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 15 April 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 383 390
Rank change year-on-year +272 +7 +82
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,253 252 519
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.65% 0.69% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 0.77% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 231 163 454
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,800 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +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 70,166 32,905 76,780
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 89.49% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 45,949 21,226 59,150
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 +142 359 £52,500 -8.70% 21
Midlands +129 302 £50,000 +11.58% 22
South East +100 234 £52,500 -10.64% 23
Yorkshire +85 206 £55,000 -4.35% 11
East Midlands +56 163 £50,000 -4.76% 10
South West +69 145 £60,000 +26.32% 5
West Midlands +82 139 £55,000 +22.74% 12
London -16 123 £70,000 +7.69% 15
North West +63 112 £35,000 -39.13% 9
East of England +62 101 £45,000 -5.26% 9
North East - 41 £46,500 - 1
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 April 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 1,132 (90.34%) Cybersecurity
2 1,011 (80.69%) Microsoft
3 993 (79.25%) CompTIA Security+
4 975 (77.81%) Azure
5 971 (77.49%) Mentoring
6 964 (76.94%) CompTIA CySA+
7 941 (75.10%) Azure Certification
7 941 (75.10%) ForeScout
8 107 (8.54%) Information Security
9 94 (7.50%) SIEM
10 91 (7.26%) Incident Response
11 86 (6.86%) NIST
12 83 (6.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 80 (6.38%) Security Operations
14 60 (4.79%) Problem-Solving
15 59 (4.71%) CISSP
16 55 (4.39%) Continuous Improvement
17 53 (4.23%) Security Cleared
18 50 (3.99%) SC Cleared
19 49 (3.91%) GDPR
20 48 (3.83%) Network Security
21 46 (3.67%) Cloud Security
21 46 (3.67%) Degree
22 43 (3.43%) Vulnerability Management
23 40 (3.19%) Risk Management
23 40 (3.19%) Vulnerability Assessment
24 37 (2.95%) Python
25 36 (2.87%) PowerShell
25 36 (2.87%) Threat Intelligence
26 35 (2.79%) Root Cause Analysis

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 1 (0.080%) Confluence
1 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.080%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.080%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 975 (77.81%) Azure
2 34 (2.71%) AWS
3 24 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
5 18 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
6 14 (1.12%) GCP
7 8 (0.64%) SaaS
8 7 (0.56%) Power Platform
9 5 (0.40%) Mimecast
10 4 (0.32%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.24%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.24%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.24%) Cloudflare
11 3 (0.24%) GitHub
11 3 (0.24%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.080%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (0.080%) AWS CloudTrail
13 1 (0.080%) AWS KMS
13 1 (0.080%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.83%) Network Security
2 33 (2.63%) Firewall
3 16 (1.28%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (0.72%) Wireless
5 7 (0.56%) VPN
6 3 (0.24%) SCCP
7 1 (0.080%) DKIM
7 1 (0.080%) DMARC
7 1 (0.080%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (0.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
1 9 (0.72%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.24%) GitLab
2 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.24%) JIRA
General
1 1,008 (80.45%) Social Skills
2 67 (5.35%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (2.95%) Finance
4 30 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (2.00%) Retail
6 15 (1.20%) Legal
7 14 (1.12%) Law
8 10 (0.80%) Aviation
8 10 (0.80%) Banking
8 10 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (0.56%) Back Office
9 7 (0.56%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.16%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.16%) Games
10 2 (0.16%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.16%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.080%) Military
11 1 (0.080%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.16%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 56 (4.47%) Security Posture
2 39 (3.11%) Cyber Defence
3 37 (2.95%) Security Operations Centre
4 15 (1.20%) CSOC
4 15 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (1.20%) Management Information System
5 11 (0.88%) Operational Technology
6 9 (0.72%) Mobile App
7 8 (0.64%) Cloud Native
8 7 (0.56%) Cyber Security Posture
8 7 (0.56%) Cyberattack
9 6 (0.48%) Life Science
9 6 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.40%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (0.32%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.24%) CCTV
12 3 (0.24%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.24%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.16%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.63%) Linux
2 30 (2.39%) Windows
3 3 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,132 (90.34%) Cybersecurity
2 971 (77.49%) Mentoring
3 107 (8.54%) Information Security
4 94 (7.50%) SIEM
5 91 (7.26%) Incident Response
6 80 (6.38%) Security Operations
7 60 (4.79%) Problem-Solving
8 55 (4.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (3.67%) Cloud Security
10 43 (3.43%) Vulnerability Management
11 40 (3.19%) Risk Management
11 40 (3.19%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 36 (2.87%) Threat Intelligence
13 35 (2.79%) Root Cause Analysis
14 34 (2.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 30 (2.39%) Penetration Testing
16 28 (2.23%) Application Security
17 27 (2.15%) MITRE ATT&CK
18 26 (2.08%) Security Monitoring
18 26 (2.08%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 37 (2.95%) Python
2 36 (2.87%) PowerShell
3 15 (1.20%) Bash
4 6 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (0.32%) C#
5 4 (0.32%) Java
Qualifications
1 993 (79.25%) CompTIA Security+
2 964 (76.94%) CompTIA CySA+
3 941 (75.10%) Azure Certification
4 59 (4.71%) CISSP
5 53 (4.23%) Security Cleared
6 50 (3.99%) SC Cleared
7 46 (3.67%) Degree
8 29 (2.31%) CISM
9 25 (2.00%) GIAC
10 18 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (1.44%) SSCP
11 16 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (1.28%) DV Cleared
12 14 (1.12%) CISA
12 14 (1.12%) SANS
13 13 (1.04%) OSCP
14 12 (0.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (0.72%) CHECK Team Leader
15 9 (0.72%) CHECK Team Member
15 9 (0.72%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (6.86%) NIST
2 83 (6.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (3.91%) GDPR
4 32 (2.55%) PCI DSS
5 25 (2.00%) GRC
6 24 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (1.36%) SOC 2
8 11 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.48%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.32%) QA
11 3 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.24%) ITGC
11 3 (0.24%) NCSC
12 2 (0.16%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.16%) SLA
13 1 (0.080%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.080%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.24%) Docker
2 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.080%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (0.72%) Nessus
2 7 (0.56%) CASB
3 6 (0.48%) Ansible
3 6 (0.48%) Terraform
4 5 (0.40%) CSIRT
4 5 (0.40%) QRadar
5 3 (0.24%) ArcSight ESM
5 3 (0.24%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.24%) SCCM
6 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1,011 (80.69%) Microsoft
2 941 (75.10%) ForeScout
3 10 (0.80%) Tenable
4 9 (0.72%) Splunk
5 7 (0.56%) Google
6 6 (0.48%) Palo Alto
6 6 (0.48%) Zscaler
7 5 (0.40%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (0.24%) ArcSight
8 3 (0.24%) Intel
8 3 (0.24%) LogLogic
8 3 (0.24%) McAfee
8 3 (0.24%) Meraki
8 3 (0.24%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.24%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.24%) Varonis
8 3 (0.24%) VMware
9 2 (0.16%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.080%) Proofpoint
10 1 (0.080%) Qualys