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 26 September 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 469 387
Rank change year-on-year +215 -82 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 757 166 419
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.73% 0.38% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.42% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 346 140 266
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% -12.17% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,875 £64,313 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +2.80%

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 96,260 39,089 64,754
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 90.45% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 67,768 23,344 38,067
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,852 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 +102 197 £50,000 +11.11% 89
South East +81 165 £56,250 +3.21% 54
Midlands +51 149 £52,500 +16.67% 36
London +11 135 £72,500 +26.09% 114
North West +66 105 £50,000 +11.11% 63
East Midlands +54 99 £55,000 +46.67% 19
Yorkshire +30 81 £55,000 +38.36% 19
South West -18 63 £57,500 +27.78% 30
East of England +20 55 £39,500 -16.84% 11
West Midlands -14 50 £51,250 +5.67% 17
North East -53 11 - - 7
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 September 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.

1 586 (77.41%) Cybersecurity
2 343 (45.31%) Microsoft
3 293 (38.71%) Azure
4 287 (37.91%) CompTIA Security+
5 265 (35.01%) Mentoring
6 261 (34.48%) CompTIA CySA+
7 237 (31.31%) Azure Certification
8 235 (31.04%) ForeScout
9 162 (21.40%) SIEM
10 159 (21.00%) Information Security
11 157 (20.74%) Security Operations
12 142 (18.76%) Incident Response
13 137 (18.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 128 (16.91%) Vulnerability Management
15 85 (11.23%) Problem-Solving
16 81 (10.70%) NIST
16 81 (10.70%) Security Cleared
17 76 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
18 63 (8.32%) Firewall
19 62 (8.19%) CISSP
20 61 (8.06%) Vulnerability Remediation
21 60 (7.93%) AWS
22 55 (7.27%) SC Cleared
22 55 (7.27%) Threat Detection
23 54 (7.13%) Degree
24 51 (6.74%) Microsoft 365
25 47 (6.21%) Cloud Security
26 45 (5.94%) CISM
26 45 (5.94%) Windows
27 43 (5.68%) Penetration Testing

