Security Analyst Jobs in the East of England

Security Analyst
England > East of England

The median Security Analyst salary in the East of England is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 203 202
Rank change year-on-year +30 -1 -75
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 10 19 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.30% 0.31% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.33% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 6 17 17
10th Percentile £38,125 £37,550 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +11.76% -22.73%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £58,125 - £58,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% -5.66%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 3,153 5,797 4,362
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 93.92% 84.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,574 4,426 2,197
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,356
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,100 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,500
England median annual salary £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the East of England

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the East of England.

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the East of England

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the East of England

Security Analyst
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
Bedfordshire - 5 £47,500 - 5
Cambridgeshire +45 4 £47,500 +30.14% 3
Hertfordshire +21 1 - - 6
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 18 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 East of England region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Firewall
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (80.00%) SIEM
2 8 (80.00%) Incident Response
3 7 (70.00%) Malware Analysis
3 7 (70.00%) Windows
3 7 (70.00%) Management Information System
4 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
4 6 (60.00%) Network Security
4 6 (60.00%) Security Operations
5 5 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (50.00%) DHCP
5 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (50.00%) Computer Forensics
5 5 (50.00%) DNS
5 5 (50.00%) Incident Management
5 5 (50.00%) Identity Management
5 5 (50.00%) NGFW
6 4 (40.00%) VPN
6 4 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
7 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (30.00%) Azure
7 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (30.00%) LAN
7 3 (30.00%) WAN
7 3 (30.00%) Legal

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) Firewall
2 6 (60.00%) Network Security
2 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 5 (50.00%) DHCP
3 5 (50.00%) DNS
3 5 (50.00%) NGFW
4 4 (40.00%) VPN
5 3 (30.00%) LAN
5 3 (30.00%) WAN
6 2 (20.00%) VLAN
6 2 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (10.00%) FTP
7 1 (10.00%) HTTP
7 1 (10.00%) Internet
7 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (10.00%) SMTP
General
1 3 (30.00%) Legal
2 2 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (10.00%) Aviation
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (20.00%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
5 1 (10.00%) CSOC
5 1 (10.00%) MISP
5 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (80.00%) Incident Response
1 8 (80.00%) SIEM
2 7 (70.00%) Malware Analysis
3 6 (60.00%) Security Operations
4 5 (50.00%) Computer Forensics
4 5 (50.00%) Identity Management
4 5 (50.00%) Incident Management
5 4 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (20.00%) Analytics
7 2 (20.00%) Data Encryption
7 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (20.00%) Immunology
7 2 (20.00%) Line Management
7 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
8 1 (10.00%) Architectural Design
8 1 (10.00%) Forensic Analysis
8 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
8 1 (10.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GDPR
1 2 (20.00%) NIST
1 2 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (10.00%) CSIRT
2 1 (10.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Splunk