ECSA Contracts in the UK excluding London

EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for ECSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ECSA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.022% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +25.00% -5.88% -15.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

ECSA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,641 7,369 7,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.92% 36.36% 32.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,812 4,304 5,055
10th Percentile £206 £270 £288
25th Percentile £375 £425 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £675 £725 £706
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 416 921 600
10th Percentile £17.71 £13.50 £13.89
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £40.94 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.62% -18.12% +42.86%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.75 £65.81
90th Percentile £78.53 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% -27.27% +25.14%

ECSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ECSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ECSA in the UK excluding London

ECSA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ECSA in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for ECSA in the UK excluding London

ECSA
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ECSA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 May 2025. 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
South East - 1 £500 -
ECSA
UK

ECSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk