Information Security Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Information Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Security Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 381 425 498
Rank change year-on-year +44 +73 -64
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 10 11 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.047% 0.048% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.051% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 7
10th Percentile - £325 £428
25th Percentile £400 £400 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +13.21%
75th Percentile £540 £515 £563
90th Percentile £567 £533 £580
UK median daily rate £500 £486 £550
% change year-on-year +2.83% -11.59% +19.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 19,671 21,392 29,056
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 94.22% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,752 14,865 20,430
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £590 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,087 1,380
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.06 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +110.00% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £46.91
90th Percentile £74.37 £75.57 £61.71
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Information Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Security 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 Information Security Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Midlands +17 4 £400 - 5
North of England +28 3 £500 -1.96% 2
South East +17 3 £540 +54.29% 8
East Midlands - 3 £400 - 1
Yorkshire +4 2 £500 -1.96% 1
West Midlands +10 1 - - 4
North East - 1 £500 -
Information Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Information 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 UK excluding London region featuring Information Security Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (30.00%) Azure
4 3 (30.00%) CISSP
4 3 (30.00%) CISM
4 3 (30.00%) NIST
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (30.00%) Security Posture
5 2 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
5 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
5 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (20.00%) Change Management
5 2 (20.00%) Firewall
5 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (20.00%) CISA
5 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
5 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (20.00%) COBIT
5 2 (20.00%) ISSAP
5 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (20.00%) Network Security
5 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Information Assurance

Information Security 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Legal
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Cyberattack
3 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (20.00%) Information Assurance
4 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (10.00%) Application Security
5 1 (10.00%) Design Patterns
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (10.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 1 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) CISM
1 3 (30.00%) CISSP
2 2 (20.00%) CISA
2 2 (20.00%) ISSAP
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (30.00%) NIST
2 2 (20.00%) COBIT
2 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) CrowdStrike