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 2 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 466 395
Rank change year-on-year +303 -71 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,143 192 424
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.25% 0.44% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 0.48% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 349 148 335
10th Percentile £34,500 £41,100 £38,880
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,144 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £79,500
UK median annual salary £53,292 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.51% - +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 86,552 39,594 69,134
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 90.72% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 60,762 24,042 48,003
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 £76,201 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £92,500
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 2 August 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 2 August 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 +188 319 £50,000 -9.09% 19
Midlands +117 257 £50,000 +11.11% 16
South East +119 225 £45,000 -23.73% 29
Yorkshire +89 159 £55,000 +11.68% 9
London +48 153 £70,000 +21.74% 31
East Midlands +81 152 £50,000 +22.70% 13
North West +112 131 £50,000 -9.09% 10
South West +32 108 £45,000 - 12
West Midlands +38 105 £52,500 +8.25% 3
East of England +61 92 £42,500 -10.53% 4
North East -26 29 £46,500 -15.45%
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 August 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 1,012 (88.54%) Cybersecurity
2 767 (67.10%) Microsoft
3 726 (63.52%) CompTIA Security+
4 712 (62.29%) Azure
5 688 (60.19%) Mentoring
6 683 (59.76%) CompTIA CySA+
7 661 (57.83%) Azure Certification
8 659 (57.66%) ForeScout
9 163 (14.26%) SIEM
10 147 (12.86%) Information Security
11 144 (12.60%) Security Operations
12 134 (11.72%) Incident Response
12 134 (11.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 112 (9.80%) Vulnerability Management
14 95 (8.31%) NIST
15 88 (7.70%) Continuous Improvement
16 80 (7.00%) Problem-Solving
17 68 (5.95%) Firewall
18 66 (5.77%) Security Cleared
19 61 (5.34%) Degree
20 58 (5.07%) Cloud Security
21 57 (4.99%) Vulnerability Remediation
22 56 (4.90%) SC Cleared
23 55 (4.81%) CISSP
24 53 (4.64%) Network Security
25 50 (4.37%) Risk Management
26 49 (4.29%) AWS
27 48 (4.20%) Penetration Testing
28 46 (4.02%) GDPR
28 46 (4.02%) Linux

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 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.087%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 712 (62.29%) Azure
2 49 (4.29%) AWS
3 46 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
5 24 (2.10%) Azure Sentinel
6 17 (1.49%) Entra ID
6 17 (1.49%) GCP
7 13 (1.14%) Mimecast
7 13 (1.14%) Power Platform
8 8 (0.70%) Cloudflare
9 7 (0.61%) SaaS
10 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.26%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.26%) GitHub
11 3 (0.26%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.087%) AWS KMS
13 1 (0.087%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.087%) IaaS
13 1 (0.087%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (5.95%) Firewall
2 53 (4.64%) Network Security
3 26 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (2.01%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (1.75%) LAN
5 20 (1.75%) WAN
6 13 (1.14%) Internet
7 10 (0.87%) DNS
7 10 (0.87%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (0.79%) NGFW
9 7 (0.61%) SSL
10 6 (0.52%) VPN
10 6 (0.52%) Wireless
11 5 (0.44%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.35%) Wireshark
13 3 (0.26%) HTTP
14 1 (0.087%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.14%) Power BI
2 4 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (0.61%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.35%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.26%) GitLab
3 3 (0.26%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.087%) JIRA
4 1 (0.087%) TeamCity
General
1 755 (66.05%) Social Skills
2 99 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (4.20%) Finance
4 27 (2.36%) Retail
5 22 (1.92%) Law
6 21 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (1.49%) Aviation
8 15 (1.31%) Legal
9 13 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (0.96%) Public Sector
11 10 (0.87%) Banking
