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 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 651 784 968
Rank change year-on-year +133 +184 -273
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 181 152 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.17% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.18% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 162 123 142
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,463 £33,986
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £38,010
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,700 £68,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,067 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.63% +9.61% -

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 80,982 82,462 128,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,404 52,476 75,206
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 13 May 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 13 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 +95 65 £58,750 -2.08% 4
South West +17 36 £65,000 +72.19% 3
North of England +75 33 £42,500 -16.37% 2
South East +19 28 £67,500 +54.29% 4
Yorkshire +93 13 £52,500 -20.23%
North West +11 12 £37,500 -15.25% 2
East of England +12 11 £50,000 +17.65% 1
North East - 8 £42,500 -
Midlands -15 7 £47,000 +10.59% 2
West Midlands +4 4 £36,750 -13.53% 2
East Midlands -7 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 13 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 across the England region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 181 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 107 (59.12%) SIEM
3 85 (46.96%) Incident Response
4 69 (38.12%) Security Operations
5 67 (37.02%) Firewall
6 64 (35.36%) Azure
7 62 (34.25%) Microsoft
8 60 (33.15%) Information Security
9 51 (28.18%) NIST
10 49 (27.07%) Vulnerability Management
10 49 (27.07%) CISSP
11 41 (22.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 36 (19.89%) Social Skills
13 35 (19.34%) Cloud Security
14 33 (18.23%) Analytical Skills
15 32 (17.68%) Cyber Threat
15 32 (17.68%) Degree
16 31 (17.13%) Finance
16 31 (17.13%) Windows
16 31 (17.13%) CompTIA Security+
17 30 (16.57%) Security Monitoring
18 29 (16.02%) Threat Intelligence
18 29 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
19 28 (15.47%) Cyberattack
19 28 (15.47%) Management Information System
20 27 (14.92%) Security Architecture
21 26 (14.36%) Risk Management
21 26 (14.36%) Microsoft 365
22 25 (13.81%) CompTIA CySA+
22 25 (13.81%) Vulnerability Assessment

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 (3.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.66%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 64 (35.36%) Azure
2 26 (14.36%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (11.05%) AWS
4 7 (3.87%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.76%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (1.66%) SaaS
7 1 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.55%) GCP
7 1 (0.55%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 67 (37.02%) Firewall
2 14 (7.73%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (6.08%) Network Security
4 7 (3.87%) LAN
4 7 (3.87%) WAN
4 7 (3.87%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.66%) Broadband
5 3 (1.66%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.10%) DNS
6 2 (1.10%) VPN
7 1 (0.55%) DHCP
7 1 (0.55%) DKIM
7 1 (0.55%) DMARC
7 1 (0.55%) SSL
General
1 36 (19.89%) Social Skills
2 33 (18.23%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (17.13%) Finance
4 20 (11.05%) Law
5 14 (7.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (6.63%) Retail
7 6 (3.31%) Marketing
8 4 (2.21%) Banking
9 3 (1.66%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.66%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.10%) Advertising
10 2 (1.10%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.10%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.10%) Publishing
11 1 (0.55%) Legal
11 1 (0.55%) Police
11 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 32 (17.68%) Cyber Threat
2 28 (15.47%) Cyberattack
2 28 (15.47%) Management Information System
3 18 (9.94%) Security Operations Centre
4 17 (9.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 13 (7.18%) Cyber Defence
6 11 (6.08%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (4.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 7 (3.87%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.76%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (2.21%) Insider Threat
10 4 (2.21%) IoT
10 4 (2.21%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.66%) CSOC
11 3 (1.66%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (1.10%) Data Centre
12 2 (1.10%) Digital Media
12 2 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 31 (17.13%) Windows
2 15 (8.29%) Linux
3 11 (6.08%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.21%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.55%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 107 (59.12%) SIEM
3 85 (46.96%) Incident Response
4 69 (38.12%) Security Operations
5 60 (33.15%) Information Security
6 49 (27.07%) Vulnerability Management
7 35 (19.34%) Cloud Security
8 30 (16.57%) Security Monitoring
9 29 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (16.02%) Threat Intelligence
10 27 (14.92%) Security Architecture
11 26 (14.36%) Risk Management
12 25 (13.81%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 24 (13.26%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 21 (11.60%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 20 (11.05%) Data Protection
15 20 (11.05%) Incident Management
15 20 (11.05%) Penetration Testing
16 19 (10.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 14 (7.73%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.08%) Python
2 7 (3.87%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.76%) Bash
4 3 (1.66%) C++
5 2 (1.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (27.07%) CISSP
2 32 (17.68%) Degree
3 31 (17.13%) CompTIA Security+
4 25 (13.81%) CompTIA CySA+
5 17 (9.39%) CCSP
5 17 (9.39%) CISA
5 17 (9.39%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (8.84%) CEH
6 16 (8.84%) CISM
7 14 (7.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 13 (7.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 12 (6.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 12 (6.63%) Security Cleared
10 10 (5.52%) GIAC
10 10 (5.52%) Master's Degree
10 10 (5.52%) Network+ Certification
11 8 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (3.31%) GCIH
13 5 (2.76%) GSEC
13 5 (2.76%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (28.18%) NIST
2 41 (22.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (11.05%) NCSC
4 19 (10.50%) GDPR
4 19 (10.50%) PCI DSS
5 17 (9.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (7.73%) GRC
7 10 (5.52%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.66%) QA
9 2 (1.10%) ISO 31000
9 2 (1.10%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.55%) COBIT
10 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (11.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (7.18%) CSIRT
2 12 (6.63%) CASB
3 8 (4.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.76%) Nessus
5 4 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.10%) QRadar
Vendors
1 62 (34.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.87%) Splunk
3 6 (3.31%) Intel
3 6 (3.31%) Qualys
4 5 (2.76%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.10%) BT
5 2 (1.10%) Cisco
5 2 (1.10%) Darktrace
5 2 (1.10%) Facebook
5 2 (1.10%) IBM
5 2 (1.10%) Sun
6 1 (0.55%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.55%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.55%) VMware