45%) Incident Management
7 2 (6.45%) Risk Analysis
7 2 (6.45%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) CISSP
2 4 (12.90%) CEH
2 4 (12.90%) Degree
3 3 (9.68%) CISA
3 3 (9.68%) CISM
3 3 (9.68%) GREM
3 3 (9.68%) GSEC
3 3 (9.68%) OSCP
4 2 (6.45%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.45%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) NIST
2 3 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (6.45%) GDPR
3 2 (6.45%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.23%) NCSC
4 1 (3.23%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) FortiGate
1 1 (3.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.90%) Qualys
3 1 (3.23%) Cadence
3 1 (3.23%) Cybereason
3 1 (3.23%) McAfee
3 1 (3.23%) Proofpoint