Security Analyst Jobs in the North West

Security Analyst
England > North West

The median Security Analyst salary in the North West is £45,000 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 232 253 262
Rank change year-on-year +21 +9 -58
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 58 48 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.60% 0.60% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.67% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 48 34 49
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,975 £37,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,813 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -2.11% +11.76%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,438 £56,250
90th Percentile £50,375 £56,100 £62,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% +6.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 9,159 7,156 9,071
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 89.14% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,051 4,142 5,508
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,978
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,941 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.99% +4.65% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,450 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the North West

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the North West.

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the North West

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the North West

Security Analyst
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 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
Manchester +37 31 £45,000 - 8
Merseyside +13 16 £46,625 +0.27% 2
Cumbria -6 6 - -
Cheshire -7 5 £35,000 -62.16% 1
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

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 North West region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 41 (70.69%) Information Security
2 31 (53.45%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (39.66%) SIEM
4 21 (36.21%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (31.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 18 (31.03%) Cloud Security
6 17 (29.31%) Social Skills
6 17 (29.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (25.86%) Microsoft
8 14 (24.14%) Azure
9 13 (22.41%) Security Operations
10 12 (20.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 12 (20.69%) DKIM
10 12 (20.69%) DMARC
10 12 (20.69%) Penetration Testing
10 12 (20.69%) DNS
11 11 (18.97%) Risk Assessment
11 11 (18.97%) Internal Audit
11 11 (18.97%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 11 (18.97%) CASB
11 11 (18.97%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (18.97%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 10 (17.24%) SOAR
12 10 (17.24%) Cyberattack
12 10 (17.24%) Internet
13 9 (15.52%) CISSP
13 9 (15.52%) Law
13 9 (15.52%) Degree
13 9 (15.52%) GRC
13 9 (15.52%) Remediation Plan

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.17%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 21 (36.21%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (24.14%) Azure
3 4 (6.90%) SaaS
4 2 (3.45%) OCI
5 1 (1.72%) AWS
5 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.72%) IaaS
5 1 (1.72%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (20.69%) DKIM
1 12 (20.69%) DMARC
1 12 (20.69%) DNS
2 10 (17.24%) Internet
3 6 (10.34%) Firewall
4 2 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (3.45%) Network Security
5 1 (1.72%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.72%) WAN
General
1 17 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.52%) Law
3 7 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.62%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.97%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (17.24%) Cyberattack
3 6 (10.34%) Onboarding
4 5 (8.62%) Management Information System
5 4 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (5.17%) Security Posture
7 2 (3.45%) Life Science
7 2 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.72%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.17%) Windows
2 2 (3.45%) Linux
3 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.72%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (70.69%) Information Security
2 31 (53.45%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (39.66%) SIEM
4 18 (31.03%) Cloud Security
5 13 (22.41%) Security Operations
6 12 (20.69%) Penetration Testing
7 11 (18.97%) Internal Audit
7 11 (18.97%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 11 (18.97%) Risk Assessment
7 11 (18.97%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 10 (17.24%) SOAR
9 9 (15.52%) Incident Response
9 9 (15.52%) Remediation Plan
10 8 (13.79%) Vulnerability Management
11 7 (12.07%) Impact Assessments
12 6 (10.34%) Coaching
12 6 (10.34%) Incident Management
12 6 (10.34%) Mentoring
12 6 (10.34%) Threat Detection
12 6 (10.34%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.45%) Python
2 1 (1.72%) C#
2 1 (1.72%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (15.52%) CISSP
1 9 (15.52%) Degree
2 6 (10.34%) DV Cleared
2 6 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 5 (8.62%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (6.90%) CEH
4 4 (6.90%) CISM
5 2 (3.45%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (31.03%) Cyber Essentials
2 17 (29.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (20.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (15.52%) GRC
5 8 (13.79%) NIST
6 7 (12.07%) PCI DSS
7 5 (8.62%) GDPR
8 4 (6.90%) NCSC
9 2 (3.45%) ISO 9001
9 2 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (3.45%) ITGC
9 2 (3.45%) TickIT
10 1 (1.72%) COBIT
System Software
1 5 (8.62%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.72%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (18.97%) CASB
2 1 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.72%) Nessus
2 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (25.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.45%) Oracle
3 1 (1.72%) Fortinet
3 1 (1.72%) Qualys