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 20 August 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 461 399
Rank change year-on-year +277 -62 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,012 187 413
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.06% 0.43% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 0.47% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 354 154 304
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,500 £67,813
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,063 £53,250
% change year-on-year +5.64% -2.23% +6.50%

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 89,484 39,616 68,834
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 90.59% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 62,877 23,853 46,367
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +170 279 £50,000 -4.76% 33
Midlands +108 220 £52,250 +16.11% 21
South East +108 207 £52,500 -7.08% 43
London +29 143 £70,000 +21.74% 40
East Midlands +77 137 £50,000 +20.48% 11
Yorkshire +76 132 £55,000 +11.68% 9
North West +93 124 £50,000 +11.11% 22
South West +16 94 £57,500 +30.68% 20
West Midlands +28 83 £52,500 +8.25% 10
East of England +52 80 £45,000 -5.26% 6
North East -38 23 £46,500 -15.45% 2
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 August 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.

1 864 (85.38%) Cybersecurity
2 620 (61.26%) Microsoft
3 578 (57.11%) CompTIA Security+
4 572 (56.52%) Azure
5 544 (53.75%) Mentoring
6 540 (53.36%) CompTIA CySA+
7 519 (51.28%) Azure Certification
8 517 (51.09%) ForeScout
9 164 (16.21%) SIEM
10 147 (14.53%) Information Security
11 144 (14.23%) Security Operations
12 134 (13.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 133 (13.14%) Incident Response
14 121 (11.96%) Vulnerability Management
15 90 (8.89%) NIST
16 85 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
17 78 (7.71%) Problem-Solving
17 78 (7.71%) Security Cleared
18 69 (6.82%) Firewall
19 60 (5.93%) CISSP
20 59 (5.83%) SC Cleared
21 58 (5.73%) Degree
22 57 (5.63%) Vulnerability Remediation
23 53 (5.24%) Cloud Security
24 52 (5.14%) AWS
25 50 (4.94%) Threat Detection
26 49 (4.84%) Network Security
27 48 (4.74%) Risk Management
28 46 (4.55%) GDPR
29 44 (4.35%) CISM

