Senior Security Analyst Job Trends in Central London

Senior Security Analyst
London > Central London

The median Senior Security Analyst salary in Central London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 175 166
Rank change year-on-year +33 -9 +107
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 1 5 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.044% 0.15% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.17% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £54,250
25th Percentile £72,500 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £73,750
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 - £82,500
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% -7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,155 3,004 2,967
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 92.52% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,658 1,931 2,652
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% -2.67%
75th Percentile £96,250 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Security Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Senior Security Analyst job vacancy trend in Central London

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Analyst job vacancies in Central London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Analyst job vacancies in Central London

Senior Security Analyst
Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
City of London +35 1 £75,000 - 1
Senior Security Analyst
London

Senior Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, Senior Security Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Central London region featuring Senior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Encryption
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DKIM
1 1 (100.00%) DMARC
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management

Senior Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
1 1 (100.00%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DKIM
1 1 (100.00%) DMARC
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Encryption
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft