Security Operations Analyst Jobs in the Midlands

Security Operations Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Security Operations Analyst salary in the Midlands is £37,500 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 301 323 337
Rank change year-on-year +22 +14 -62
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 9 2 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.077% 0.021% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.023% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - £37,286
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £65,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -42.31% +44.44% -2.17%
75th Percentile £38,750 - £53,125
90th Percentile £47,000 - £60,750
England median annual salary £51,750 £55,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -5.91% -2.22% +19.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 11,003 8,554 10,298
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 89.45% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 8,239 4,752 7,093
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,775 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

Security Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Analyst in the Midlands

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Analyst in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Security Operations Analyst in the Midlands

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Security Operations Analyst in the Midlands

Security Operations Analyst
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Analyst within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +38 9 £37,500 -42.31%
Security Operations Analyst
England

Security Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Security Operations 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 Midlands region featuring Security Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (100.00%) Firewall
1 9 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 9 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (88.89%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (88.89%) GDPR
2 8 (88.89%) NIST
2 8 (88.89%) Information Security
2 8 (88.89%) Vulnerability Management
2 8 (88.89%) Retail
2 8 (88.89%) Finance
2 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Linux
2 8 (88.89%) VPN
3 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (11.11%) Qualys
3 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
3 1 (11.11%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (11.11%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (11.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Scanning

Security Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) Firewall
2 8 (88.89%) VPN
General
1 8 (88.89%) Finance
1 8 (88.89%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (11.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Linux
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 9 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 8 (88.89%) Information Security
2 8 (88.89%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
3 1 (11.11%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (88.89%) GDPR
1 8 (88.89%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Qualys