Security Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

Security Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 132 169
Rank change year-on-year +11 +37 -26
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 14 26 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.52% 0.79% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.84% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 21
10th Percentile £388 £400 £450
25th Percentile £394 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £540
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +6.48% +42.11%
75th Percentile £675 £647 £575
90th Percentile £700 £691 £588
England median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,482 3,101 4,798
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.54% 96.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,687 2,180 3,495
10th Percentile £213 £223 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +14.91%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £563
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 116 164
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £10.87
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.00 £14.58
Median hourly rate £19.13 £20.41 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.30% +16.63% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.50 £22.88
90th Percentile £52.45 £61.25 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +6.38%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the Midlands

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the Midlands

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the Midlands

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the Midlands

Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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
West Midlands +10 10 £563 - 7
East Midlands +15 4 £400 -38.46% 1
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 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 job ads across the Midlands region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (35.71%) SIEM
4 4 (28.57%) Information Security
4 4 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 4 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
5 3 (21.43%) Security Posture
5 3 (21.43%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (14.29%) Mimecast
6 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (7.14%) Analytics
7 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
7 1 (7.14%) Budget Management
7 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (7.14%) Data Loss Prevention
7 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
7 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
7 1 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (7.14%) Cost Reduction
7 1 (7.14%) Application Security
7 1 (7.14%) Incident Response
7 1 (7.14%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 1 (7.14%) Security Management
7 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
7 1 (7.14%) Finance
7 1 (7.14%) Advertising
7 1 (7.14%) Windows
7 1 (7.14%) SharePoint

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (14.29%) Mimecast
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (7.14%) Advertising
1 1 (7.14%) Finance
1 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (21.43%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Cyberattack
3 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (35.71%) SIEM
3 4 (28.57%) Information Security
3 4 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 3 (21.43%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Analytics
5 1 (7.14%) Application Security
5 1 (7.14%) Budget Management
5 1 (7.14%) Change Control
5 1 (7.14%) Coaching
5 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (7.14%) Cost Reduction
5 1 (7.14%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
5 1 (7.14%) Incident Response
5 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
5 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
5 1 (7.14%) Security Management
5 1 (7.14%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.14%) CISSP
3 1 (7.14%) CRISC
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.14%) Rapid7
1 1 (7.14%) Sophos