Security Analyst Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Analyst daily rate in Work from Home is £510 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 294 309 448
Rank change year-on-year +15 +139 -51
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 58 164 180
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.39% 0.65% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.68% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 115 131
10th Percentile £400 £350 £350
25th Percentile £488 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - +8.11%
75th Percentile £581 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £774 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -4.33% +9.75% +7.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.25
Median hourly rate - - £63.50
75th Percentile - - £64.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £12.50 £70.25 £65.80
% change year-on-year -82.21% +6.76% +31.60%

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%

Security Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

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 Security Analyst.

Security Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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, 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 Security Analyst in the job title.

1 41 (70.69%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (46.55%) Information Security
3 18 (31.03%) CISSP
3 18 (31.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (29.31%) Risk Management
4 17 (29.31%) CISM
5 15 (25.86%) Vulnerability Management
6 14 (24.14%) SIEM
6 14 (24.14%) NIST
6 14 (24.14%) Security Cleared
7 13 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (20.69%) Penetration Testing
8 12 (20.69%) Firewall
8 12 (20.69%) Management Information System
9 11 (18.97%) Public Sector
9 11 (18.97%) Social Skills
9 11 (18.97%) Incident Response
10 10 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
10 10 (17.24%) Finance
10 10 (17.24%) Degree
11 9 (15.52%) SC Cleared
11 9 (15.52%) Mentoring
11 9 (15.52%) Decision-Making
11 9 (15.52%) Security Operations
11 9 (15.52%) Security Monitoring
12 8 (13.79%) Microsoft
12 8 (13.79%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 7 (12.07%) Incident Management
13 7 (12.07%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (12.07%) Project Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.72%) Apache
1 1 (1.72%) EPiServer
1 1 (1.72%) IBM Notes
1 1 (1.72%) IIS
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.72%) Tomcat
1 1 (1.72%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.72%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.90%) Azure
2 4 (6.90%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.45%) AWS
3 2 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.72%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (20.69%) Firewall
2 6 (10.34%) DNS
2 6 (10.34%) Network Security
2 6 (10.34%) TCP/IP
3 4 (6.90%) DHCP
3 4 (6.90%) VLAN
3 4 (6.90%) VPN
4 3 (5.17%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.72%) BIG-IP
5 1 (1.72%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.72%) DMZ
5 1 (1.72%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (1.72%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (1.72%) HTTP
5 1 (1.72%) Internet
5 1 (1.72%) Intranet
5 1 (1.72%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (1.72%) SAN
5 1 (1.72%) SMTP
5 1 (1.72%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) JIRA
General
1 11 (18.97%) Public Sector
1 11 (18.97%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (17.24%) Finance
3 6 (10.34%) Banking
4 4 (6.90%) Retail Banking
5 2 (3.45%) Advertising
5 2 (3.45%) Financial Institution
5 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Legal
6 1 (1.72%) Local Government
6 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) .NET
1 1 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.69%) Management Information System
2 7 (12.07%) Security Posture
3 5 (8.62%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (6.90%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (5.17%) Product Ownership
6 2 (3.45%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.72%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.72%) Contactless
7 1 (1.72%) CSOC
7 1 (1.72%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.72%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.72%) PKI
7 1 (1.72%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.90%) Windows
2 2 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (70.69%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (46.55%) Information Security
3 17 (29.31%) Risk Management
4 15 (25.86%) Vulnerability Management
5 14 (24.14%) SIEM
6 13 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (20.69%) Penetration Testing
8 11 (18.97%) Incident Response
9 9 (15.52%) Decision-Making
9 9 (15.52%) Mentoring
9 9 (15.52%) Security Monitoring
9 9 (15.52%) Security Operations
10 8 (13.79%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 7 (12.07%) Incident Management
11 7 (12.07%) Project Management
12 6 (10.34%) Cloud Security
12 6 (10.34%) Computer Science
12 6 (10.34%) Privileged Access Management
12 6 (10.34%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 5 (8.62%) Impact Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.72%) Java
2 1 (1.72%) Python
2 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (31.03%) CISSP
2 17 (29.31%) CISM
3 14 (24.14%) Security Cleared
4 10 (17.24%) Degree
5 9 (15.52%) SC Cleared
6 7 (12.07%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (8.62%) CISA
7 5 (8.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (6.90%) APMP
8 4 (6.90%) CCNA
8 4 (6.90%) CEH
8 4 (6.90%) CRISC
8 4 (6.90%) PMP
9 2 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (3.45%) DV Cleared
9 2 (3.45%) ISSAP
9 2 (3.45%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.72%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (1.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (31.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (24.14%) NIST
3 7 (12.07%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 3 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (5.17%) PCI DSS
5 2 (3.45%) COBIT
5 2 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.45%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (3.45%) GDPR
5 2 (3.45%) ISO 31000
5 2 (3.45%) NCSC
6 1 (1.72%) GLBA
6 1 (1.72%) GRC
6 1 (1.72%) IASME
6 1 (1.72%) ISAE 3402
6 1 (1.72%) QA
6 1 (1.72%) RMADS
6 1 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.72%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.17%) Nessus
2 1 (1.72%) Ansible
2 1 (1.72%) CASB
2 1 (1.72%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (1.72%) Nmap
2 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.17%) Cisco
3 2 (3.45%) Qualys
3 2 (3.45%) Splunk
4 1 (1.72%) Axway
4 1 (1.72%) CA
4 1 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.72%) Darktrace
4 1 (1.72%) F5
4 1 (1.72%) ForeScout
4 1 (1.72%) IBM
4 1 (1.72%) Juniper
4 1 (1.72%) Lotus
4 1 (1.72%) McAfee
4 1 (1.72%) Netskope
4 1 (1.72%) Okta
4 1 (1.72%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.72%) ScienceLogic
4 1 (1.72%) Trend Micro
4 1 (1.72%) Varonis