The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Analyst
Rank 438 569 567
Rank change year-on-year
+131 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 473 310 293
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.468% 0.273% 0.249%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.495% 0.288% 0.264%
Number of salaries quoted 368 249 254
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -13.33%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95490 107493 111049
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.41% 94.82% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 80297 92843 94497
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,925 £27,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Analyst
UK

Security Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Analyst across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Security Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Security Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Security Analyst across the England region.

England Security Analyst Salary Trend

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Security Analyst Salary Histogram

Security Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East +67 162 £40,000 -
London +144 156 £50,000 +11.11%
East of England +21 32 £47,500 +18.75%
South West -22 32 £40,000 +33.33%
Yorkshire -5 27 £32,500 -18.75%
East Midlands +13 26 £30,500 -1.61%
West Midlands -20 26 £42,000 +37.70%
North West +12 24 £40,000 +60.00%
Midlands +16 1 £50,000 -
Security Analyst
UK

Security Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Security Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Analyst in their job title.

1 336 (39.58%) Information Security
2 334 (39.34%) Windows
3 333 (39.22%) Firewall
4 276 (32.51%) CISSP
5 208 (24.50%) Cisco
6 196 (23.09%) SIEM
7 194 (22.85%) Network Security
8 189 (22.26%) UNIX
9 180 (21.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 179 (21.08%) TCP/IP
11 170 (20.02%) Finance
12 160 (18.85%) CheckPoint
13 143 (16.84%) ITIL
14 139 (16.37%) Linux
15 138 (16.25%) Management Information System
16 123 (14.49%) Security Cleared
17 120 (14.13%) Microsoft
18 114 (13.43%) Internet
19 107 (12.60%) Active Directory
20 106 (12.49%) Penetration Testing
21 102 (12.01%) LAN
22 101 (11.90%) WAN
22 101 (11.90%) Juniper
23 96 (11.31%) Blue Coat
23 96 (11.31%) Degree
24 94 (11.07%) PCI DSS
25 88 (10.37%) Intrusion Detection
26 87 (10.25%) SC Cleared
26 87 (10.25%) Vulnerability Management
27 86 (10.13%) VPN

