The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Analyst
Rank 430 574 522
Rank change year-on-year
+144 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 156 62 128
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.357% 0.116% 0.221%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.382% 0.123% 0.236%
Number of salaries quoted 125 43 101
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -13.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £78,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -13.33%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40860 50394 54260
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.43% 93.96% 93.55%
Number of salaries quoted 34360 43737 45781
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Analyst across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Security Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Security Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Security Analyst across the London region.

London Security Analyst Salary Trend

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Security Analyst Salary Histogram

Security Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +63 69 £50,000 -
Uxbridge - 6 £57,500 -
Croydon - 4 £46,750 -
Canary Wharf - 3 £52,500 -
Beckenham - 2 £37,500 -
Bromley - 2 £38,500 -
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Security Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Analyst in their job title.

1 120 (47.24%) Information Security
2 116 (45.67%) CISSP
3 107 (42.13%) Firewall
4 93 (36.61%) Windows
5 92 (36.22%) Finance
6 58 (22.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 50 (19.69%) Active Directory
8 46 (18.11%) Network Security
9 45 (17.72%) SIEM
10 43 (16.93%) Management Information System
11 41 (16.14%) Internet
12 38 (14.96%) Linux
12 38 (14.96%) UNIX
13 37 (14.57%) Cisco
14 36 (14.17%) Intrusion Detection
15 34 (13.39%) CheckPoint
15 34 (13.39%) ITIL
16 33 (12.99%) CISM
17 31 (12.20%) Vulnerability Assessment
18 30 (11.81%) Vulnerability Management
19 29 (11.42%) Security Architecture
19 29 (11.42%) PCI DSS
19 29 (11.42%) Risk Management
20 27 (10.63%) Security Management
20 27 (10.63%) E-Commerce
20 27 (10.63%) VPN
20 27 (10.63%) Blue Coat
21 26 (10.24%) ProxySG
22 25 (9.843%) Banking
22 25 (9.843%) Degree

Security Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Security Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (5.512%) .NET
2 4 (1.575%) .NET Framework
2 4 (1.575%) Java EE
3 3 (1.181%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.787%) SAML
5 1 (0.394%) Regular Expression
Application Platforms
1 4 (1.575%) WebLogic
2 3 (1.181%) IIS
3 1 (0.394%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.394%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.394%) Amazon AWS
3 1 (0.394%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 14 (5.512%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.181%) MS Office
3 1 (0.394%) MS Project
3 1 (0.394%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.362%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.394%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.394%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 107 (42.13%) Firewall
2 46 (18.11%) Network Security
3 41 (16.14%) Internet
4 36 (14.17%) Intrusion Detection
5 27 (10.63%) VPN
6 24 (9.449%) DMZ
7 18 (7.087%) Cisco ASA
8 17 (6.693%) TCP/IP
9 15 (5.906%) Cisco PIX
10 14 (5.512%) Cisco IOS
10 14 (5.512%) Unified Communications
11 12 (4.724%) Reverse Proxy
11 12 (4.724%) Intranet
12 10 (3.937%) SSL
13 9 (3.543%) Wireless
14 7 (2.756%) DNS
15 6 (2.362%) WAN
15 6 (2.362%) LAN
15 6 (2.362%) Ethernet
15 6 (2.362%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.756%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.575%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.787%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.394%) MySQL
General
1 92 (36.22%) Finance
2 25 (9.843%) Banking
3 17 (6.693%) Advertising
4 8 (3.150%) Telecoms
5 6 (2.362%) Legal
6 5 (1.969%) Law
6 5 (1.969%) Retail
6 5 (1.969%) Investment Banking
7 2 (0.787%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.394%) Publishing
8 1 (0.394%) Front Office
8 1 (0.394%) Back Office
8 1 (0.394%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.93%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.299%) Cryptography
3 12 (4.724%) PKI
4 11 (4.331%) Visualisation
5 5 (1.969%) Fixed Income
5 5 (1.969%) Derivative
6 4 (1.575%) Mathematics
6 4 (1.575%) Computer Science
7 3 (1.181%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.787%) SecurID
8 2 (0.787%) Equity Derivative
8 2 (0.787%) Equities
8 2 (0.787%) AS400
8 2 (0.787%) E-Learning
9 1 (0.394%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.394%) Firmware
9 1 (0.394%) CESG
9 1 (0.394%) CESG CLAS
9 1 (0.394%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.394%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 93 (36.61%) Windows
2 38 (14.96%) Linux
2 38 (14.96%) UNIX
3 19 (7.480%) Windows Server 2003
3 19 (7.480%) Windows Server 2008
4 18 (7.087%) Windows 7
5 8 (3.150%) Solaris
6 3 (1.181%) Windows NT
6 3 (1.181%) Windows XP
6 3 (1.181%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (47.24%) Information Security
2 45 (17.72%) SIEM
3 34 (13.39%) ITIL
4 31 (12.20%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 30 (11.81%) Vulnerability Management
6 29 (11.42%) Security Architecture
6 29 (11.42%) Risk Management
7 27 (10.63%) Security Management
7 27 (10.63%) E-Commerce
8 24 (9.449%) Information Security Management
9 23 (9.055%) Penetration Testing
10 18 (7.087%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (6.693%) Project Management
11 17 (6.693%) Investment Management
12 14 (5.512%) Identity Management
13 13 (5.118%) Data Security
14 11 (4.331%) Incident Management
15 10 (3.937%) Network Design
15 10 (3.937%) Risk Assessment
15 10 (3.937%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.087%) SQL
2 13 (5.118%) C
2 13 (5.118%) Java
3 9 (3.543%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.362%) Perl
5 5 (1.969%) Python
6 4 (1.575%) C#
7 1 (0.394%) PHP
7 1 (0.394%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 116 (45.67%) CISSP
2 33 (12.99%) CISM
3 25 (9.843%) Degree
3 25 (9.843%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (8.268%) CISA
5 20 (7.874%) CCNA
6 11 (4.331%) CEH
7 9 (3.543%) GIAC
8 8 (3.150%) Security Cleared
9 7 (2.756%) CISMP
10 5 (1.969%) SSCP
10 5 (1.969%) CCNP
10 5 (1.969%) JNCIA
11 4 (1.575%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.575%) JNCIP
11 4 (1.575%) ISSAP
11 4 (1.575%) CCSA
11 4 (1.575%) ISEB
12 3 (1.181%) MCSE
12 3 (1.181%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (22.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (11.42%) PCI DSS
3 13 (5.118%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (3.937%) COBIT
5 6 (2.362%) SLA
6 1 (0.394%) GCP
6 1 (0.394%) BS25999
System Software
1 50 (19.69%) Active Directory
2 26 (10.24%) ProxySG
3 15 (5.906%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (5.118%) Snort
5 3 (1.181%) Nmap
6 2 (0.787%) UAG
6 2 (0.787%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.394%) SpamAssassin
Systems Management
1 24 (9.449%) SCCM
2 17 (6.693%) Norton AntiVirus
2 17 (6.693%) Nessus
3 12 (4.724%) WSUS
3 12 (4.724%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (1.181%) Splunk
5 2 (0.787%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.787%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.394%) MIMEsweeper
6 1 (0.394%) SCOM
Vendors
1 37 (14.57%) Cisco
2 34 (13.39%) CheckPoint
3 27 (10.63%) Blue Coat
4 25 (9.843%) Sophos
5 24 (9.449%) Symantec
5 24 (9.449%) Nokia
6 21 (8.268%) Microsoft
6 21 (8.268%) Oracle
7 19 (7.480%) VMware
8 13 (5.118%) Citrix
9 12 (4.724%) Akamai
10 11 (4.331%) Juniper
10 11 (4.331%) Qualys
11 9 (3.543%) Tripwire
12 7 (2.756%) Sourcefire
12 7 (2.756%) Q1 Labs
12 7 (2.756%) ArcSight
13 6 (2.362%) Websense
14 5 (1.969%) Sybase
15 4 (1.575%) LogLogic
City, London
Skills: Application Security, Software Development Lifecycle... This is an exciting opportunity to work with interesting security challenges in an environment with many different development platforms, communications technologies, and...
ComputAppoint
Salary: Excellent Salary + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Knowledge of data security standards including PCI and ISO 27001/27002. - Knowledge of threat and vulnerability management processes and supporting scanning technologies (Qualys, Nessus) - Knowledge of Operating system...
lastminute.com
Salary: Excellent + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Beckenham, South East
Responsibilities: Responsible for the Nessus internal vulnerability scanning tool and scanning programme Responsible for the review of firewall rulesets Implementation and operation of appropriate controls to maintain confidentiality,...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
City, London
Experience of working with OSPF and EIGRP routing protocols... Any experience with Cisco PIX/ASA and Fortinet Firewalls would be advantageous... Minimum CCNA level certified network engineer. Checkpoint...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
THE ROLE: As INFORMATION SECURITY RISK ANALYST you will work within the Information Risk Management department to support Information Risk Management, Risk Management and Compliance to identify risks...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus & Package
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Understanding of Windows operating systems and command line tools, network protocols, TCP/IP fundamentals. Knowledge of network protocols, TCP/IP fundamentals. Knowledge of network based services and Client...
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £65,000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013