Senior Security Analyst Contracts

Senior Security Analyst
UK

The median Senior Security Analyst daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 678 827
Rank change year-on-year +110 +149 -147
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 17 15 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.026% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.027% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 14
10th Percentile £508 £413 £388
25th Percentile £508 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £558 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +6.19% +4.69%
75th Percentile £540 £684 £534
90th Percentile £684 £768 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +14.44% -14.29% +9.38%

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 39,719 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,839 38,395 59,001
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 2,655 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Analyst over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 +102 11 £540 -12.48% 16
UK excluding London +77 11 £515 +14.44% 10
Work from Home +129 9 £515 -4.63% 8
London +86 6 £525 -24.18% 7
Scotland +50 6 £515 +21.18% 3
South East - 2 £540 - 1
East of England - 2 £750 - 1
South West - 1 £675 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (82.35%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (52.94%) SIEM
3 8 (47.06%) Information Security
3 8 (47.06%) Management Information System
3 8 (47.06%) Security Monitoring
4 7 (41.18%) Incident Response
4 7 (41.18%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (41.18%) Incident Management
4 7 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (41.18%) Penetration Testing
5 6 (35.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 6 (35.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
6 5 (29.41%) Privileged Access Management
6 5 (29.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 5 (29.41%) Technical Analysis
6 5 (29.41%) Impact Analysis
6 5 (29.41%) Business Impact Analysis
6 5 (29.41%) Use Case
6 5 (29.41%) Firewall
6 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
7 4 (23.53%) Windows
7 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (23.53%) Azure
7 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
7 4 (23.53%) Security Operations
8 3 (17.65%) Data Loss Prevention
8 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
8 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared

Senior 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 1 (5.88%) IBM Notes
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
2 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) Network Security
3 2 (11.76%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.88%) Banking
2 1 (5.88%) Finance
2 1 (5.88%) Legal
2 1 (5.88%) Local Government
2 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.76%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Cyberattack
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.88%) SCADA
3 1 (5.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (52.94%) SIEM
3 8 (47.06%) Information Security
3 8 (47.06%) Security Monitoring
4 7 (41.18%) Incident Management
4 7 (41.18%) Incident Response
4 7 (41.18%) Penetration Testing
4 7 (41.18%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (35.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 6 (35.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 5 (29.41%) Business Impact Analysis
6 5 (29.41%) Impact Analysis
6 5 (29.41%) Privileged Access Management
6 5 (29.41%) Technical Analysis
6 5 (29.41%) Use Case
7 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
7 4 (23.53%) Security Operations
7 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (17.65%) Build Automation
8 3 (17.65%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) CISSP
1 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) CCNA
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.88%) CISM
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.88%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (29.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (11.76%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (5.88%) GDPR
4 1 (5.88%) GLBA
4 1 (5.88%) ISAE 3402
4 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (5.88%) NCSC
4 1 (5.88%) NIST
4 1 (5.88%) PCI DSS
4 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) CASB
1 1 (5.88%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco
2 2 (11.76%) Splunk
3 1 (5.88%) Axway
3 1 (5.88%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.88%) Lotus
3 1 (5.88%) McAfee
3 1 (5.88%) Netskope
3 1 (5.88%) Trend Micro