Security Operations Analyst Jobs in England

Security Operations Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Operations Analyst salary in England is £47,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 822 892 1051
Rank change year-on-year +70 +159 -213
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 25 40 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.044% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.048% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 20 28 44
10th Percentile - £35,643 £36,911
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,250 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.09% -4.35% +22.34%
75th Percentile £76,250 £62,813 £73,125
90th Percentile - £65,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,250 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.09% -4.35% +25.00%

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 81,185 82,540 127,939
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.53% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 60,576 52,509 74,661
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,288 £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 £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Analyst in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations 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 Security Operations Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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 +115 12 £72,500 +20.83% 4
West Midlands +29 9 £37,500 -38.78%
Midlands +1 9 £37,500 -38.78%
South East +7 2 - -
North of England +47 1 £27,500 -26.67% 2
East of England +14 1 £52,500 -4.55% 1
North West +1 1 £27,500 -23.32%
Security Operations Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Security Operations 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 Security Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 23 (92.00%) Security Operations
2 22 (88.00%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (76.00%) Microsoft
4 18 (72.00%) Windows
5 15 (60.00%) Firewall
6 11 (44.00%) Linux
6 11 (44.00%) Azure
6 11 (44.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 11 (44.00%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (44.00%) Incident Response
7 10 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
7 10 (40.00%) Finance
7 10 (40.00%) Information Security
7 10 (40.00%) Retail
8 9 (36.00%) Risk Management
8 9 (36.00%) Cyberattack
8 9 (36.00%) NIST
9 8 (32.00%) GDPR
9 8 (32.00%) SIEM
9 8 (32.00%) VPN
9 8 (32.00%) Active Directory
10 7 (28.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 6 (24.00%) Offensive Security
11 6 (24.00%) Task Automation
11 6 (24.00%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (24.00%) PowerShell
12 4 (16.00%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (16.00%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (16.00%) Data Loss Prevention
13 3 (12.00%) Remediation Plan

Security Operations 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 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (44.00%) Azure
1 11 (44.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.00%) AWS
3 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (60.00%) Firewall
2 8 (32.00%) VPN
3 4 (16.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (12.00%) Broadband
5 2 (8.00%) Network Security
5 2 (8.00%) VLAN
5 2 (8.00%) VoIP
5 2 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (4.00%) SD-WAN
6 1 (4.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Power BI
General
1 10 (40.00%) Finance
1 10 (40.00%) Retail
2 1 (4.00%) Advertising
2 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (36.00%) Cyberattack
3 4 (16.00%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (8.00%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (4.00%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (4.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (72.00%) Windows
2 11 (44.00%) Linux
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (92.00%) Security Operations
2 22 (88.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (44.00%) Incident Response
3 11 (44.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 10 (40.00%) Information Security
5 9 (36.00%) Risk Management
6 8 (32.00%) SIEM
7 7 (28.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 6 (24.00%) Offensive Security
8 6 (24.00%) Task Automation
9 4 (16.00%) Data Loss Prevention
10 3 (12.00%) Analytics
10 3 (12.00%) Incident Management
10 3 (12.00%) Kalman Filter
10 3 (12.00%) Programme Delivery
10 3 (12.00%) Remediation Plan
10 3 (12.00%) SOAR
11 2 (8.00%) OWASP
11 2 (8.00%) Problem Management
11 2 (8.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) CEH
1 2 (8.00%) CISA
1 2 (8.00%) CISM
1 2 (8.00%) CISSP
1 2 (8.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (36.00%) NIST
2 8 (32.00%) GDPR
3 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 8 (32.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (76.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (4.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (4.00%) Meraki
3 1 (4.00%) Qualys