Senior IT Security Analyst Jobs in England

Senior IT Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Senior IT Security Analyst salary in England is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 788 938 1126
Rank change year-on-year +150 +188 -275
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Security Analyst 34 3 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.040% 0.003% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.004% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 19 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,019 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £44,293 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.53% - -
75th Percentile £76,250 £47,034 -
90th Percentile £81,500 £47,313 -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £44,293 -
% change year-on-year +41.11% - -

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 80,251 85,470 125,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,137 54,051 75,614
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,626 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

Senior IT Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Security Analyst in England

Senior IT Security Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior IT Security Analyst in England

Senior IT Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Security Analyst in England

Senior IT 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 Senior IT Security Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 26 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 - 24 £72,500 - 1
South West -16 9 £45,000 +1.60%
Senior IT Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Senior IT 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 Senior IT Security Analyst in the job title.

1 31 (91.18%) Cybersecurity
1 31 (91.18%) Microsoft
2 24 (70.59%) CISSP
3 23 (67.65%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (67.65%) Incident Response
4 22 (64.71%) SIEM
5 16 (47.06%) Security Operations
5 16 (47.06%) Incident Management
5 16 (47.06%) Finance
5 16 (47.06%) Application Security
6 15 (44.12%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 15 (44.12%) Security Management
6 15 (44.12%) Change Management
6 15 (44.12%) Firewall
6 15 (44.12%) Threat Detection
6 15 (44.12%) Privileged Access Management
7 11 (32.35%) Information Security
8 9 (26.47%) Retail
8 9 (26.47%) Vulnerability Management
9 8 (23.53%) Azure
9 8 (23.53%) Network Monitoring
9 8 (23.53%) Master's Degree
9 8 (23.53%) Security Operations Centre
9 8 (23.53%) Cyberattack
9 8 (23.53%) Degree
9 8 (23.53%) Active Directory
9 8 (23.53%) Windows
9 8 (23.53%) E-Commerce
9 8 (23.53%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 8 (23.53%) CompTIA CySA+

Senior IT 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 23 (67.65%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (23.53%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 15 (44.12%) Firewall
General
1 16 (47.06%) Finance
2 9 (26.47%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Cyberattack
1 8 (23.53%) Security Operations Centre
2 7 (20.59%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (91.18%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (67.65%) Incident Response
3 22 (64.71%) SIEM
4 16 (47.06%) Application Security
4 16 (47.06%) Incident Management
4 16 (47.06%) Security Operations
5 15 (44.12%) Change Management
5 15 (44.12%) Privileged Access Management
5 15 (44.12%) Security Management
5 15 (44.12%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 15 (44.12%) Threat Detection
6 11 (32.35%) Information Security
7 9 (26.47%) Vulnerability Management
8 8 (23.53%) E-Commerce
8 8 (23.53%) Network Monitoring
8 8 (23.53%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 7 (20.59%) Cloud Security
9 7 (20.59%) Data Loss Prevention
9 7 (20.59%) Data Protection
9 7 (20.59%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (70.59%) CISSP
2 8 (23.53%) CompTIA CySA+
2 8 (23.53%) Degree
2 8 (23.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) GDPR
1 7 (20.59%) NIST
1 7 (20.59%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (23.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (20.59%) CASB
Vendors
1 31 (91.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.65%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.94%) Darktrace