Security Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Security Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (2.120%) JSP
2 16 (1.885%) .NET
3 4 (0.471%) J2EE
3 4 (0.471%) .NET Framework
3 4 (0.471%) Java EE
3 4 (0.471%) ISPF
4 3 (0.353%) HTML5
4 3 (0.353%) Middleware
4 3 (0.353%) CGI
4 3 (0.353%) Flash
4 3 (0.353%) ASP.NET
4 3 (0.353%) COM
4 3 (0.353%) SAP XI
5 2 (0.236%) HTML
5 2 (0.236%) SAML
6 1 (0.118%) Regular Expression
Application Platforms
1 29 (3.416%) MS Exchange
2 9 (1.060%) SharePoint Server
2 9 (1.060%) IIS
3 6 (0.707%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.707%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (0.471%) WebLogic
4 4 (0.471%) SAS
4 4 (0.471%) Tomcat
4 4 (0.471%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (0.236%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.118%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 66 (7.774%) MS Excel
2 29 (3.416%) S-PLUS
3 15 (1.767%) MS Office
4 6 (0.707%) Office 365
5 1 (0.118%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.118%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.118%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.707%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.236%) Sentinel
3 1 (0.118%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.118%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 333 (39.22%) Firewall
2 194 (22.85%) Network Security
3 179 (21.08%) TCP/IP
4 114 (13.43%) Internet
5 102 (12.01%) LAN
6 101 (11.90%) WAN
7 88 (10.37%) Intrusion Detection
8 86 (10.13%) VPN
9 64 (7.538%) HTTP
10 62 (7.303%) DNS
11 61 (7.185%) Cisco ASA
12 53 (6.243%) SMTP
13 46 (5.418%) tcpdump
14 36 (4.240%) FTP
15 34 (4.005%) Cisco PIX
16 32 (3.769%) SSL
17 30 (3.534%) LDAP
18 29 (3.416%) DMZ
19 28 (3.298%) DHCP
20 27 (3.180%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.120%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.824%) Data Mining
3 4 (0.471%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (0.236%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.118%) Cognos Impromptu
5 1 (0.118%) MySQL
5 1 (0.118%) DB2
Development Applications
1 7 (0.824%) LoadRunner
2 6 (0.707%) WinRunner
2 6 (0.707%) TestDirector
2 6 (0.707%) QuickTest Pro
2 6 (0.707%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.118%) Visual Studio
General
1 170 (20.02%) Finance
2 36 (4.240%) Telecoms
3 35 (4.122%) Banking
4 29 (3.416%) Retail
5 23 (2.709%) Advertising
6 19 (2.238%) Legal
7 13 (1.531%) Back Office
8 12 (1.413%) Law
9 9 (1.060%) French Language
10 7 (0.824%) Financial Institution
10 7 (0.824%) Publishing
11 5 (0.589%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.471%) Games
12 4 (0.471%) Military
13 3 (0.353%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.236%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.236%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.236%) German Language
14 2 (0.236%) Marketing
15 1 (0.118%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 138 (16.25%) Management Information System
2 44 (5.183%) Cryptography
3 32 (3.769%) PKI
4 30 (3.534%) CESG
5 27 (3.180%) Smartcard
6 24 (2.827%) Firmware
7 19 (2.238%) Client/Server
8 17 (2.002%) Computer Science
9 14 (1.649%) Mathematics
9 14 (1.649%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.296%) Visualisation
11 10 (1.178%) SecurID
12 8 (0.942%) IVR
12 8 (0.942%) Mainframe
13 7 (0.824%) Blog
13 7 (0.824%) Embedded Systems
13 7 (0.824%) EMV
14 6 (0.707%) Statistics
15 5 (0.589%) Derivative
15 5 (0.589%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 334 (39.34%) Windows
2 189 (22.26%) UNIX
3 139 (16.37%) Linux
4 63 (7.420%) Solaris
5 54 (6.360%) Windows Server 2003
6 45 (5.300%) Windows Server 2008
7 28 (3.298%) Windows 7
8 15 (1.767%) Windows XP
9 14 (1.649%) AIX
10 7 (0.824%) Windows 2000
11 6 (0.707%) Windows NT
12 4 (0.471%) zOS
13 3 (0.353%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.353%) VxWorks
14 2 (0.236%) HPUX
14 2 (0.236%) Windows Vista
15 1 (0.118%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (39.58%) Information Security
2 196 (23.09%) SIEM
3 143 (16.84%) ITIL
4 106 (12.49%) Penetration Testing
5 87 (10.25%) Vulnerability Management
6 83 (9.776%) Risk Management
7 81 (9.541%) Project Management
8 76 (8.952%) Incident Management
9 74 (8.716%) Data Security
10 67 (7.892%) Security Management
11 62 (7.303%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 51 (6.007%) PRINCE2
13 46 (5.418%) Network Design
14 44 (5.183%) Change Control
15 43 (5.065%) Ethical Hacking
16 42 (4.947%) Information Security Management
16 42 (4.947%) E-Commerce
17 41 (4.829%) Information Assurance
18 40 (4.711%) Service Delivery
19 38 (4.476%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 51 (6.007%) SQL
2 37 (4.358%) C
3 33 (3.887%) Java
4 21 (2.473%) Python
5 17 (2.002%) C++
6 13 (1.531%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.413%) Perl
8 7 (0.824%) C#
8 7 (0.824%) MATLAB
9 6 (0.707%) PHP
9 6 (0.707%) ABAP
10 5 (0.589%) Ruby
11 4 (0.471%) REXX
12 3 (0.353%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.236%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 276 (32.51%) CISSP
