EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ECSA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 17 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 895 978 1196
Rank change year-on-year +83 +218 -305
Permanent jobs citing ECSA 2 8 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.007% 0.009%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.007% 0.023% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 11
10th Percentile - £60,500 £40,000
25th Percentile - £65,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% +28.05%
75th Percentile - £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile - - £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary - £55,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -18.52% +64.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ECSA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,066 35,041 40,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.86% 32.73% 26.77%
Number of salaries quoted 17,278 15,433 18,963
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,825
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £74,235
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

ECSA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ECSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ECSA in the UK

ECSA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ECSA.

Salary trend for ECSA in the UK

ECSA
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ECSA within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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
England +106 2 - - 1
UK excluding London +29 1 - -
London - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -

ECSA
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 802.11
1 2 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 2 (100.00%) ZigBee
General
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber-Physical System
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) CAN bus
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 2 (100.00%) GPEN