Information Security Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Information Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Security Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 452 499
Rank change year-on-year +73 +47 -81
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 12 9 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.058% 0.037% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.040% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 9
10th Percentile £400 £325 £381
25th Percentile £431 £330 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -15.79% +2.70%
75th Percentile £526 £425 £538
90th Percentile £540 £520 £578
UK median daily rate £508 £486 £513
% change year-on-year +4.37% -5.12% +7.89%

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 19,262 22,750 29,627
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.10% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,825 15,940 20,711
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £391 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £594 £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 2,216 1,193 1,496
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.07
25th Percentile £15.67 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Information Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Security 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 Information Security Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 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
Midlands +27 4 £400 - 4
South East +14 4 £530 +51.43% 3
East Midlands - 3 £400 - 2
North of England +33 2 £500 +26.58% 4
West Midlands +26 1 - - 2
East of England +11 1 £475 -
Scotland - 1 £500 -
Yorkshire - 1 £500 - 1
North East - 1 £500 -
Information Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Information 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 UK excluding London region featuring Information Security Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Information Security
2 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (25.00%) NIST
4 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
4 3 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (25.00%) CISSP
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (25.00%) CISM
4 3 (25.00%) Change Management
4 3 (25.00%) Firewall
4 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (25.00%) Network Security
4 3 (25.00%) Azure
4 3 (25.00%) Security Architecture
5 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 2 (16.67%) COBIT
5 2 (16.67%) ISSAP
5 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
5 2 (16.67%) CISA
5 2 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management

Information Security 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
1 3 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (8.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Cyberattack
3 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Information Security
2 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (25.00%) Change Management
3 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 3 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (16.67%) Information Assurance
4 2 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
4 2 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (8.33%) Application Security
5 1 (8.33%) Risk Register
5 1 (8.33%) Security Operations
5 1 (8.33%) Supplier Management
5 1 (8.33%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CISM
1 3 (25.00%) CISSP
2 2 (16.67%) CISA
2 2 (16.67%) ISSAP
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 3 (25.00%) NIST
2 2 (16.67%) COBIT
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (8.33%) GRC
3 1 (8.33%) IASME
3 1 (8.33%) NCSC
3 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (8.33%) Qualys