2 123 (14.49%) Security Cleared
3 96 (11.31%) Degree
4 87 (10.25%) SC Cleared
5 83 (9.776%) Cisco Certification
6 77 (9.069%) CCSA
7 68 (8.009%) CISM
8 65 (7.656%) CCSE
9 63 (7.420%) CCNA
10 60 (7.067%) JNCIA
11 55 (6.478%) GIAC
12 53 (6.243%) DV Cleared
13 50 (5.889%) JNCIE
14 46 (5.418%) CISA
15 41 (4.829%) CEH
16 38 (4.476%) GCIA
17 35 (4.122%) PCI QSA
18 34 (4.005%) CCNP
19 26 (3.062%) CCSP
20 25 (2.945%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (21.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 94 (11.07%) PCI DSS
3 36 (4.240%) COBIT
4 33 (3.887%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 30 (3.534%) SLA
6 18 (2.120%) JSP 440
7 9 (1.060%) ISO 9001
8 8 (0.942%) COSO
9 4 (0.471%) ISO/IEC 17799
10 1 (0.118%) QA
10 1 (0.118%) HMG Infosec
10 1 (0.118%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.118%) BS25999
10 1 (0.118%) GCP
10 1 (0.118%) BS7799
System Software
1 107 (12.60%) Active Directory
2 51 (6.007%) Snort
3 35 (4.122%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (3.534%) ProxySG
5 10 (1.178%) vSphere
5 10 (1.178%) Nmap
6 8 (0.942%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.824%) UAG
8 4 (0.471%) VMware ESX
8 4 (0.471%) VMware Workstation
8 4 (0.471%) RACF
9 2 (0.236%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.118%) SpamAssassin
10 1 (0.118%) Forefront TMG
10 1 (0.118%) XenApp
10 1 (0.118%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 72 (8.481%) Nessus
2 34 (4.005%) SCCM
3 21 (2.473%) Norton AntiVirus
4 12 (1.413%) HP Quality Center
4 12 (1.413%) Cisco CUCM
4 12 (1.413%) WSUS
5 8 (0.942%) Cisco IPCC
6 5 (0.589%) Splunk
6 5 (0.589%) MIMEsweeper
7 4 (0.471%) Netcool
7 4 (0.471%) OpenView Configuration Management
8 2 (0.236%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.236%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.236%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.118%) ServiceCenter
9 1 (0.118%) SCOM
9 1 (0.118%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 208 (24.50%) Cisco
2 160 (18.85%) CheckPoint
3 120 (14.13%) Microsoft
4 101 (11.90%) Juniper
5 96 (11.31%) Blue Coat
6 77 (9.069%) Sourcefire
7 72 (8.481%) F5
8 67 (7.892%) McAfee
9 53 (6.243%) VMware
10 52 (6.125%) ArcSight
11 50 (5.889%) IBM
12 47 (5.536%) Qualys
13 42 (4.947%) Symantec
14 39 (4.594%) Oracle
15 26 (3.062%) Nokia
16 25 (2.945%) Sophos
17 22 (2.591%) SAP
18 19 (2.238%) Citrix
19 16 (1.885%) Websense
20 15 (1.767%) HP
Bradford, West Yorkshire
My client is a fast paced blue chip company, based in West Yorkshire, working on cutting edge solutions and products, in a fast paced engaging environment. They are...
set2recruit
Salary: From £16,000 to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Security Analyst Essential Experience: - Security Analyst experience across multiple security environments- Unix/Linux/Windows platforms- LAN/WAN Connectivity- WANS- Computer Operations- Firewalls, switches, routers- Any additional skills of...
TRG
Salary: 30000 Per Annum Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Walsgrave, Coventry. £attractive. As an... with Sainsbury’s, you will authorise and monitor access to IT facilities and infrastructure, implementing established security policies. Methodical, organised, accurate and reliable,...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 15 May 2013
Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands
Information Security Analyst Walsgrave, Coventry £attractive As an Information Security Analyst with Sainsbury's, you will authorise and monitor access to IT facilities and infrastructure, implementing established security...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 25 May 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
Security Analyst (Information Systems) - LAN/WAN, Firewalls, Switches, Routers, Security, infrastructureMy client are a leading service provider with offices in north Nottingham, they require a Security Analyst to...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £31000 per annum + Flexi time
Posted: 25 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Security Analyst (Information Systems) - LAN/WAN, Firewalls, Switches, Routers, Security, infrastructure... The Security Analyst will have good technical knowledge and experience across multiple platforms and technologies: Windows, UNIX,...
IT Ventures
Salary: £30000 - £31000 per annum + Flexi time
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Skills: Application Security, Software Development Lifecycle... This is an exciting opportunity to work with interesting security challenges in an environment with many different development platforms, communications technologies, and...
ComputAppoint
Salary: Excellent Salary + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
Skills required:*Good technical knowledge of networking fundamentals across multiple platforms and technologies including Linux, Unix as well as Windows.*Excellent knowledge of network and data security best...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £31000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Midlands
