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 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 411 384 505
Rank change year-on-year -27 +121 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 192 335 382
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.60% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.64% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 229 253
10th Percentile £373 £356 £376
25th Percentile £463 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £588
90th Percentile £750 £742 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +6.00% -2.44% +9.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 7
10th Percentile - - £49.05
25th Percentile £11.25 £72.50 £62.78
Median hourly rate £12.50 £75.00 £65.80
Median % change year-on-year -83.33% +13.98% +13.10%
75th Percentile - £77.50 £74.27
90th Percentile - - £79.91
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 40,232 52,519 83,570
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 94.52% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,887 36,654 58,907
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
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% +8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,899 1,488 1,954
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.60
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.39 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.88 £65.75 £49.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.33 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.17%

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 9 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 9 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 -8 162 £525 -4.55% 81
UK excluding London +4 118 £530 +6.00% 60
London +14 62 £500 -13.04% 21
Work from Home +2 51 £500 - 28
South East +18 39 £540 +8.00% 22
Scotland +49 22 £525 +23.53% 4
North of England -17 21 £538 +5.39% 15
Midlands +13 17 £525 -6.67% 7
South West +18 15 £750 +42.86% 9
West Midlands +4 13 £525 -4.55% 6
North West -15 10 £638 +41.67% 8
Yorkshire -6 9 £650 +23.81% 7
East of England +2 6 £535 +48.61% 4
East Midlands +12 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 9 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.

1 120 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (27.08%) Security Cleared
3 51 (26.56%) Information Security
4 46 (23.96%) SIEM
5 43 (22.40%) Microsoft
6 42 (21.88%) Social Skills
7 36 (18.75%) Security Operations
8 34 (17.71%) CISSP
9 31 (16.15%) SC Cleared
9 31 (16.15%) Azure
10 30 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (15.63%) Incident Response
11 27 (14.06%) Banking
12 26 (13.54%) Active Directory
12 26 (13.54%) Management Information System
12 26 (13.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 26 (13.54%) Vulnerability Management
13 25 (13.02%) Analytical Skills
14 24 (12.50%) Risk Management
14 24 (12.50%) Firewall
15 23 (11.98%) CISM
15 23 (11.98%) Identity Access Management
16 22 (11.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
17 21 (10.94%) SharePoint
17 21 (10.94%) Network Security
18 20 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
18 20 (10.42%) Finance
19 19 (9.90%) Penetration Testing
19 19 (9.90%) Windows
19 19 (9.90%) Entra ID

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 21 (10.94%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.56%) Confluence
2 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.52%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 20 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (2.08%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.52%) OmniGraffle
3 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.52%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 31 (16.15%) Azure
2 19 (9.90%) Entra ID
2 19 (9.90%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (4.17%) Power Platform
4 5 (2.60%) AWS
5 3 (1.56%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.04%) IaaS
6 2 (1.04%) SaaS
7 1 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.52%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.52%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (12.50%) Firewall
2 21 (10.94%) Network Security
3 9 (4.69%) TCP/IP
4 6 (3.13%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (3.13%) Cisco ISE
5 5 (2.60%) DNS
5 5 (2.60%) VPN
6 4 (2.08%) DHCP
6 4 (2.08%) VLAN
7 3 (1.56%) Intranet
7 3 (1.56%) SAN
8 2 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (1.04%) Wireless
9 1 (0.52%) HTTP
9 1 (0.52%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.52%) SMTP
9 1 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.17%) Power BI
2 1 (0.52%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 42 (21.88%) Social Skills
2 27 (14.06%) Banking
3 25 (13.02%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.42%) Finance
5 16 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.56%) Legal
8 3 (1.56%) Police
8 3 (1.56%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.56%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.04%) French Language
9 2 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.04%) Law
9 2 (1.04%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.04%) Marketing
10 1 (0.52%) Advertising
10 1 (0.52%) Electronics
10 1 (0.52%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.52%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.54%) Management Information System
2 18 (9.38%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (6.77%) Security Operations Centre
3 13 (6.77%) Security Posture
4 10 (5.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 10 (5.21%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (4.17%) Operational Technology
6 6 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (3.13%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.60%) CSOC
7 5 (2.60%) Cyberattack
7 5 (2.60%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.56%) SCADA
8 3 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.04%) CCTV
9 2 (1.04%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.52%) Contactless
10 1 (0.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.90%) Windows
2 14 (7.29%) Linux
3 5 (2.60%) Debian
3 5 (2.60%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (26.56%) Information Security
3 46 (23.96%) SIEM
4 36 (18.75%) Security Operations
5 30 (15.63%) Incident Response
5 30 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (13.54%) Vulnerability Management
7 24 (12.50%) Risk Management
8 23 (11.98%) Identity Access Management
9 22 (11.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 19 (9.90%) Penetration Testing
10 19 (9.90%) Remediation Plan
10 19 (9.90%) Security Monitoring
11 18 (9.38%) Incident Management
12 16 (8.33%) Data Protection
13 15 (7.81%) Use Case
14 14 (7.29%) Decision-Making
14 14 (7.29%) Mentoring
14 14 (7.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 14 (7.29%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.65%) Python
2 6 (3.13%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (27.08%) Security Cleared
2 34 (17.71%) CISSP
3 31 (16.15%) SC Cleared
4 23 (11.98%) CISM
5 16 (8.33%) Degree
5 16 (8.33%) DV Cleared
6 15 (7.81%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (4.69%) OSCP
8 8 (4.17%) CEH
9 7 (3.65%) CCNA
10 6 (3.13%) CCNP
10 6 (3.13%) CISA
10 6 (3.13%) GREM
10 6 (3.13%) GSEC
11 5 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (2.08%) APMP
12 4 (2.08%) CRISC
12 4 (2.08%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (2.08%) GIAC
12 4 (2.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (13.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (8.33%) NIST
2 16 (8.33%) QA
3 9 (4.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 6 (3.13%) GDPR
5 4 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (2.08%) RMADS
6 3 (1.56%) COBIT
6 3 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.56%) GRC
6 3 (1.56%) IASME
6 3 (1.56%) NIST 800
7 2 (1.04%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.52%) GLBA
8 1 (0.52%) ISAE 3402
8 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.52%) NCSC
8 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (13.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.56%) Firmware
3 2 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (4.69%) Nessus
2 3 (1.56%) CSIRT
2 3 (1.56%) QRadar
3 2 (1.04%) CASB
4 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.52%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.52%) Nmap
4 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (22.40%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.33%) CyberArk
3 8 (4.17%) Cisco
4 6 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (3.13%) Juniper
4 6 (3.13%) Palo Alto
4 6 (3.13%) ScienceLogic
4 6 (3.13%) Splunk
5 5 (2.60%) Red Hat
6 4 (2.08%) SAP
6 4 (2.08%) VMware
7 2 (1.04%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (1.04%) Cybereason
7 2 (1.04%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.04%) McAfee
7 2 (1.04%) Netskope
7 2 (1.04%) Oracle
7 2 (1.04%) Qualys
8 1 (0.52%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.52%) Trend Micro