Security Analyst Jobs

Security Analyst
UK

The median Security Analyst salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 401 466
Rank change year-on-year +49 +65 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 373 558 693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 0.60% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 0.64% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 179 486 509
10th Percentile £41,800 £36,250 £36,243
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,625 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,375 £47,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.96% +5.00% -1.34%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 45,395 87,713 101,679
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.82% 94.66% 91.93%
Number of salaries quoted 26,632 64,228 63,419
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,501 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,650 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% -8.92% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,433 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst over the 6 months to 2 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 2 April 2025. 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 +30 357 £61,250 +16.67% 98
UK excluding London +95 223 £53,375 +12.96% 38
London +10 131 £65,000 - 63
Midlands +133 123 £44,810 +10.64% 4
West Midlands +87 84 £44,810 +19.49% 2
Work from Home +45 75 £56,250 +2.27% 59
South East +62 42 £61,250 +22.50% 15
East Midlands +75 39 £52,500 - 2
North of England +7 26 £57,500 +22.34% 5
North West +5 21 £57,500 +27.78% 2
Scotland +114 12 £55,000 +17.02% 4
South West +62 12 £47,500 -13.64% 6
East of England +37 6 £47,500 - 4
Yorkshire +44 5 £57,500 -4.17% 3
Wales +43 2 £49,375 +9.72%

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

For the 6 months to 2 April 2025, 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 featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 284 (76.14%) Cybersecurity
2 247 (66.22%) Information Security
3 192 (51.47%) CISSP
4 191 (51.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 185 (49.60%) NIST
6 176 (47.18%) Degree
7 164 (43.97%) Risk Management
8 152 (40.75%) CISM
9 114 (30.56%) Security Testing
10 112 (30.03%) Cyber Resilience
11 111 (29.76%) SIEM
11 111 (29.76%) Project Management
12 109 (29.22%) JSP 440
12 109 (29.22%) RMADS
12 109 (29.22%) CESG Certified Professional
13 108 (28.95%) Incident Response
14 94 (25.20%) Social Skills
15 88 (23.59%) BPSS Clearance
15 88 (23.59%) Firewall
16 86 (23.06%) Security Operations
17 78 (20.91%) Azure
18 73 (19.57%) Microsoft
19 66 (17.69%) Finance
20 62 (16.62%) Vulnerability Management
21 59 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
22 58 (15.55%) Windows
23 54 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
24 53 (14.21%) Microsoft 365
25 51 (13.67%) CompTIA Security+
26 49 (13.14%) Management Information System

Security 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 8 (2.14%) IBM Domino
2 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.54%) Confluence
4 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.34%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.27%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.27%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 78 (20.91%) Azure
2 53 (14.21%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (7.24%) Azure Sentinel
4 26 (6.97%) AWS
5 19 (5.09%) Entra ID
6 9 (2.41%) GCP
7 7 (1.88%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (1.88%) SaaS
8 6 (1.61%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.07%) Cloudflare
9 4 (1.07%) Datadog
9 4 (1.07%) IaaS
9 4 (1.07%) PaaS
10 2 (0.54%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.27%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.27%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 88 (23.59%) Firewall
2 33 (8.85%) Network Security
3 22 (5.90%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (3.22%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.68%) DNS
5 10 (2.68%) VPN
6 9 (2.41%) SAN
7 8 (2.14%) Wireshark
8 5 (1.34%) IPsec
8 5 (1.34%) NGFW
8 5 (1.34%) SSL
9 4 (1.07%) HTTP
10 3 (0.80%) DHCP
11 2 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.54%) LAN
11 2 (0.54%) Reverse Proxy
11 2 (0.54%) SMTP
11 2 (0.54%) VLAN
11 2 (0.54%) WAN
11 2 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.61%) Power BI
2 2 (0.54%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (0.54%) Metadata
2 2 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
2 2 (0.54%) QlikView
3 1 (0.27%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.27%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 9 (2.41%) Burp Suite
2 7 (1.88%) JIRA
3 2 (0.54%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.54%) GitLab
3 2 (0.54%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 94 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 66 (17.69%) Finance
3 59 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (5.90%) Legal
5 15 (4.02%) Banking
6 12 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.68%) Law
8 9 (2.41%) Retail
9 7 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.34%) International Banking
11 3 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.80%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.54%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.54%) Police
12 2 (0.54%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.27%) Automotive
13 1 (0.27%) Aviation
13 1 (0.27%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.27%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.54%) Regular Expression
2 1 (0.27%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 49 (13.14%) Management Information System
2 45 (12.06%) Security Posture
3 19 (5.09%) Hedge funds
4 17 (4.56%) Cyber Threat
4 17 (4.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 12 (3.22%) Cyberattack
6 10 (2.68%) Cyber Defence
7 9 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.41%) PKI
7 9 (2.41%) Podcast
8 8 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.88%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.34%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.80%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.80%) CSOC
12 3 (0.80%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.54%) Biopharmaceutical
13 2 (0.54%) Cloud Security Posture
13 2 (0.54%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 58 (15.55%) Windows
2 20 (5.36%) Linux
3 8 (2.14%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.54%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (76.14%) Cybersecurity
2 247 (66.22%) Information Security
3 164 (43.97%) Risk Management
4 114 (30.56%) Security Testing
5 112 (30.03%) Cyber Resilience
6 111 (29.76%) Project Management
6 111 (29.76%) SIEM
7 108 (28.95%) Incident Response
8 86 (23.06%) Security Operations
9 62 (16.62%) Vulnerability Management
10 54 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (9.12%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 30 (8.04%) Cloud Security
13 28 (7.51%) Threat Intelligence
14 26 (6.97%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 26 (6.97%) Data Loss Prevention
15 25 (6.70%) Computer Science
16 23 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
16 23 (6.17%) Regulatory Compliance
16 23 (6.17%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 33 (8.85%) PowerShell
2 32 (8.58%) Python
3 6 (1.61%) R
3 6 (1.61%) SQL
4 5 (1.34%) Bash
4 5 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.54%) C#
5 2 (0.54%) C++
5 2 (0.54%) Go
5 2 (0.54%) Java
5 2 (0.54%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.27%) Perl
6 1 (0.27%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 192 (51.47%) CISSP
2 176 (47.18%) Degree
3 152 (40.75%) CISM
4 109 (29.22%) CESG Certified Professional
5 88 (23.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 51 (13.67%) CompTIA Security+
7 39 (10.46%) CEH
8 34 (9.12%) GCIH
9 33 (8.85%) OSCP
10 30 (8.04%) GCIA
11 29 (7.77%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (3.75%) Security Cleared
13 13 (3.49%) CompTIA CySA+
13 13 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (3.49%) SANS
14 12 (3.22%) CISA
15 11 (2.95%) CRISC
16 8 (2.14%) SC Cleared
16 8 (2.14%) SSCP
17 7 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (51.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 185 (49.60%) NIST
3 109 (29.22%) JSP 440
3 109 (29.22%) RMADS
4 35 (9.38%) PCI DSS
5 30 (8.04%) GRC
6 28 (7.51%) GDPR
7 19 (5.09%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (2.68%) NCSC
9 8 (2.14%) Accessibility
10 6 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (1.61%) SOC 2
11 4 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.80%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.54%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.54%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.54%) SLA
14 1 (0.27%) PMO
14 1 (0.27%) QA
System Software
1 26 (6.97%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.34%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.27%) Snort
4 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (5.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.88%) CASB
2 7 (1.88%) CSIRT
3 6 (1.61%) SCCM
4 4 (1.07%) Nessus
5 3 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.27%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 73 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.90%) VMware
3 15 (4.02%) CrowdStrike
4 12 (3.22%) Tenable
5 7 (1.88%) Citrix
5 7 (1.88%) Splunk
6 6 (1.61%) Cisco
7 5 (1.34%) Reuters
7 5 (1.34%) Temenos
7 5 (1.34%) Zscaler
8 4 (1.07%) Qualys
9 3 (0.80%) Darktrace
9 3 (0.80%) LogRhythm
9 3 (0.80%) SAP
10 2 (0.54%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.54%) BT
10 2 (0.54%) Proofpoint
10 2 (0.54%) Symantec
10 2 (0.54%) Thales
10 2 (0.54%) Workday