Security Analyst Jobs in Berkshire

Security Analyst
South East > Berkshire

The median Security Analyst salary in Berkshire is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

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

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 144 176
Rank change year-on-year +24 +32 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 5 22 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.31% 0.70% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.73% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4 20 6
10th Percentile - £38,880 -
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,813 £37,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,000 £40,975
Median % change year-on-year +11.70% +14.70% +11.50%
75th Percentile £66,250 - £44,488
90th Percentile - £47,750 -
South East median annual salary £52,250 £50,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +4.50% +1.01% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,290 3,017 2,834
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 80.68% 95.54% 92.52%
Number of salaries quoted 562 2,110 1,613
10th Percentile £29,525 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,671 £38,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,673 £52,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -11.02% +2.61%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,475 £82,500 £93,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Berkshire

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in Berkshire

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in Berkshire

Security Analyst
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Reading +56 1 £42,500 +0.69% 4
Windsor - 1 - -
Wokingham - 1 £42,500 -
Security Analyst
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 across the Berkshire region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (60.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Network Security
2 3 (60.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) CISM
3 2 (40.00%) CCSP
3 2 (40.00%) CISSP
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (40.00%) VPN
3 2 (40.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 2 (40.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (40.00%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (20.00%) Cyberattack
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) CREST Certified
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) Network Security
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (60.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 2 (40.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Security Patching
4 1 (20.00%) SOAR
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (40.00%) CCSP
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CISM
2 2 (40.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (20.00%) CEH
3 1 (20.00%) CISA
3 1 (20.00%) CREST Certified
3 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (20.00%) VMware