Security Analyst Job Trends in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 456 405
Rank change year-on-year +301 -51 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,173 195 463
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.32% 0.45% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 0.50% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 338 149 374
10th Percentile £34,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +3.81% +2.94%
75th Percentile £65,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,250 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £54,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.11% +4.29% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 84,123 39,251 75,359
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 90.71% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 59,120 23,732 53,784
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,578 £75,000 £71,650
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,389
% change year-on-year - +1.12% -9.35%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Security Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in England

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in England

Security 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 Security Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 24 July 2026. 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
North of England +189 323 £50,000 -9.09% 20
Midlands +112 265 £50,000 +11.11% 13
South East +129 235 £47,500 -17.75% 22
Yorkshire +94 164 £55,000 -4.35% 9
East Midlands +82 154 £50,000 +22.70% 9
London +52 152 £70,000 +21.74% 26
North West +104 128 £50,000 -9.09% 11
South West +46 115 £45,000 - 13
West Midlands +46 111 £52,500 +8.25% 4
East of England +72 95 £40,000 -15.79% 5
North East -18 31 £46,500 -15.45%
Security Analyst
UK

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 July 2026, 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 England region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 1,047 (89.26%) Cybersecurity
2 813 (69.31%) Microsoft
3 774 (65.98%) CompTIA Security+
4 758 (64.62%) Azure
5 735 (62.66%) Mentoring
6 729 (62.15%) CompTIA CySA+
7 708 (60.36%) Azure Certification
8 706 (60.19%) ForeScout
9 163 (13.90%) SIEM
10 139 (11.85%) Security Operations
11 138 (11.76%) Information Security
12 129 (11.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 128 (10.91%) Incident Response
14 105 (8.95%) Vulnerability Management
15 96 (8.18%) NIST
16 83 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
17 78 (6.65%) Problem-Solving
18 66 (5.63%) Firewall
18 66 (5.63%) Security Cleared
19 63 (5.37%) Degree
20 60 (5.12%) Cloud Security
21 57 (4.86%) SC Cleared
22 55 (4.69%) CISSP
22 55 (4.69%) Vulnerability Remediation
23 51 (4.35%) Network Security
23 51 (4.35%) Risk Management
24 48 (4.09%) AWS
24 48 (4.09%) Penetration Testing
25 47 (4.01%) Linux
25 47 (4.01%) Windows

