Senior IT Security Analyst Jobs

Senior IT Security Analyst
UK

The median Senior IT Security Analyst salary in the UK is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 868 979 1205
Rank change year-on-year +111 +226 -309
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Security Analyst 35 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.004% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.004% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 20 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,019 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £44,293 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.11% - -
75th Percentile £77,188 £47,034 -
90th Percentile £81,375 £47,313 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £44,293 -
% change year-on-year +1.60% - -

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 93,219 95,232 149,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,883 59,878 85,286
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% - +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 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Senior IT Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Security Analyst in the UK

Senior IT Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior IT Security Analyst in the UK

Senior IT Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Security Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Security Analyst in the UK

Senior IT Security Analyst
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Security Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +125 34 £52,500 +18.53% 3
London - 24 £72,500 - 1
Work from Home +90 9 £72,500 -
UK excluding London +8 9 £45,000 +1.60%
South West -11 9 £45,000 +1.60%

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Senior IT 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 Senior IT Security Analyst in the job title.

1 32 (91.43%) Cybersecurity
1 32 (91.43%) Microsoft
2 24 (68.57%) CISSP
2 24 (68.57%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (68.57%) Incident Response
3 22 (62.86%) SIEM
4 17 (48.57%) Security Operations
5 16 (45.71%) Incident Management
5 16 (45.71%) Finance
5 16 (45.71%) Application Security
6 15 (42.86%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 15 (42.86%) Security Management
6 15 (42.86%) Change Management
6 15 (42.86%) Firewall
6 15 (42.86%) Threat Detection
6 15 (42.86%) Privileged Access Management
7 11 (31.43%) Information Security
8 9 (25.71%) Active Directory
8 9 (25.71%) Windows
8 9 (25.71%) Retail
8 9 (25.71%) Cyberattack
8 9 (25.71%) Vulnerability Management
8 9 (25.71%) Azure
8 9 (25.71%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 8 (22.86%) CompTIA CySA+
9 8 (22.86%) Network Monitoring
9 8 (22.86%) Security Operations Centre
9 8 (22.86%) Master's Degree
9 8 (22.86%) Degree
9 8 (22.86%) E-Commerce

Senior IT 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:

Cloud Services
1 24 (68.57%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (25.71%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 15 (42.86%) Firewall
General
1 16 (45.71%) Finance
2 9 (25.71%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Cyberattack
2 8 (22.86%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (25.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (91.43%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (68.57%) Incident Response
3 22 (62.86%) SIEM
4 17 (48.57%) Security Operations
5 16 (45.71%) Application Security
5 16 (45.71%) Incident Management
6 15 (42.86%) Change Management
6 15 (42.86%) Privileged Access Management
6 15 (42.86%) Security Management
6 15 (42.86%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 15 (42.86%) Threat Detection
7 11 (31.43%) Information Security
8 9 (25.71%) Vulnerability Management
8 9 (25.71%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 8 (22.86%) E-Commerce
9 8 (22.86%) Network Monitoring
10 7 (20.00%) Cloud Security
10 7 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
10 7 (20.00%) Data Protection
10 7 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (68.57%) CISSP
2 8 (22.86%) CompTIA CySA+
2 8 (22.86%) Degree
2 8 (22.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.00%) GDPR
1 7 (20.00%) NIST
1 7 (20.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (25.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (20.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 32 (91.43%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.14%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.86%) Darktrace