Security Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 442 438 382
Rank change year-on-year -4 -56 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 346 346 600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.49% 0.58% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.65% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 308 250 340
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,306
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -0.67% +1.24%
75th Percentile £57,625 £54,688 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,875 £63,775
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,190 53,191 68,674
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.82% 89.20% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 47,534 30,285 42,785
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
North of England +55 103 £45,000 -3.23% 19
South East +9 89 £50,000 +2.56% 15
North West +14 58 £45,000 -3.23% 7
South West +4 51 £55,000 +12.82% 4
Midlands -19 51 £47,500 -5.00% 5
Scotland -44 30 £48,507 -2.99% 7
West Midlands -28 29 £39,750 -20.50% 4
Yorkshire +78 23 £56,250 +40.63% 12
North East +15 22 £40,000 -
East Midlands -9 22 £52,500 +31.25% 1
East of England -8 19 £47,500 +11.76% 2
Wales -4 2 £41,250 +17.86%
Northern Ireland +20 1 - -
Security Analyst
UK

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 214 (61.85%) Cybersecurity
2 184 (53.18%) Information Security
3 132 (38.15%) Azure
4 131 (37.86%) SIEM
5 106 (30.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 95 (27.46%) Cloud Security
7 92 (26.59%) Firewall
8 88 (25.43%) Microsoft
9 73 (21.10%) Security Operations
10 72 (20.81%) Microsoft 365
11 71 (20.52%) Incident Response
12 70 (20.23%) CISSP
13 66 (19.08%) Social Skills
13 66 (19.08%) Vulnerability Management
14 63 (18.21%) NIST
15 58 (16.76%) Analytical Skills
16 55 (15.90%) Cyber Essentials
17 51 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
18 50 (14.45%) Risk Management
19 48 (13.87%) Management Information System
20 44 (12.72%) Windows
20 44 (12.72%) Cyberattack
21 43 (12.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
22 41 (11.85%) Degree
23 40 (11.56%) GDPR
24 36 (10.40%) CompTIA Security+
24 36 (10.40%) PCI DSS
25 35 (10.12%) Vulnerability Scanning
25 35 (10.12%) DNS
25 35 (10.12%) CASB

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (0.87%) IIS
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 132 (38.15%) Azure
2 72 (20.81%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (7.51%) AWS
4 17 (4.91%) Entra ID
5 10 (2.89%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (2.02%) SaaS
7 4 (1.16%) IaaS
7 4 (1.16%) PaaS
7 4 (1.16%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.87%) GCP
9 2 (0.58%) OCI
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.29%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 92 (26.59%) Firewall
2 35 (10.12%) DNS
3 30 (8.67%) DKIM
3 30 (8.67%) DMARC
4 26 (7.51%) Internet
5 19 (5.49%) Network Security
6 16 (4.62%) WAN
7 15 (4.34%) LAN
8 14 (4.05%) Intrusion Detection
9 10 (2.89%) VPN
10 3 (0.87%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.87%) Wireless
11 2 (0.58%) 5G
11 2 (0.58%) VoIP
12 1 (0.29%) 802.11
12 1 (0.29%) Bluetooth
12 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.29%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.16%) Power BI
2 2 (0.58%) Tableau
General
1 66 (19.08%) Social Skills
2 58 (16.76%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (9.25%) Finance
3 32 (9.25%) Law
4 25 (7.23%) Retail
5 15 (4.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (3.76%) Legal
7 12 (3.47%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.60%) Banking
9 4 (1.16%) Automotive
10 3 (0.87%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.87%) Marketing
10 3 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.87%) Public Sector
10 3 (0.87%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.58%) Advertising
11 2 (0.58%) Electronics
11 2 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.58%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.29%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.87%) Management Information System
2 44 (12.72%) Cyberattack
3 32 (9.25%) Security Operations Centre
4 20 (5.78%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (3.76%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (3.76%) Operational Technology
6 12 (3.47%) Security Posture
7 11 (3.18%) IoT
7 11 (3.18%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.31%) Cyber Security Posture
8 8 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 5 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (1.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 3 (0.87%) CSOC
12 3 (0.87%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.87%) SCADA
13 2 (0.58%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 44 (12.72%) Windows
2 20 (5.78%) Windows Server
3 16 (4.62%) Linux
4 8 (2.31%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (61.85%) Cybersecurity
2 184 (53.18%) Information Security
3 131 (37.86%) SIEM
4 95 (27.46%) Cloud Security
5 73 (21.10%) Security Operations
6 71 (20.52%) Incident Response
7 66 (19.08%) Vulnerability Management
8 51 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
9 50 (14.45%) Risk Management
10 43 (12.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 35 (10.12%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 34 (9.83%) Incident Management
13 32 (9.25%) Penetration Testing
14 31 (8.96%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 29 (8.38%) Security Architecture
16 27 (7.80%) Vulnerability Assessment
17 26 (7.51%) SOAR
18 25 (7.23%) Internal Audit
18 25 (7.23%) Threat Intelligence
19 24 (6.94%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.18%) Python
2 6 (1.73%) Bash
2 6 (1.73%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.58%) C#
3 2 (0.58%) Java
3 2 (0.58%) SQL
4 1 (0.29%) C++
4 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 70 (20.23%) CISSP
2 41 (11.85%) Degree
3 36 (10.40%) CompTIA Security+
4 33 (9.54%) CISM
5 30 (8.67%) Security Cleared
6 26 (7.51%) CISA
7 17 (4.91%) CEH
8 16 (4.62%) CompTIA CySA+
9 13 (3.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 13 (3.76%) CCSP
9 13 (3.76%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (3.76%) GIAC
10 11 (3.18%) DV Cleared
10 11 (3.18%) Master's Degree
11 10 (2.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 10 (2.89%) SSCP
12 9 (2.60%) Azure Certification
12 9 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (2.60%) CRISC
13 6 (1.73%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (30.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (18.21%) NIST
3 55 (15.90%) Cyber Essentials
4 40 (11.56%) GDPR
5 36 (10.40%) PCI DSS
6 23 (6.65%) GRC
7 19 (5.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 13 (3.76%) NCSC
9 6 (1.73%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.87%) COBIT
10 3 (0.87%) QA
10 3 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.87%) SLA
10 3 (0.87%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.87%) TickIT
11 2 (0.58%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.58%) ITGC
12 1 (0.29%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 30 (8.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 35 (10.12%) CASB
2 12 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.73%) Nessus
5 5 (1.45%) WSUS
6 3 (0.87%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 88 (25.43%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.89%) CrowdStrike
3 9 (2.60%) Cisco
3 9 (2.60%) Rapid7
4 7 (2.02%) Proofpoint
5 6 (1.73%) Splunk
6 5 (1.45%) Intel
6 5 (1.45%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.87%) Palo Alto
7 3 (0.87%) Qualys
8 2 (0.58%) BT
8 2 (0.58%) Facebook
8 2 (0.58%) Oracle
8 2 (0.58%) Sun
9 1 (0.29%) Citrix
9 1 (0.29%) ConnectWise
9 1 (0.29%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.29%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.29%) iManage
9 1 (0.29%) LogRhythm