Security Analyst Jobs in Leicester

Security Analyst
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Security Analyst salary in Leicester is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 83 69
Rank change year-on-year +23 -14 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 10 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 1.66% 0.17% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 0.18% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 6
10th Percentile £30,000 - £34,393
25th Percentile £35,313 - £37,286
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £39,335
75th Percentile £53,750 - £43,159
90th Percentile - - £43,750
Leicestershire median annual salary £52,500 - £39,668
% change year-on-year - - +22.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 578 547 532
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.17% 92.09% 97.61%
Number of salaries quoted 317 164 360
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £32,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,050
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £45,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -0.55% +6.47% -5.56%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Leicester

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in Leicester

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in Leicester

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in Leicester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in Leicester over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in Leicester

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 24 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 Leicester region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 7 (70.00%) ERD
2 7 (70.00%) Azure
2 7 (70.00%) Proofpoint
2 7 (70.00%) SIEM
2 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (70.00%) Rapid7
2 7 (70.00%) CrowdStrike
2 7 (70.00%) Security Posture
3 3 (30.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 3 (30.00%) NIST
3 3 (30.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (30.00%) Automotive
3 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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 7 (70.00%) Azure
General
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (30.00%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (70.00%) ERD
2 7 (70.00%) SIEM
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 3 (30.00%) Requirements Gathering
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (30.00%) NIST
1 3 (30.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) CrowdStrike
1 7 (70.00%) Proofpoint
1 7 (70.00%) Rapid7