Security Analyst Jobs in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst salary in England is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 392 472 527
Rank change year-on-year +80 +55 -95
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 522 585 806
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.62% 0.62% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.67% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 455 459 545
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,463 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,523 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +10.53%

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 79,522 86,974 124,954
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.61% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 59,823 54,838 76,240
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,386
25th Percentile £38,087 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in England

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 Security Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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 +108 218 £65,000 +8.33% 28
North of England +77 105 £45,000 - 18
South East -11 81 £50,000 +2.56% 11
North West +27 58 £45,000 -3.23% 11
South West +29 53 £56,500 +18.95% 7
Midlands -25 44 £43,500 -13.00% 8
West Midlands -8 26 £37,500 -25.00% 5
Yorkshire +88 25 £57,500 +35.29% 6
North East +16 22 £40,000 - 1
East of England +16 20 £47,500 +11.76% 3
East Midlands -14 18 £52,500 +31.25% 3
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 Security Analyst in the job title.

1 333 (63.79%) Cybersecurity
2 302 (57.85%) Information Security
3 207 (39.66%) SIEM
4 182 (34.87%) Firewall
5 167 (31.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 163 (31.23%) Azure
7 152 (29.12%) Microsoft
8 147 (28.16%) Security Operations
9 134 (25.67%) CISSP
10 131 (25.10%) Incident Response
11 126 (24.14%) NIST
12 108 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
13 101 (19.35%) Social Skills
14 96 (18.39%) Cloud Security
15 95 (18.20%) Finance
16 90 (17.24%) Vulnerability Management
17 89 (17.05%) Risk Management
18 87 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
19 86 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
20 80 (15.33%) Management Information System
21 69 (13.22%) Law
21 69 (13.22%) Windows
22 68 (13.03%) Incident Management
23 67 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
24 66 (12.64%) Active Directory
25 62 (11.88%) CompTIA Security+
26 60 (11.49%) GRC
26 60 (11.49%) Degree
27 58 (11.11%) CISA
28 57 (10.92%) Cyber Threat

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (1.53%) Skype for Business
2 3 (0.57%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.19%) 1Password
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 163 (31.23%) Azure
2 108 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (9.96%) AWS
4 18 (3.45%) Entra ID
5 10 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (1.15%) SaaS
7 3 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.57%) GCP
8 2 (0.38%) IaaS
8 2 (0.38%) OCI
8 2 (0.38%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.19%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.19%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.19%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.19%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.19%) PaaS
9 1 (0.19%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 182 (34.87%) Firewall
2 43 (8.24%) DNS
3 39 (7.47%) Intrusion Detection
4 38 (7.28%) Network Security
5 29 (5.56%) Internet
6 23 (4.41%) DKIM
6 23 (4.41%) DMARC
7 22 (4.21%) WAN
8 21 (4.02%) LAN
9 20 (3.83%) TCP/IP
10 18 (3.45%) VPN
11 13 (2.49%) SSL
12 11 (2.11%) Wireless
13 9 (1.72%) SD-WAN
13 9 (1.72%) VoIP
14 8 (1.53%) BGP
14 8 (1.53%) MPLS
14 8 (1.53%) OSPF
14 8 (1.53%) Reverse Proxy
14 8 (1.53%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (1.53%) Burp Suite
1 8 (1.53%) Metasploit
General
1 101 (19.35%) Social Skills
2 95 (18.20%) Finance
3 86 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (13.22%) Law
5 32 (6.13%) Retail
6 30 (5.75%) Legal
7 17 (3.26%) Banking
8 15 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.11%) Public Sector
10 10 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.72%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.15%) Marketing
13 5 (0.96%) Advertising
13 5 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.77%) Automotive
15 3 (0.57%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.57%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.38%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.38%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.92%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.72%) REST
3 8 (1.53%) SAML
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.38%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.19%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 80 (15.33%) Management Information System
2 57 (10.92%) Cyber Threat
2 57 (10.92%) Cyberattack
3 31 (5.94%) Security Operations Centre
3 31 (5.94%) Security Posture
4 17 (3.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 17 (3.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 16 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (2.49%) Cyber Defence
8 12 (2.30%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.11%) Data Centre
10 10 (1.92%) IoT
11 8 (1.53%) Client/Server
11 8 (1.53%) Cyber Security Posture
11 8 (1.53%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (1.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 5 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 69 (13.22%) Windows
2 27 (5.17%) Linux
3 26 (4.98%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.53%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.38%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.19%) Unix
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (63.79%) Cybersecurity
2 302 (57.85%) Information Security
3 207 (39.66%) SIEM
4 147 (28.16%) Security Operations
5 131 (25.10%) Incident Response
6 96 (18.39%) Cloud Security
7 90 (17.24%) Vulnerability Management
8 89 (17.05%) Risk Management
9 68 (13.03%) Incident Management
10 67 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
11 56 (10.73%) Penetration Testing
12 53 (10.15%) Security Monitoring
13 52 (9.96%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 51 (9.77%) Risk Assessment
15 49 (9.39%) Security Management
16 48 (9.20%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 45 (8.62%) Vulnerability Assessment
17 45 (8.62%) Vulnerability Scanning
18 44 (8.43%) Application Security
18 44 (8.43%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.07%) PowerShell
2 15 (2.87%) Python
3 9 (1.72%) Bash
4 3 (0.57%) C++
4 3 (0.57%) Java
5 2 (0.38%) SQL
6 1 (0.19%) C#
Qualifications
1 134 (25.67%) CISSP
2 62 (11.88%) CompTIA Security+
3 60 (11.49%) Degree
4 58 (11.11%) CISA
5 50 (9.58%) CISM
6 41 (7.85%) CompTIA CySA+
7 34 (6.51%) Cisco Certification
8 33 (6.32%) CCSP
9 32 (6.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 31 (5.94%) Security Cleared
11 28 (5.36%) CEH
12 25 (4.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 20 (3.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 20 (3.83%) CRISC
13 20 (3.83%) GIAC
14 17 (3.26%) Network+ Certification
15 15 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
16 13 (2.49%) Master's Degree
17 10 (1.92%) Azure Certification
17 10 (1.92%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (31.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 126 (24.14%) NIST
3 87 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 60 (11.49%) GRC
5 48 (9.20%) GDPR
6 43 (8.24%) PCI DSS
7 40 (7.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 34 (6.51%) NCSC
9 23 (4.41%) SOC 2
10 8 (1.53%) COBIT
11 6 (1.15%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.77%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.57%) QA
14 3 (0.57%) TickIT
15 2 (0.38%) ISO 31000
15 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.38%) ITGC
16 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 1 (0.19%) GLBA
System Software
1 66 (12.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.19%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 29 (5.56%) CASB
2 17 (3.26%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (2.30%) CSIRT
3 12 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.53%) Nmap
5 6 (1.15%) Nessus
6 5 (0.96%) WSUS
7 2 (0.38%) QRadar
8 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 152 (29.12%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.26%) CrowdStrike
3 12 (2.30%) Cisco
4 11 (2.11%) Splunk
5 10 (1.92%) Qualys
5 10 (1.92%) Rapid7
6 8 (1.53%) CheckPoint
6 8 (1.53%) Ribbon
6 8 (1.53%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.34%) Proofpoint
8 6 (1.15%) Intel
9 5 (0.96%) Oracle
10 4 (0.77%) IBM
10 4 (0.77%) Varonis
11 2 (0.38%) Darktrace
11 2 (0.38%) Facebook
11 2 (0.38%) LogRhythm
11 2 (0.38%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.38%) Sun
11 2 (0.38%) VMware