Senior Security Analyst Contracts in England

Senior Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Senior Security Analyst daily rate in England is £540 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 533 624 758
Rank change year-on-year +91 +134 -130
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 10 14 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.027% 0.029% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.031% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 14
10th Percentile - £466 £399
25th Percentile £513 £531 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £617 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.48% +17.52% +2.14%
75th Percentile £678 £734 £547
90th Percentile £721 £774 £568
UK median daily rate £525 £558 £525
% change year-on-year -5.83% +6.19% +1.06%

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%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in England

Senior Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Security Analyst in England

Senior Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior Security Analyst in England

Senior Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Security Analyst in England

Senior 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 Senior Security 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 +82 5 £525 -24.18% 10
South East - 2 £540 - 4
East of England - 2 £750 - 1
South West - 1 £675 -
Senior Security Analyst
UK

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

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

1 7 (70.00%) Incident Response
1 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (40.00%) SIEM
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (40.00%) Firewall
2 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
3 3 (30.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (30.00%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (30.00%) CISSP
3 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (30.00%) Information Security
3 3 (30.00%) Build Automation
3 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) Azure
4 2 (20.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (20.00%) Network Security
4 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 2 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) IBM Notes
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) Azure
3 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (10.00%) Banking
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Cyberattack
3 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (10.00%) SCADA
3 1 (10.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (70.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (40.00%) SIEM
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Build Automation
3 3 (30.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (30.00%) Information Security
3 3 (30.00%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (20.00%) Blue Team
4 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 2 (20.00%) Red Team
4 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (10.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) CISSP
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) CCNA
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CISM
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (10.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GLBA
1 1 (10.00%) ISAE 3402
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
1 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) CASB
1 1 (10.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Axway
3 1 (10.00%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (10.00%) Lotus
3 1 (10.00%) McAfee
3 1 (10.00%) Netskope
3 1 (10.00%) Splunk
3 1 (10.00%) Trend Micro