A leading UK brand and house hold name is currently looking for a talented Information Security Analyst to join a brand new team responsible for group wide IT...
Salt
Salary: Market Salary + Good Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Coventry
Previous information security in not 100% essential but ideal, however this role could be suitable for a candidate with a good general understanding of IT infrastructure, previous minor...
Scope AT
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Great opportunity for candidates with a good technical knowledge of Windows / Linux / Unix systems to join a Security Operations Team and receive extensive training to develop your IT...
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum depending on experience + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
E-Commerce environment. An understanding of project management methodologies, processes and practices... Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent... Application Firewalls (WAF), incident reporting, monitoring and alerting... Solutions...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Competivite Salary - Negoitbale on application
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Security Analyst is required to join a leading blue chip organisation in central Leed, West Yorkshire.
OSM Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + company benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
With a recognised Information Security qualification and the ability to design processes suited to our complex IT operation, you will be expert in security risk analysis techniques, network...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 14 May 2013
Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands
With a recognised Information Security qualification and the ability to design processes suited to our complex IT operation, you will be expert in security risk analysis techniques, network...
Sainsburys
Salary: attractive
Posted: 25 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will utilise your in-depth knowledge of information security and of firewall managements tools and interfaces... Subject matter expert of one of the following : Checkpoint, Juniper or...
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum +Excellent Bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Our client, a market leading organisation based in Leeds, is looking for a Network Security Analyst who understands the importance of the network infrastructure on the success of...
Hotfoot Resourcing.
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hampshire
Security Compliance Analyst- IT Security Standards-CISSP- CIA- AAA. Security Compliance Analyst- IT Security Standards-CISSP-CIA- AAA- Compliance Monitoring Framework- ITIL- Patch Management- Networks, Cisco devices- Windows-...
ComputAppoint
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + car allowance, many others
Posted: 24 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Our client, a major media and communications company are looking for a Network Security Specialist with experience of Cisco, Juniper/Checkpoint to work within a 2nd/3rd line...
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Surrey
Experience of or a strong understanding of ISO27001, PCI DSS, Data Protection and Business Continuity... Knowledge of Penetration Testing and Vulnerability assessments... Working towards IT Security qualifications such...
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum £30-35K depending on experience + be
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Knowledge of data security standards including PCI and ISO 27001/27002. - Knowledge of threat and vulnerability management processes and supporting scanning technologies (Qualys, Nessus) - Knowledge of Operating system...
lastminute.com
Salary: Excellent + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Coventry
Senior Information Security Analyst - Minimum 3-5 years experience - CISSP, CISM, CISA, CEH, Forensic Information Security, Information Security & Compliance, Information Security Policy Writing, Ecommerce information security, Firewalls, Risk,...
Scope AT
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
As a Information Security Advisor your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Minimum 3 years' experience in information security Information security risk management skills including (but not be...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
Hampshire
The successful candidate will have a good hands-on experience of the above along with a firewall vendor certification (CISCO ASA, Checkpoint - CCSA, McAfee, Juniper) This is a...
Colston Consulting
Salary: £36k - 42k per year + on-call allowance
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bedfordshire
You will be trained in the following: To maintain the accuracy of the data held in the Identity Management database. To maintain the accuracy of the data held...
SPS Resourcing
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum Excellent Training & Benefits Packag
Posted: 21 May 2013