Senior Security Analyst Jobs in England

Senior Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Senior Security Analyst salary in England is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 723 883 1076
Rank change year-on-year +160 +193 -267
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 110 61 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.066% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.072% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 85 45 50
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £39,510
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,750 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -5.86% -7.63%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £62,188
90th Percentile £91,250 £82,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year +40.00% -5.86% -3.43%

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 80,360 84,735 126,842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.51% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,202 53,671 75,665
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,160 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,225 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in England

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Analyst in England

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Analyst in England

Senior 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 Security Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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 +149 48 £75,000 +7.14% 9
South West +12 29 £70,000 +58.04% 1
South East +22 14 £67,500 - 1
Midlands +18 9 £52,500 -4.55% 1
East Midlands -7 7 £52,500 -
North of England +14 5 £50,000 -
East of England +15 4 £38,750 -13.89% 2
North West -1 4 £50,000 -
West Midlands +28 2 £52,500 -4.55% 1
Yorkshire +82 1 £47,500 -5.00%
Senior Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Senior 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 Security Analyst in the job title.

1 84 (76.36%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (43.64%) Information Security
3 45 (40.91%) Microsoft
3 45 (40.91%) Incident Response
4 41 (37.27%) SIEM
5 36 (32.73%) Vulnerability Management
6 32 (29.09%) Finance
6 32 (29.09%) Azure
7 31 (28.18%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (27.27%) CISSP
9 27 (24.55%) Security Operations
10 25 (22.73%) Firewall
11 23 (20.91%) Cloud Security
12 22 (20.00%) Application Security
13 21 (19.09%) Windows
14 19 (17.27%) Incident Management
14 19 (17.27%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
15 18 (16.36%) Threat Detection
15 18 (16.36%) Security Management
15 18 (16.36%) Change Management
16 17 (15.45%) Security Architecture
16 17 (15.45%) NIST
16 17 (15.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
17 15 (13.64%) Privileged Access Management
18 14 (12.73%) Active Directory
19 13 (11.82%) CrowdStrike
19 13 (11.82%) GRC
20 12 (10.91%) Social Skills
20 12 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 12 (10.91%) Law

Senior 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 32 (29.09%) Azure
2 31 (28.18%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (6.36%) AWS
4 2 (1.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 25 (22.73%) Firewall
2 4 (3.64%) Network Security
3 2 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (1.82%) VoIP
4 1 (0.91%) 5G
4 1 (0.91%) DNS
4 1 (0.91%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (7.27%) Burp Suite
1 8 (7.27%) Metasploit
General
1 32 (29.09%) Finance
2 12 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 12 (10.91%) Law
2 12 (10.91%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.00%) Retail
4 6 (5.45%) Marketing
5 4 (3.64%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.64%) Banking
6 2 (1.82%) Advertising
6 2 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.91%) Legal
7 1 (0.91%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.91%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.18%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 9 (8.18%) Cyberattack
4 7 (6.36%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (6.36%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.82%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.82%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.91%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.91%) Insider Threat
6 1 (0.91%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (19.09%) Windows
2 7 (6.36%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (76.36%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (43.64%) Information Security
3 45 (40.91%) Incident Response
4 41 (37.27%) SIEM
5 36 (32.73%) Vulnerability Management
6 27 (24.55%) Security Operations
7 23 (20.91%) Cloud Security
8 22 (20.00%) Application Security
9 19 (17.27%) Incident Management
9 19 (17.27%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 18 (16.36%) Change Management
10 18 (16.36%) Security Management
10 18 (16.36%) Threat Detection
11 17 (15.45%) Security Architecture
11 17 (15.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 15 (13.64%) Privileged Access Management
13 11 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
13 11 (10.00%) Risk Management
14 10 (9.09%) Task Automation
15 9 (8.18%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.45%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.82%) C++
2 2 (1.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (27.27%) CISSP
2 11 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 10 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
4 9 (8.18%) Degree
4 9 (8.18%) GIAC
5 8 (7.27%) Master's Degree
6 7 (6.36%) CEH
7 6 (5.45%) CISM
8 5 (4.55%) CISA
8 5 (4.55%) GSEC
9 4 (3.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (3.64%) CCSP
9 4 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.82%) CCSA
10 2 (1.82%) SANS
11 1 (0.91%) CRISC
11 1 (0.91%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.45%) NIST
2 13 (11.82%) GRC
3 10 (9.09%) GDPR
4 9 (8.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (8.18%) PCI DSS
5 5 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.82%) COBIT
6 2 (1.82%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.91%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (12.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (7.27%) Nmap
2 7 (6.36%) CASB
3 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (3.64%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 45 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.82%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (6.36%) Proofpoint
3 7 (6.36%) Rapid7
4 4 (3.64%) Cisco
5 1 (0.91%) Darktrace
5 1 (0.91%) Splunk