Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £570 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 319 386 485
Rank change year-on-year +67 +99 -85
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 66 58 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.25% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.27% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 34 12
10th Percentile £413 £396 £519
25th Percentile £513 £438 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.05% -6.52% +35.29%
75th Percentile £750 £597 £588
90th Percentile - £663 £666
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +20.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £63.73 -
25th Percentile - £65.19 £63.30
Median hourly rate - £70.25 £65.80
Median % change year-on-year - +6.76% -
75th Percentile - £75.19 £68.30
90th Percentile - £76.58 -
UK median hourly rate - £70.25 £65.80
% change year-on-year - +6.76% -

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 18,772 21,693 29,145
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 94.28% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,463 15,127 20,437
10th Percentile £213 £225 £204
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,267 1,104 1,447
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.73 £18.07 £14.29
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.85
90th Percentile £73.85 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity Analyst within the UK excluding London 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
Scotland +55 20 £525 - 3
North of England +42 19 £570 +3.64% 2
North West +27 15 £570 +16.92% 2
South West +15 13 £750 +24.22% 2
South East +24 9 £544 +8.80% 3
Yorkshire +18 4 £750 +36.36%
East of England +5 4 £535 +18.89%
East Midlands +12 1 - -
Midlands +10 1 - - 2
Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 66 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 20 (30.30%) Use Case
4 19 (28.79%) SIEM
5 18 (27.27%) Azure
5 18 (27.27%) Banking
5 18 (27.27%) Microsoft
6 17 (25.76%) Active Directory
6 17 (25.76%) Microsoft Excel
6 17 (25.76%) Entra ID
6 17 (25.76%) Identity Access Management
7 16 (24.24%) Remediation Plan
7 16 (24.24%) CyberArk
7 16 (24.24%) SailPoint
7 16 (24.24%) SharePoint
7 16 (24.24%) QA
8 15 (22.73%) Information Security
9 14 (21.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (21.21%) NIST
10 13 (19.70%) Public Sector
10 13 (19.70%) Management Information System
10 13 (19.70%) Vulnerability Management
10 13 (19.70%) Data Protection
11 12 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 12 (18.18%) Incident Management
12 11 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
12 11 (16.67%) Business Continuity
12 11 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
12 11 (16.67%) Security Cleared
12 11 (16.67%) IT Strategy

Cybersecurity 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (24.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (25.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (27.27%) Azure
2 17 (25.76%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.52%) AWS
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.55%) Firewall
1 3 (4.55%) Intranet
2 2 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
General
1 21 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 18 (27.27%) Banking
3 13 (19.70%) Public Sector
4 6 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.03%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.03%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.52%) Electronics
6 1 (1.52%) Finance
6 1 (1.52%) Marketing
6 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (24.24%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 13 (19.70%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.58%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (7.58%) Operational Technology
2 5 (7.58%) Product Ownership
3 4 (6.06%) CSOC
3 4 (6.06%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (4.55%) SCADA
5 2 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.03%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.55%) Linux
2 2 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (30.30%) Use Case
3 19 (28.79%) SIEM
4 17 (25.76%) Identity Access Management
5 16 (24.24%) Remediation Plan
6 15 (22.73%) Information Security
7 13 (19.70%) Data Protection
7 13 (19.70%) Vulnerability Management
8 12 (18.18%) Incident Management
8 12 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 11 (16.67%) Business Continuity
9 11 (16.67%) Business Strategy
9 11 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (16.67%) IT Strategy
9 11 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
10 9 (13.64%) Business Impact Analysis
10 9 (13.64%) Cyber Resilience
10 9 (13.64%) Impact Analysis
10 9 (13.64%) Roadmaps
10 9 (13.64%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 11 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (10.61%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.09%) CISSP
4 5 (7.58%) DV Cleared
5 4 (6.06%) Degree
6 3 (4.55%) CCNA
6 3 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (4.55%) OSCP
7 2 (3.03%) SANS
8 1 (1.52%) CEH
8 1 (1.52%) CISA
8 1 (1.52%) CISM
8 1 (1.52%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (1.52%) GIAC
8 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (24.24%) QA
2 14 (21.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (21.21%) NIST
3 9 (13.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 5 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (6.06%) NIST 800
6 3 (4.55%) IASME
7 2 (3.03%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (3.03%) GDPR
8 1 (1.52%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (25.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.52%) Firmware
Vendors
1 18 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 16 (24.24%) CyberArk
3 2 (3.03%) Splunk
4 1 (1.52%) Cadence
4 1 (1.52%) Cisco
4 1 (1.52%) SAP