Security Monitoring Analyst Contracts

Security Monitoring Analyst
UK

The median Security Monitoring Analyst daily rate in the UK is £450 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 578 683 840
Rank change year-on-year +105 +157 -114
Contract jobs requiring a Security Monitoring Analyst 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.002% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.002% 0.001%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £275
Median % change year-on-year - - -50.00%
75th Percentile £475 - £288
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

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 Monitoring Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring Analyst in the UK

Security Monitoring Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Monitoring Analyst in the UK

Security Monitoring Analyst
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Monitoring 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
Work from Home +110 1 £450 -
London +100 1 £450 -
England +97 1 £450 -

Security Monitoring Analyst Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) CSIRT
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) BeyondTrust
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response

Security Monitoring 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CSIRT
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BeyondTrust
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle