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 23 August 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 457 412
Rank change year-on-year +271 -45 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,013 188 411
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.06% 0.43% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 0.47% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 353 155 300
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,450 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,625 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -6.14% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.84% -2.86% +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 90,079 39,599 68,931
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 90.53% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 63,420 23,954 46,084
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 23 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 23 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 +152 279 £50,000 -4.76% 33
Midlands +103 218 £52,500 +16.67% 21
South East +109 209 £52,500 -3.67% 37
London +44 145 £70,000 +21.74% 39
East Midlands +72 135 £51,000 +22.89% 11
Yorkshire +70 132 £55,000 +11.68% 11
North West +97 124 £50,000 +11.11% 20
South West +14 94 £57,500 +30.68% 12
West Midlands +28 83 £52,500 +8.25% 10
East of England +52 80 £45,000 -5.26% 5
North East -35 23 £46,500 -15.45% 2
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 863 (85.19%) Cybersecurity
2 620 (61.20%) Microsoft
3 577 (56.96%) CompTIA Security+
4 572 (56.47%) Azure
5 543 (53.60%) Mentoring
6 541 (53.41%) CompTIA CySA+
7 519 (51.23%) Azure Certification
8 517 (51.04%) ForeScout
9 163 (16.09%) SIEM
10 147 (14.51%) Information Security
11 145 (14.31%) Security Operations
12 134 (13.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 133 (13.13%) Incident Response
14 122 (12.04%) Vulnerability Management
15 90 (8.88%) NIST
16 85 (8.39%) Continuous Improvement
17 78 (7.70%) Security Cleared
18 77 (7.60%) Problem-Solving
19 69 (6.81%) Firewall
20 59 (5.82%) CISSP
21 58 (5.73%) Degree
22 57 (5.63%) SC Cleared
22 57 (5.63%) Vulnerability Remediation
23 52 (5.13%) AWS
23 52 (5.13%) Cloud Security
24 50 (4.94%) Threat Detection
25 49 (4.84%) Network Security
26 48 (4.74%) Risk Management
27 46 (4.54%) GDPR
28 44 (4.34%) CISM

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 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.099%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 572 (56.47%) Azure
2 52 (5.13%) AWS
3 44 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (2.67%) Microsoft Purview
5 26 (2.57%) Azure Sentinel
6 19 (1.88%) Entra ID
7 16 (1.58%) Mimecast
8 14 (1.38%) GCP
9 12 (1.18%) Power Platform
10 9 (0.89%) Cloudflare
11 6 (0.59%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (0.59%) SaaS
12 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.20%) GitHub
13 2 (0.20%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.099%) AWS KMS
14 1 (0.099%) Google Workspace
14 1 (0.099%) IaaS
14 1 (0.099%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (6.81%) Firewall
2 49 (4.84%) Network Security
3 26 (2.57%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (2.27%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (1.97%) LAN
5 20 (1.97%) WAN
6 13 (1.28%) Internet
7 11 (1.09%) DNS
7 11 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (0.89%) NGFW
9 8 (0.79%) SSL
10 6 (0.59%) VPN
11 5 (0.49%) HTTP
11 5 (0.49%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.39%) Wireless
12 4 (0.39%) Wireshark
13 1 (0.099%) DKIM
13 1 (0.099%) DMARC
13 1 (0.099%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.18%) Power BI
2 4 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.49%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.30%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.20%) GitLab
3 2 (0.20%) JIRA
4 1 (0.099%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.099%) TeamCity
General
1 616 (60.81%) Social Skills
2 100 (9.87%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (4.84%) Finance
4 21 (2.07%) Retail
5 18 (1.78%) Law
6 17 (1.68%) Aviation
7 16 (1.58%) Public Sector
8 15 (1.48%) Legal
9 14 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (0.99%) Aerospace
11 10 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (0.89%) Automotive
13 6 (0.59%) Banking
14 3 (0.30%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.30%) Games
