Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Senior Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the UK is £515 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 711 852
Rank change year-on-year +134 +141 -178
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst 9 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.008% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.009% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile £475 - £463
25th Percentile £508 - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.00%
75th Percentile £526 - £581
90th Percentile £616 - £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 - -

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 40,501 57,364 85,821
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.55% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,442 40,011 60,276
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 £748 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,615 1,620 2,120
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.33 £15.47
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.77 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity 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 Senior Cybersecurity Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
Work from Home +131 7 £515 - 2
UK excluding London +76 7 £515 - 8
Scotland - 5 £515 - 2
England +114 4 £525 - 6
London +106 2 £463 -
East of England - 2 £750 - 2

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Senior Cybersecurity 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 Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (77.78%) Management Information System
2 7 (77.78%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (77.78%) SIEM
2 7 (77.78%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (66.67%) Public Sector
4 5 (55.56%) Security Monitoring
4 5 (55.56%) Privileged Access Management
4 5 (55.56%) Technical Analysis
4 5 (55.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 5 (55.56%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 5 (55.56%) Impact Analysis
4 5 (55.56%) Business Impact Analysis
4 5 (55.56%) Use Case
4 5 (55.56%) Incident Management
4 5 (55.56%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 5 (55.56%) Information Security
5 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 3 (33.33%) Firewall
5 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
6 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
6 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
6 2 (22.22%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 2 (22.22%) Security Operations
6 2 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (22.22%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
6 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 2 (22.22%) Disclosure Scotland

Senior Cybersecurity 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 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 6 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Legal
2 1 (11.11%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (77.78%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (77.78%) SIEM
2 7 (77.78%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (55.56%) Business Impact Analysis
3 5 (55.56%) Impact Analysis
3 5 (55.56%) Incident Management
3 5 (55.56%) Information Security
3 5 (55.56%) Privileged Access Management
3 5 (55.56%) Security Monitoring
3 5 (55.56%) Technical Analysis
3 5 (55.56%) Use Case
3 5 (55.56%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 5 (55.56%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (55.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (22.22%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (11.11%) GDPR
4 1 (11.11%) NCSC
4 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Splunk