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 30 July 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 459 411
Rank change year-on-year +300 -48 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,180 191 432
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.30% 0.44% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 0.49% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 342 146 341
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,358 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +2.94%
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,896 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.75% - +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 85,729 39,343 71,903
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.41% 90.58% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 60,153 23,812 50,509
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £92,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +187 329 £50,000 -9.09% 20
Midlands +118 266 £50,000 +11.11% 15
South East +126 235 £45,000 -22.08% 32
Yorkshire +98 164 £55,000 -4.35% 10
East Midlands +83 156 £50,000 +22.70% 10
London +49 152 £70,000 +21.74% 29
North West +109 134 £50,000 -9.09% 10
South West +37 115 £45,000 - 11
West Midlands +54 110 £52,500 +8.25% 5
East of England +55 95 £40,000 -15.79% 4
North East -22 31 £46,500 -15.45%
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 July 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 1,052 (89.15%) Cybersecurity
2 814 (68.98%) Microsoft
3 773 (65.51%) CompTIA Security+
4 759 (64.32%) Azure
5 735 (62.29%) Mentoring
6 729 (61.78%) CompTIA CySA+
7 708 (60.00%) Azure Certification
8 706 (59.83%) ForeScout
9 160 (13.56%) SIEM
10 144 (12.20%) Information Security
11 141 (11.95%) Security Operations
12 130 (11.02%) Incident Response
12 130 (11.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 109 (9.24%) Vulnerability Management
14 93 (7.88%) NIST
15 87 (7.37%) Continuous Improvement
16 79 (6.69%) Problem-Solving
17 66 (5.59%) Firewall
17 66 (5.59%) Security Cleared
18 61 (5.17%) Degree
19 58 (4.92%) Cloud Security
20 56 (4.75%) SC Cleared
20 56 (4.75%) Vulnerability Remediation
21 54 (4.58%) CISSP
22 51 (4.32%) Network Security
23 50 (4.24%) Risk Management
24 49 (4.15%) AWS
25 48 (4.07%) Penetration Testing
26 46 (3.90%) Linux
26 46 (3.90%) Microsoft 365

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 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.085%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 759 (64.32%) Azure
2 49 (4.15%) AWS
3 46 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
5 24 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
6 17 (1.44%) Entra ID
6 17 (1.44%) GCP
7 13 (1.10%) Power Platform
8 12 (1.02%) Mimecast
9 8 (0.68%) Cloudflare
10 7 (0.59%) SaaS
11 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.25%) GitHub
12 3 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
14 1 (0.085%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 1 (0.085%) Google Workspace
14 1 (0.085%) IaaS
14 1 (0.085%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (5.59%) Firewall
2 51 (4.32%) Network Security
3 26 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (1.95%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (1.69%) LAN
5 20 (1.69%) WAN
6 13 (1.10%) Internet
7 10 (0.85%) DNS
8 9 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (0.76%) NGFW
9 7 (0.59%) SSL
10 6 (0.51%) VPN
10 6 (0.51%) Wireless
11 5 (0.42%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.34%) Wireshark
13 3 (0.25%) HTTP
14 1 (0.085%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.10%) Power BI
2 4 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (0.59%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.34%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.25%) GitLab
3 3 (0.25%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.085%) JIRA
4 1 (0.085%) TeamCity
General
1 800 (67.80%) Social Skills
2 98 (8.31%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (4.07%) Finance
4 27 (2.29%) Retail
5 21 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (1.78%) Law
6 17 (1.44%) Aviation
7 15 (1.27%) Legal
8 13 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (0.85%) Banking
9 10 (0.85%) Public Sector
10 9 (0.76%) Automotive
11 8 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.42%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.34%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.25%) Games
