Security Operations Analyst Contracts in England

Security Operations Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Operations Analyst daily rate in England is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 530 588 758
Rank change year-on-year +58 +170 -113
Contract jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 13 50 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.035% 0.11% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.11% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 33 20
10th Percentile £339 £400 -
25th Percentile £355 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +20.00% +53.85%
75th Percentile £663 £875 £550
90th Percentile £675 - £559
UK median daily rate £475 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% +53.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £11.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £11.25 - -

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 34,161 44,903 67,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.57% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,530 31,932 48,137
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% +6.11%
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 2,560 1,303 1,794
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Security Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Analyst in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations 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 Security Operations Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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 +68 4 £625 -7.41% 5
South East +11 3 £370 -38.33% 4
East of England - 3 £275 - 1
Midlands +23 2 £525 -4.55% 2
West Midlands +17 2 £525 -4.55% 2
Security Operations Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Security Operations 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 Security Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 6 (46.15%) Incident Response
2 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (38.46%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (30.77%) SIEM
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
5 3 (23.08%) Windows
5 3 (23.08%) Linux
5 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (23.08%) Splunk
5 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) Design Thinking
6 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
6 2 (15.38%) SOAR
6 2 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (15.38%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (15.38%) IaaS
6 2 (15.38%) CCTV
6 2 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
6 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 2 (15.38%) CISSP
6 2 (15.38%) Information Security
6 2 (15.38%) Firewall
6 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
7 1 (7.69%) GIAC
7 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
7 1 (7.69%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (7.69%) CISM

Security Operations 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 2 (15.38%) IaaS
2 1 (7.69%) PaaS
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) HTTP
2 1 (7.69%) SMTP
2 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.69%) VPN
General
1 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (15.38%) CCTV
2 2 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.69%) CSOC
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (7.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (46.15%) Incident Response
3 4 (30.77%) SIEM
4 3 (23.08%) Design Thinking
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 2 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (15.38%) Information Security
5 2 (15.38%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 2 (15.38%) SOAR
6 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
6 1 (7.69%) Investment Management
6 1 (7.69%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (7.69%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (7.69%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) CISSP
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) CISM
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Splunk
3 1 (7.69%) Darktrace
3 1 (7.69%) Varonis