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 March 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 369 370
Rank change year-on-year +204 +1 +88
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 852 279 533
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.29% 0.71% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.41% 0.78% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 175 164 476
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +16.67% -0.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £87,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +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 60,440 35,628 70,181
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.86% 90.54% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 39,507 21,195 55,330
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 15 March 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 March 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 +106 228 £52,500 +14.13% 9
Midlands +114 198 £50,000 +3.48% 11
South East +94 163 £52,500 -12.50% 12
Yorkshire +69 130 £53,750 -6.52% 3
London -16 106 £60,000 -11.11% 18
East Midlands +45 101 £47,500 +2.70% 4
West Midlands +75 97 £55,000 +13.83% 7
South West +57 95 £60,000 +20.00% 3
North West +38 72 £42,500 -1.16% 4
East of England +59 66 £60,000 +26.32% 1
North East +11 26 - - 2
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 March 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.

1 750 (88.03%) Cybersecurity
2 670 (78.64%) Microsoft
3 652 (76.53%) CompTIA Security+
4 651 (76.41%) Azure
5 633 (74.30%) Mentoring
6 628 (73.71%) CompTIA CySA+
7 612 (71.83%) Azure Certification
7 612 (71.83%) ForeScout
8 87 (10.21%) Incident Response
8 87 (10.21%) Information Security
9 75 (8.80%) SIEM
10 68 (7.98%) NIST
11 67 (7.86%) Security Operations
12 61 (7.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 50 (5.87%) Problem-Solving
14 49 (5.75%) CISSP
15 44 (5.16%) Continuous Improvement
16 38 (4.46%) Security Cleared
17 37 (4.34%) Cloud Security
17 37 (4.34%) Degree
18 36 (4.23%) SC Cleared
19 34 (3.99%) Network Security
20 33 (3.87%) Root Cause Analysis
21 32 (3.76%) GDPR
21 32 (3.76%) PowerShell
22 31 (3.64%) Firewall
22 31 (3.64%) Threat Intelligence
23 29 (3.40%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
23 29 (3.40%) Python
24 28 (3.29%) Penetration Testing

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 (0.12%) Confluence
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.23%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 651 (76.41%) Azure
2 20 (2.35%) Azure Sentinel
3 18 (2.11%) AWS
4 14 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (1.29%) GCP
5 11 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (0.94%) SaaS
7 3 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.35%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.23%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.23%) GitHub
8 2 (0.23%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.23%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.23%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.12%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.12%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (0.12%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.12%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.12%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.99%) Network Security
2 31 (3.64%) Firewall
3 12 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (1.06%) Wireless
5 5 (0.59%) VPN
6 3 (0.35%) SCCP
7 1 (0.12%) DKIM
7 1 (0.12%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (1.06%) Burp Suite
1 9 (1.06%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.35%) JIRA
3 2 (0.23%) GitLab
3 2 (0.23%) Jenkins
General
1 662 (77.70%) Social Skills
2 40 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (4.23%) Finance
4 27 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (2.70%) Retail
6 14 (1.64%) Law
7 11 (1.29%) Financial Institution
7 11 (1.29%) Legal
8 10 (1.17%) Banking
9 8 (0.94%) Aviation
10 7 (0.82%) Back Office
11 3 (0.35%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.23%) Games
12 2 (0.23%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.23%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.12%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.23%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.28%) Security Posture
2 37 (4.34%) Cyber Defence
3 34 (3.99%) Security Operations Centre
4 19 (2.23%) Cyber Threat
5 16 (1.88%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.17%) Operational Technology
7 9 (1.06%) CSOC
7 9 (1.06%) Mobile App
8 6 (0.70%) Cloud Native
8 6 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
9 5 (0.59%) Cyberattack
10 4 (0.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (0.35%) CCTV
11 3 (0.35%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.35%) Life Science
11 3 (0.35%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.23%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.23%) Insider Threat
12 2 (0.23%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.05%) Linux
1 26 (3.05%) Windows
2 3 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 750 (88.03%) Cybersecurity
2 633 (74.30%) Mentoring
3 87 (10.21%) Incident Response
3 87 (10.21%) Information Security
4 75 (8.80%) SIEM
5 67 (7.86%) Security Operations
6 50 (5.87%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (5.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (4.34%) Cloud Security
9 33 (3.87%) Root Cause Analysis
10 31 (3.64%) Threat Intelligence
11 29 (3.40%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 28 (3.29%) Penetration Testing
12 28 (3.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 28 (3.29%) Vulnerability Management
13 27 (3.17%) Risk Management
14 23 (2.70%) Security Monitoring
15 22 (2.58%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 20 (2.35%) Agile
16 20 (2.35%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 32 (3.76%) PowerShell
2 29 (3.40%) Python
3 14 (1.64%) Bash
4 2 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 652 (76.53%) CompTIA Security+
2 628 (73.71%) CompTIA CySA+
3 612 (71.83%) Azure Certification
4 49 (5.75%) CISSP
5 38 (4.46%) Security Cleared
6 37 (4.34%) Degree
7 36 (4.23%) SC Cleared
8 22 (2.58%) GIAC
9 21 (2.46%) CISM
10 15 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.76%) DV Cleared
11 13 (1.53%) CISA
11 13 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (1.41%) OSCP
13 11 (1.29%) SSCP
14 10 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 10 (1.17%) CRISC
15 9 (1.06%) CHECK Team Leader
15 9 (1.06%) CHECK Team Member
15 9 (1.06%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (7.98%) NIST
2 61 (7.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (3.76%) GDPR
4 25 (2.93%) PCI DSS
5 24 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (2.46%) GRC
7 15 (1.76%) SOC 2
8 8 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.35%) ITGC
10 3 (0.35%) NCSC
11 2 (0.23%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.23%) SLA
12 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 10 (1.17%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.35%) Docker
2 3 (0.35%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (1.29%) Nessus
2 5 (0.59%) Ansible
2 5 (0.59%) CASB
2 5 (0.59%) CSIRT
2 5 (0.59%) Terraform
3 3 (0.35%) ArcSight ESM
3 3 (0.35%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.35%) QRadar
3 3 (0.35%) SCCM
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 670 (78.64%) Microsoft
2 612 (71.83%) ForeScout
3 11 (1.29%) Tenable
4 7 (0.82%) Google
5 6 (0.70%) Palo Alto
5 6 (0.70%) Splunk
6 5 (0.59%) Zscaler
7 4 (0.47%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (0.47%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.35%) ArcSight
8 3 (0.35%) LogLogic
8 3 (0.35%) McAfee
8 3 (0.35%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.35%) VMware
9 2 (0.23%) Intel
9 2 (0.23%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.23%) SAP
9 2 (0.23%) Varonis
10 1 (0.12%) Meraki
10 1 (0.12%) Qualys