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 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 393 394
Rank change year-on-year +280 +1 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,346 250 532
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.65% 0.64% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.78% 0.72% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 258 160 463
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +2.94%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £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 75,631 34,943 79,067
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 89.34% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 49,894 21,346 60,262
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,531 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +10.38% -11.67%

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 May 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 May 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 +167 385 £52,500 -8.70% 14
Midlands +151 319 £51,250 +14.37% 13
South East +124 247 £46,000 -15.60% 19
Yorkshire +86 220 £55,000 -4.35% 2
East Midlands +78 170 £45,000 -14.29% 5
South West +62 151 £60,000 +26.32% 2
West Midlands +92 149 £55,000 +22.74% 8
London +6 146 £70,000 +7.69% 14
North West +85 122 £35,000 -39.13% 12
East of England +77 110 £36,550 -23.05% 3
North East - 43 £46,500 -
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 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 1,215 (90.27%) Cybersecurity
2 1,069 (79.42%) Microsoft
3 1,044 (77.56%) CompTIA Security+
4 1,026 (76.23%) Azure
5 1,017 (75.56%) Mentoring
6 1,011 (75.11%) CompTIA CySA+
7 989 (73.48%) Azure Certification
8 988 (73.40%) ForeScout
9 114 (8.47%) Information Security
10 101 (7.50%) SIEM
11 96 (7.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 93 (6.91%) NIST
13 92 (6.84%) Incident Response
14 91 (6.76%) Security Operations
15 69 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
16 62 (4.61%) Problem-Solving
17 59 (4.38%) Security Cleared
18 56 (4.16%) CISSP
18 56 (4.16%) SC Cleared
19 53 (3.94%) Risk Management
20 48 (3.57%) Cloud Security
21 47 (3.49%) Degree
21 47 (3.49%) Network Security
22 43 (3.19%) GDPR
22 43 (3.19%) Python
22 43 (3.19%) Vulnerability Management
23 41 (3.05%) PowerShell
24 40 (2.97%) Linux
25 38 (2.82%) Windows
26 36 (2.67%) 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 (0.074%) Confluence
1 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.074%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1,026 (76.23%) Azure
2 34 (2.53%) AWS
3 30 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (1.71%) Azure Sentinel
5 20 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
6 15 (1.11%) GCP
7 12 (0.89%) Power Platform
8 8 (0.59%) Entra ID
8 8 (0.59%) SaaS
9 6 (0.45%) Cloudflare
10 5 (0.37%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.22%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.22%) GitHub
11 3 (0.22%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.15%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.074%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (0.074%) AWS CloudTrail
13 1 (0.074%) AWS KMS
13 1 (0.074%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.074%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.49%) Network Security
2 30 (2.23%) Firewall
3 14 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (0.67%) Wireless
5 6 (0.45%) VPN
6 5 (0.37%) DNS
6 5 (0.37%) SSL
7 3 (0.22%) SCCP
8 2 (0.15%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.074%) DKIM
9 1 (0.074%) DMARC
9 1 (0.074%) Internet
9 1 (0.074%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (0.89%) Power BI
2 4 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (0.67%) Burp Suite
1 9 (0.67%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.22%) GitLab
2 3 (0.22%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.15%) JIRA
General
1 1,058 (78.60%) Social Skills
2 80 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (3.27%) Finance
4 37 (2.75%) Retail
5 27 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (1.71%) Aviation
7 18 (1.34%) Legal
8 16 (1.19%) Law
9 13 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (0.67%) Banking
11 7 (0.52%) Back Office
11 7 (0.52%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.15%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.15%) Games
12 2 (0.15%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.074%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.074%) Military
13 1 (0.074%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.074%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 57 (4.23%) Security Posture
2 54 (4.01%) Cyber Defence
3 40 (2.97%) Security Operations Centre
4 21 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
5 18 (1.34%) Management Information System
5 18 (1.34%) Operational Technology
6 15 (1.11%) CSOC
7 9 (0.67%) Cloud Native
7 9 (0.67%) Mobile App
8 7 (0.52%) Cyberattack
9 6 (0.45%) Cyber Security Posture
9 6 (0.45%) Data Centre
9 6 (0.45%) Driving Licence
9 6 (0.45%) Life Science
9 6 (0.45%) Onboarding
9 6 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.30%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (0.30%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.22%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.97%) Linux
2 38 (2.82%) Windows
3 3 (0.22%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,215 (90.27%) Cybersecurity
2 1,017 (75.56%) Mentoring
3 114 (8.47%) Information Security
4 101 (7.50%) SIEM
5 92 (6.84%) Incident Response
6 91 (6.76%) Security Operations
7 69 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 62 (4.61%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (3.94%) Risk Management
10 48 (3.57%) Cloud Security
11 43 (3.19%) Vulnerability Management
12 36 (2.67%) Threat Intelligence
13 35 (2.60%) Agile
13 35 (2.60%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 34 (2.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 32 (2.38%) Root Cause Analysis
15 32 (2.38%) SOAR
16 31 (2.30%) Application Security
16 31 (2.30%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 28 (2.08%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 43 (3.19%) Python
2 41 (3.05%) PowerShell
3 17 (1.26%) Bash
4 6 (0.45%) C#
4 6 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (0.30%) Java
6 2 (0.15%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,044 (77.56%) CompTIA Security+
2 1,011 (75.11%) CompTIA CySA+
3 989 (73.48%) Azure Certification
4 59 (4.38%) Security Cleared
5 56 (4.16%) CISSP
5 56 (4.16%) SC Cleared
6 47 (3.49%) Degree
7 31 (2.30%) CISM
8 25 (1.86%) GIAC
9 19 (1.41%) SSCP
10 17 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (1.19%) CISA
12 15 (1.11%) DV Cleared
12 15 (1.11%) SANS
13 13 (0.97%) OSCP
14 12 (0.89%) CEH
15 11 (0.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (0.82%) CCSP
15 11 (0.82%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (7.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 93 (6.91%) NIST
3 43 (3.19%) GDPR
4 31 (2.30%) PCI DSS
5 30 (2.23%) GRC
6 26 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (1.26%) SOC 2
8 10 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.52%) HIPAA
9 7 (0.52%) NCSC
10 5 (0.37%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (0.30%) QA
12 3 (0.22%) ITGC
13 2 (0.15%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (0.89%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.22%) Docker
2 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (0.67%) Nessus
2 7 (0.52%) CASB
3 6 (0.45%) Ansible
3 6 (0.45%) QRadar
3 6 (0.45%) Terraform
4 4 (0.30%) CSIRT
4 4 (0.30%) SCCM
5 3 (0.22%) ArcSight ESM
5 3 (0.22%) Graylog
5 3 (0.22%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1,069 (79.42%) Microsoft
2 988 (73.40%) ForeScout
3 9 (0.67%) Tenable
4 8 (0.59%) Splunk
5 6 (0.45%) Google
5 6 (0.45%) Zscaler
6 5 (0.37%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (0.30%) Palo Alto
8 3 (0.22%) ArcSight
8 3 (0.22%) Intel
8 3 (0.22%) LogLogic
8 3 (0.22%) McAfee
8 3 (0.22%) Meraki
8 3 (0.22%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.22%) Varonis
8 3 (0.22%) VMware
9 2 (0.15%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.15%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.074%) Proofpoint
10 1 (0.074%) ServiceNow