Security Analyst Jobs in the City of London

Security Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Security Analyst salary in the City of London is £65,000 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 119 203 231
Rank change year-on-year +84 +28 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 59 35 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.76% 0.74% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.83% 0.77% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 44 31 50
10th Percentile £47,000 £42,444 £48,575
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £52,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -13.79% +5.45%
75th Percentile £79,375 £66,375 £69,375
90th Percentile £120,000 £70,000 £80,000
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -23.08% +12.07%

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%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the City of London

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the City of London

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the City of London

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

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 Security Analyst in the job title.

1 37 (62.71%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (54.24%) Information Security
3 30 (50.85%) SIEM
3 30 (50.85%) Incident Response
4 29 (49.15%) Finance
4 29 (49.15%) Firewall
5 22 (37.29%) CISSP
6 20 (33.90%) Microsoft
6 20 (33.90%) Incident Management
7 18 (30.51%) Vulnerability Management
7 18 (30.51%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (30.51%) Application Security
8 16 (27.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 15 (25.42%) Security Operations
10 14 (23.73%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 13 (22.03%) Analytical Skills
11 13 (22.03%) Risk Management
11 13 (22.03%) Security Management
11 13 (22.03%) Change Management
11 13 (22.03%) Social Skills
11 13 (22.03%) Threat Detection
11 13 (22.03%) Privileged Access Management
12 12 (20.34%) NIST
12 12 (20.34%) CISA
13 10 (16.95%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 9 (15.25%) GRC
14 9 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
14 9 (15.25%) Degree
14 9 (15.25%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 8 (13.56%) GIAC

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 18 (30.51%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (10.17%) Azure
3 2 (3.39%) AWS
4 1 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 29 (49.15%) Firewall
2 7 (11.86%) TCP/IP
3 5 (8.47%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (8.47%) IPsec
3 5 (8.47%) SSL
4 2 (3.39%) VLAN
4 2 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.69%) DHCP
5 1 (1.69%) DNS
5 1 (1.69%) FTP
5 1 (1.69%) Network Security
5 1 (1.69%) SMTP
5 1 (1.69%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 7 (11.86%) Burp Suite
1 7 (11.86%) Metasploit
General
1 29 (49.15%) Finance
2 13 (22.03%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (22.03%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.47%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Legal
5 2 (3.39%) Retail
6 1 (1.69%) Banking
6 1 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.69%) Law
6 1 (1.69%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.56%) REST
2 2 (3.39%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.17%) Security Posture
2 5 (8.47%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (8.47%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.08%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (5.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 3 (5.08%) Cyberattack
3 3 (5.08%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.08%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.69%) Anti-Spyware
4 1 (1.69%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.69%) Insider Threat
4 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.47%) Windows
2 3 (5.08%) Linux
2 3 (5.08%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.69%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (62.71%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (54.24%) Information Security
3 30 (50.85%) Incident Response
3 30 (50.85%) SIEM
4 20 (33.90%) Incident Management
5 18 (30.51%) Application Security
5 18 (30.51%) Vulnerability Management
6 15 (25.42%) Security Operations
7 14 (23.73%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
8 13 (22.03%) Change Management
8 13 (22.03%) Privileged Access Management
8 13 (22.03%) Risk Management
8 13 (22.03%) Security Management
8 13 (22.03%) Threat Detection
9 10 (16.95%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 9 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (15.25%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 8 (13.56%) Benchmarking
11 8 (13.56%) DevSecOps
11 8 (13.56%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.78%) Python
2 3 (5.08%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.69%) Bash
Qualifications
1 22 (37.29%) CISSP
2 12 (20.34%) CISA
3 9 (15.25%) Degree
4 8 (13.56%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (13.56%) GIAC
5 5 (8.47%) CEH
5 5 (8.47%) CISM
5 5 (8.47%) CompTIA CySA+
5 5 (8.47%) MCSA
5 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (5.08%) CRISC
6 3 (5.08%) GSEC
6 3 (5.08%) ISACA
7 2 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (3.39%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.69%) GCIA
8 1 (1.69%) GCIH
8 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (27.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (20.34%) NIST
3 9 (15.25%) GRC
4 8 (13.56%) NCSC
5 2 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.39%) GDPR
6 1 (1.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (1.69%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (6.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.69%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 7 (11.86%) Nmap
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.69%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 20 (33.90%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.39%) Splunk
3 1 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (1.69%) Intel
3 1 (1.69%) Meraki
3 1 (1.69%) Okta
3 1 (1.69%) Rapid7
3 1 (1.69%) VMware