Information Security Analyst Contracts

Information Security Analyst
UK

The median Information Security Analyst daily rate in the UK is £508 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 574 677 810
Rank change year-on-year +103 +133 -167
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 20 39 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.065% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.069% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 30 33
10th Percentile £400 £334 £400
25th Percentile £491 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £486 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.37% -7.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £564 £521 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £648
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +8.11%

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%

Information Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Analyst in the UK

Information Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Information Security Analyst in the UK

Information Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Analyst in the UK

Information Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Analyst in the UK

Information Security Analyst
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 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 +101 19 £515 +3.52% 23
UK excluding London +68 12 £500 +25.00% 11
Work from Home +121 10 £500 +11.11% 10
London +92 8 £650 +30.65% 10
Midlands +28 4 £400 - 3
South East +22 4 £530 +51.43% 3
East Midlands - 3 £400 - 1
North of England +32 2 £500 +26.58% 4
West Midlands +29 1 - - 2
East of England +9 1 £475 -
Scotland - 1 £500 -
Yorkshire - 1 £500 - 1
North East - 1 £500 -

Information Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 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 featuring Information Security Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Information Security
2 11 (55.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (55.00%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (40.00%) NIST
4 7 (35.00%) Firewall
4 7 (35.00%) CISM
4 7 (35.00%) CISSP
5 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (25.00%) Security Posture
6 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security
6 4 (20.00%) PCI DSS
6 4 (20.00%) Azure
6 4 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 4 (20.00%) COBIT
7 3 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (15.00%) Network Security
7 3 (15.00%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (15.00%) CISA
7 3 (15.00%) Change Management
7 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
7 3 (15.00%) Finance
7 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (15.00%) GDPR
7 3 (15.00%) Security Monitoring
7 3 (15.00%) Incident Management
7 3 (15.00%) Security Architecture
7 3 (15.00%) SIEM
7 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (15.00%) Incident Response

Information Security 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (5.00%) AWS
3 1 (5.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Firewall
2 3 (15.00%) Network Security
3 1 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 3 (15.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Advertising
2 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Cyberattack
3 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Information Security
2 11 (55.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (15.00%) Change Management
4 3 (15.00%) Due Diligence
4 3 (15.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (15.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (15.00%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (15.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (15.00%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (15.00%) SIEM
4 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (10.00%) Business Continuity
5 2 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (10.00%) Information Assurance
5 2 (10.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) CISM
1 7 (35.00%) CISSP
2 3 (15.00%) CISA
3 2 (10.00%) ISSAP
3 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) CRISC
4 1 (5.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (55.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (40.00%) NIST
3 4 (20.00%) COBIT
3 4 (20.00%) PCI DSS
4 3 (15.00%) GDPR
4 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (10.00%) GRC
5 2 (10.00%) ISO 22301
6 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (5.00%) IASME
6 1 (5.00%) NCSC
6 1 (5.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (5.00%) Qualys