Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > England

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in England is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 620 665 765
Rank change year-on-year +45 +100 +218
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 71 179 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.22% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 59 162 121
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £37,463
25th Percentile £51,813 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,200 £77,500 £79,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £52,067
% change year-on-year +3.64% +5.63% +9.61%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 44,665 81,175 81,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.55% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24,293 60,496 51,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,519 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in England.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
London +68 27 £75,000 +36.36% 24
South East +82 10 £51,750 -23.33% 18
East of England +39 7 £47,500 -5.00% 5
South West +78 5 £55,000 -15.38% 3
Midlands +62 5 £50,000 +6.38% 6
West Midlands +57 4 £50,000 +36.05% 1
North of England +23 4 £46,000 +8.24% 6
North West -2 4 £46,000 +22.67% 1
East Midlands +30 1 £37,500 -28.57% 5
Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Cybersecurity 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 England region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 71 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (69.01%) SIEM
3 41 (57.75%) Firewall
4 40 (56.34%) Incident Response
5 38 (53.52%) Information Security
6 35 (49.30%) Windows
7 28 (39.44%) Vulnerability Management
7 28 (39.44%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (38.03%) Security Operations
9 23 (32.39%) Degree
9 23 (32.39%) CISSP
10 22 (30.99%) Azure
10 22 (30.99%) Analytical Skills
11 21 (29.58%) Microsoft
11 21 (29.58%) VMware
12 20 (28.17%) CISM
12 20 (28.17%) Microsoft 365
12 20 (28.17%) NIST
12 20 (28.17%) Social Skills
13 18 (25.35%) Security Posture
14 17 (23.94%) Azure Sentinel
14 17 (23.94%) CompTIA Security+
14 17 (23.94%) Intrusion Detection
15 16 (22.54%) Cyber Threat
16 15 (21.13%) Data Loss Prevention
16 15 (21.13%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 15 (21.13%) Linux
17 14 (19.72%) GCIH
17 14 (19.72%) Network Security
17 14 (19.72%) Tenable

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (7.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.41%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 22 (30.99%) Azure
2 20 (28.17%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (23.94%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (8.45%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (5.63%) AWS
6 2 (2.82%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.82%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.82%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.41%) GCP
7 1 (1.41%) IaaS
7 1 (1.41%) PaaS
7 1 (1.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (57.75%) Firewall
2 17 (23.94%) Intrusion Detection
3 14 (19.72%) Network Security
4 10 (14.08%) DNS
5 8 (11.27%) Wireshark
6 7 (9.86%) TCP/IP
7 5 (7.04%) DHCP
7 5 (7.04%) NGFW
8 3 (4.23%) VPN
9 2 (2.82%) HTTP
9 2 (2.82%) LAN
9 2 (2.82%) SMTP
9 2 (2.82%) VLAN
9 2 (2.82%) WAN
9 2 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (1.41%) Internet
10 1 (1.41%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (9.86%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.41%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 22 (30.99%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (28.17%) Social Skills
3 12 (16.90%) Finance
4 11 (15.49%) Banking
5 3 (4.23%) Legal
6 2 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.82%) Military
6 2 (2.82%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.82%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.41%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.41%) Aviation
7 1 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.41%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 18 (25.35%) Security Posture
2 16 (22.54%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (16.90%) Management Information System
4 10 (14.08%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (5.63%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (5.63%) Cyberattack
6 3 (4.23%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (4.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.82%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (2.82%) CSOC
7 2 (2.82%) Insider Threat
7 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.41%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.41%) PKI
8 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 35 (49.30%) Windows
2 15 (21.13%) Linux
3 5 (7.04%) Windows 10
3 5 (7.04%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (69.01%) SIEM
3 40 (56.34%) Incident Response
4 38 (53.52%) Information Security
5 28 (39.44%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (39.44%) Vulnerability Management
6 27 (38.03%) Security Operations
7 15 (21.13%) Data Loss Prevention
7 15 (21.13%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 12 (16.90%) Project Delivery
8 12 (16.90%) Security Monitoring
9 11 (15.49%) Penetration Testing
10 8 (11.27%) Application Security
10 8 (11.27%) Computer Science
10 8 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (11.27%) Data Security
10 8 (11.27%) Incident Management
10 8 (11.27%) Regulatory Compliance
10 8 (11.27%) Risk Management
11 7 (9.86%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.86%) PowerShell
2 6 (8.45%) Bash
2 6 (8.45%) Python
3 5 (7.04%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (2.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (32.39%) CISSP
1 23 (32.39%) Degree
2 20 (28.17%) CISM
3 17 (23.94%) CompTIA Security+
4 14 (19.72%) GCIH
5 9 (12.68%) CEH
6 8 (11.27%) GCIA
7 7 (9.86%) GCFA
7 7 (9.86%) Security Cleared
8 6 (8.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (7.04%) CCSP
9 5 (7.04%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (7.04%) SC Cleared
10 4 (5.63%) OSCP
10 4 (5.63%) SSCP
11 2 (2.82%) CISA
11 2 (2.82%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (2.82%) DBS Check
11 2 (2.82%) DV Cleared
12 1 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (28.17%) NIST
2 12 (16.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (9.86%) GDPR
4 6 (8.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (8.45%) NCSC
5 5 (7.04%) PCI DSS
6 4 (5.63%) Accessibility
7 2 (2.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.41%) GRC
8 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.41%) QA
System Software
1 12 (16.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.41%) Snort
2 1 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (18.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.45%) CSIRT
3 4 (5.63%) CASB
4 2 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (29.58%) Microsoft
1 21 (29.58%) VMware
2 14 (19.72%) Tenable
3 5 (7.04%) LogRhythm
3 5 (7.04%) Splunk
4 4 (5.63%) Qualys
5 3 (4.23%) CheckPoint
6 2 (2.82%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.41%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.41%) Exabeam
7 1 (1.41%) Symantec