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 24 June 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 432 399
Rank change year-on-year +294 -33 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,203 215 551
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.42% 0.54% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 0.60% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 325 156 454
10th Percentile £32,000 £41,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,590 £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 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £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 79,578 36,065 89,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 89.96% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56,025 21,047 66,131
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
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 24 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 24 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 +187 331 £52,500 -4.55% 29
Midlands +131 275 £50,000 +11.11% 16
South East +138 241 £47,500 -14.80% 22
Yorkshire +90 173 £55,000 +7.32% 9
London +47 156 £70,000 +11.11% 32
East Midlands +79 152 £50,000 +22.70% 8
North West +107 125 £40,000 -27.27% 17
West Midlands +68 123 £52,500 +16.67% 8
South West +38 115 £57,500 +21.05% 9
East of England +68 98 £45,000 -5.26% 9
North East -10 33 £46,500 -11.43% 3
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 1,068 (88.78%) Cybersecurity
2 854 (70.99%) Microsoft
3 817 (67.91%) CompTIA Security+
4 803 (66.75%) Azure
5 787 (65.42%) Mentoring
6 776 (64.51%) CompTIA CySA+
7 755 (62.76%) Azure Certification
8 753 (62.59%) ForeScout
9 141 (11.72%) SIEM
10 138 (11.47%) Information Security
11 136 (11.31%) Security Operations
12 113 (9.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 109 (9.06%) Incident Response
14 96 (7.98%) NIST
15 88 (7.32%) Vulnerability Management
16 79 (6.57%) Continuous Improvement
17 71 (5.90%) Problem-Solving
18 61 (5.07%) Firewall
18 61 (5.07%) Security Cleared
19 58 (4.82%) Cloud Security
20 55 (4.57%) Degree
20 55 (4.57%) SC Cleared
21 54 (4.49%) CISSP
21 54 (4.49%) Risk Management
22 52 (4.32%) Network Security
23 50 (4.16%) Penetration Testing
24 47 (3.91%) Windows
25 46 (3.82%) Linux
25 46 (3.82%) Vulnerability Remediation
26 44 (3.66%) PowerShell

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 (0.083%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.083%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 803 (66.75%) Azure
2 41 (3.41%) AWS
3 36 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (1.91%) Azure Sentinel
5 20 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
6 17 (1.41%) GCP
7 14 (1.16%) Power Platform
8 10 (0.83%) Entra ID
9 8 (0.67%) Cloudflare
10 5 (0.42%) Mimecast
10 5 (0.42%) SaaS
11 3 (0.25%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.25%) GitHub
11 3 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.17%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.083%) AWS CloudTrail
13 1 (0.083%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.083%) IaaS
13 1 (0.083%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (5.07%) Firewall
2 52 (4.32%) Network Security
3 23 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
4 20 (1.66%) Cisco Nexus
5 17 (1.41%) LAN
5 17 (1.41%) WAN
6 12 (1.00%) Wireless
7 11 (0.91%) Internet
8 10 (0.83%) DNS
9 8 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (0.67%) NGFW
10 7 (0.58%) SSL
11 5 (0.42%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.42%) VPN
12 3 (0.25%) SCCP
13 2 (0.17%) HTTP
14 1 (0.083%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.16%) Power BI
2 4 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (0.91%) Burp Suite
2 10 (0.83%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.25%) GitLab
3 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.17%) JIRA
General
1 838 (69.66%) Social Skills
2 89 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (3.99%) Finance
4 35 (2.91%) Retail
5 23 (1.91%) Aviation
6 22 (1.83%) Law
7 21 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (1.66%) Legal
9 13 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (0.58%) Banking
10 7 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (0.58%) Public Sector