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 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.099%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 572 (56.52%) Azure
2 52 (5.14%) AWS
3 44 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (2.67%) Microsoft Purview
5 26 (2.57%) Azure Sentinel
6 19 (1.88%) Entra ID
7 15 (1.48%) Mimecast
8 14 (1.38%) GCP
9 12 (1.19%) Power Platform
10 9 (0.89%) Cloudflare
11 6 (0.59%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (0.59%) SaaS
12 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.20%) GitHub
13 2 (0.20%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.099%) AWS KMS
14 1 (0.099%) Google Workspace
14 1 (0.099%) IaaS
14 1 (0.099%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (6.82%) Firewall
2 49 (4.84%) Network Security
3 26 (2.57%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (2.27%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (1.98%) LAN
5 20 (1.98%) WAN
6 13 (1.28%) Internet
7 11 (1.09%) DNS
7 11 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (0.89%) NGFW
9 8 (0.79%) SSL
10 6 (0.59%) VPN
11 5 (0.49%) HTTP
11 5 (0.49%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.40%) Wireless
12 4 (0.40%) Wireshark
13 1 (0.099%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.19%) Power BI
2 4 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.49%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.30%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.20%) GitLab
3 2 (0.20%) JIRA
4 1 (0.099%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.099%) TeamCity
General
1 616 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 100 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (4.84%) Finance
4 21 (2.08%) Retail
5 18 (1.78%) Law
6 17 (1.68%) Aviation
7 16 (1.58%) Public Sector
8 15 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (1.48%) Legal
9 13 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (0.99%) Aerospace
10 10 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (0.89%) Automotive
12 6 (0.59%) Banking
13 3 (0.30%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.30%) Games
13 3 (0.30%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.30%) Marketing
14 1 (0.099%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
1 4 (0.40%) ModSecurity
1 4 (0.40%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 97 (9.58%) Security Posture
2 48 (4.74%) Cyber Threat
3 36 (3.56%) Security Operations Centre
4 33 (3.26%) Cyber Defence
5 20 (1.98%) Management Information System
6 17 (1.68%) CSOC
7 15 (1.48%) Operational Technology
8 10 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (0.89%) Cloud Native
10 7 (0.69%) Cyber Security Posture
10 7 (0.69%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.59%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.59%) Onboarding
12 5 (0.49%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.49%) Product Ownership
12 5 (0.49%) SCADA
13 4 (0.40%) CESG
13 4 (0.40%) Life Science
14 3 (0.30%) Blog
14 3 (0.30%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 44 (4.35%) Windows
2 43 (4.25%) Linux
3 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.20%) Unix
5 1 (0.099%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 864 (85.38%) Cybersecurity
2 544 (53.75%) Mentoring
3 164 (16.21%) SIEM
4 147 (14.53%) Information Security
5 144 (14.23%) Security Operations
6 133 (13.14%) Incident Response
7 121 (11.96%) Vulnerability Management
8 85 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
9 78 (7.71%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (5.63%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 53 (5.24%) Cloud Security
12 50 (4.94%) Threat Detection
13 48 (4.74%) Risk Management
14 44 (4.35%) Penetration Testing
15 38 (3.75%) Threat Intelligence
16 36 (3.56%) SOAR
17 35 (3.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
18 33 (3.26%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
19 32 (3.16%) Data Loss Prevention
20 31 (3.06%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 32 (3.16%) Python
2 28 (2.77%) PowerShell
3 25 (2.47%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (0.69%) Bash
5 6 (0.59%) C#
6 5 (0.49%) Java
7 3 (0.30%) Go
7 3 (0.30%) Objective-C
8 2 (0.20%) SQL
9 1 (0.099%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 578 (57.11%) CompTIA Security+
2 540 (53.36%) CompTIA CySA+
3 519 (51.28%) Azure Certification
4 78 (7.71%) Security Cleared
5 60 (5.93%) CISSP
6 59 (5.83%) SC Cleared
7 58 (5.73%) Degree
8 44 (4.35%) CISM
9 19 (1.88%) GIAC
10 17 (1.68%) DV Cleared
11 16 (1.58%) SANS
11 16 (1.58%) SSCP
12 13 (1.28%) CEH
13 12 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.19%) GCIH
13 12 (1.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 9 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (0.79%) CCSP
15 8 (0.79%) CISA
15 8 (0.79%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (13.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 90 (8.89%) NIST
3 46 (4.55%) GDPR
4 34 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials
4 34 (3.36%) PCI DSS
5 26 (2.57%) GRC
6 16 (1.58%) SOC 2
7 15 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 11 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (0.89%) NCSC
10 7 (0.69%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.49%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.40%) QA
13 3 (0.30%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.20%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.20%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.20%) SLA
15 1 (0.099%) COBIT
System Software
1 15 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.099%) Docker
2 1 (0.099%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.59%) CASB
2 6 (0.59%) Graylog
3 5 (0.49%) Nessus
3 5 (0.49%) QRadar
4 3 (0.30%) Ansible
4 3 (0.30%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.20%) Kibana
5 2 (0.20%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.099%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.099%) Nmap
6 1 (0.099%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.099%) SCCM
Vendors
1 620 (61.26%) Microsoft
2 517 (51.09%) ForeScout
3 32 (3.16%) Palo Alto
4 30 (2.96%) Cisco
5 29 (2.87%) Qualys
6 24 (2.37%) Aruba
7 13 (1.28%) Splunk
8 12 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.89%) Rapid7
10 8 (0.79%) Tanium
11 6 (0.59%) Google
12 5 (0.49%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.49%) Netskope
12 5 (0.49%) Tenable
12 5 (0.49%) Zscaler
13 4 (0.40%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.40%) VMware
14 3 (0.30%) Darktrace
14 3 (0.30%) Meraki
15 2 (0.20%) Varonis