14 3 (0.30%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.30%) Marketing
15 1 (0.099%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
1 4 (0.39%) ModSecurity
1 4 (0.39%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 97 (9.58%) Security Posture
2 48 (4.74%) Cyber Threat
3 35 (3.46%) Security Operations Centre
4 33 (3.26%) Cyber Defence
5 20 (1.97%) Management Information System
6 16 (1.58%) CSOC
7 15 (1.48%) Operational Technology
8 10 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (0.89%) Cloud Native
10 7 (0.69%) Cyber Security Posture
11 6 (0.59%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.59%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.59%) Onboarding
12 5 (0.49%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.49%) Product Ownership
12 5 (0.49%) SCADA
13 4 (0.39%) CESG
13 4 (0.39%) Life Science
14 3 (0.30%) Blog
14 3 (0.30%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 44 (4.34%) Windows
2 43 (4.24%) Linux
3 4 (0.39%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.20%) Unix
5 1 (0.099%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 863 (85.19%) Cybersecurity
2 543 (53.60%) Mentoring
3 163 (16.09%) SIEM
4 147 (14.51%) Information Security
5 145 (14.31%) Security Operations
6 133 (13.13%) Incident Response
7 122 (12.04%) Vulnerability Management
8 85 (8.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 77 (7.60%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (5.63%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 52 (5.13%) Cloud Security
12 50 (4.94%) Threat Detection
13 48 (4.74%) Risk Management
14 44 (4.34%) Penetration Testing
15 38 (3.75%) Threat Intelligence
16 36 (3.55%) SOAR
17 35 (3.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
18 33 (3.26%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
19 32 (3.16%) Data Loss Prevention
20 31 (3.06%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 32 (3.16%) Python
2 28 (2.76%) PowerShell
3 25 (2.47%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (0.69%) Bash
5 6 (0.59%) C#
6 5 (0.49%) Java
7 3 (0.30%) Go
7 3 (0.30%) Objective-C
8 2 (0.20%) SQL
9 1 (0.099%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 577 (56.96%) CompTIA Security+
2 541 (53.41%) CompTIA CySA+
3 519 (51.23%) Azure Certification
4 78 (7.70%) Security Cleared
5 59 (5.82%) CISSP
6 58 (5.73%) Degree
7 57 (5.63%) SC Cleared
8 44 (4.34%) CISM
9 19 (1.88%) DV Cleared
9 19 (1.88%) GIAC
10 15 (1.48%) SANS
10 15 (1.48%) SSCP
11 12 (1.18%) CEH
11 12 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.18%) GCIH
11 12 (1.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 9 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 8 (0.79%) CCSP
13 8 (0.79%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (13.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 90 (8.88%) NIST
3 46 (4.54%) GDPR
4 34 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (3.26%) PCI DSS
6 26 (2.57%) GRC
7 16 (1.58%) SOC 2
8 15 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 11 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.79%) NCSC
11 7 (0.69%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.49%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.39%) QA
14 3 (0.30%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.20%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.20%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.20%) SLA
16 1 (0.099%) COBIT
System Software
1 15 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.099%) Docker
2 1 (0.099%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.59%) CASB
2 6 (0.59%) Graylog
3 5 (0.49%) Nessus
3 5 (0.49%) QRadar
4 3 (0.30%) Ansible
4 3 (0.30%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.20%) Kibana
5 2 (0.20%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.099%) Nmap
6 1 (0.099%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.099%) SCCM
Vendors
1 620 (61.20%) Microsoft
2 517 (51.04%) ForeScout
3 32 (3.16%) Palo Alto
4 30 (2.96%) Cisco
5 29 (2.86%) Qualys
6 24 (2.37%) Aruba
7 13 (1.28%) Splunk
8 12 (1.18%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.89%) Rapid7
10 8 (0.79%) Tanium
11 6 (0.59%) Google
11 6 (0.59%) Zscaler
12 5 (0.49%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.49%) Netskope
12 5 (0.49%) Tenable
13 4 (0.39%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.39%) VMware
14 3 (0.30%) Darktrace
14 3 (0.30%) Meraki
15 2 (0.20%) Varonis