Technical Security Analyst Jobs

Technical Security Analyst
UK

The median Technical Security Analyst salary in the UK is £55,000 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 895 982 1189
Rank change year-on-year +87 +207 -293
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Security Analyst 8 1 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.001% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.001% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 16
10th Percentile - - £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 - £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £80,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +39.13% +4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £83,750
90th Percentile £69,375 - £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 - £50,000

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%

Technical Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Security Analyst in the UK

Technical Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Security Analyst in the UK

Technical Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Technical Security Analyst in the UK

Technical Security Analyst
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical 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 +101 8 £55,000 -31.25%
UK excluding London - 5 £50,000 -
London +128 3 £60,000 -25.00%
South East - 3 £50,000 -
Work from Home +83 2 £77,500 -3.13%
North of England - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
North East - 1 - -

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

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

1 5 (62.50%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Law
3 2 (25.00%) IBM
3 2 (25.00%) Firewall
3 2 (25.00%) CISSP
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) CISA
3 2 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (25.00%) GRC
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Java
3 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Tech Ops
4 1 (12.50%) NIST
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) BitLocker
4 1 (12.50%) Security Hardening
4 1 (12.50%) Patch Management
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning

Technical 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 2 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Law
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Information Security
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Governance
3 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (12.50%) Patch Management
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Security Hardening
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) SIEM
3 1 (12.50%) Tech Ops
3 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CISA
1 2 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) CISM
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) CRISC
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GRC
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) BitLocker
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) IBM