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 2 June 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 398 391
Rank change year-on-year +265 -7 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,248 237 543
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.50% 0.61% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.61% 0.68% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 295 159 459
10th Percentile £32,900 £40,608 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +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 77,731 34,979 84,487
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 89.68% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 52,992 20,130 63,501
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,738 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -12.91%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +186 353 £52,500 -4.55% 42
Midlands +141 296 £52,500 +17.16% 23
South East +132 234 £45,000 -13.88% 42
Yorkshire +94 192 £55,000 +7.32% 20
East Midlands +82 158 £50,000 +25.00% 11
London +8 147 £70,000 +8.53% 33
West Midlands +76 138 £52,500 +16.67% 12
South West +49 129 £60,000 +26.32% 19
North West +98 124 £37,500 -31.82% 20
East of England +73 100 £40,000 -15.79% 12
North East - 37 £46,500 - 2
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 1,103 (88.38%) Cybersecurity
2 933 (74.76%) Microsoft
3 903 (72.36%) CompTIA Security+
4 886 (70.99%) Azure
5 877 (70.27%) Mentoring
6 870 (69.71%) CompTIA CySA+
7 849 (68.03%) Azure Certification
8 847 (67.87%) ForeScout
9 119 (9.54%) Information Security
10 111 (8.89%) Security Operations
11 110 (8.81%) SIEM
12 97 (7.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 88 (7.05%) Incident Response
13 88 (7.05%) NIST
14 69 (5.53%) Continuous Improvement
15 66 (5.29%) Security Cleared
16 60 (4.81%) SC Cleared
17 59 (4.73%) Vulnerability Management
18 55 (4.41%) Problem-Solving
19 53 (4.25%) Risk Management
20 52 (4.17%) Cloud Security
21 50 (4.01%) CISSP
22 49 (3.93%) Network Security
23 45 (3.61%) Degree
24 43 (3.45%) Python
24 43 (3.45%) Windows
25 42 (3.37%) Linux
25 42 (3.37%) PowerShell
26 40 (3.21%) GDPR
27 39 (3.13%) AWS

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
Applications
1 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.080%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 886 (70.99%) Azure
2 39 (3.13%) AWS
3 37 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (1.76%) Azure Sentinel
5 20 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
6 16 (1.28%) GCP
7 14 (1.12%) Power Platform
8 9 (0.72%) Entra ID
9 7 (0.56%) Cloudflare
9 7 (0.56%) SaaS
10 5 (0.40%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.24%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.24%) GitHub
11 3 (0.24%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.16%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.080%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (0.080%) AWS CloudTrail
13 1 (0.080%) AWS KMS
13 1 (0.080%) IaaS
13 1 (0.080%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.93%) Network Security
2 34 (2.72%) Firewall
3 9 (0.72%) Wireless
4 8 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (0.56%) DNS
6 6 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (0.48%) NGFW
6 6 (0.48%) SSL
6 6 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.40%) LAN
7 5 (0.40%) WAN
8 4 (0.32%) Internet
8 4 (0.32%) VPN
9 3 (0.24%) SCCP
9 3 (0.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.12%) Power BI
2 4 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
1 9 (0.72%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.24%) GitLab
2 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.16%) JIRA
General
1 918 (73.56%) Social Skills
2 80 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (3.61%) Finance
4 36 (2.88%) Retail
5 23 (1.84%) Aviation
6 22 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (1.68%) Law
8 19 (1.52%) Legal
9 13 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (0.64%) Banking
11 6 (0.48%) Back Office
11 6 (0.48%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.40%) Public Sector
13 4 (0.32%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.24%) Games
15 2 (0.16%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.080%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 58 (4.65%) Security Posture
2 53 (4.25%) Cyber Defence
3 41 (3.29%) Security Operations Centre
4 21 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
5 17 (1.36%) CSOC
6 16 (1.28%) Management Information System
7 14 (1.12%) Operational Technology
8 10 (0.80%) Cloud Native
9 9 (0.72%) Mobile App
10 8 (0.64%) Onboarding
11 7 (0.56%) Cyberattack
12 6 (0.48%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.48%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.40%) Life Science
14 4 (0.32%) Cyber Security Posture
14 4 (0.32%) Product Ownership
15 3 (0.24%) Analytical Mindset
15 3 (0.24%) CCTV
15 3 (0.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 43 (3.45%) Windows
2 42 (3.37%) Linux
3 4 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.24%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,103 (88.38%) Cybersecurity
2 877 (70.27%) Mentoring
3 119 (9.54%) Information Security
4 111 (8.89%) Security Operations
5 110 (8.81%) SIEM
6 88 (7.05%) Incident Response
7 69 (5.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 59 (4.73%) Vulnerability Management
9 55 (4.41%) Problem-Solving
10 53 (4.25%) Risk Management
11 52 (4.17%) Cloud Security
12 37 (2.96%) Threat Intelligence
13 36 (2.88%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 35 (2.80%) SOAR
15 34 (2.72%) Agile
15 34 (2.72%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 33 (2.64%) Vulnerability Remediation
17 32 (2.56%) Application Security
17 32 (2.56%) Patch Management
18 28 (2.24%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 43 (3.45%) Python
2 42 (3.37%) PowerShell
3 17 (1.36%) Bash
4 11 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (0.48%) C#
6 4 (0.32%) Java
7 2 (0.16%) Go
7 2 (0.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 903 (72.36%) CompTIA Security+
2 870 (69.71%) CompTIA CySA+
3 849 (68.03%) Azure Certification
4 66 (5.29%) Security Cleared
5 60 (4.81%) SC Cleared
6 50 (4.01%) CISSP
7 45 (3.61%) Degree
8 31 (2.48%) CISM
9 21 (1.68%) GIAC
10 18 (1.44%) SSCP
11 17 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (1.20%) DV Cleared
12 15 (1.20%) SANS
13 14 (1.12%) CISA
14 12 (0.96%) CEH
14 12 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (0.96%) OSCP
15 11 (0.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 9 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 9 (0.72%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (7.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 88 (7.05%) NIST
3 40 (3.21%) GDPR
4 35 (2.80%) GRC
5 30 (2.40%) PCI DSS
6 26 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (1.20%) SOC 2
8 9 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.56%) NCSC
10 6 (0.48%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.40%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.32%) QA
13 3 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.16%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.16%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.16%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (1.44%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.24%) Docker
2 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (0.72%) Nessus
2 7 (0.56%) CASB
3 6 (0.48%) Ansible
3 6 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.48%) Terraform
4 4 (0.32%) CSIRT
4 4 (0.32%) Graylog
4 4 (0.32%) SCCM
5 3 (0.24%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.24%) QRadar
6 1 (0.080%) Kibana
Vendors
1 933 (74.76%) Microsoft
2 847 (67.87%) ForeScout
3 10 (0.80%) Cisco
3 10 (0.80%) Tenable
4 8 (0.64%) Qualys
5 7 (0.56%) Palo Alto
6 6 (0.48%) Aruba
6 6 (0.48%) Google
6 6 (0.48%) Splunk
6 6 (0.48%) Zscaler
7 5 (0.40%) Rapid7
8 4 (0.32%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (0.32%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.24%) Intel
9 3 (0.24%) Meraki
9 3 (0.24%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.24%) Varonis
9 3 (0.24%) VMware
10 1 (0.080%) Proofpoint