Security Operations Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Operations Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £370 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 391 404 497
Rank change year-on-year +13 +93 -54
Contract jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 8 34 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.15% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.16% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 16
10th Percentile £315 £401 -
25th Percentile £355 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -26.00% - +53.85%
75th Percentile £593 £569 £541
90th Percentile £663 £625 £550
UK median daily rate £475 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% +53.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £11.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £11.25 - -

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 19,202 21,479 29,126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.24% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,609 14,946 20,475
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,406 1,077 1,407
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +115.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.02
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.06
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Security Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Security Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

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

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

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

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

Security Operations 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 Security Operations Analyst within the UK excluding London 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
South East +11 3 £370 -38.33% 4
East of England - 3 £275 - 1
Midlands +23 2 £525 -4.55% 2
West Midlands +17 2 £525 -4.55% 2
Security Operations Analyst
UK

Security Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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

1 8 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Design Thinking
3 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Windows
3 3 (37.50%) Linux
3 3 (37.50%) Splunk
4 2 (25.00%) CCTV
4 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (12.50%) Varonis
5 1 (12.50%) Darktrace
5 1 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management

Security Operations 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:

General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (25.00%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (37.50%) Design Thinking
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Splunk
3 1 (12.50%) Darktrace
3 1 (12.50%) Varonis