Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts with Work from Home Options

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in Work from Home is £515 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 420 566
Rank change year-on-year +97 +146 -107
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 21 54 53
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.21% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.22% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 38 41
10th Percentile £398 £344 £325
25th Percentile £495 £431 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £575 £659 £625
90th Percentile £649 £728 £638
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +22.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,235 24,337 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 95.31% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,550 17,175 30,867
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 560 606
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.70 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.25 £25.71 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £54.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.10% +55.71% +42.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cybersecurity Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cybersecurity Analyst.

Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (61.90%) Information Security
3 11 (52.38%) SIEM
4 9 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (42.86%) Risk Management
4 9 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (38.10%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
5 8 (38.10%) Penetration Testing
6 7 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (33.33%) Firewall
6 7 (33.33%) Management Information System
6 7 (33.33%) CISSP
6 7 (33.33%) Public Sector
6 7 (33.33%) Mentoring
7 6 (28.57%) Decision-Making
7 6 (28.57%) CISM
7 6 (28.57%) Incident Management
7 6 (28.57%) Degree
7 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
8 5 (23.81%) Use Case
8 5 (23.81%) Computer Science
8 5 (23.81%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 5 (23.81%) Project Management
8 5 (23.81%) Security Monitoring
8 5 (23.81%) Privileged Access Management
8 5 (23.81%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (23.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 5 (23.81%) Technical Analysis
8 5 (23.81%) Vulnerability Remediation

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) Firewall
2 4 (19.05%) DHCP
2 4 (19.05%) DNS
2 4 (19.05%) Network Security
2 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
2 4 (19.05%) VLAN
2 4 (19.05%) VPN
3 2 (9.52%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (4.76%) DMZ
4 1 (4.76%) Intranet
4 1 (4.76%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 8 (38.10%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 3 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Local Government
4 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 5 (23.81%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
3 2 (9.52%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Linux
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (61.90%) Information Security
3 11 (52.38%) SIEM
4 9 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (42.86%) Risk Management
4 9 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (38.10%) Penetration Testing
6 7 (33.33%) Mentoring
7 6 (28.57%) Decision-Making
7 6 (28.57%) Incident Management
8 5 (23.81%) Business Impact Analysis
8 5 (23.81%) Computer Science
8 5 (23.81%) Impact Analysis
8 5 (23.81%) Privileged Access Management
8 5 (23.81%) Project Management
8 5 (23.81%) Security Monitoring
8 5 (23.81%) Technical Analysis
8 5 (23.81%) Use Case
8 5 (23.81%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 5 (23.81%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) CISSP
2 6 (28.57%) CISM
2 6 (28.57%) Degree
2 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) APMP
3 4 (19.05%) CCNA
3 4 (19.05%) CEH
3 4 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (19.05%) PMP
4 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (23.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 3 (14.29%) NIST
4 2 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (9.52%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (4.76%) IASME
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Qualys
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco
3 1 (4.76%) Okta
3 1 (4.76%) Splunk