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.085%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 758 (64.62%) Azure
2 48 (4.09%) AWS
3 44 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (2.05%) Microsoft Purview
5 23 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
6 17 (1.45%) GCP
7 16 (1.36%) Entra ID
8 13 (1.11%) Power Platform
9 10 (0.85%) Mimecast
10 8 (0.68%) Cloudflare
11 7 (0.60%) SaaS
12 3 (0.26%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.26%) GitHub
12 3 (0.26%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
14 1 (0.085%) AWS CloudFormation
14 1 (0.085%) AWS CloudTrail
14 1 (0.085%) AWS KMS
14 1 (0.085%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (5.63%) Firewall
2 51 (4.35%) Network Security
3 26 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (1.96%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (1.71%) LAN
5 20 (1.71%) WAN
6 13 (1.11%) Internet
7 10 (0.85%) DNS
8 9 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (0.77%) NGFW
9 7 (0.60%) SSL
9 7 (0.60%) Wireless
10 6 (0.51%) VPN
11 5 (0.43%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.34%) Wireshark
13 2 (0.17%) HTTP
14 1 (0.085%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.11%) Power BI
2 4 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (0.68%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.34%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.26%) GitLab
3 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.085%) JIRA
General
1 802 (68.37%) Social Skills
2 96 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (4.18%) Finance
4 29 (2.47%) Retail
5 21 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (1.71%) Law
7 17 (1.45%) Aviation
7 17 (1.45%) Legal
8 13 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (0.85%) Banking
10 9 (0.77%) Public Sector
11 8 (0.68%) Automotive
12 7 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.51%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.34%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.26%) Back Office
15 3 (0.26%) Games
15 3 (0.26%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.17%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 93 (7.93%) Security Posture
2 44 (3.75%) Security Operations Centre
3 41 (3.50%) Cyber Defence
4 39 (3.32%) Cyber Threat
5 19 (1.62%) CSOC
6 16 (1.36%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.02%) Operational Technology
8 10 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (0.68%) Cloud Native
9 8 (0.68%) Cyberattack
9 8 (0.68%) Onboarding
10 6 (0.51%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.51%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.43%) Life Science
12 4 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.34%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (0.34%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.26%) Cloud Security Posture
13 3 (0.26%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.26%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 47 (4.01%) Linux
1 47 (4.01%) Windows
2 4 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.17%) Unix
4 1 (0.085%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,047 (89.26%) Cybersecurity
2 735 (62.66%) Mentoring
3 163 (13.90%) SIEM
4 139 (11.85%) Security Operations
5 138 (11.76%) Information Security
6 128 (10.91%) Incident Response
7 105 (8.95%) Vulnerability Management
8 83 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 78 (6.65%) Problem-Solving
10 60 (5.12%) Cloud Security
11 55 (4.69%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 51 (4.35%) Risk Management
13 48 (4.09%) Penetration Testing
14 42 (3.58%) Threat Intelligence
15 41 (3.50%) Threat Detection
16 40 (3.41%) Vulnerability Assessment
17 37 (3.15%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 34 (2.90%) SOAR
19 31 (2.64%) Security Monitoring
20 29 (2.47%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 36 (3.07%) PowerShell
1 36 (3.07%) Python
2 23 (1.96%) Kusto Query Language
3 11 (0.94%) Bash
4 6 (0.51%) C#
5 4 (0.34%) Java
6 2 (0.17%) Go
6 2 (0.17%) SQL
7 1 (0.085%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.085%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 774 (65.98%) CompTIA Security+
2 729 (62.15%) CompTIA CySA+
3 708 (60.36%) Azure Certification
4 66 (5.63%) Security Cleared
5 63 (5.37%) Degree
6 57 (4.86%) SC Cleared
7 55 (4.69%) CISSP
8 40 (3.41%) CISM
9 24 (2.05%) GIAC
10 17 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.45%) SSCP
11 16 (1.36%) SANS
12 13 (1.11%) CEH
13 12 (1.02%) GCIH
13 12 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 11 (0.94%) CISA
14 11 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.94%) GCIA
15 9 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (0.77%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (11.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (8.18%) NIST
3 44 (3.75%) GDPR
4 33 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 33 (2.81%) PCI DSS
5 31 (2.64%) GRC
6 18 (1.53%) SOC 2
7 12 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 12 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (0.77%) NCSC
9 7 (0.60%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.43%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (0.34%) QA
12 3 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.17%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.085%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.60%) CASB
3 6 (0.51%) Nessus
4 5 (0.43%) Graylog
4 5 (0.43%) QRadar
5 4 (0.34%) Ansible
5 4 (0.34%) Terraform
6 2 (0.17%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.17%) Kibana
7 1 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.085%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.085%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.085%) Nmap
7 1 (0.085%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.085%) SCCM
Vendors
1 813 (69.31%) Microsoft
2 706 (60.19%) ForeScout
3 30 (2.56%) Cisco
3 30 (2.56%) Palo Alto
4 29 (2.47%) Qualys
5 24 (2.05%) Aruba
6 11 (0.94%) Splunk
7 9 (0.77%) Rapid7
8 8 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (0.68%) Tanium
9 6 (0.51%) Google
9 6 (0.51%) Tenable
9 6 (0.51%) Zscaler
10 4 (0.34%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.34%) VMware
11 3 (0.26%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.26%) Intel
11 3 (0.26%) Meraki
11 3 (0.26%) Netskope
11 3 (0.26%) Varonis