Security Analytics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Security Analytics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Analytics over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 909 933 1211
Rank change year-on-year +24 +278 -319
Permanent jobs citing Security Analytics 5 19 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.020% 0.016%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.006% 0.020% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 5 17 24
10th Percentile - - £36,000
25th Percentile £47,250 £32,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £35,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +107.14% -33.33% -34.38%
75th Percentile £73,750 £64,000 £82,813
90th Percentile £137,500 £124,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £35,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -33.33% -12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Analytics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Security Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Security Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Analytics in the UK

Security Analytics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analytics.

Salary trend for Security Analytics in the UK

Security Analytics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analytics over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Analytics in the UK

Security Analytics
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analytics 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
London +146 3 £49,500 -72.50% 1
England +73 3 £49,500 -72.50% 1

Security Analytics
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
1 1 (20.00%) GitHub
1 1 (20.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) AWS Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (20.00%) GCP Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
3 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (60.00%) Threat Detection
4 2 (40.00%) Budget Management
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (40.00%) Data Science
4 2 (40.00%) Malware Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (40.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 2 (40.00%) Threat Management
4 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (40.00%) CISM
3 2 (40.00%) CISSP
3 2 (40.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Splunk
2 1 (20.00%) Okta