Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > England

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 655 785 977
Rank change year-on-year +130 +192 -301
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 178 160 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.17% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.19% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 157 129 141
10th Percentile £37,000 £37,463 £33,986
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £38,010
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,200 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,360 84,735 126,842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.51% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,202 53,671 75,665
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,160 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,225 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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 +109 65 £55,000 -8.33% 3
South West +20 37 £65,000 +36.84% 2
North of England +54 33 £42,500 -15.00% 3
South East +9 24 £71,250 +58.33% 6
Yorkshire +100 13 £52,500 -20.23%
North West +12 12 £37,500 -16.67% 3
East of England +8 11 £50,000 +17.65% 2
North East - 8 £42,500 -
Midlands -1 7 £47,000 +10.59% 2
West Midlands +16 4 £36,750 -13.53% 2
East Midlands -14 3 £52,500 +31.25%
Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 across the England region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 178 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 109 (61.24%) SIEM
3 78 (43.82%) Incident Response
4 73 (41.01%) Firewall
5 72 (40.45%) Security Operations
6 62 (34.83%) Azure
7 61 (34.27%) Information Security
8 59 (33.15%) Microsoft
9 56 (31.46%) NIST
10 55 (30.90%) CISSP
11 48 (26.97%) Vulnerability Management
12 41 (23.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 38 (21.35%) CompTIA Security+
14 36 (20.22%) Cyber Threat
15 35 (19.66%) Cloud Security
16 33 (18.54%) Social Skills
16 33 (18.54%) Security Monitoring
17 31 (17.42%) CompTIA CySA+
18 30 (16.85%) Degree
18 30 (16.85%) Windows
19 29 (16.29%) Analytical Skills
20 28 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
20 28 (15.73%) Threat Intelligence
21 27 (15.17%) Finance
22 26 (14.61%) Penetration Testing
22 26 (14.61%) AWS
22 26 (14.61%) Security Architecture
22 26 (14.61%) Cyberattack
23 25 (14.04%) Vulnerability Assessment
23 25 (14.04%) Management Information System

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.69%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 62 (34.83%) Azure
2 26 (14.61%) AWS
3 24 (13.48%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.93%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.81%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (1.69%) SaaS
7 1 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.56%) GCP
7 1 (0.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 73 (41.01%) Firewall
2 18 (10.11%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (6.18%) Network Security
4 6 (3.37%) LAN
4 6 (3.37%) WAN
4 6 (3.37%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.69%) Broadband
5 3 (1.69%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.12%) DNS
6 2 (1.12%) VPN
7 1 (0.56%) DHCP
7 1 (0.56%) DKIM
7 1 (0.56%) DMARC
General
1 33 (18.54%) Social Skills
2 29 (16.29%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (15.17%) Finance
4 20 (11.24%) Law
5 14 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (6.74%) Retail
7 6 (3.37%) Marketing
8 4 (2.25%) Banking
9 3 (1.69%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.69%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.12%) Advertising
10 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.12%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.12%) Publishing
11 1 (0.56%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.56%) Legal
11 1 (0.56%) Police
11 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 36 (20.22%) Cyber Threat
2 26 (14.61%) Cyberattack
3 25 (14.04%) Management Information System
4 17 (9.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 16 (8.99%) Security Operations Centre
6 13 (7.30%) Cyber Defence
6 13 (7.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 11 (6.18%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.81%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.81%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (2.25%) IoT
9 4 (2.25%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.69%) CSOC
10 3 (1.69%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.12%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.12%) Digital Media
11 2 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 30 (16.85%) Windows
2 14 (7.87%) Linux
3 13 (7.30%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.25%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.56%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 109 (61.24%) SIEM
3 78 (43.82%) Incident Response
4 72 (40.45%) Security Operations
5 61 (34.27%) Information Security
6 48 (26.97%) Vulnerability Management
7 35 (19.66%) Cloud Security
8 33 (18.54%) Security Monitoring
9 28 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (15.73%) Threat Intelligence
10 26 (14.61%) Penetration Testing
10 26 (14.61%) Security Architecture
11 25 (14.04%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 23 (12.92%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 21 (11.80%) Risk Management
13 21 (11.80%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 20 (11.24%) Application Security
14 20 (11.24%) Data Protection
14 20 (11.24%) Runbook
15 19 (10.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.62%) Python
2 6 (3.37%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.81%) Bash
4 3 (1.69%) C++
5 2 (1.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (30.90%) CISSP
2 38 (21.35%) CompTIA Security+
3 31 (17.42%) CompTIA CySA+
4 30 (16.85%) Degree
5 23 (12.92%) CCSP
5 23 (12.92%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (11.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 19 (10.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 17 (9.55%) CEH
8 17 (9.55%) CISA
9 16 (8.99%) CISM
9 16 (8.99%) Network+ Certification
10 12 (6.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 11 (6.18%) GIAC
12 10 (5.62%) Master's Degree
12 10 (5.62%) Security Cleared
13 7 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (3.37%) GSEC
15 5 (2.81%) GCIH
15 5 (2.81%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (31.46%) NIST
2 41 (23.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (11.24%) NCSC
4 19 (10.67%) GDPR
4 19 (10.67%) PCI DSS
5 17 (9.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (8.99%) SOC 2
7 14 (7.87%) GRC
8 3 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.69%) QA
9 2 (1.12%) ISO 31000
9 2 (1.12%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (11.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (7.30%) CSIRT
2 12 (6.74%) CASB
3 9 (5.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.81%) Nessus
5 4 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.12%) QRadar
Vendors
1 59 (33.15%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.37%) Qualys
2 6 (3.37%) Splunk
3 5 (2.81%) Intel
3 5 (2.81%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.12%) Darktrace
4 2 (1.12%) Facebook
4 2 (1.12%) IBM
4 2 (1.12%) Sun
5 1 (0.56%) Cisco
5 1 (0.56%) LogRhythm
5 1 (0.56%) Rapid7