Security Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £528 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 114 128 151
Rank change year-on-year +14 +23 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 20 22 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.75% 0.76% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.80% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 16 6
10th Percentile £355 £325 £303
25th Percentile £506 £378 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £494 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% +3.95% +11.76%
75th Percentile £825 £550 £488
90th Percentile £911 £606 £538
South East median daily rate £530 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +6.00% +5.26% -5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,474 2,740 3,370
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.04% 94.45% 95.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,427 1,904 2,297
10th Percentile £206 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 76 101
10th Percentile £15.67 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.45 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the Thames Valley

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the Thames Valley

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the Thames Valley

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the Thames Valley

Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Buckinghamshire +40 17 £511 -7.09%
Berkshire -14 3 £560 +37.72% 4
Security Analyst
South East

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (50.00%) Network Security
3 8 (40.00%) Linux
4 7 (35.00%) Cisco
4 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (35.00%) CCNP
4 7 (35.00%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (35.00%) Juniper
4 7 (35.00%) Firewall
4 7 (35.00%) Time Management
4 7 (35.00%) Cisco ASA
4 7 (35.00%) DV Cleared
4 7 (35.00%) Cisco ISE
4 7 (35.00%) Palo Alto
4 7 (35.00%) ScienceLogic
5 6 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (30.00%) Decision-Making
5 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
5 6 (30.00%) CISM
5 6 (30.00%) Nessus
5 6 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 5 (25.00%) Debian
6 5 (25.00%) Red Hat
6 5 (25.00%) Python
6 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (25.00%) Ubuntu
6 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (25.00%) Security Posture

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (10.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) Network Security
2 7 (35.00%) Cisco ASA
2 7 (35.00%) Cisco ISE
2 7 (35.00%) Firewall
3 3 (15.00%) SAN
3 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
1 6 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Linux
2 5 (25.00%) Debian
2 5 (25.00%) Ubuntu
3 3 (15.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Time Management
2 6 (30.00%) Decision-Making
2 6 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (20.00%) Agile
5 3 (15.00%) Configuration Management
5 3 (15.00%) Data Engineering
5 3 (15.00%) Data Modelling
5 3 (15.00%) Design Thinking
5 3 (15.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (15.00%) ITIL
5 3 (15.00%) Prototyping
5 3 (15.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (15.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 2 (10.00%) Business Analysis
6 2 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (10.00%) Scrum
7 1 (5.00%) Kanban
7 1 (5.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (35.00%) CCNP
2 7 (35.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (35.00%) DV Cleared
3 6 (30.00%) CISM
3 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (10.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Cisco
1 7 (35.00%) Juniper
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (35.00%) Palo Alto
1 7 (35.00%) ScienceLogic
2 5 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 3 (15.00%) Splunk
3 3 (15.00%) VMware