Security Analyst Jobs in the City of London

Security Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Security Analyst salary in the City of London is £47,000 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 130 119 197
Rank change year-on-year -11 +78 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 9 58 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.47% 1.73% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 1.80% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 7 43 30
10th Percentile - £45,600 £42,444
25th Percentile £46,000 £48,000 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £65,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.69% +27.45% -12.07%
75th Percentile £48,375 £84,375 £64,875
90th Percentile £55,250 £120,000 £70,000
Central London median annual salary £47,000 £65,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -27.69% +27.45% -21.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,781 3,214 4,384
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 96.14% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,351 2,532 3,665
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,444
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,210
% change year-on-year - -0.97% +0.98%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the City of London

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the City of London.

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the City of London

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the City of London

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

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the City of London

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

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 City of London region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (66.67%) Firewall
2 6 (66.67%) Information Security
3 5 (55.56%) IPsec
3 5 (55.56%) GIAC
3 5 (55.56%) Business Continuity
3 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (55.56%) ITIL
3 5 (55.56%) MCSA
3 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
3 5 (55.56%) SSL
3 5 (55.56%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (55.56%) Security Architecture
3 5 (55.56%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (55.56%) NCSC
3 5 (55.56%) Business Continuity Planning
3 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (55.56%) CompTIA Security+
3 5 (55.56%) CompTIA CySA+
3 5 (55.56%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (22.22%) Azure

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 (22.22%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) Firewall
2 5 (55.56%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (55.56%) IPsec
2 5 (55.56%) SSL
2 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 6 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (66.67%) Information Security
2 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (55.56%) Business Continuity
3 5 (55.56%) Business Continuity Planning
3 5 (55.56%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (55.56%) ITIL
3 5 (55.56%) Security Architecture
4 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (22.22%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) Application Security
6 1 (11.11%) Cyber Resilience
6 1 (11.11%) Internal Audit
6 1 (11.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Task Automation
6 1 (11.11%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Bash
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) CompTIA CySA+
1 5 (55.56%) CompTIA Security+
1 5 (55.56%) GIAC
1 5 (55.56%) MCSA
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) CISA
2 1 (11.11%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (55.56%) NCSC
3 1 (11.11%) NIST
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Checkmarx