Security Analyst Job Trends in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst salary in England is £54,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 469 412
Rank change year-on-year +308 -57 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,178 193 437
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.31% 0.44% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 0.49% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 342 148 351
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,590 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £54,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +0.93% +8.00%
75th Percentile £66,188 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £79,750 £75,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £54,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.67% +3.81% +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 84,820 39,470 72,880
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.41% 90.64% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 59,552 23,920 51,567
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £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 £91,500
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 27 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 27 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 +190 326 £50,000 -9.09% 20
Midlands +121 267 £50,000 +11.11% 13
South East +132 235 £47,500 -17.75% 26
Yorkshire +95 165 £55,000 -4.35% 10
East Midlands +83 156 £50,000 +22.70% 9
London +67 152 £70,000 +21.74% 28
North West +104 130 £50,000 -9.09% 10
South West +42 115 £45,000 - 9
West Midlands +54 111 £52,500 +8.25% 4
East of England +69 95 £40,000 -15.79% 5
North East -21 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 27 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 1,051 (89.22%) Cybersecurity
2 813 (69.02%) Microsoft
3 773 (65.62%) CompTIA Security+
4 758 (64.35%) Azure
5 734 (62.31%) Mentoring
6 729 (61.88%) CompTIA CySA+
7 708 (60.10%) Azure Certification
8 706 (59.93%) ForeScout
9 163 (13.84%) SIEM
10 142 (12.05%) Information Security
11 140 (11.88%) Security Operations
12 132 (11.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 131 (11.12%) Incident Response
14 107 (9.08%) Vulnerability Management
15 97 (8.23%) NIST
16 84 (7.13%) Continuous Improvement
17 78 (6.62%) Problem-Solving
18 67 (5.69%) Security Cleared
19 66 (5.60%) Firewall
20 63 (5.35%) Degree
21 60 (5.09%) Cloud Security
22 57 (4.84%) SC Cleared
23 56 (4.75%) CISSP
23 56 (4.75%) Vulnerability Remediation
24 52 (4.41%) Network Security
25 50 (4.24%) Risk Management
26 48 (4.07%) AWS
26 48 (4.07%) Penetration Testing
27 47 (3.99%) Linux
27 47 (3.99%) Windows

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
1 758 (64.35%) Azure
2 48 (4.07%) AWS
3 44 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
5 23 (1.95%) Azure Sentinel
6 17 (1.44%) GCP
7 16 (1.36%) Entra ID
8 13 (1.10%) Power Platform
9 10 (0.85%) Mimecast
10 8 (0.68%) Cloudflare
11 7 (0.59%) SaaS
12 3 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.25%) GitHub
12 3 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Copilot
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 (5.60%) Firewall
2 52 (4.41%) Network Security
3 26 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (1.95%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (1.70%) LAN
5 20 (1.70%) 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 2 (0.17%) 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 3 (0.25%) GitLab
2 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.25%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.085%) JIRA
General
1 803 (68.17%) Social Skills
2 97 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (4.07%) Finance
4 28 (2.38%) Retail
5 20 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (1.70%) Law
6 17 (1.44%) Aviation
6 17 (1.44%) Legal
7 13 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (0.85%) Public Sector
9 9 (0.76%) Automotive
9 9 (0.76%) Banking
10 7 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.42%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.34%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.25%) Games
13 3 (0.25%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.25%) Marketing
14 2 (0.17%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 94 (7.98%) Security Posture
2 44 (3.74%) Security Operations Centre
3 40 (3.40%) Cyber Defence
4 39 (3.31%) Cyber Threat
5 19 (1.61%) CSOC
6 17 (1.44%) Management Information System
7 13 (1.10%) Operational Technology
8 10 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (0.68%) Cloud Native
9 8 (0.68%) Cyberattack
9 8 (0.68%) Onboarding
10 6 (0.51%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.51%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.42%) Cyber Security Posture
11 5 (0.42%) Life Science
12 4 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.34%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.25%) Cloud Security Posture
13 3 (0.25%) SCADA
14 2 (0.17%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 47 (3.99%) Linux
1 47 (3.99%) Windows
2 4 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.17%) Unix
4 1 (0.085%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,051 (89.22%) Cybersecurity
2 734 (62.31%) Mentoring
3 163 (13.84%) SIEM
4 142 (12.05%) Information Security
5 140 (11.88%) Security Operations
6 131 (11.12%) Incident Response
7 107 (9.08%) Vulnerability Management
8 84 (7.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 78 (6.62%) Problem-Solving
10 60 (5.09%) Cloud Security
11 56 (4.75%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 50 (4.24%) Risk Management
13 48 (4.07%) Penetration Testing
14 43 (3.65%) Threat Intelligence
15 42 (3.57%) Threat Detection
16 41 (3.48%) Vulnerability Assessment
17 38 (3.23%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 34 (2.89%) SOAR
19 32 (2.72%) Security Monitoring
20 29 (2.46%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 35 (2.97%) PowerShell
1 35 (2.97%) Python
2 23 (1.95%) Kusto Query Language
3 10 (0.85%) Bash
4 6 (0.51%) C#
5 4 (0.34%) Java
6 2 (0.17%) Go
6 2 (0.17%) SQL
7 1 (0.085%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.085%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 773 (65.62%) CompTIA Security+
2 729 (61.88%) CompTIA CySA+
3 708 (60.10%) Azure Certification
4 67 (5.69%) Security Cleared
5 63 (5.35%) Degree
6 57 (4.84%) SC Cleared
7 56 (4.75%) CISSP
8 41 (3.48%) CISM
9 24 (2.04%) GIAC
10 17 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.44%) SSCP
11 16 (1.36%) SANS
12 13 (1.10%) CEH
13 12 (1.02%) GCIH
13 12 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 11 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.93%) GCIA
15 10 (0.85%) CISA
16 9 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 9 (0.76%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (11.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 97 (8.23%) NIST
3 46 (3.90%) GDPR
4 34 (2.89%) PCI DSS
5 33 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 30 (2.55%) GRC
7 18 (1.53%) SOC 2
8 12 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 12 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (0.76%) NCSC
10 7 (0.59%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.42%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.34%) QA
13 3 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.17%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.17%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (1.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.085%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.59%) CASB
3 5 (0.42%) Graylog
3 5 (0.42%) Nessus
3 5 (0.42%) QRadar
4 4 (0.34%) Ansible
4 4 (0.34%) Terraform
5 2 (0.17%) CSIRT
5 2 (0.17%) Kibana
6 1 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.085%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.085%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.085%) Nmap
6 1 (0.085%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.085%) SCCM
Vendors
1 813 (69.02%) Microsoft
2 706 (59.93%) ForeScout
3 30 (2.55%) Cisco
3 30 (2.55%) Palo Alto
4 29 (2.46%) Qualys
5 24 (2.04%) Aruba
6 11 (0.93%) Splunk
7 9 (0.76%) Rapid7
8 8 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (0.68%) Tanium
9 6 (0.51%) Google
9 6 (0.51%) Tenable
9 6 (0.51%) Zscaler
10 4 (0.34%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.34%) VMware
11 3 (0.25%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.25%) Intel
11 3 (0.25%) Meraki
11 3 (0.25%) Netskope
11 3 (0.25%) Varonis