Senior Security Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Security Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 693 686 817
Rank change year-on-year -7 +131 -167
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 69 47 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.096% 0.080% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.089% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 60 32 29
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,500 £41,755
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £55,000 £56,250
90th Percentile - £57,500 £63,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year +40.00% -5.86% -3.43%

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 67,926 52,593 68,736
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.19% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 47,990 30,014 42,465
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%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
South West 0 29 £70,000 +58.04% 1
South East +17 15 £67,500 - 2
Midlands -4 9 £52,500 -4.55% 1
East Midlands -2 7 £52,500 -
North of England +38 6 £53,750 +7.50% 4
Scotland -66 6 £50,000 -4.76% 1
North West -1 5 £50,000 - 1
East of England +5 4 £38,750 -13.89%
West Midlands +11 2 £52,500 -4.55% 1
Yorkshire +76 1 £63,500 +27.00% 3
Senior Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 52 (75.36%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (44.93%) Information Security
3 25 (36.23%) SIEM
4 24 (34.78%) Vulnerability Management
5 23 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 22 (31.88%) Azure
7 20 (28.99%) Security Operations
8 19 (27.54%) Cloud Security
9 17 (24.64%) Incident Response
10 16 (23.19%) CISSP
11 15 (21.74%) Security Architecture
12 14 (20.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 13 (18.84%) Firewall
14 12 (17.39%) Law
14 12 (17.39%) CompTIA Security+
14 12 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (15.94%) GDPR
15 11 (15.94%) Finance
16 10 (14.49%) Degree
16 10 (14.49%) Windows
16 10 (14.49%) Security Operations Centre
16 10 (14.49%) NIST
16 10 (14.49%) Mentoring
16 10 (14.49%) CompTIA CySA+
17 9 (13.04%) Security Posture
17 9 (13.04%) PCI DSS
17 9 (13.04%) Data Loss Prevention
17 9 (13.04%) Risk Management
18 8 (11.59%) Retail
18 8 (11.59%) Data Protection

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 22 (31.88%) Azure
2 7 (10.14%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.80%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.90%) AWS
4 2 (2.90%) IaaS
4 2 (2.90%) PaaS
4 2 (2.90%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.90%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (18.84%) Firewall
2 2 (2.90%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (2.90%) VoIP
3 1 (1.45%) 5G
3 1 (1.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.90%) Power BI
General
1 12 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 12 (17.39%) Law
2 11 (15.94%) Finance
3 8 (11.59%) Retail
4 3 (4.35%) Banking
4 3 (4.35%) Marketing
4 3 (4.35%) Social Skills
5 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.45%) Legal
6 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (13.04%) Security Posture
3 7 (10.14%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (5.80%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.90%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (2.90%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.49%) Windows
2 4 (5.80%) Linux
2 4 (5.80%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (75.36%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (44.93%) Information Security
3 25 (36.23%) SIEM
4 24 (34.78%) Vulnerability Management
5 20 (28.99%) Security Operations
6 19 (27.54%) Cloud Security
7 17 (24.64%) Incident Response
8 15 (21.74%) Security Architecture
9 10 (14.49%) Mentoring
10 9 (13.04%) Data Loss Prevention
10 9 (13.04%) Risk Management
11 8 (11.59%) Data Protection
11 8 (11.59%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (11.59%) Network Monitoring
12 7 (10.14%) E-Commerce
12 7 (10.14%) ERD
12 7 (10.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 5 (7.25%) Business Continuity
13 5 (7.25%) Malware Detection/Protection
13 5 (7.25%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 16 (23.19%) CISSP
2 12 (17.39%) CompTIA Security+
3 10 (14.49%) CompTIA CySA+
3 10 (14.49%) Degree
4 8 (11.59%) CISM
4 8 (11.59%) Master's Degree
5 4 (5.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (5.80%) CCSP
5 4 (5.80%) CEH
5 4 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.80%) GIAC
5 4 (5.80%) SSCP
6 2 (2.90%) CISA
6 2 (2.90%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (20.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (15.94%) GDPR
3 10 (14.49%) NIST
4 9 (13.04%) PCI DSS
5 6 (8.70%) GRC
6 5 (7.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (5.80%) ISO 22301
8 2 (2.90%) COBIT
9 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (10.14%) CASB
2 3 (4.35%) CSIRT
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.14%) CrowdStrike
2 7 (10.14%) Proofpoint
2 7 (10.14%) Rapid7
3 4 (5.80%) Cisco