Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 683 798 1034
Rank change year-on-year +115 +236 -312
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 195 180 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.17% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.19% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 170 146 161
10th Percentile £37,375 £37,430 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £37,286
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,817 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% +6.98% +5.56%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,500 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £47,250
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.05% +6.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,240 95,005 150,022
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66,901 59,761 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.21% +5.50% +5.26%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +104 178 £55,000 +6.52% 18
UK excluding London +39 126 £50,000 +17.65% 18
London +104 65 £58,750 -2.08% 4
Work from Home +82 64 £55,000 +10.00% 11
South West +8 37 £65,000 +36.84% 3
North of England +68 33 £42,500 -15.00% 2
South East +23 24 £71,250 +58.33% 5
Yorkshire +102 13 £52,500 -20.23%
North West +11 12 £37,500 -16.67% 2
Scotland -51 12 £50,000 - 5
East of England +8 11 £50,000 +17.65% 1
North East - 8 £42,500 -
Midlands -8 7 £47,000 +10.59% 2
West Midlands +10 4 £36,750 -13.53% 2
East Midlands -16 3 £52,500 +31.25%
Northern Ireland +32 1 - -
Wales - 1 £37,500 -

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Cybersecurity 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 featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 195 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (57.44%) SIEM
3 85 (43.59%) Incident Response
4 77 (39.49%) Firewall
5 75 (38.46%) Security Operations
6 73 (37.44%) Azure
7 66 (33.85%) Microsoft
8 62 (31.79%) Information Security
9 61 (31.28%) NIST
10 56 (28.72%) CISSP
11 54 (27.69%) Vulnerability Management
12 50 (25.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 41 (21.03%) CompTIA Security+
14 40 (20.51%) Cloud Security
15 36 (18.46%) Cyber Threat
15 36 (18.46%) Social Skills
16 34 (17.44%) Degree
16 34 (17.44%) Windows
17 32 (16.41%) Security Monitoring
17 32 (16.41%) Cyberattack
18 31 (15.90%) CompTIA CySA+
19 30 (15.38%) Finance
20 29 (14.87%) Analytical Skills
21 28 (14.36%) Microsoft 365
21 28 (14.36%) Threat Intelligence
21 28 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
21 28 (14.36%) Penetration Testing
22 27 (13.85%) Vulnerability Assessment
22 27 (13.85%) Security Architecture
23 26 (13.33%) Management Information System

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.54%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 73 (37.44%) Azure
2 28 (14.36%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (12.31%) AWS
4 7 (3.59%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (3.59%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.08%) SaaS
6 3 (1.54%) IaaS
6 3 (1.54%) PaaS
7 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.51%) GCP
7 1 (0.51%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 77 (39.49%) Firewall
2 17 (8.72%) Intrusion Detection
3 12 (6.15%) Network Security
4 8 (4.10%) LAN
4 8 (4.10%) WAN
5 6 (3.08%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.54%) Broadband
6 3 (1.54%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.03%) DNS
7 2 (1.03%) VPN
7 2 (1.03%) Wireless
8 1 (0.51%) DHCP
8 1 (0.51%) DKIM
8 1 (0.51%) DMARC
General
1 36 (18.46%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.38%) Finance
3 29 (14.87%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.26%) Law
5 15 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (6.15%) Retail
7 6 (3.08%) Marketing
8 5 (2.56%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.05%) Banking
10 3 (1.54%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.03%) Advertising
11 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.03%) Publishing
12 1 (0.51%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.51%) Legal
12 1 (0.51%) Police
12 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 36 (18.46%) Cyber Threat
2 32 (16.41%) Cyberattack
3 26 (13.33%) Management Information System
4 18 (9.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 16 (8.21%) Security Operations Centre
6 13 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
7 12 (6.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 11 (5.64%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (3.59%) Operational Technology
10 6 (3.08%) IoT
11 5 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (2.56%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (2.05%) Security Posture
13 3 (1.54%) CSOC
13 3 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
14 2 (1.03%) Data Centre
14 2 (1.03%) Digital Media
14 2 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
14 2 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
15 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 34 (17.44%) Windows
2 14 (7.18%) Linux
3 13 (6.67%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.05%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.51%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (57.44%) SIEM
3 85 (43.59%) Incident Response
4 75 (38.46%) Security Operations
5 62 (31.79%) Information Security
6 54 (27.69%) Vulnerability Management
7 40 (20.51%) Cloud Security
8 32 (16.41%) Security Monitoring
9 28 (14.36%) Penetration Testing
9 28 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (14.36%) Threat Intelligence
10 27 (13.85%) Security Architecture
10 27 (13.85%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 23 (11.79%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 23 (11.79%) Risk Management
11 23 (11.79%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 22 (11.28%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 20 (10.26%) Data Protection
14 18 (9.23%) Incident Management
14 18 (9.23%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.15%) Python
2 8 (4.10%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.56%) Bash
4 4 (2.05%) C++
5 2 (1.03%) SQL
6 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 56 (28.72%) CISSP
2 41 (21.03%) CompTIA Security+
3 34 (17.44%) Degree
4 31 (15.90%) CompTIA CySA+
5 21 (10.77%) CCSP
5 21 (10.77%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (9.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 18 (9.23%) CEH
6 18 (9.23%) CISM
7 17 (8.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 17 (8.72%) CISA
8 16 (8.21%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (6.15%) GIAC
9 12 (6.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 11 (5.64%) Security Cleared
11 10 (5.13%) Master's Degree
12 8 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (3.59%) GSEC
13 7 (3.59%) SSCP
14 5 (2.56%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (31.28%) NIST
2 50 (25.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (10.77%) GDPR
4 20 (10.26%) NCSC
5 19 (9.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (9.74%) PCI DSS
6 14 (7.18%) GRC
6 14 (7.18%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.54%) ISO 22301
7 3 (1.54%) QA
8 2 (1.03%) ISO 31000
8 2 (1.03%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (11.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (6.67%) CSIRT
2 12 (6.15%) CASB
2 12 (6.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.56%) Nessus
4 4 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.03%) QRadar
Vendors
1 66 (33.85%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.59%) Splunk
3 6 (3.08%) Qualys
4 5 (2.56%) Intel
4 5 (2.56%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.03%) Darktrace
5 2 (1.03%) Facebook
5 2 (1.03%) IBM
5 2 (1.03%) Sun
6 1 (0.51%) Cisco
6 1 (0.51%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.51%) Rapid7