Incident Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Incident Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Incident Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 434 479
Rank change year-on-year +48 +45 -58
Contract jobs requiring an Incident Analyst 11 10 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.053% 0.042% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.044% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 28
10th Percentile - £291 £200
25th Percentile £325 £352 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £472 £463
Median % change year-on-year -25.77% +1.95% +218.97%
75th Percentile £400 £473 £519
90th Percentile £522 - £539
UK median daily rate £350 £413 £463
% change year-on-year -15.18% -10.78% +11.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -1.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,219 22,597 29,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 94.17% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,734 15,842 20,729
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £599 £598 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,162 1,485
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.50 £42.43 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.91% +117.60% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.51
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.02 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.95% +91.49% +3.14%

Incident Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Incident Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Analyst in the UK excluding London

Incident Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Incident Analyst in the UK excluding London

Incident Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Incident Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Incident Analyst in the UK excluding London

Incident Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Incident Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Incident Analyst in the UK excluding London

Incident Analyst
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 Incident Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Midlands - 8 £350 -
West Midlands - 7 £350 -
South West - 2 £510 -
East Midlands - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
Incident Analyst
UK

Incident Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Incident 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 UK excluding London region featuring Incident Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Service Management
2 9 (81.82%) ITSM
2 9 (81.82%) Incident Management
3 8 (72.73%) ITIL
4 7 (63.64%) Telecoms
4 7 (63.64%) ServiceNow
4 7 (63.64%) Performance Management
4 7 (63.64%) Operational Technology
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
5 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Use Case
5 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
6 1 (9.09%) SIEM
6 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
6 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (9.09%) Time Management
6 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
6 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
6 1 (9.09%) NsoIT
6 1 (9.09%) Availability Management
6 1 (9.09%) NIST
6 1 (9.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (9.09%) SOAR
6 1 (9.09%) Protective Monitoring
6 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
6 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence

Incident Analyst Skill Set
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 7 (63.64%) Telecoms
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Service Management
2 9 (81.82%) Incident Management
2 9 (81.82%) ITSM
3 8 (72.73%) ITIL
4 7 (63.64%) Performance Management
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Use Case
6 1 (9.09%) Availability Management
6 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
6 1 (9.09%) Case Management
6 1 (9.09%) CRM
6 1 (9.09%) Information Security
6 1 (9.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (9.09%) NsoIT
6 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
6 1 (9.09%) SIEM
6 1 (9.09%) SOAR
6 1 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (9.09%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
1 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) ServiceNow
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft