Cyber Defence Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cyber Defence Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cyber Defence Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £800 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 369 440 497
Rank change year-on-year +71 +57 -
Contract jobs requiring a Cyber Defence Analyst 25 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.026% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.028% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 2
10th Percentile £517 £569 £544
25th Percentile £538 £625 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £650 £638
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +1.96% -
75th Percentile £850 £694 £697
90th Percentile - £700 £721
UK median daily rate £775 £650 £638
% change year-on-year +19.23% +1.96% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,742 21,812 29,390
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 94.30% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,456 15,203 20,621
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,269 1,109 1,458
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.36
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +4.19%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Cyber Defence Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Cyber Defence Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cyber Defence Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Defence Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cyber Defence Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Defence Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Defence Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cyber Defence Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
South West - 11 £538 -
West Midlands +24 9 £538 -17.23%
Midlands +21 9 £538 -17.23%
South East - 7 £800 -
North of England - 3 £800 -
Yorkshire - 3 £800 -
Cyber Defence Analyst
UK

Cyber Defence Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Cyber Defence 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 UK excluding London region featuring Cyber Defence Analyst in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
2 23 (92.00%) Cyber Threat
2 23 (92.00%) Security Cleared
2 23 (92.00%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (84.00%) Protective Monitoring
3 21 (84.00%) DV Cleared
4 16 (64.00%) Microsoft
4 16 (64.00%) SIEM
4 16 (64.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 16 (64.00%) NIST 800
4 16 (64.00%) NIST
4 16 (64.00%) Social Skills
5 15 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 15 (60.00%) SOAR
5 15 (60.00%) Incident Response
5 15 (60.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 15 (60.00%) Case Management
5 15 (60.00%) Incident Management
6 14 (56.00%) Information Security
7 13 (52.00%) Use Case
7 13 (52.00%) Management Information System
7 13 (52.00%) Mentoring
8 12 (48.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 12 (48.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 11 (44.00%) CRM
10 4 (16.00%) Telecoms
11 3 (12.00%) Security Operations
11 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
12 2 (8.00%) Distributed Applications
12 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology

Cyber Defence Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Wireless
General
1 16 (64.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 25 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
2 23 (92.00%) Cyber Threat
3 16 (64.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 13 (52.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (8.00%) Distributed Applications
5 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
6 1 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (92.00%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (84.00%) Protective Monitoring
3 16 (64.00%) SIEM
4 15 (60.00%) Case Management
4 15 (60.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 15 (60.00%) Incident Management
4 15 (60.00%) Incident Response
4 15 (60.00%) SOAR
4 15 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 14 (56.00%) Information Security
6 13 (52.00%) Mentoring
6 13 (52.00%) Use Case
7 12 (48.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 12 (48.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 11 (44.00%) CRM
9 3 (12.00%) Security Operations
10 2 (8.00%) Actionable Insight
10 2 (8.00%) Analytics
10 2 (8.00%) Data Analysis
10 2 (8.00%) OSINT
Qualifications
1 23 (92.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (84.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (64.00%) NIST
1 16 (64.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 16 (64.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) Red Hat