Security Analyst Contracts in London

Security Analyst
England > London

The median Security Analyst daily rate in London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 April 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
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 317 373 447
Rank change year-on-year +56 +74 -85
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 73 138 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.41% 0.50% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.53% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 102 110
10th Percentile £400 £361 £350
25th Percentile £463 £461 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £566 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.70% +13.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £581 £672 £588
90th Percentile £675 £797 £638
England median daily rate £520 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -5.45% +10.00% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £18.93 £40.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -53.26% - -
England median hourly rate £11.25 £65.25 £69.01
% change year-on-year -82.76% -5.45% +38.02%

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 16,654 26,270 37,451
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.09% 95.28% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,052 18,953 27,320
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.84%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 299 458
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £22.05
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% - +12.90%
75th Percentile £44.00 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £64.86 £76.60 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.00 £22.29
% change year-on-year -18.60% +92.95% -0.60%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in London

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in London

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in London over the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in London

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in London

Security 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 Security Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 17 April 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 +48 13 £513 -8.89% 2
East London - 1 - -
Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 April 2024, 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 London region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 50 (68.49%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (27.40%) CISSP
3 19 (26.03%) Finance
4 18 (24.66%) NIST
5 17 (23.29%) Information Security
5 17 (23.29%) Microsoft
5 17 (23.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (21.92%) SIEM
7 14 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (17.81%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (17.81%) Security Operations
8 13 (17.81%) Azure
8 13 (17.81%) Risk Management
9 12 (16.44%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 12 (16.44%) Threat Intelligence
9 12 (16.44%) Incident Response
10 11 (15.07%) Social Skills
10 11 (15.07%) CISM
11 10 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
12 9 (12.33%) Vulnerability Management
12 9 (12.33%) Threat Modelling
12 9 (12.33%) Active Directory
13 8 (10.96%) Firewall
13 8 (10.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 8 (10.96%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 8 (10.96%) Cloud Security
14 7 (9.59%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (9.59%) Power Platform
14 7 (9.59%) Power BI
14 7 (9.59%) Cyber Threat

Security 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 6 (8.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.37%) Confluence
2 1 (1.37%) IBM Notes
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.37%) OmniGraffle
2 1 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.37%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.81%) Azure
1 13 (17.81%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (9.59%) Azure Sentinel
2 7 (9.59%) Power Platform
3 5 (6.85%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.74%) AWS
5 1 (1.37%) IaaS
5 1 (1.37%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.37%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.37%) PaaS
5 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.96%) Firewall
2 4 (5.48%) Network Security
3 2 (2.74%) DMZ
4 1 (1.37%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.37%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.37%) VPN
4 1 (1.37%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.59%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.74%) JIRA
General
1 19 (26.03%) Finance
2 11 (15.07%) Social Skills
3 10 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.59%) Banking
5 5 (6.85%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.48%) Retail Banking
7 3 (4.11%) Local Government
8 2 (2.74%) Advertising
8 2 (2.74%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.74%) Law
8 2 (2.74%) Legal
8 2 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.37%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 7 (9.59%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (6.85%) Cloud Native
4 4 (5.48%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (4.11%) Cyberattack
5 3 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (4.11%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.11%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.11%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.37%) CSOC
7 1 (1.37%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.85%) Windows
2 1 (1.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (68.49%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (23.29%) Information Security
3 16 (21.92%) SIEM
4 14 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (17.81%) Risk Management
5 13 (17.81%) Security Operations
6 12 (16.44%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 12 (16.44%) Incident Response
6 12 (16.44%) Threat Intelligence
7 9 (12.33%) Threat Modelling
7 9 (12.33%) Vulnerability Management
8 8 (10.96%) Cloud Security
8 8 (10.96%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 6 (8.22%) Data Loss Prevention
9 6 (8.22%) Data Protection
10 5 (6.85%) Agile
10 5 (6.85%) Identity Access Management
10 5 (6.85%) Risk Assessment
10 5 (6.85%) Risk Register
10 5 (6.85%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.48%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.74%) Python
3 1 (1.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (27.40%) CISSP
2 11 (15.07%) CISM
3 6 (8.22%) GREM
3 6 (8.22%) GSEC
3 6 (8.22%) OSCP
4 5 (6.85%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.48%) Degree
6 3 (4.11%) CEH
6 3 (4.11%) CRISC
6 3 (4.11%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.74%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.37%) CISA
8 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (24.66%) NIST
2 17 (23.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (8.22%) GRC
4 5 (6.85%) GDPR
4 5 (6.85%) PCI DSS
5 4 (5.48%) ISO 9001
5 4 (5.48%) NCSC
6 3 (4.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (4.11%) ISO 31000
7 2 (2.74%) COBIT
7 2 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (2.74%) ISO 22301
8 1 (1.37%) GLBA
8 1 (1.37%) ISAE 3402
8 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.37%) QA
8 1 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (1.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (12.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.74%) CASB
2 1 (1.37%) CSIRT
2 1 (1.37%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.37%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (1.37%) Nessus
2 1 (1.37%) Nmap
2 1 (1.37%) QRadar
Vendors
1 17 (23.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.48%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (5.48%) Darktrace
3 3 (4.11%) Qualys
4 2 (2.74%) Cybereason
4 2 (2.74%) Intel
4 2 (2.74%) McAfee
4 2 (2.74%) Netskope
5 1 (1.37%) Axway
5 1 (1.37%) Cisco
5 1 (1.37%) IBM
5 1 (1.37%) Lotus
5 1 (1.37%) Proofpoint
5 1 (1.37%) Sun
5 1 (1.37%) Symantec
5 1 (1.37%) Trend Micro
5 1 (1.37%) Zscaler