Security Analyst Job Trends in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst salary in England is £51,058 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 October 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 473 377 347
Rank change year-on-year -96 -30 +145
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 160 389 406
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 0.64% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.67% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 139 241 367
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £65,510
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.17% +4.55% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 39,477 58,071 46,439
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 95.16% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 24,341 33,021 35,877
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% -

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 30 October 2025.

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 30 October 2025. 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
London -40 57 £55,000 -15.38% 19
Midlands +39 39 £49,250 +1.03% 14
South East +22 33 £59,000 -1.67% 21
West Midlands +35 27 £50,000 - 6
North of England -60 17 £48,750 -2.50% 7
East Midlands +9 12 £42,500 -10.53% 7
North West -30 9 £50,000 +11.11% 5
South West +17 6 £45,000 -18.18% 5
East of England +5 6 £47,500 +5.56% 12
Yorkshire -15 6 £39,750 -26.05% 2
North East +10 2 £55,000 +10.00%
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 October 2025, 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.

1 107 (66.88%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (53.75%) Incident Response
3 66 (41.25%) SIEM
4 62 (38.75%) Information Security
5 59 (36.88%) Security Operations
6 47 (29.38%) Microsoft
7 44 (27.50%) Firewall
7 44 (27.50%) NIST
8 42 (26.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 40 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 38 (23.75%) Vulnerability Management
11 34 (21.25%) CISSP
11 34 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
12 33 (20.63%) Azure
13 29 (18.13%) Continuous Improvement
14 27 (16.88%) Degree
14 27 (16.88%) Penetration Testing
15 25 (15.63%) Network Security
16 23 (14.38%) CompTIA Security+
17 22 (13.75%) GDPR
17 22 (13.75%) Threat Intelligence
18 21 (13.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
19 20 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
20 19 (11.88%) GRC
20 19 (11.88%) Risk Management
21 18 (11.25%) Security Cleared
22 17 (10.63%) Mentoring
23 16 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
23 16 (10.00%) CISM
23 16 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection

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 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.50%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 33 (20.63%) Azure
2 16 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 12 (7.50%) AWS
4 11 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (4.38%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (3.75%) SaaS
7 5 (3.13%) GCP
8 2 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.25%) IaaS
8 2 (1.25%) PaaS
9 1 (0.63%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 44 (27.50%) Firewall
2 25 (15.63%) Network Security
3 16 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 13 (8.13%) VPN
5 4 (2.50%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.50%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.88%) Wireless
7 2 (1.25%) DHCP
7 2 (1.25%) DNS
7 2 (1.25%) LAN
7 2 (1.25%) NGFW
7 2 (1.25%) WAN
8 1 (0.63%) Broadband
8 1 (0.63%) FTP
8 1 (0.63%) HTTP
8 1 (0.63%) Internet
8 1 (0.63%) SAN
8 1 (0.63%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.63%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (1.25%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.25%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.63%) JIRA
General
1 56 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 33 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (20.00%) Finance
4 12 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.13%) Law
6 5 (3.13%) Retail
7 4 (2.50%) Banking
7 4 (2.50%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.88%) Legal
9 2 (1.25%) Advertising
9 2 (1.25%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.63%) Front Office
10 1 (0.63%) Local Government
10 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.88%) EDI
2 2 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.25%) SLSA
3 1 (0.63%) LDAP
3 1 (0.63%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 34 (21.25%) Security Posture
2 29 (18.13%) Cyber Threat
3 20 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 17 (10.63%) Security Operations Centre
5 11 (6.88%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (3.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (3.75%) Insider Threat
7 5 (3.13%) Operational Technology
7 5 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.88%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.25%) Life Science
9 2 (1.25%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.25%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.25%) SCADA
10 1 (0.63%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.63%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.63%) MISP
10 1 (0.63%) PMI
10 1 (0.63%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.63%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.38%) Windows
2 10 (6.25%) Linux
3 2 (1.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (66.88%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (53.75%) Incident Response
3 66 (41.25%) SIEM
4 62 (38.75%) Information Security
5 59 (36.88%) Security Operations
6 40 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 38 (23.75%) Vulnerability Management
8 34 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (18.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (16.88%) Penetration Testing
11 22 (13.75%) Threat Intelligence
12 21 (13.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 19 (11.88%) Risk Management
14 17 (10.63%) Mentoring
15 15 (9.38%) Risk Assessment
15 15 (9.38%) Threat Detection
16 14 (8.75%) Security Management
16 14 (8.75%) Security Monitoring
17 13 (8.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 13 (8.13%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.13%) PowerShell
1 5 (3.13%) Python
2 4 (2.50%) Bash
3 3 (1.88%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 34 (21.25%) CISSP
2 27 (16.88%) Degree
3 23 (14.38%) CompTIA Security+
4 18 (11.25%) Security Cleared
5 16 (10.00%) CISM
5 16 (10.00%) SC Cleared
6 11 (6.88%) CompTIA CySA+
7 10 (6.25%) CISA
8 9 (5.63%) CEH
9 8 (5.00%) DV Cleared
10 7 (4.38%) CRISC
11 6 (3.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (3.75%) GCIH
12 5 (3.13%) GCIA
12 5 (3.13%) GIAC
13 4 (2.50%) GCFA
13 4 (2.50%) GSEC
13 4 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (2.50%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (27.50%) NIST
2 42 (26.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (13.75%) GDPR
4 20 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (11.88%) GRC
6 7 (4.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (4.38%) PCI DSS
6 7 (4.38%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.88%) SLA
8 2 (1.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (1.25%) COBIT
9 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.63%) NIST 800
System Software
1 8 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (4.38%) Nessus
2 5 (3.13%) CSIRT
2 5 (3.13%) QRadar
3 3 (1.88%) ZENworks
4 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.63%) Nmap
Vendors
1 47 (29.38%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.00%) Splunk
3 9 (5.63%) Tenable
4 6 (3.75%) Qualys
5 5 (3.13%) VMware
6 4 (2.50%) Carbon Black
6 4 (2.50%) Cisco
6 4 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (2.50%) Darktrace
6 4 (2.50%) SAP
6 4 (2.50%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.88%) Meraki
8 2 (1.25%) ArcSight
8 2 (1.25%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.63%) Checkmarx
9 1 (0.63%) Citrix
9 1 (0.63%) Google
9 1 (0.63%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.63%) Zscaler