IT Security Analyst Jobs in the City of London

IT Security Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median IT Security Analyst salary in the City of London is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 232 270
Rank change year-on-year +70 +38 -35
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 16 6 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.48% 0.13% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.13% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 17
10th Percentile £31,750 £42,444 £47,400
25th Percentile £38,125 £43,708 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -0.86% +3.11%
75th Percentile £84,375 £69,688 -
90th Percentile £101,250 £70,000 -
Central London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -0.86% +3.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 3,223 4,537 6,818
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.92% 96.37% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,565 3,811 5,675
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,441 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £74,744 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.00% +3.10% +3.57%

IT Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Analyst in the City of London

IT Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Analyst in the City of London.

Salary trend for IT Security Analyst in the City of London

IT Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Analyst in the City of London

IT Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, IT Security 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 across the City of London region featuring IT Security Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (93.75%) Cybersecurity
1 15 (93.75%) Finance
2 14 (87.50%) Firewall
2 14 (87.50%) SIEM
2 14 (87.50%) Incident Response
3 13 (81.25%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 13 (81.25%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (81.25%) Application Security
3 13 (81.25%) Threat Detection
3 13 (81.25%) Privileged Access Management
3 13 (81.25%) Incident Management
3 13 (81.25%) Microsoft
3 13 (81.25%) CISSP
3 13 (81.25%) Change Management
3 13 (81.25%) Security Management
4 2 (12.50%) Information Security
4 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Malware Analysis
5 1 (6.25%) Threat Management
5 1 (6.25%) Rapid7
5 1 (6.25%) Process Improvement
5 1 (6.25%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (6.25%) Degree
5 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.25%) Electronic Trading
5 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
5 1 (6.25%) OWASP
5 1 (6.25%) Security Architecture
5 1 (6.25%) REST
5 1 (6.25%) Management Information System

IT Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 13 (81.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (87.50%) Firewall
General
1 15 (93.75%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (87.50%) Incident Response
2 14 (87.50%) SIEM
3 13 (81.25%) Application Security
3 13 (81.25%) Change Management
3 13 (81.25%) Incident Management
3 13 (81.25%) Privileged Access Management
3 13 (81.25%) Security Management
3 13 (81.25%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 13 (81.25%) Threat Detection
4 2 (12.50%) Information Security
5 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.25%) Data Security
5 1 (6.25%) Electronic Trading
5 1 (6.25%) Information Security Management
5 1 (6.25%) ITSM
5 1 (6.25%) OWASP
5 1 (6.25%) Process Improvement
5 1 (6.25%) Security Architecture
5 1 (6.25%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (81.25%) CISSP
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (6.25%) Okta
2 1 (6.25%) Rapid7