Cyber Defence Analyst Contracts

Cyber Defence Analyst
UK

The median Cyber Defence Analyst daily rate in the UK is £698 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 710 854
Rank change year-on-year +143 +144 -170
Contract jobs requiring a Cyber Defence Analyst 27 6 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.010% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.011% 0.001%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 6 1
10th Percentile £518 £569 -
25th Percentile £538 £625 £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £698 £650 £725
Median % change year-on-year +7.31% -10.34% -
75th Percentile £850 £694 £738
90th Percentile - £700 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £645 £650 £725
% change year-on-year -0.77% -10.34% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,181 56,479 84,762
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.61% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,164 39,476 59,482
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £491 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.87% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,646 1,570 2,098
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.49 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.75 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.18% +117.95% +2.55%

Cyber Defence Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Cyber Defence Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence Analyst in the UK

Cyber Defence Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Defence Analyst in the UK

Cyber Defence Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Defence Analyst over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Defence Analyst in the UK

Cyber Defence Analyst
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +138 27 £698 +7.31% 1
UK excluding London +84 25 £645 -0.77%
South West - 11 £538 -
West Midlands +35 10 £569 -12.46%
Midlands +31 10 £569 -12.46%
South East - 7 £800 -
Yorkshire - 2 £800 -
North of England - 2 £800 -
London - 1 £750 -

Cyber Defence Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Cyber Defence 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 featuring Cyber Defence Analyst in the job title.

1 27 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
2 25 (92.59%) Security Cleared
3 24 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (88.89%) Cyber Threat
4 23 (85.19%) DV Cleared
5 22 (81.48%) Protective Monitoring
6 19 (70.37%) SIEM
6 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
6 19 (70.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 19 (70.37%) NIST 800
7 18 (66.67%) NIST
7 18 (66.67%) Social Skills
8 16 (59.26%) Threat Intelligence
8 16 (59.26%) SOAR
8 16 (59.26%) Incident Response
8 16 (59.26%) Incident Management
8 16 (59.26%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 16 (59.26%) Case Management
9 15 (55.56%) Mentoring
9 15 (55.56%) Information Security
9 15 (55.56%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 14 (51.85%) Use Case
11 13 (48.15%) Management Information System
11 13 (48.15%) Root Cause Analysis
12 12 (44.44%) CRM
13 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
14 3 (11.11%) Security Operations
14 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
15 2 (7.41%) Distributed Applications
15 2 (7.41%) Operational Technology

Cyber Defence Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) Wireless
General
1 18 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
3 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 27 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
2 24 (88.89%) Cyber Threat
3 19 (70.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 13 (48.15%) Management Information System
5 2 (7.41%) Distributed Applications
5 2 (7.41%) Operational Technology
6 1 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (81.48%) Protective Monitoring
3 19 (70.37%) SIEM
4 16 (59.26%) Case Management
4 16 (59.26%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 16 (59.26%) Incident Management
4 16 (59.26%) Incident Response
4 16 (59.26%) SOAR
4 16 (59.26%) Threat Intelligence
5 15 (55.56%) Information Security
5 15 (55.56%) Mentoring
5 15 (55.56%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 14 (51.85%) Use Case
7 13 (48.15%) Root Cause Analysis
8 12 (44.44%) CRM
9 3 (11.11%) Security Operations
10 2 (7.41%) Actionable Insight
10 2 (7.41%) Analytics
10 2 (7.41%) Cyber Intelligence
10 2 (7.41%) OSINT
Qualifications
1 25 (92.59%) Security Cleared
2 23 (85.19%) DV Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (70.37%) NIST 800
2 18 (66.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) Red Hat