Security Analyst Contracts

Security Analyst
UK

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the UK is £525 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 391 397 525
Rank change year-on-year +6 +128 -64
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 206 347 352
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.58% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.61% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 239 234
10th Percentile £378 £361 £354
25th Percentile £463 £438 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £588
90th Percentile £750 £700 £635
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £520 £500
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% +7.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile - £43.95 £62.67
25th Percentile £11.25 £51.00 £63.30
Median hourly rate £12.50 £65.50 £65.80
Median % change year-on-year -80.92% -0.46% +31.60%
75th Percentile - £72.88 £79.04
90th Percentile - £75.65 £80.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.50 £70.25 £65.80
% change year-on-year -82.21% +6.76% +31.60%

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%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 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 +10 170 £520 -5.45% 77
UK excluding London +20 116 £525 +0.96% 52
London +45 75 £500 -12.47% 27
Work from Home +30 59 £505 +1.00% 28
South East +18 33 £525 +5.00% 12
Scotland +45 27 £525 +22.38% 7
North of England -9 19 £538 +2.38% 16
South West +12 16 £750 +33.33% 5
Midlands +16 14 £525 -8.70% 10
West Midlands +18 9 £525 -8.70% 7
North West +1 9 £638 +50.00% 11
East of England +12 7 £505 +40.28% 3
Yorkshire +1 7 £750 +42.86% 5
East Midlands +21 5 £400 -38.46% 3
North East - 3 £300 -

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 Security Analyst in the job title.

1 136 (66.02%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (29.61%) Information Security
3 51 (24.76%) Microsoft
4 48 (23.30%) Security Cleared
5 47 (22.82%) SIEM
6 45 (21.84%) Social Skills
7 41 (19.90%) CISSP
8 40 (19.42%) Azure
9 38 (18.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 37 (17.96%) Security Operations
11 36 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
12 32 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
12 32 (15.53%) CISM
12 32 (15.53%) Risk Management
13 30 (14.56%) NIST
13 30 (14.56%) Incident Response
14 29 (14.08%) Active Directory
15 28 (13.59%) Firewall
16 27 (13.11%) Vulnerability Management
17 26 (12.62%) SC Cleared
18 25 (12.14%) Banking
19 24 (11.65%) Finance
19 24 (11.65%) Network Security
20 23 (11.17%) SharePoint
20 23 (11.17%) Identity Access Management
21 22 (10.68%) Vulnerability Assessment
21 22 (10.68%) Microsoft 365
21 22 (10.68%) Entra ID
22 21 (10.19%) Microsoft Excel
23 20 (9.71%) Public Sector

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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (11.17%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.46%) Confluence
3 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.49%) Apache
4 1 (0.49%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.49%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.49%) IIS
4 1 (0.49%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.49%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (10.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.94%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.49%) OmniGraffle
3 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.49%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 40 (19.42%) Azure
2 22 (10.68%) Entra ID
2 22 (10.68%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (3.88%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (3.40%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.43%) AWS
6 4 (1.94%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.97%) IaaS
7 2 (0.97%) SaaS
8 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.49%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.59%) Firewall
2 24 (11.65%) Network Security
3 11 (5.34%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.40%) Cisco ASA
4 7 (3.40%) Cisco ISE
5 6 (2.91%) DNS
6 5 (2.43%) VPN
7 4 (1.94%) DHCP
7 4 (1.94%) SAN
7 4 (1.94%) VLAN
8 3 (1.46%) Intranet
8 3 (1.46%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.97%) DMZ
10 1 (0.49%) BIG-IP
10 1 (0.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 1 (0.49%) HTTP
10 1 (0.49%) Internet
10 1 (0.49%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.49%) SMTP
10 1 (0.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.40%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.94%) JIRA
General
1 45 (21.84%) Social Skills
2 32 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (12.14%) Banking
4 24 (11.65%) Finance
5 20 (9.71%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.94%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.46%) Advertising
9 3 (1.46%) Legal
9 3 (1.46%) Local Government
9 3 (1.46%) Police
10 2 (0.97%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.97%) Law
10 2 (0.97%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.97%) Marketing
10 2 (0.97%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.49%) Electronics
11 1 (0.49%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.77%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.49%) .NET
2 1 (0.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.22%) Cyber Threat
1 19 (9.22%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.31%) Security Operations Centre
2 13 (6.31%) Security Posture
3 12 (5.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 10 (4.85%) Product Ownership
5 9 (4.37%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.43%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.43%) CSOC
6 5 (2.43%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (2.43%) Cyberattack
7 4 (1.94%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.94%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.97%) CCTV
8 2 (0.97%) SCADA
9 1 (0.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.49%) PKI
9 1 (0.49%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.31%) Windows
2 12 (5.83%) Linux
3 5 (2.43%) Debian
3 5 (2.43%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (66.02%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (29.61%) Information Security
3 47 (22.82%) SIEM
4 37 (17.96%) Security Operations
5 36 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (15.53%) Risk Management
7 30 (14.56%) Incident Response
8 27 (13.11%) Vulnerability Management
9 23 (11.17%) Identity Access Management
10 22 (10.68%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 17 (8.25%) Incident Management
12 16 (7.77%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 16 (7.77%) Penetration Testing
12 16 (7.77%) Remediation Plan
12 16 (7.77%) Threat Intelligence
13 15 (7.28%) Cloud Security
13 15 (7.28%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 15 (7.28%) Decision-Making
13 15 (7.28%) Security Monitoring
13 15 (7.28%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.88%) Python
2 6 (2.91%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.49%) Java
3 1 (0.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (23.30%) Security Cleared
2 41 (19.90%) CISSP
3 32 (15.53%) CISM
4 26 (12.62%) SC Cleared
5 18 (8.74%) Degree
6 17 (8.25%) DV Cleared
7 16 (7.77%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (3.88%) CEH
8 8 (3.88%) CISA
8 8 (3.88%) OSCP
9 7 (3.40%) CCNP
9 7 (3.40%) CRISC
10 6 (2.91%) CCNA
10 6 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.91%) GREM
10 6 (2.91%) GSEC
11 4 (1.94%) APMP
11 4 (1.94%) PMP
12 3 (1.46%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (1.46%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (18.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (14.56%) NIST
3 17 (8.25%) QA
4 12 (5.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 8 (3.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (3.40%) GRC
7 6 (2.91%) GDPR
7 6 (2.91%) NCSC
7 6 (2.91%) PCI DSS
8 5 (2.43%) COBIT
8 5 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (1.94%) IASME
9 4 (1.94%) ISO 9001
10 3 (1.46%) ISO 31000
10 3 (1.46%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.97%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.97%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.49%) GLBA
12 1 (0.49%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 29 (14.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (3.40%) Nessus
2 2 (0.97%) CASB
2 2 (0.97%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.49%) Ansible
3 1 (0.49%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.49%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (0.49%) Nmap
3 1 (0.49%) QRadar
3 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (24.76%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.77%) CyberArk
3 9 (4.37%) Cisco
4 7 (3.40%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (3.40%) Juniper
4 7 (3.40%) Palo Alto
4 7 (3.40%) ScienceLogic
5 6 (2.91%) Splunk
6 5 (2.43%) Darktrace
6 5 (2.43%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.94%) Qualys
8 3 (1.46%) Netskope
8 3 (1.46%) VMware
9 2 (0.97%) Checkmarx
9 2 (0.97%) Cybereason
9 2 (0.97%) Intel
9 2 (0.97%) McAfee
9 2 (0.97%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.49%) IBM
10 1 (0.49%) Sun