Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts in the North West

Cybersecurity Analyst
England > North West

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the North West is £570 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 121 146 175
Rank change year-on-year +25 +29 -41
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 15 9 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.56% 0.29% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.30% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 3
10th Percentile £338 £374 -
25th Percentile £560 £391 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £488 £575
Median % change year-on-year +16.92% -15.22% +27.78%
75th Percentile £665 £606 £588
90th Percentile £750 £640 -
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +18.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 2,546 2,993 3,902
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 94.84% 96.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,660 2,145 2,849
10th Percentile £281 £300 £208
25th Percentile £390 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £568
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 130 171
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.64 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.66 £35.00 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.83% +70.73% +14.53%
75th Percentile £46.18 £50.04 £42.63
90th Percentile £67.63 £66.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the North West

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the North West

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the North West

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West 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
Cheshire - 8 £570 -
Manchester +22 7 £750 +30.43% 1
Cybersecurity Analyst
England

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 4 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 North West region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (73.33%) Data Protection
2 11 (73.33%) IT Strategy
2 11 (73.33%) Business Strategy
2 11 (73.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (73.33%) Business Continuity
3 8 (53.33%) Validation
3 8 (53.33%) Use Case
3 8 (53.33%) Roadmaps
3 8 (53.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 8 (53.33%) NIST
3 8 (53.33%) Cyber Resilience
4 4 (26.67%) Banking
4 4 (26.67%) QA
4 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
4 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
4 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
4 4 (26.67%) Azure
4 4 (26.67%) SailPoint
4 4 (26.67%) CyberArk
4 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
4 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (26.67%) Remediation Plan
4 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
5 3 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (20.00%) IASME
5 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Intranet

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
1 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Intranet
General
1 4 (26.67%) Banking
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) SailPoint
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (73.33%) Business Continuity
2 11 (73.33%) Business Strategy
2 11 (73.33%) Data Protection
2 11 (73.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (73.33%) IT Strategy
3 8 (53.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 8 (53.33%) Roadmaps
3 8 (53.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 8 (53.33%) Use Case
3 8 (53.33%) Validation
4 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (26.67%) Remediation Plan
5 3 (20.00%) Information Management
5 3 (20.00%) Information Security
5 3 (20.00%) Problem Management
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Project Management
5 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) NIST
2 4 (26.67%) QA
3 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (20.00%) IASME
3 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) CyberArk
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft