Senior Security Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Security Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £515 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 388 434 503
Rank change year-on-year +46 +69 -70
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 11 4 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.053% 0.018% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.019% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 8
10th Percentile - £418 £359
25th Percentile £508 £425 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.44% -14.29% +8.36%
75th Percentile £540 £475 -
90th Percentile £710 £483 £540
UK median daily rate £525 £558 £525
% change year-on-year -5.83% +6.19% +1.06%

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%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior 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 Senior Security 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
Scotland +42 6 £515 +21.18% 1
East of England - 2 £750 - 1
South East - 2 £540 - 4
South West - 1 £675 -
Senior Security Analyst
UK

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

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

1 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (72.73%) SIEM
3 7 (63.64%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (63.64%) Incident Management
3 7 (63.64%) Information Security
3 7 (63.64%) Management Information System
3 7 (63.64%) Vulnerability Management
3 7 (63.64%) Security Monitoring
4 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (45.45%) Use Case
5 5 (45.45%) Privileged Access Management
5 5 (45.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 5 (45.45%) Technical Analysis
5 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
5 5 (45.45%) Impact Analysis
5 5 (45.45%) Business Impact Analysis
5 5 (45.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
6 4 (36.36%) Firewall
7 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
7 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
7 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
7 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
8 2 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 2 (18.18%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
8 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security

Senior 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 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (18.18%) Network Security
General
1 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
3 1 (9.09%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (72.73%) SIEM
3 7 (63.64%) Incident Management
3 7 (63.64%) Information Security
3 7 (63.64%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (63.64%) Security Monitoring
3 7 (63.64%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 5 (45.45%) Business Impact Analysis
5 5 (45.45%) Impact Analysis
5 5 (45.45%) Privileged Access Management
5 5 (45.45%) Technical Analysis
5 5 (45.45%) Use Case
5 5 (45.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
7 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
8 2 (18.18%) Blue Team
8 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
8 2 (18.18%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 2 (18.18%) Red Team
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) CISSP
3 1 (9.09%) CCNA
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
3 1 (9.09%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (18.18%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Splunk
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco