Information Security Analyst Contracts in England

Information Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Information Security Analyst daily rate in England is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 608 729
Rank change year-on-year +87 +121 -132
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 16 29 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.044% 0.061% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.065% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 23 25
10th Percentile £400 £327 £400
25th Percentile £456 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £523
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.09% +12.37%
75th Percentile £564 £521 £588
90th Percentile £694 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £469 £525
% change year-on-year +6.67% -10.71% +12.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,105 44,948 67,278
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.59% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,534 31,954 48,043
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.91%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,538 1,319 1,809
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +91.49% +9.30%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +87.50% +6.90%

Information Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Analyst in England

Information Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Analyst in England

Information Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Analyst in England

Information Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Analyst in England

Information Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
London +76 7 £663 +33.17% 7
Midlands +21 4 £400 - 3
North of England +30 3 £500 +11.11% 3
East Midlands - 3 £400 - 1
Yorkshire +15 2 £500 -1.96% 1
South East +5 2 £540 +54.29% 4
West Midlands +13 1 - - 2
North East - 1 £500 -
Information Security Analyst
UK

Information Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Information 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 across the England region featuring Information Security Analyst in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Information Security
2 9 (56.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (56.25%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (37.50%) NIST
3 6 (37.50%) CISM
3 6 (37.50%) CISSP
4 5 (31.25%) Firewall
4 5 (31.25%) Security Posture
5 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (25.00%) COBIT
5 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (18.75%) Mentoring
6 3 (18.75%) Azure
6 3 (18.75%) SIEM
6 3 (18.75%) GDPR
6 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (18.75%) CISA
6 3 (18.75%) Cloud Security
7 2 (12.50%) Security Architecture
7 2 (12.50%) Change Management
7 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
7 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
7 2 (12.50%) ISSAP
7 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
7 2 (12.50%) Network Security
7 2 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
7 2 (12.50%) Due Diligence
7 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 2 (12.50%) ISO 22301

Information Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Advertising
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
2 1 (6.25%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Security Posture
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.25%) Cyberattack
3 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
3 1 (6.25%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Information Security
2 9 (56.25%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (18.75%) Cloud Security
3 3 (18.75%) Mentoring
3 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (18.75%) SIEM
4 2 (12.50%) Change Management
4 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 2 (12.50%) Due Diligence
4 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 2 (12.50%) Information Assurance
4 2 (12.50%) Information Security Governance
4 2 (12.50%) Regulatory Change
4 2 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 2 (12.50%) Security Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 1 (6.25%) Data Privacy
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) CISM
1 6 (37.50%) CISSP
2 3 (18.75%) CISA
3 2 (12.50%) ISSAP
3 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) CRISC
4 1 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (56.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (37.50%) NIST
3 4 (25.00%) COBIT
4 3 (18.75%) GDPR
5 2 (12.50%) ISO 22301
5 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (12.50%) PCI DSS
6 1 (6.25%) GRC
6 1 (6.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) CrowdStrike