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 1 February 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 365 344
Rank change year-on-year +148 -21 +102
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 534 334 490
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.95% 0.71% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 0.78% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 149 185 439
10th Percentile £36,025 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,619 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,600 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% +4.76%

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 51,126 42,959 59,855
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 91.91% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 32,570 22,320 47,875
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 1 February 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 1 February 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 +62 133 £55,000 +19.57% 5
Midlands +82 114 £52,500 +21.39% 22
South East +93 105 £54,000 -13.60% 14
London -11 92 £58,750 -12.96% 14
Yorkshire +37 76 £55,000 -15.38% 1
West Midlands +61 61 £55,000 +27.17% 14
South West +41 56 £60,000 +20.00% 4
East Midlands +39 53 £46,250 - 8
North West +34 43 £55,000 +37.50% 2
East of England +47 37 £60,000 +26.32% 4
North East +11 14 - - 2
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 February 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.

1 446 (83.52%) Cybersecurity
2 373 (69.85%) Microsoft
3 369 (69.10%) Azure
4 356 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
5 346 (64.79%) Mentoring
6 339 (63.48%) CompTIA CySA+
7 329 (61.61%) Azure Certification
7 329 (61.61%) ForeScout
8 95 (17.79%) Information Security
9 86 (16.10%) Incident Response
10 69 (12.92%) NIST
11 66 (12.36%) SIEM
12 62 (11.61%) Security Operations
13 59 (11.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 51 (9.55%) CISSP
15 43 (8.05%) Problem-Solving
16 38 (7.12%) Continuous Improvement
17 32 (5.99%) GDPR
17 32 (5.99%) Vulnerability Management
18 30 (5.62%) Penetration Testing
19 29 (5.43%) Degree
19 29 (5.43%) Firewall
19 29 (5.43%) Root Cause Analysis
19 29 (5.43%) Threat Intelligence
19 29 (5.43%) Vulnerability Assessment
20 28 (5.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
21 26 (4.87%) Cyber Essentials
22 25 (4.68%) GRC
23 24 (4.49%) Security Cleared
24 23 (4.31%) 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.19%) Confluence
1 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.37%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 369 (69.10%) Azure
2 19 (3.56%) Azure Sentinel
3 17 (3.18%) AWS
4 15 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (2.43%) Microsoft Purview
6 9 (1.69%) GCP
7 8 (1.50%) SaaS
8 3 (0.56%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.19%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.19%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.19%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.19%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.43%) Firewall
2 18 (3.37%) Network Security
3 14 (2.62%) Intrusion Detection
4 8 (1.50%) VPN
4 8 (1.50%) Wireless
5 4 (0.75%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.56%) SCCP
7 1 (0.19%) Broadband
7 1 (0.19%) DKIM
7 1 (0.19%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.19%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (1.31%) Burp Suite
1 7 (1.31%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 384 (71.91%) Social Skills
2 39 (7.30%) Finance
3 34 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (3.18%) Retail
6 12 (2.25%) Law
7 9 (1.69%) Financial Institution
7 9 (1.69%) Legal
8 8 (1.50%) Banking
8 8 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.12%) Aviation
10 5 (0.94%) Back Office
11 3 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.19%) Front Office
13 1 (0.19%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.56%) EDI
2 2 (0.37%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.49%) Security Posture
2 28 (5.24%) Cyber Threat
3 26 (4.87%) Cyber Defence
4 20 (3.75%) Security Operations Centre
5 17 (3.18%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.87%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 7 (1.31%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.12%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (0.75%) Insider Threat
11 3 (0.56%) CCTV
11 3 (0.56%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.56%) Life Science
12 2 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.37%) Onboarding
13 1 (0.19%) CSOC
13 1 (0.19%) Cyberattack
13 1 (0.19%) PKI
13 1 (0.19%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.31%) Windows
2 21 (3.93%) Linux
3 3 (0.56%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (83.52%) Cybersecurity
2 346 (64.79%) Mentoring
3 95 (17.79%) Information Security
4 86 (16.10%) Incident Response
5 66 (12.36%) SIEM
6 62 (11.61%) Security Operations
7 43 (8.05%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (7.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (5.99%) Vulnerability Management
10 30 (5.62%) Penetration Testing
11 29 (5.43%) Root Cause Analysis
11 29 (5.43%) Threat Intelligence
11 29 (5.43%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 28 (5.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 21 (3.93%) Risk Management
14 20 (3.75%) Kalman Filter
15 19 (3.56%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 18 (3.37%) Cloud Security
16 18 (3.37%) Security Monitoring
17 17 (3.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 22 (4.12%) PowerShell
2 19 (3.56%) Python
3 10 (1.87%) Bash
Qualifications
1 356 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 339 (63.48%) CompTIA CySA+
3 329 (61.61%) Azure Certification
4 51 (9.55%) CISSP
5 29 (5.43%) Degree
6 24 (4.49%) Security Cleared
7 22 (4.12%) CISM
7 22 (4.12%) SC Cleared
8 19 (3.56%) GIAC
9 16 (3.00%) DV Cleared
10 15 (2.81%) CISA
11 14 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (2.06%) CRISC
13 10 (1.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 10 (1.87%) GCIH
14 8 (1.50%) OSCP
15 7 (1.31%) CHECK Team Leader
15 7 (1.31%) CHECK Team Member
15 7 (1.31%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (12.92%) NIST
2 59 (11.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (5.99%) GDPR
4 26 (4.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 25 (4.68%) GRC
6 19 (3.56%) PCI DSS
7 12 (2.25%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.56%) ITGC
11 2 (0.37%) SLA
12 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.19%) COBIT
12 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.19%) NCSC
12 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 8 (1.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.56%) Docker
2 3 (0.56%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (1.87%) Nessus
2 7 (1.31%) QRadar
3 5 (0.94%) CSIRT
4 3 (0.56%) Ansible
4 3 (0.56%) ArcSight ESM
4 3 (0.56%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.56%) SCCM
4 3 (0.56%) Terraform
5 1 (0.19%) Nmap
Vendors
1 373 (69.85%) Microsoft
2 329 (61.61%) ForeScout
3 11 (2.06%) Splunk
3 11 (2.06%) Tenable
4 6 (1.12%) Google
4 6 (1.12%) Palo Alto
5 4 (0.75%) ServiceNow
6 3 (0.56%) ArcSight
6 3 (0.56%) Carbon Black
6 3 (0.56%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (0.56%) Darktrace
6 3 (0.56%) LogLogic
6 3 (0.56%) McAfee
6 3 (0.56%) Qualys
6 3 (0.56%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.56%) VMware
7 2 (0.37%) SAP