12 9 (0.79%) Automotive
13 8 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.44%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.35%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.26%) Games
16 3 (0.26%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.26%) Marketing
17 2 (0.17%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 97 (8.49%) Security Posture
2 43 (3.76%) Cyber Threat
3 42 (3.67%) Security Operations Centre
4 39 (3.41%) Cyber Defence
5 19 (1.66%) CSOC
5 19 (1.66%) Management Information System
6 14 (1.22%) Operational Technology
7 11 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (0.79%) Cloud Native
8 9 (0.79%) Cyberattack
9 8 (0.70%) Onboarding
10 6 (0.52%) Cyber Security Posture
10 6 (0.52%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.52%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.44%) Life Science
12 4 (0.35%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.35%) SCADA
13 3 (0.26%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.26%) Cloud Security Posture
13 3 (0.26%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 46 (4.02%) Linux
1 46 (4.02%) Windows
2 4 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.26%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.17%) Unix
5 1 (0.087%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,012 (88.54%) Cybersecurity
2 688 (60.19%) Mentoring
3 163 (14.26%) SIEM
4 147 (12.86%) Information Security
5 144 (12.60%) Security Operations
6 134 (11.72%) Incident Response
7 112 (9.80%) Vulnerability Management
8 88 (7.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 80 (7.00%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (5.07%) Cloud Security
11 57 (4.99%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 50 (4.37%) Risk Management
13 48 (4.20%) Penetration Testing
14 46 (4.02%) Threat Detection
15 42 (3.67%) Threat Intelligence
16 41 (3.59%) Vulnerability Assessment
17 37 (3.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 33 (2.89%) SOAR
19 32 (2.80%) Security Monitoring
20 30 (2.62%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 34 (2.97%) Python
2 33 (2.89%) PowerShell
3 23 (2.01%) Kusto Query Language
4 10 (0.87%) Bash
5 6 (0.52%) C#
6 5 (0.44%) Java
7 3 (0.26%) Go
8 2 (0.17%) SQL
9 1 (0.087%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.087%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 726 (63.52%) CompTIA Security+
2 683 (59.76%) CompTIA CySA+
3 661 (57.83%) Azure Certification
4 66 (5.77%) Security Cleared
5 61 (5.34%) Degree
6 56 (4.90%) SC Cleared
7 55 (4.81%) CISSP
8 40 (3.50%) CISM
9 22 (1.92%) GIAC
10 17 (1.49%) SSCP
11 16 (1.40%) SANS
12 15 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
13 13 (1.14%) CEH
14 12 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 11 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
15 11 (0.96%) GCIH
16 10 (0.87%) CISA
16 10 (0.87%) GCIA
17 9 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 9 (0.79%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (11.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 95 (8.31%) NIST
3 46 (4.02%) GDPR
4 36 (3.15%) PCI DSS
5 32 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 30 (2.62%) GRC
7 19 (1.66%) SOC 2
8 13 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.70%) NCSC
11 7 (0.61%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.44%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.35%) QA
14 3 (0.26%) 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 (1.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.087%) Docker
2 1 (0.087%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.61%) CASB
3 6 (0.52%) Nessus
4 5 (0.44%) Graylog
4 5 (0.44%) QRadar
4 5 (0.44%) Terraform
5 4 (0.35%) Ansible
6 2 (0.17%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.17%) Kibana
6 2 (0.17%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.087%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.087%) Nmap
7 1 (0.087%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.087%) SCCM
Vendors
1 767 (67.10%) Microsoft
2 659 (57.66%) ForeScout
3 31 (2.71%) Palo Alto
4 30 (2.62%) Cisco
5 29 (2.54%) Qualys
6 24 (2.10%) Aruba
7 11 (0.96%) Splunk
8 10 (0.87%) Rapid7
9 9 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (0.70%) Tanium
11 6 (0.52%) Google
11 6 (0.52%) Tenable
11 6 (0.52%) Zscaler
12 4 (0.35%) CyberArk
12 4 (0.35%) Netskope
12 4 (0.35%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.35%) VMware
13 3 (0.26%) Intel
13 3 (0.26%) Meraki
13 3 (0.26%) Varonis