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.26%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 293 (38.71%) Azure
2 60 (7.93%) AWS
3 51 (6.74%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (3.83%) Azure Sentinel
5 27 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
6 26 (3.43%) Entra ID
7 19 (2.51%) Mimecast
8 17 (2.25%) GCP
9 13 (1.72%) Power Platform
10 8 (1.06%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (1.06%) SaaS
11 7 (0.92%) Cloudflare
12 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.26%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.13%) Akamai
14 1 (0.13%) AWS CloudFormation
14 1 (0.13%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.13%) Google Workspace
14 1 (0.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (8.32%) Firewall
2 36 (4.76%) Network Security
3 26 (3.43%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (3.04%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (2.64%) LAN
5 20 (2.64%) WAN
6 14 (1.85%) Internet
7 11 (1.45%) DNS
8 9 (1.19%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (1.19%) NGFW
9 8 (1.06%) SSL
10 7 (0.92%) HTTP
11 5 (0.66%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.53%) VPN
12 4 (0.53%) Wireless
12 4 (0.53%) Wireshark
13 2 (0.26%) DKIM
13 2 (0.26%) DMARC
14 1 (0.13%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.72%) Power BI
2 4 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.66%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.53%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.40%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.26%) JIRA
5 1 (0.13%) GitLab
5 1 (0.13%) Metasploit
General
1 342 (45.18%) Social Skills
2 100 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (6.61%) Finance
4 33 (4.36%) Law
5 29 (3.83%) Retail
6 24 (3.17%) Public Sector
7 17 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (1.98%) Aviation
9 14 (1.85%) Aerospace
10 13 (1.72%) Banking
11 12 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.45%) Legal
13 9 (1.19%) Automotive
13 9 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.40%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.40%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.40%) Marketing
15 1 (0.13%) Advertising
15 1 (0.13%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.66%) Terraform
2 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (0.53%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.26%) JSON
4 1 (0.13%) LDAP
4 1 (0.13%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 92 (12.15%) Security Posture
2 55 (7.27%) Cyber Threat
3 31 (4.10%) Cyber Defence
4 29 (3.83%) Security Operations Centre
5 26 (3.43%) Management Information System
6 15 (1.98%) Operational Technology
7 14 (1.85%) CSOC
8 10 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.06%) Onboarding
10 7 (0.92%) Cloud Native
10 7 (0.92%) Cyber Security Posture
11 6 (0.79%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.66%) Cyberattack
12 5 (0.66%) SCADA
13 4 (0.53%) CESG
13 4 (0.53%) Life Science
14 3 (0.40%) Blog
14 3 (0.40%) Online Gambling
14 3 (0.40%) Social Media
14 3 (0.40%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.94%) Windows
2 39 (5.15%) Linux
3 9 (1.19%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.66%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.26%) Unix
7 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 586 (77.41%) Cybersecurity
2 265 (35.01%) Mentoring
3 162 (21.40%) SIEM
4 159 (21.00%) Information Security
5 157 (20.74%) Security Operations
6 142 (18.76%) Incident Response
7 128 (16.91%) Vulnerability Management
8 85 (11.23%) Problem-Solving
9 76 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 61 (8.06%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 55 (7.27%) Threat Detection
12 47 (6.21%) Cloud Security
13 43 (5.68%) Penetration Testing
14 39 (5.15%) Risk Management
14 39 (5.15%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 38 (5.02%) Incident Management
16 37 (4.89%) Threat Intelligence
17 36 (4.76%) SOAR
18 32 (4.23%) Data Security
19 31 (4.10%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 37 (4.89%) Python
2 32 (4.23%) Kusto Query Language
3 26 (3.43%) PowerShell
4 13 (1.72%) Bash
5 10 (1.32%) Go
6 7 (0.92%) Java
7 6 (0.79%) C#
8 3 (0.40%) Objective-C
9 2 (0.26%) SQL
10 1 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 287 (37.91%) CompTIA Security+
2 261 (34.48%) CompTIA CySA+
3 237 (31.31%) Azure Certification
4 81 (10.70%) Security Cleared
5 62 (8.19%) CISSP
6 55 (7.27%) SC Cleared
7 54 (7.13%) Degree
8 45 (5.94%) CISM
9 24 (3.17%) DV Cleared
10 19 (2.51%) GIAC
11 16 (2.11%) SANS
12 14 (1.85%) SSCP
13 12 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.59%) GCIH
13 12 (1.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 10 (1.32%) CEH
15 9 (1.19%) GCFA
16 8 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
17 7 (0.92%) CCSP
17 7 (0.92%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (18.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (10.70%) NIST
3 42 (5.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 39 (5.15%) GDPR
5 31 (4.10%) PCI DSS
6 26 (3.43%) GRC
7 18 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 13 (1.72%) SOC 2
9 8 (1.06%) NCSC
10 6 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 5 (0.66%) QA
12 4 (0.53%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.40%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.40%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.40%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.40%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.13%) COBIT
14 1 (0.13%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 19 (2.51%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.53%) Docker
2 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.13%) NFS
3 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.92%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.79%) Graylog
4 5 (0.66%) Nessus
4 5 (0.66%) QRadar
5 3 (0.40%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.26%) Ansible
6 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.26%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) CASB
7 1 (0.13%) Nmap
7 1 (0.13%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 343 (45.31%) Microsoft
2 235 (31.04%) ForeScout
3 32 (4.23%) Palo Alto
4 30 (3.96%) Cisco
4 30 (3.96%) Qualys
5 24 (3.17%) Aruba
6 17 (2.25%) CrowdStrike
6 17 (2.25%) Splunk
7 9 (1.19%) Google
7 9 (1.19%) Rapid7
8 8 (1.06%) Tanium
9 6 (0.79%) Netskope
9 6 (0.79%) VMware
10 5 (0.66%) CyberArk
10 5 (0.66%) Darktrace
10 5 (0.66%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.53%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.53%) Tenable
12 2 (0.26%) Meraki
12 2 (0.26%) Zscaler