11 6 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (0.50%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.33%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.33%) Back Office
13 3 (0.25%) Games
14 2 (0.17%) Automotive
14 2 (0.17%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.083%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 81 (6.73%) Security Posture
2 54 (4.49%) Cyber Defence
3 45 (3.74%) Security Operations Centre
4 26 (2.16%) Cyber Threat
5 18 (1.50%) CSOC
6 16 (1.33%) Management Information System
7 13 (1.08%) Operational Technology
8 10 (0.83%) Cloud Native
9 9 (0.75%) Mobile App
10 8 (0.67%) Onboarding
10 8 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (0.58%) Cyberattack
12 6 (0.50%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.50%) Driving Licence
13 5 (0.42%) Cyber Security Posture
13 5 (0.42%) Life Science
14 4 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (0.33%) Product Ownership
15 3 (0.25%) CCTV
16 2 (0.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 47 (3.91%) Windows
2 46 (3.82%) Linux
3 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.25%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.17%) Unix
6 1 (0.083%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,068 (88.78%) Cybersecurity
2 787 (65.42%) Mentoring
3 141 (11.72%) SIEM
4 138 (11.47%) Information Security
5 136 (11.31%) Security Operations
6 109 (9.06%) Incident Response
7 88 (7.32%) Vulnerability Management
8 79 (6.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 71 (5.90%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (4.82%) Cloud Security
11 54 (4.49%) Risk Management
12 50 (4.16%) Penetration Testing
13 46 (3.82%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 43 (3.57%) Threat Intelligence
15 40 (3.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 39 (3.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
17 35 (2.91%) SOAR
18 34 (2.83%) Agile
19 32 (2.66%) Application Security
19 32 (2.66%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (3.66%) PowerShell
1 44 (3.66%) Python
2 17 (1.41%) Bash
3 14 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (0.50%) C#
5 4 (0.33%) Java
6 2 (0.17%) Go
6 2 (0.17%) SQL
7 1 (0.083%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 817 (67.91%) CompTIA Security+
2 776 (64.51%) CompTIA CySA+
3 755 (62.76%) Azure Certification
4 61 (5.07%) Security Cleared
5 55 (4.57%) Degree
5 55 (4.57%) SC Cleared
6 54 (4.49%) CISSP
7 36 (2.99%) CISM
8 26 (2.16%) GIAC
9 18 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.41%) SSCP
11 15 (1.25%) SANS
12 12 (1.00%) OSCP
13 11 (0.91%) CEH
13 11 (0.91%) CISA
13 11 (0.91%) CREST Certified
13 11 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 10 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.75%) CCSAM
15 9 (0.75%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (9.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (7.98%) NIST
3 41 (3.41%) GDPR
4 32 (2.66%) GRC
5 31 (2.58%) PCI DSS
6 29 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (1.08%) SOC 2
8 11 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.67%) NCSC
10 6 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.50%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.42%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.33%) QA
13 3 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.17%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.17%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (1.58%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.25%) Docker
2 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (0.83%) Nessus
2 7 (0.58%) CASB
3 6 (0.50%) Ansible
3 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.50%) Terraform
4 5 (0.42%) Graylog
5 4 (0.33%) CSIRT
5 4 (0.33%) QRadar
5 4 (0.33%) SCCM
6 3 (0.25%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.17%) Kibana
8 1 (0.083%) Nmap
8 1 (0.083%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 854 (70.99%) Microsoft
2 753 (62.59%) ForeScout
3 27 (2.24%) Cisco
4 26 (2.16%) Qualys
5 23 (1.91%) Palo Alto
6 21 (1.75%) Aruba
7 9 (0.75%) Tenable
8 8 (0.67%) Splunk
9 6 (0.50%) Google
9 6 (0.50%) Zscaler
10 5 (0.42%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (0.42%) Rapid7
11 4 (0.33%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.33%) VMware
12 3 (0.25%) Intel
12 3 (0.25%) Meraki
12 3 (0.25%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.25%) Tanium
12 3 (0.25%) Varonis
13 1 (0.083%) Proofpoint