Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 721 785 1040
Rank change year-on-year +64 +255 -320
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 194 167 197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.17% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.19% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 170 138 154
10th Percentile £37,950 £36,250 £32,379
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £45,473
Median % change year-on-year - +20.95% -9.06%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £58,813
90th Percentile £77,750 £79,300 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -1.16% -11.34%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +102 175 £55,000 - 21
UK excluding London +27 128 £50,000 +17.65% 13
London +129 62 £60,000 - 7
Work from Home +57 60 £55,000 +5.63% 12
South East +15 33 £67,500 +22.73% 2
South West +3 32 £65,000 +36.84% 4
North of England +67 29 £42,500 -16.37% 4
Scotland -50 14 £50,000 +5.02% 1
Yorkshire +87 11 £57,500 -12.64%
North West +10 11 £37,500 -23.86% 4
East of England -9 11 £50,000 +17.65%
Midlands -17 7 £49,750 +17.06% 2
North East - 7 £42,500 -
West Midlands -1 4 £42,000 -1.18% 2
East Midlands -16 3 £52,500 +31.25%
Northern Ireland +16 1 - -
Wales - 1 £37,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Cybersecurity Analyst 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 permanent job ads featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 194 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 103 (53.09%) SIEM
3 94 (48.45%) Incident Response
4 71 (36.60%) Azure
5 69 (35.57%) Microsoft
6 68 (35.05%) Security Operations
7 63 (32.47%) Firewall
8 62 (31.96%) Information Security
9 56 (28.87%) Vulnerability Management
10 53 (27.32%) NIST
11 52 (26.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 49 (25.26%) CISSP
13 39 (20.10%) Social Skills
14 38 (19.59%) Cloud Security
15 37 (19.07%) Finance
16 36 (18.56%) Degree
16 36 (18.56%) Analytical Skills
17 34 (17.53%) Cyberattack
18 33 (17.01%) Windows
19 32 (16.49%) Management Information System
20 31 (15.98%) Threat Intelligence
21 30 (15.46%) Risk Management
22 29 (14.95%) Security Monitoring
22 29 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
22 29 (14.95%) CompTIA Security+
23 28 (14.43%) Cyber Threat
24 27 (13.92%) Microsoft 365
24 27 (13.92%) Security Architecture
24 27 (13.92%) Vulnerability Assessment
25 26 (13.40%) Cyber Threat Intelligence

Cybersecurity 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 7 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.52%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 71 (36.60%) Azure
2 27 (13.92%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (7.22%) AWS
4 8 (4.12%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (3.09%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.06%) SaaS
7 3 (1.55%) IaaS
7 3 (1.55%) PaaS
8 2 (1.03%) GCP
9 1 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 63 (32.47%) Firewall
2 13 (6.70%) Network Security
3 10 (5.15%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (4.64%) LAN
4 9 (4.64%) WAN
4 9 (4.64%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.55%) Broadband
5 3 (1.55%) SSL
6 2 (1.03%) DNS
6 2 (1.03%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.03%) Wireless
7 1 (0.52%) DHCP
7 1 (0.52%) DKIM
7 1 (0.52%) DMARC
7 1 (0.52%) NGFW
7 1 (0.52%) VPN
General
1 39 (20.10%) Social Skills
2 37 (19.07%) Finance
3 36 (18.56%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (9.28%) Law
5 13 (6.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (6.19%) Retail
7 6 (3.09%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.09%) Marketing
8 4 (2.06%) Banking
9 3 (1.55%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.55%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.03%) Advertising
10 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.03%) Publishing
11 1 (0.52%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 34 (17.53%) Cyberattack
2 32 (16.49%) Management Information System
3 28 (14.43%) Cyber Threat
4 20 (10.31%) Security Operations Centre
5 19 (9.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 14 (7.22%) Cyber Defence
7 11 (5.67%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (4.12%) Insider Threat
9 7 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (3.09%) Operational Technology
11 5 (2.58%) Cyber Security Posture
11 5 (2.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (2.58%) IoT
12 3 (1.55%) CSOC
12 3 (1.55%) Security Posture
13 2 (1.03%) Data Centre
13 2 (1.03%) Digital Media
13 2 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
14 1 (0.52%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 33 (17.01%) Windows
2 15 (7.73%) Linux
3 8 (4.12%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.06%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.55%) Unix
6 1 (0.52%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 103 (53.09%) SIEM
3 94 (48.45%) Incident Response
4 68 (35.05%) Security Operations
5 62 (31.96%) Information Security
6 56 (28.87%) Vulnerability Management
7 38 (19.59%) Cloud Security
8 31 (15.98%) Threat Intelligence
9 30 (15.46%) Risk Management
10 29 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
10 29 (14.95%) Security Monitoring
11 27 (13.92%) Security Architecture
11 27 (13.92%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 26 (13.40%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 23 (11.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 22 (11.34%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 20 (10.31%) Incident Management
15 20 (10.31%) Penetration Testing
16 19 (9.79%) Data Protection
17 18 (9.28%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.19%) Python
2 8 (4.12%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.58%) Bash
4 4 (2.06%) C++
5 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (25.26%) CISSP
2 36 (18.56%) Degree
3 29 (14.95%) CompTIA Security+
4 21 (10.82%) CompTIA CySA+
5 19 (9.79%) CISM
6 16 (8.25%) CISA
7 15 (7.73%) Security Cleared
8 14 (7.22%) CEH
9 12 (6.19%) CCSP
9 12 (6.19%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (5.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 10 (5.15%) Master's Degree
12 9 (4.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 9 (4.64%) SSCP
13 8 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (4.12%) GCIH
13 8 (4.12%) GIAC
14 7 (3.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 6 (3.09%) Network+ Certification
16 5 (2.58%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (27.32%) NIST
2 52 (26.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (10.31%) GDPR
3 20 (10.31%) NCSC
4 19 (9.79%) PCI DSS
5 18 (9.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (7.22%) GRC
7 5 (2.58%) ISO 22301
8 4 (2.06%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.55%) COBIT
9 3 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (1.03%) ISO 31000
10 2 (1.03%) ISO 9001
10 2 (1.03%) QA
11 1 (0.52%) PMO
11 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (7.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (6.70%) CSIRT
2 12 (6.19%) CASB
3 7 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.58%) Nessus
5 4 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.03%) QRadar
Vendors
1 69 (35.57%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.61%) Intel
2 7 (3.61%) Splunk
3 6 (3.09%) Qualys
4 5 (2.58%) BT
4 5 (2.58%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.06%) Cisco
6 3 (1.55%) VMware
7 2 (1.03%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.03%) Facebook
7 2 (1.03%) IBM
7 2 (1.03%) Sun
8 1 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.52%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.52%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.52%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.52%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.52%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.52%) Zscaler