Information Security Analyst Jobs in England

Information Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Information Security Analyst salary in England is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 666 728 820
Rank change year-on-year +62 +92 -57
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 164 198 333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.22% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.24% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 156 170 160
10th Percentile £40,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,625 £45,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -

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 81,581 81,069 129,549
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.49% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 60,773 51,486 74,695
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Information Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Analyst in England

Information Security Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Information Security Analyst in England

Information Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security Analyst in England

Information Security 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 Information Security Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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 +92 55 £67,500 +3.85% 9
North of England +47 43 £47,000 -5.05% 5
South East 0 35 £52,500 +6.06% 4
North West +8 34 £45,000 -9.09% 3
Midlands -12 17 £52,500 - 4
East Midlands - 15 £52,500 - 2
South West -25 10 £43,500 -8.42%
Yorkshire +76 8 £50,000 - 2
East of England +7 4 £43,000 -31.20%
West Midlands -12 2 £42,000 -20.00% 2
North East -7 1 - -
Information Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Information 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 England region featuring Information Security Analyst in the job title.

1 164 (100.00%) Information Security
2 88 (53.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 55 (33.54%) NIST
4 53 (32.32%) SIEM
5 52 (31.71%) Azure
6 50 (30.49%) GRC
7 48 (29.27%) Cloud Security
8 44 (26.83%) CISSP
9 41 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
10 38 (23.17%) Risk Management
11 37 (22.56%) Microsoft 365
11 37 (22.56%) Cyber Essentials
12 35 (21.34%) Firewall
13 30 (18.29%) Risk Assessment
13 30 (18.29%) Incident Management
14 27 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
15 26 (15.85%) ISMS
15 26 (15.85%) CISM
15 26 (15.85%) Social Skills
16 25 (15.24%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 25 (15.24%) CISA
17 24 (14.63%) Law
18 23 (14.02%) Management Information System
18 23 (14.02%) PCI DSS
19 22 (13.41%) DNS
19 22 (13.41%) DKIM
19 22 (13.41%) DMARC
20 21 (12.80%) GDPR
20 21 (12.80%) Microsoft
21 19 (11.59%) Legal

Information Security 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:

Cloud Services
1 52 (31.71%) Azure
2 37 (22.56%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (10.98%) AWS
4 2 (1.22%) GCP
4 2 (1.22%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.61%) IaaS
5 1 (0.61%) PaaS
5 1 (0.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (21.34%) Firewall
2 22 (13.41%) DKIM
2 22 (13.41%) DMARC
2 22 (13.41%) DNS
3 18 (10.98%) Internet
4 10 (6.10%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.83%) Network Security
6 2 (1.22%) LAN
6 2 (1.22%) SSL
6 2 (1.22%) WAN
6 2 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.22%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.61%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.22%) Power BI
General
1 27 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
2 26 (15.85%) Social Skills
3 24 (14.63%) Law
4 19 (11.59%) Legal
5 16 (9.76%) Finance
6 6 (3.66%) Retail
7 3 (1.83%) Automotive
8 2 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.61%) Advertising
9 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.22%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.02%) Management Information System
2 18 (10.98%) Cyberattack
3 14 (8.54%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (7.93%) Security Posture
5 9 (5.49%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.22%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.22%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.61%) Blog
9 1 (0.61%) CCTV
9 1 (0.61%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.61%) PKI
9 1 (0.61%) PMI
9 1 (0.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.83%) Linux
1 3 (1.83%) Unix
1 3 (1.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (100.00%) Information Security
2 53 (32.32%) SIEM
3 48 (29.27%) Cloud Security
4 41 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (23.17%) Risk Management
6 30 (18.29%) Incident Management
6 30 (18.29%) Risk Assessment
7 26 (15.85%) ISMS
8 25 (15.24%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 19 (11.59%) Incident Response
9 19 (11.59%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 18 (10.98%) SOAR
11 17 (10.37%) Security Operations
12 16 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
13 15 (9.15%) Security Monitoring
14 14 (8.54%) GAP Analysis
14 14 (8.54%) Vulnerability Management
15 13 (7.93%) Internal Audit
16 11 (6.71%) Business Continuity
16 11 (6.71%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.83%) Python
Qualifications
1 44 (26.83%) CISSP
2 26 (15.85%) CISM
3 25 (15.24%) CISA
4 18 (10.98%) Degree
5 12 (7.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 10 (6.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 10 (6.10%) CCSP
6 10 (6.10%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (3.66%) CCSK
7 6 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (3.05%) Azure Certification
8 5 (3.05%) CRISC
9 3 (1.83%) GCIH
10 2 (1.22%) GCFA
10 2 (1.22%) GCIA
10 2 (1.22%) ISACA
10 2 (1.22%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.61%) SANS
11 1 (0.61%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (53.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 55 (33.54%) NIST
3 50 (30.49%) GRC
4 37 (22.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 23 (14.02%) PCI DSS
6 21 (12.80%) GDPR
7 14 (8.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (6.10%) COBIT
9 7 (4.27%) NCSC
10 6 (3.66%) SOC 2
11 5 (3.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (2.44%) ISO 22301
13 3 (1.83%) ISO 9001
13 3 (1.83%) TickIT
14 2 (1.22%) GLBA
15 1 (0.61%) ISO 14001
15 1 (0.61%) ISO 31000
15 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 1 (0.61%) PMBOK
Systems Management
1 18 (10.98%) CASB
2 1 (0.61%) Nessus
Vendors
1 21 (12.80%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.32%) Cisco
3 7 (4.27%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (4.27%) Proofpoint
3 7 (4.27%) Rapid7
4 2 (1.22%) Qualys
4 2 (1.22%) VMware