Security Analyst Contracts

Security Analyst
UK

The median Security Analyst daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 392 372 497
Rank change year-on-year -20 +125 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 190 342 384
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.61% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.64% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 233 256
10th Percentile £384 £359 £378
25th Percentile £466 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £588
90th Percentile £750 £700 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +11.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile - - £62.78
25th Percentile £11.25 £72.50 £63.30
Median hourly rate £12.50 £75.00 £66.90
Median % change year-on-year -83.33% +12.11% +14.99%
75th Percentile - £77.50 £76.65
90th Percentile - - £80.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.50 £75.00 £66.90
% change year-on-year -83.33% +12.11% +14.99%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,001 53,325 83,708
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,880 37,256 59,003
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,473 1,957
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England -15 160 £525 -4.55% 92
UK excluding London +5 115 £525 +5.00% 64
London +28 63 £500 -13.04% 26
Work from Home +1 53 £505 +1.00% 32
South East +12 37 £540 +8.00% 24
Scotland +48 22 £525 +23.53% 3
North of England -16 20 £538 +5.39% 21
Midlands +16 17 £525 -6.67% 7
South West +16 15 £750 +42.86% 7
West Midlands +6 13 £525 -4.55% 6
North West -12 10 £638 +41.67% 11
Yorkshire +1 8 £650 +23.81% 10
East of England +8 6 £535 +48.61% 2
East Midlands +10 4 £400 -33.33% 1
North East - 2 £400 -

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 122 (64.21%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (26.84%) Security Cleared
3 48 (25.26%) Information Security
4 45 (23.68%) SIEM
5 42 (22.11%) Microsoft
6 41 (21.58%) Social Skills
7 36 (18.95%) CISSP
8 35 (18.42%) Security Operations
9 33 (17.37%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (15.79%) Incident Response
10 30 (15.79%) SC Cleared
11 29 (15.26%) Azure
12 28 (14.74%) Analytical Skills
13 27 (14.21%) Risk Management
13 27 (14.21%) Banking
14 26 (13.68%) Active Directory
14 26 (13.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 25 (13.16%) Vulnerability Management
15 25 (13.16%) CISM
16 24 (12.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
17 23 (12.11%) Firewall
17 23 (12.11%) Identity Access Management
18 22 (11.58%) Management Information System
19 20 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
19 20 (10.53%) SharePoint
19 20 (10.53%) Finance
19 20 (10.53%) Network Security
20 19 (10.00%) Entra ID
20 19 (10.00%) NIST
21 18 (9.47%) Remediation Plan

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 20 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.58%) Confluence
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.53%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 20 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (2.11%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.53%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.53%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 29 (15.26%) Azure
2 19 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 18 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.21%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.11%) AWS
6 3 (1.58%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.05%) IaaS
7 2 (1.05%) SaaS
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.53%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.53%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (12.11%) Firewall
2 20 (10.53%) Network Security
3 9 (4.74%) TCP/IP
4 6 (3.16%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (3.16%) Cisco ISE
5 5 (2.63%) DNS
5 5 (2.63%) VPN
6 4 (2.11%) DHCP
6 4 (2.11%) VLAN
7 3 (1.58%) Intranet
7 3 (1.58%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (1.58%) SAN
8 2 (1.05%) Wireless
9 1 (0.53%) HTTP
9 1 (0.53%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.53%) SMTP
9 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.53%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.21%) Power BI
2 1 (0.53%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (2.11%) JIRA
General
1 41 (21.58%) Social Skills
2 28 (14.74%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (14.21%) Banking
4 20 (10.53%) Finance
5 17 (8.95%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.58%) Police
8 3 (1.58%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.58%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.05%) Advertising
9 2 (1.05%) French Language
9 2 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.05%) Law
9 2 (1.05%) Legal
9 2 (1.05%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.05%) Marketing
10 1 (0.53%) Electronics
10 1 (0.53%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.53%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.42%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.58%) Management Information System
2 17 (8.95%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (6.84%) Security Operations Centre
4 12 (6.32%) Security Posture
5 10 (5.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 10 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (4.21%) Operational Technology
7 6 (3.16%) Cyber Defence
7 6 (3.16%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.63%) CSOC
8 5 (2.63%) Cyberattack
9 4 (2.11%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.58%) SCADA
11 2 (1.05%) CCTV
11 2 (1.05%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.53%) Cloud Security Posture
12 1 (0.53%) Contactless
12 1 (0.53%) Private Cloud
12 1 (0.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.42%) Windows
2 13 (6.84%) Linux
3 5 (2.63%) Debian
3 5 (2.63%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (64.21%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (25.26%) Information Security
3 45 (23.68%) SIEM
4 35 (18.42%) Security Operations
5 33 (17.37%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (15.79%) Incident Response
7 27 (14.21%) Risk Management
8 25 (13.16%) Vulnerability Management
9 24 (12.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 23 (12.11%) Identity Access Management
11 18 (9.47%) Penetration Testing
11 18 (9.47%) Remediation Plan
12 17 (8.95%) Incident Management
13 16 (8.42%) Data Protection
13 16 (8.42%) Security Monitoring
14 15 (7.89%) Use Case
15 14 (7.37%) Decision-Making
15 14 (7.37%) Mentoring
15 14 (7.37%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 14 (7.37%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.68%) Python
2 5 (2.63%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (26.84%) Security Cleared
2 36 (18.95%) CISSP
3 30 (15.79%) SC Cleared
4 25 (13.16%) CISM
5 16 (8.42%) Degree
5 16 (8.42%) DV Cleared
6 15 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (4.74%) OSCP
8 8 (4.21%) CEH
9 7 (3.68%) CCNA
10 6 (3.16%) CCNP
10 6 (3.16%) CISA
10 6 (3.16%) CRISC
10 6 (3.16%) GREM
10 6 (3.16%) GSEC
11 5 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (2.11%) APMP
12 4 (2.11%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (2.11%) PMP
13 3 (1.58%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (13.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (10.00%) NIST
3 17 (8.95%) QA
4 12 (6.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 5 (2.63%) GDPR
6 4 (2.11%) COBIT
6 4 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (2.11%) NCSC
7 3 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.58%) GRC
7 3 (1.58%) IASME
7 3 (1.58%) ISO 31000
7 3 (1.58%) NIST 800
7 3 (1.58%) RMADS
8 2 (1.05%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (1.05%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.53%) ISAE 3402
9 1 (0.53%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (13.68%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.58%) Firmware
3 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (4.21%) Nessus
2 2 (1.05%) CASB
2 2 (1.05%) CSIRT
2 2 (1.05%) QRadar
3 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.53%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (0.53%) Nmap
3 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (22.11%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.42%) CyberArk
3 8 (4.21%) Cisco
4 6 (3.16%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (3.16%) Juniper
4 6 (3.16%) Palo Alto
4 6 (3.16%) ScienceLogic
4 6 (3.16%) Splunk
5 5 (2.63%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.58%) VMware
7 2 (1.05%) Cybereason
7 2 (1.05%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.05%) McAfee
7 2 (1.05%) Netskope
7 2 (1.05%) Qualys
7 2 (1.05%) SAP
8 1 (0.53%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.53%) ForeScout
8 1 (0.53%) Okta
8 1 (0.53%) Zscaler