IT Security Analyst Contracts

IT Security Analyst
UK

The median IT Security Analyst daily rate in the UK is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 559 661 824
Rank change year-on-year +102 +163 -133
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 11 29 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.051% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.054% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 34
10th Percentile £353 £355 £365
25th Percentile £413 £413 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £675 £500 £584
90th Percentile £690 £530 £631
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -5.26%

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 39,467 53,505 83,509
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.60% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,700 37,347 58,712
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,724 1,494 2,029
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.44%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.95 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.11% +110.78% +5.26%

IT Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Analyst in the UK

IT Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Security Analyst in the UK

IT Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Security Analyst over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Security Analyst in the UK

IT Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Security Analyst in the UK

IT Security Analyst
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 +78 9 £650 +44.44% 8
London +91 6 £650 +36.84%
UK excluding London +44 4 £425 -5.56% 8
Work from Home +114 3 £650 +44.44% 2
South East +12 2 £425 -10.53% 2
Scotland +42 1 £425 -2.86% 1
North of England +22 1 - - 3
North West +17 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, IT 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 IT Security Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Security Operations
2 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
3 5 (45.45%) Incident Response
4 4 (36.36%) Offensive Security
4 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 4 (36.36%) Windows
4 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
4 4 (36.36%) Azure
4 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
4 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (36.36%) Cyberattack
4 4 (36.36%) Task Automation
4 4 (36.36%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (27.27%) SIEM
5 3 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) Wireless
6 2 (18.18%) Degree
6 2 (18.18%) Firmware
6 2 (18.18%) Network Management
6 2 (18.18%) Server Building
6 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 2 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (18.18%) Server Management
6 2 (18.18%) SOAR
6 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security

IT 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 4 (36.36%) Azure
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) IaaS
2 1 (9.09%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Wireless
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) VPN
General
1 1 (9.09%) Finance
1 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Cyberattack
2 2 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (9.09%) CSOC
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
3 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Security Operations
2 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (45.45%) Incident Response
4 4 (36.36%) Offensive Security
4 4 (36.36%) Task Automation
4 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 3 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (27.27%) SIEM
5 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
6 2 (18.18%) Network Management
6 2 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (18.18%) Server Building
6 2 (18.18%) Server Management
6 2 (18.18%) SOAR
6 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 1 (9.09%) Fintech
7 1 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (9.09%) Value Proposition
7 1 (9.09%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) CISM
2 1 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (9.09%) GCIH
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) CASB
1 1 (9.09%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) CrowdStrike
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) ForeScout