Cyber Threat Analyst Contracts

Cyber Threat Analyst
UK

The median Cyber Threat Analyst daily rate in the UK is £570 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 692 842
Rank change year-on-year +125 +150 -148
Contract jobs requiring a Cyber Threat Analyst 23 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.012% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.013% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 6 2
10th Percentile - £550 £458
25th Percentile £559 £566 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £625 £605
Median % change year-on-year -8.80% +3.31% +51.25%
75th Percentile £580 £638 £693
90th Percentile - £715 £736
UK excluding London median daily rate £570 £625 -
% change year-on-year -8.80% - -

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 39,895 54,705 83,445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,959 38,196 58,620
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,532 2,041
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.73% +112.16% +5.26%

Cyber Threat Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat Analyst in the UK

Cyber Threat Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat Analyst in the UK

Cyber Threat Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat Analyst over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat Analyst in the UK

Cyber Threat Analyst
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
England +123 23 £570 -8.80% 3
UK excluding London +73 22 £570 -8.80% 3
South West +31 20 £570 -8.80% 2
Midlands +30 2 £650 +4.00%
West Midlands +17 2 £650 +4.00%
London +96 1 £500 -9.09%

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Cyber Threat 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 Threat Analyst in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 23 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 23 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 23 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 23 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 22 (95.65%) DV Cleared
2 22 (95.65%) Security Cleared
2 22 (95.65%) Open Source
3 21 (91.30%) Social Skills
3 21 (91.30%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 20 (86.96%) SOAR
4 20 (86.96%) SIEM
4 20 (86.96%) Security Operations
4 20 (86.96%) Malware Analysis
4 20 (86.96%) OSINT
5 2 (8.70%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (8.70%) Wireless
5 2 (8.70%) Risk Management
5 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
6 1 (4.35%) Finance
6 1 (4.35%) GSEC
6 1 (4.35%) Data Management
6 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis
6 1 (4.35%) Network Security
6 1 (4.35%) OSCP
6 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
6 1 (4.35%) Intel
6 1 (4.35%) CISSP
6 1 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain

Cyber Threat 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 (8.70%) Wireless
2 1 (4.35%) Network Security
General
1 21 (91.30%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 23 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 23 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 23 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 23 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 22 (95.65%) Open Source
3 21 (91.30%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 20 (86.96%) Malware Analysis
4 20 (86.96%) OSINT
4 20 (86.96%) Security Operations
4 20 (86.96%) SIEM
4 20 (86.96%) SOAR
5 2 (8.70%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (8.70%) Risk Management
6 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis
6 1 (4.35%) Data Management
6 1 (4.35%) Mentoring
6 1 (4.35%) Proactive Monitoring
6 1 (4.35%) Threat Analysis
6 1 (4.35%) Threat Management
6 1 (4.35%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 22 (95.65%) DV Cleared
1 22 (95.65%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) CISSP
3 1 (4.35%) GREM
3 1 (4.35%) GSEC
3 1 (4.35%) OSCP
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Cybereason
1 1 (4.35%) Intel