IT Security Analyst Contracts with Work from Home Options

IT Security Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Security Analyst daily rate in Work from Home is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 452 615
Rank change year-on-year +103 +163 -129
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 3 14 13
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.056% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.058% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 12
10th Percentile £455 £360 £289
25th Percentile £519 £418 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -2.70% -
75th Percentile £700 £500 £547
90th Percentile £715 £530 £646
UK median daily rate £650 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +44.44% -5.26% +8.57%

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 14,070 24,019 42,133
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 95.35% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,440 16,961 30,444
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £721
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 547 600
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £23.32 £25.71 £19.19
Median hourly rate £45.00 £53.35 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +52.43% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.95 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.51 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%

IT Security Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

IT Security Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Security 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 IT Security Analyst.

IT Security Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IT Security Analyst over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

IT Security Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring IT Security Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) ForeScout
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (33.33%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) CSOC
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID

IT Security 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) CSOC
2 1 (33.33%) Cyberattack
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Investment Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
3 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) GCIH
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (33.33%) ForeScout
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft