Senior Security Analyst Jobs

Senior Security Analyst
UK

The median Senior Security Analyst salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 791 881 1153
Rank change year-on-year +90 +272 -306
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 123 83 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.080% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.088% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 93 54 59
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,019 £39,363
25th Percentile £51,250 £43,477 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -5.86% -3.43%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,375 £61,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £82,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -2.33%

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 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Analyst over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 5 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 +158 112 £70,000 +40.00% 18
UK excluding London +7 65 £57,500 +15.00% 9
London +154 50 £75,000 +15.38% 10
Work from Home +71 29 £77,500 +55.00% 9
South West 0 29 £70,000 +58.04% 1
South East +40 14 £67,500 - 1
Midlands +21 9 £52,500 -4.55% 1
East Midlands -5 7 £52,500 - 1
North of England +30 5 £50,000 - 1
East of England +17 4 £38,750 -13.89% 2
North West +6 4 £50,000 -
Scotland -69 4 £50,000 -4.76% 3
West Midlands +18 2 £52,500 -4.55%
Yorkshire +78 1 £47,500 -5.00% 1

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 featuring Senior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 92 (74.80%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (41.46%) Incident Response
3 49 (39.84%) Information Security
3 49 (39.84%) Microsoft
4 47 (38.21%) SIEM
5 41 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 40 (32.52%) Azure
7 39 (31.71%) Security Operations
8 35 (28.46%) Microsoft 365
9 34 (27.64%) Finance
10 32 (26.02%) CISSP
11 29 (23.58%) Firewall
12 27 (21.95%) Cloud Security
13 25 (20.33%) Windows
14 23 (18.70%) Application Security
15 20 (16.26%) Security Management
16 19 (15.45%) Incident Management
16 19 (15.45%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
16 19 (15.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 19 (15.45%) NIST
17 18 (14.63%) Threat Detection
17 18 (14.63%) Change Management
18 17 (13.82%) Security Architecture
19 16 (13.01%) Active Directory
20 15 (12.20%) Privileged Access Management
21 13 (10.57%) CompTIA Security+
21 13 (10.57%) Security Operations Centre
21 13 (10.57%) Data Loss Prevention
21 13 (10.57%) CrowdStrike
21 13 (10.57%) GRC

Senior 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 40 (32.52%) Azure
2 35 (28.46%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (7.32%) AWS
4 4 (3.25%) OCI
5 2 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.63%) IaaS
5 2 (1.63%) PaaS
5 2 (1.63%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (23.58%) Firewall
2 6 (4.88%) Network Security
3 3 (2.44%) DNS
3 3 (2.44%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.63%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.63%) VoIP
5 1 (0.81%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (7.32%) Burp Suite
1 9 (7.32%) Metasploit
General
1 34 (27.64%) Finance
2 12 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 12 (9.76%) Law
2 12 (9.76%) Social Skills
3 11 (8.94%) Retail
4 6 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.88%) Marketing
5 4 (3.25%) Banking
6 2 (1.63%) Advertising
6 2 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.81%) Legal
7 1 (0.81%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.57%) Cyberattack
1 13 (10.57%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (9.76%) Security Posture
3 7 (5.69%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (5.69%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.44%) Insider Threat
5 2 (1.63%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (1.63%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.81%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.81%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (20.33%) Windows
2 7 (5.69%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.07%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (74.80%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (41.46%) Incident Response
3 49 (39.84%) Information Security
4 47 (38.21%) SIEM
5 41 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 39 (31.71%) Security Operations
7 27 (21.95%) Cloud Security
8 23 (18.70%) Application Security
9 20 (16.26%) Security Management
10 19 (15.45%) Incident Management
10 19 (15.45%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 19 (15.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 18 (14.63%) Change Management
11 18 (14.63%) Threat Detection
12 17 (13.82%) Security Architecture
13 15 (12.20%) Privileged Access Management
14 13 (10.57%) Data Loss Prevention
15 11 (8.94%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 11 (8.94%) Risk Management
16 10 (8.13%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.88%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.63%) C++
2 2 (1.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (26.02%) CISSP
2 13 (10.57%) CompTIA Security+
3 11 (8.94%) Degree
4 10 (8.13%) CompTIA CySA+
5 9 (7.32%) GIAC
6 8 (6.50%) CISM
6 8 (6.50%) Master's Degree
7 7 (5.69%) CEH
8 5 (4.07%) CISA
8 5 (4.07%) GSEC
9 4 (3.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (3.25%) CCSP
9 4 (3.25%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (3.25%) SC Cleared
9 4 (3.25%) Security Cleared
10 2 (1.63%) CCSA
10 2 (1.63%) SANS
10 2 (1.63%) SSCP
11 1 (0.81%) CRISC
11 1 (0.81%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.45%) NIST
2 13 (10.57%) GRC
2 13 (10.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (9.76%) GDPR
4 9 (7.32%) PCI DSS
5 5 (4.07%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.63%) COBIT
6 2 (1.63%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.63%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (13.01%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (7.32%) Nmap
2 7 (5.69%) CASB
3 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (3.25%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 49 (39.84%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.57%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (5.69%) Proofpoint
3 7 (5.69%) Rapid7
4 4 (3.25%) Cisco
4 4 (3.25%) Oracle
5 3 (2.44%) Splunk
6 1 (0.81%) Darktrace