14 3 (0.25%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.25%) Marketing
15 2 (0.17%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 95 (8.05%) Security Posture
2 42 (3.56%) Security Operations Centre
3 41 (3.47%) Cyber Threat
4 39 (3.31%) Cyber Defence
5 19 (1.61%) CSOC
6 18 (1.53%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.02%) Operational Technology
8 11 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (0.76%) Cloud Native
9 9 (0.76%) Cyberattack
10 8 (0.68%) Onboarding
11 6 (0.51%) Data Centre
11 6 (0.51%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.42%) Cyber Security Posture
12 5 (0.42%) Life Science
13 4 (0.34%) Product Ownership
14 3 (0.25%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (0.25%) Cloud Security Posture
14 3 (0.25%) Cybercrime
14 3 (0.25%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 46 (3.90%) Linux
1 46 (3.90%) Windows
2 4 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.25%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.17%) Unix
5 1 (0.085%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,052 (89.15%) Cybersecurity
2 735 (62.29%) Mentoring
3 160 (13.56%) SIEM
4 144 (12.20%) Information Security
5 141 (11.95%) Security Operations
6 130 (11.02%) Incident Response
7 109 (9.24%) Vulnerability Management
8 87 (7.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 79 (6.69%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (4.92%) Cloud Security
11 56 (4.75%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 50 (4.24%) Risk Management
13 48 (4.07%) Penetration Testing
14 42 (3.56%) Threat Detection
15 41 (3.47%) Threat Intelligence
15 41 (3.47%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 36 (3.05%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
17 33 (2.80%) SOAR
18 30 (2.54%) Data Loss Prevention
18 30 (2.54%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 34 (2.88%) Python
2 33 (2.80%) PowerShell
3 23 (1.95%) Kusto Query Language
4 10 (0.85%) Bash
5 6 (0.51%) C#
6 5 (0.42%) Java
7 3 (0.25%) Go
8 2 (0.17%) SQL
9 1 (0.085%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.085%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 773 (65.51%) CompTIA Security+
2 729 (61.78%) CompTIA CySA+
3 708 (60.00%) Azure Certification
4 66 (5.59%) Security Cleared
5 61 (5.17%) Degree
6 56 (4.75%) SC Cleared
7 54 (4.58%) CISSP
8 40 (3.39%) CISM
9 22 (1.86%) GIAC
10 17 (1.44%) SSCP
11 16 (1.36%) SANS
12 15 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
13 13 (1.10%) CEH
14 12 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 11 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
15 11 (0.93%) GCIH
16 10 (0.85%) CISA
16 10 (0.85%) GCIA
17 9 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 9 (0.76%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (11.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 93 (7.88%) NIST
3 45 (3.81%) GDPR
4 35 (2.97%) PCI DSS
5 32 (2.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 30 (2.54%) GRC
7 18 (1.53%) SOC 2
8 13 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.68%) NCSC
11 7 (0.59%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.42%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.34%) QA
14 3 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.17%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.17%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (1.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.085%) Docker
2 1 (0.085%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.59%) CASB
3 6 (0.51%) Nessus
4 5 (0.42%) Graylog
4 5 (0.42%) QRadar
4 5 (0.42%) Terraform
5 4 (0.34%) Ansible
6 2 (0.17%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.17%) Kibana
6 2 (0.17%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.085%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.085%) Nmap
7 1 (0.085%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.085%) SCCM
Vendors
1 814 (68.98%) Microsoft
2 706 (59.83%) ForeScout
3 31 (2.63%) Palo Alto
4 30 (2.54%) Cisco
5 29 (2.46%) Qualys
6 24 (2.03%) Aruba
7 11 (0.93%) Splunk
8 10 (0.85%) Rapid7
9 9 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (0.68%) Tanium
11 6 (0.51%) Google
11 6 (0.51%) Tenable
11 6 (0.51%) Zscaler
12 4 (0.34%) CyberArk
12 4 (0.34%) Netskope
12 4 (0.34%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.34%) VMware
13 3 (0.25%) Intel
13 3 (0.25%) Meraki
13 3 (0.25%) Varonis