Security Analyst Jobs in Birmingham

Security Analyst
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Security Analyst salary in Birmingham is £42,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 117 157
Rank change year-on-year -18 +40 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 11 21 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.40% 1.04% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 1.12% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 9 18 24
10th Percentile £28,300 £39,075 -
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £51,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.05% +20.59% -11.46%
75th Percentile £51,250 £61,250 £55,938
90th Percentile £53,200 £66,825 £63,375
West Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +13.64% -7.37%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,563 1,879 3,013
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.34% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,089 1,428 2,335
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,914 £70,700 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Birmingham

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in Birmingham

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in Birmingham over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 Birmingham region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (63.64%) Security Operations
2 6 (54.55%) SIEM
3 5 (45.45%) Network Security
3 5 (45.45%) Firewall
3 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
4 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
5 3 (27.27%) Banking
5 3 (27.27%) Time Management
5 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (27.27%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (27.27%) Creative Thinking
5 3 (27.27%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (27.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (27.27%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 2 (18.18%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
6 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto
6 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
6 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
6 2 (18.18%) Sun
6 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
6 2 (18.18%) Information Security
7 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
7 1 (9.09%) Telecoms

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Firewall
1 5 (45.45%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) 5G
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Police
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
2 3 (27.27%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
3 2 (18.18%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (9.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (63.64%) Security Operations
2 6 (54.55%) SIEM
3 3 (27.27%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (27.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (27.27%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 3 (27.27%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (27.27%) Time Management
3 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
4 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
4 2 (18.18%) Information Security
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
5 1 (9.09%) Remediation Plan
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto
2 2 (18.18%) Sun
3 1 (9.09%) Qualys