Security Analyst Contracts in the North West

Security Analyst
England > North West

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the North West is £638 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 133 162
Rank change year-on-year +1 +29 -34
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 9 25 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.32% 0.78% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.82% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 12
10th Percentile £313 £329 £260
25th Percentile £359 £350 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £400 £528
Median % change year-on-year +59.38% -24.17% +14.05%
75th Percentile £750 £531 £578
90th Percentile - £633 £588
England median daily rate £520 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -5.45% +10.00% +5.26%

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 2,622 3,037 3,869
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 94.55% 96.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,730 2,184 2,839
10th Percentile £281 £300 £206
25th Percentile £394 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +8.11% +10.12%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £560
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 138 178
10th Percentile £11.04 £14.18 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £30.64 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year -13.87% +51.35% +12.47%
75th Percentile £46.18 £47.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £63.50 £65.23 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the North West

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the North West

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the North West

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the North West

Security 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 Security Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 23 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
Manchester +12 7 £750 +66.67% 8
Cheshire +1 1 £525 -25.00% 1
Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 North West region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) CyberArk
2 4 (44.44%) SailPoint
2 4 (44.44%) Entra ID
2 4 (44.44%) QA
2 4 (44.44%) Data Protection
2 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
2 4 (44.44%) Banking
2 4 (44.44%) Remediation Plan
2 4 (44.44%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) IASME
3 3 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Information Management
3 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 3 (33.33%) Information Security
3 3 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (33.33%) Intranet

Security 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 (44.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
1 4 (44.44%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Intranet
General
1 4 (44.44%) Banking
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Data Protection
2 4 (44.44%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Remediation Plan
2 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
3 3 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 3 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (33.33%) Information Management
3 3 (33.33%) Information Security
3 3 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Change Control
4 1 (11.11%) Coaching
4 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (11.11%) CISSP
1 1 (11.11%) CRISC
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) QA
2 3 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (33.33%) IASME
2 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) CyberArk
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft