Security Analyst Contracts in the South West

Security Analyst
England > South West

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the South West is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 152 160
Rank change year-on-year +13 +8 -42
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 15 20 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.47% 0.54% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.59% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 5
10th Percentile £538 £360 £347
25th Percentile £600 £513 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £563 £475
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +18.42% +5.56%
75th Percentile - £638 £500
90th Percentile - £656 £527
England median daily rate £520 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -5.45% +10.00% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - £62.55 -
25th Percentile - £62.63 £63.30
Median hourly rate - £65.50 £69.78
Median % change year-on-year - -6.13% +19.94%
75th Percentile - £72.88 £79.58
90th Percentile - £75.65 £80.57
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
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 2,999 3,396 3,582
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 92.26% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,950 2,542 2,544
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £707 £713 £662
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 375 277 196
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £25.63 £51.25 £16.79
Median hourly rate £48.29 £65.00 £45.17
Median % change year-on-year -25.72% +43.90% +5.66%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £62.31
90th Percentile £77.80 £83.54 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.25 £22.28
% change year-on-year -19.08% +94.12% -0.62%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the South West

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the South West

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the South West

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the South West

Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Wiltshire +4 8 £550 +1.62%
Bristol +13 5 £750 +22.45% 3
Gloucestershire +14 2 - - 1
Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 West region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (40.00%) Information Security
2 6 (40.00%) Azure
3 5 (33.33%) SIEM
3 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 5 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 4 (26.67%) Remediation Plan
4 4 (26.67%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (26.67%) CyberArk
4 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
4 4 (26.67%) QA
4 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
4 4 (26.67%) Banking
4 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (26.67%) SailPoint
4 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
4 4 (26.67%) CSOC
4 4 (26.67%) Incident Response
5 3 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (20.00%) Analytics
5 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (20.00%) Use Case
5 3 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (13.33%) Cyber Intelligence

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 6 (40.00%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Banking
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Electronics
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) CSOC
1 4 (26.67%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (40.00%) Information Security
3 5 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 5 (33.33%) SIEM
4 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (26.67%) Incident Response
4 4 (26.67%) Remediation Plan
4 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (20.00%) Analytics
5 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (20.00%) Use Case
6 2 (13.33%) Cyber Intelligence
6 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (13.33%) Workflow
7 1 (6.67%) Actionable Insight
7 1 (6.67%) Line Management
7 1 (6.67%) Protective Monitoring
7 1 (6.67%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) SANS
3 1 (6.67%) CEH
3 1 (6.67%) CISSP
3 1 (6.67%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) NCSC
2 1 (6.67%) NIST
2 1 (6.67%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) CyberArk
3 1 (6.67%) SAP