Security Analyst Contracts in the South East

Security Analyst
England > South East

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the South East is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 190 242
Rank change year-on-year +24 +52 -57
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 33 34 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.59% 0.58% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.62% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 24 14
10th Percentile £356 £327 £401
25th Percentile £506 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £538
90th Percentile £900 £619 £576
England median daily rate £520 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -5.45% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.25
Median hourly rate - - £63.50
75th Percentile - - £64.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £11.25 £65.50 £65.80
% change year-on-year -82.82% -0.46% +31.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,138 5,513 7,438
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 94.48% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,081 3,840 5,034
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £615 £603 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 480 241 339
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £15.81
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -13.40%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.59 £43.85
90th Percentile £76.87 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the South East

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the South East

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the South East

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the South East

Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 26 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
Thames Valley +11 20 £528 +6.84% 4
Buckinghamshire +42 17 £511 -7.09% 1
Hampshire +8 6 £544 -6.41% 3
Kent - 4 £533 - 1
Berkshire -20 3 £560 +37.72% 3
West Sussex +1 2 £425 -15.00%
Surrey +3 1 £500 -16.67%
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 26 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 South East region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (45.45%) Network Security
2 14 (42.42%) Security Cleared
2 14 (42.42%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (33.33%) Firewall
3 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 10 (30.30%) Time Management
4 10 (30.30%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (27.27%) DV Cleared
5 9 (27.27%) Linux
6 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (21.21%) ScienceLogic
7 7 (21.21%) Cisco ISE
7 7 (21.21%) Palo Alto
7 7 (21.21%) CCNP
7 7 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (21.21%) Juniper
7 7 (21.21%) Cisco
7 7 (21.21%) CISM
7 7 (21.21%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (21.21%) Security Posture
8 6 (18.18%) Information Security
8 6 (18.18%) Nessus
8 6 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 6 (18.18%) Python
8 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
8 6 (18.18%) Decision-Making
8 6 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (15.15%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (15.15%) Azure

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.06%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.15%) Azure
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.03%) AWS
2 1 (3.03%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 15 (45.45%) Network Security
2 11 (33.33%) Firewall
3 7 (21.21%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (21.21%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (12.12%) TCP/IP
5 3 (9.09%) SAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 10 (30.30%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Finance
4 1 (3.03%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Security Posture
2 3 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (27.27%) Linux
2 5 (15.15%) Debian
2 5 (15.15%) Ubuntu
3 4 (12.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (30.30%) Time Management
3 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 6 (18.18%) Information Security
4 6 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 5 (15.15%) Business Analysis
5 5 (15.15%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (15.15%) Scrum
6 4 (12.12%) Agile
6 4 (12.12%) Change Management
6 4 (12.12%) Cloud Security
6 4 (12.12%) Kanban
6 4 (12.12%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (12.12%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (12.12%) Security Architecture
6 4 (12.12%) Security Operations
7 3 (9.09%) Incident Management
7 3 (9.09%) Incident Response
7 3 (9.09%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (42.42%) Security Cleared
2 9 (27.27%) DV Cleared
3 7 (21.21%) CCNP
3 7 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (21.21%) CISM
4 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.06%) Degree
6 1 (3.03%) CISSP
6 1 (3.03%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) NIST
2 2 (6.06%) NIST 800
3 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.03%) IASME
3 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (3.03%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) Nessus
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.21%) Cisco
2 7 (21.21%) Juniper
2 7 (21.21%) Palo Alto
2 7 (21.21%) ScienceLogic
3 5 (15.15%) Red Hat
4 3 (9.09%) Splunk
4 3 (9.09%) VMware
5 1 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (3.03%) Netskope
5 1 (3.03%) Zscaler