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 7 April 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 368 388
Rank change year-on-year +238 +20 +89
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,127 254 518
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.54% 0.69% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 0.77% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 207 164 454
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,150 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +16.67% +2.94%
75th Percentile £64,375 £75,000 £68,438
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.38% +11.90% +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 67,528 32,934 74,766
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 89.81% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 44,445 21,275 58,143
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 +138 316 £52,500 -8.70% 22
Midlands +120 266 £50,000 +11.58% 18
South East +103 215 £52,500 -12.50% 26
Yorkshire +75 180 £55,000 -4.35% 10
East Midlands +50 140 £50,000 -4.76% 10
South West +62 130 £60,000 +26.32% 8
West Midlands +87 126 £55,000 +22.74% 8
London -10 120 £70,000 +7.69% 21
North West +49 99 £35,000 -39.13% 8
East of England +52 89 £52,500 +10.53% 8
North East - 37 £46,500 - 4
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 April 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 1,015 (90.06%) Cybersecurity
2 911 (80.83%) Microsoft
3 894 (79.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 883 (78.35%) Azure
5 870 (77.20%) Mentoring
6 866 (76.84%) CompTIA CySA+
7 847 (75.16%) Azure Certification
7 847 (75.16%) ForeScout
8 97 (8.61%) Information Security
9 88 (7.81%) Incident Response
10 85 (7.54%) SIEM
11 80 (7.10%) NIST
12 74 (6.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 73 (6.48%) Security Operations
14 57 (5.06%) Problem-Solving
15 56 (4.97%) CISSP
16 52 (4.61%) Continuous Improvement
17 45 (3.99%) GDPR
18 44 (3.90%) Network Security
18 44 (3.90%) Security Cleared
19 43 (3.82%) Cloud Security
20 41 (3.64%) Degree
20 41 (3.64%) SC Cleared
21 36 (3.19%) Risk Management
22 35 (3.11%) PowerShell
22 35 (3.11%) Vulnerability Management
23 34 (3.02%) Python
23 34 (3.02%) Root Cause Analysis
24 33 (2.93%) Firewall
24 33 (2.93%) Threat Intelligence

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 (0.089%) Confluence
1 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.089%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.18%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 883 (78.35%) Azure
2 27 (2.40%) AWS
3 20 (1.77%) Azure Sentinel
4 19 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 13 (1.15%) GCP
7 8 (0.71%) SaaS
8 5 (0.44%) Mimecast
9 4 (0.35%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.27%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.27%) Cloudflare
10 3 (0.27%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.18%) GitHub
11 2 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.089%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.089%) AWS CloudTrail
12 1 (0.089%) AWS KMS
12 1 (0.089%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.90%) Network Security
2 33 (2.93%) Firewall
3 16 (1.42%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (0.80%) Wireless
5 7 (0.62%) VPN
6 3 (0.27%) SCCP
7 1 (0.089%) DKIM
7 1 (0.089%) DMARC
7 1 (0.089%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (0.80%) Burp Suite
1 9 (0.80%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.27%) JIRA
3 2 (0.18%) GitLab
3 2 (0.18%) Jenkins
General
1 906 (80.39%) Social Skills
2 54 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (3.19%) Finance
4 25 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (2.13%) Retail
6 14 (1.24%) Law
6 14 (1.24%) Legal
7 10 (0.89%) Aviation
7 10 (0.89%) Banking
8 8 (0.71%) Financial Institution
9 7 (0.62%) Back Office
10 5 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.18%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.18%) Games
11 2 (0.18%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.18%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.089%) Military
12 1 (0.089%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.18%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.44%) Security Posture
2 39 (3.46%) Cyber Defence
3 36 (3.19%) Security Operations Centre
4 16 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
4 16 (1.42%) Management Information System
5 10 (0.89%) Operational Technology
6 9 (0.80%) CSOC
6 9 (0.80%) Mobile App
7 8 (0.71%) Cloud Native
8 7 (0.62%) Cyber Security Posture
8 7 (0.62%) Cyberattack
9 5 (0.44%) Life Science
10 4 (0.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (0.35%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.35%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.27%) CCTV
11 3 (0.27%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.27%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.18%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.18%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.84%) Linux
2 29 (2.57%) Windows
3 3 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,015 (90.06%) Cybersecurity
2 870 (77.20%) Mentoring
3 97 (8.61%) Information Security
4 88 (7.81%) Incident Response
5 85 (7.54%) SIEM
6 73 (6.48%) Security Operations
7 57 (5.06%) Problem-Solving
8 52 (4.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 43 (3.82%) Cloud Security
10 36 (3.19%) Risk Management
11 35 (3.11%) Vulnerability Management
12 34 (3.02%) Root Cause Analysis
13 33 (2.93%) Threat Intelligence
14 31 (2.75%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 31 (2.75%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 30 (2.66%) Penetration Testing
16 25 (2.22%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 25 (2.22%) Security Monitoring
17 23 (2.04%) SOAR
18 22 (1.95%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 35 (3.11%) PowerShell
2 34 (3.02%) Python
3 14 (1.24%) Bash
4 2 (0.18%) C#
4 2 (0.18%) Java
4 2 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 894 (79.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 866 (76.84%) CompTIA CySA+
3 847 (75.16%) Azure Certification
4 56 (4.97%) CISSP
5 44 (3.90%) Security Cleared
6 41 (3.64%) Degree
6 41 (3.64%) SC Cleared
7 26 (2.31%) CISM
8 25 (2.22%) GIAC
9 17 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (1.42%) DV Cleared
11 15 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (1.33%) SSCP
12 14 (1.24%) CISA
13 12 (1.06%) OSCP
14 11 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (0.89%) CRISC
16 9 (0.80%) CHECK Team Leader
16 9 (0.80%) CHECK Team Member
16 9 (0.80%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (7.10%) NIST
2 74 (6.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (3.99%) GDPR
4 30 (2.66%) PCI DSS
5 22 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (1.86%) GRC
7 16 (1.42%) SOC 2
8 11 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.53%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.27%) ITGC
10 3 (0.27%) NCSC
11 2 (0.18%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.18%) QA
11 2 (0.18%) SLA
12 1 (0.089%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.089%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.089%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (0.62%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.27%) Docker
2 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.089%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (0.89%) Nessus
2 7 (0.62%) CASB
3 5 (0.44%) Ansible
3 5 (0.44%) CSIRT
3 5 (0.44%) Terraform
4 4 (0.35%) QRadar
5 3 (0.27%) ArcSight ESM
5 3 (0.27%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.27%) SCCM
6 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 911 (80.83%) Microsoft
2 847 (75.16%) ForeScout
3 10 (0.89%) Tenable
4 8 (0.71%) Splunk
5 7 (0.62%) Google
6 6 (0.53%) Palo Alto
6 6 (0.53%) Zscaler
7 4 (0.35%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (0.35%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.27%) ArcSight
8 3 (0.27%) LogLogic
8 3 (0.27%) McAfee
8 3 (0.27%) Meraki
8 3 (0.27%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.27%) VMware
9 2 (0.18%) Intel
9 2 (0.18%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.18%) SAP
9 2 (0.18%) Varonis
10 1 (0.089%) Qualys