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 11 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 464 405
Rank change year-on-year +294 -59 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,100 183 421
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.17% 0.42% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 0.46% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 350 146 319
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £38,880
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £79,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +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 88,511 39,569 69,008
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 90.62% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 62,172 23,929 47,027
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,754 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.91% - -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 11 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 11 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 +167 305 £50,000 -9.09% 27
Midlands +97 244 £50,000 +11.11% 18
South East +109 221 £50,000 -15.25% 50
Yorkshire +91 150 £55,000 +11.68% 9
East Midlands +87 149 £50,000 +22.70% 12
London +45 146 £70,000 +21.74% 51
North West +100 128 £50,000 -9.09% 17
South West +25 104 £57,500 +27.78% 14
West Midlands +32 95 £52,500 +8.25% 6
East of England +53 90 £45,000 -5.26% 6
North East -32 27 £46,500 -15.45% 1
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 960 (87.27%) Cybersecurity
2 714 (64.91%) Microsoft
3 674 (61.27%) CompTIA Security+
4 665 (60.45%) Azure
5 637 (57.91%) Mentoring
6 634 (57.64%) CompTIA CySA+
7 613 (55.73%) Azure Certification
8 611 (55.55%) ForeScout
9 162 (14.73%) SIEM
10 148 (13.45%) Information Security
11 141 (12.82%) Security Operations
12 135 (12.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 133 (12.09%) Incident Response
14 115 (10.45%) Vulnerability Management
15 91 (8.27%) NIST
16 88 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
17 79 (7.18%) Problem-Solving
18 72 (6.55%) Security Cleared
19 68 (6.18%) Firewall
20 59 (5.36%) CISSP
20 59 (5.36%) Degree
21 58 (5.27%) SC Cleared
22 57 (5.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
23 54 (4.91%) Cloud Security
24 51 (4.64%) AWS
25 50 (4.55%) Network Security
25 50 (4.55%) Risk Management
26 47 (4.27%) GDPR
27 46 (4.18%) Penetration Testing
27 46 (4.18%) Threat Detection

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 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.091%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 665 (60.45%) Azure
2 51 (4.64%) AWS
3 45 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (2.45%) Microsoft Purview
5 24 (2.18%) Azure Sentinel
6 17 (1.55%) Entra ID
7 15 (1.36%) GCP
7 15 (1.36%) Mimecast
8 12 (1.09%) Power Platform
9 8 (0.73%) Cloudflare
10 6 (0.55%) SaaS
11 5 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.18%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.18%) GitHub
12 2 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
13 1 (0.091%) AWS KMS
13 1 (0.091%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.091%) IaaS
13 1 (0.091%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (6.18%) Firewall
2 50 (4.55%) Network Security
3 26 (2.36%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (2.09%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (1.82%) LAN
5 20 (1.82%) WAN
6 13 (1.18%) Internet
7 12 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
8 10 (0.91%) DNS
9 9 (0.82%) NGFW
10 7 (0.64%) SSL
11 6 (0.55%) VPN
12 5 (0.45%) TCP/IP
13 4 (0.36%) HTTP
13 4 (0.36%) Wireless
13 4 (0.36%) Wireshark
14 1 (0.091%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.09%) Power BI
2 4 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.45%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.27%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.18%) GitLab
3 2 (0.18%) JIRA
4 1 (0.091%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.091%) TeamCity
General
1 709 (64.45%) Social Skills
2 100 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (4.27%) Finance
4 23 (2.09%) Retail
5 20 (1.82%) Law
6 18 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (1.55%) Aviation
8 14 (1.27%) Legal
8 14 (1.27%) Public Sector
9 13 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (0.82%) Automotive
10 9 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (0.73%) Aerospace
11 8 (0.73%) Banking
12 4 (0.36%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.27%) Games
13 3 (0.27%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.27%) Marketing
14 1 (0.091%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (0.27%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 96 (8.73%) Security Posture
2 46 (4.18%) Cyber Threat
3 37 (3.36%) Security Operations Centre
4 33 (3.00%) Cyber Defence
5 20 (1.82%) Management Information System
6 18 (1.64%) CSOC
7 15 (1.36%) Operational Technology
8 11 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (0.82%) Cloud Native
10 8 (0.73%) Cyberattack
11 7 (0.64%) Cyber Security Posture
11 7 (0.64%) Onboarding
12 6 (0.55%) Driving Licence
13 5 (0.45%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.45%) Life Science
13 5 (0.45%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.45%) SCADA
14 3 (0.27%) CESG
14 3 (0.27%) Cloud Security Posture
14 3 (0.27%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 44 (4.00%) Windows
2 43 (3.91%) Linux
3 4 (0.36%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.18%) Unix
5 1 (0.091%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 960 (87.27%) Cybersecurity
2 637 (57.91%) Mentoring
3 162 (14.73%) SIEM
4 148 (13.45%) Information Security
5 141 (12.82%) Security Operations
6 133 (12.09%) Incident Response
7 115 (10.45%) Vulnerability Management
8 88 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 79 (7.18%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (5.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 54 (4.91%) Cloud Security
12 50 (4.55%) Risk Management
13 46 (4.18%) Penetration Testing
13 46 (4.18%) Threat Detection
14 40 (3.64%) Threat Intelligence
15 39 (3.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 35 (3.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
17 34 (3.09%) SOAR
18 32 (2.91%) Data Loss Prevention
19 30 (2.73%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 31 (2.82%) Python
2 28 (2.55%) PowerShell
3 24 (2.18%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (0.64%) Bash
5 6 (0.55%) C#
6 5 (0.45%) Java
7 3 (0.27%) Go
8 2 (0.18%) Objective-C
8 2 (0.18%) SQL
9 1 (0.091%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 674 (61.27%) CompTIA Security+
2 634 (57.64%) CompTIA CySA+
3 613 (55.73%) Azure Certification
4 72 (6.55%) Security Cleared
5 59 (5.36%) CISSP
5 59 (5.36%) Degree
6 58 (5.27%) SC Cleared
7 42 (3.82%) CISM
8 20 (1.82%) GIAC
9 17 (1.55%) SSCP
10 16 (1.45%) SANS
11 14 (1.27%) CEH
12 12 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (1.09%) GCIH
12 12 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 11 (1.00%) DV Cleared
14 9 (0.82%) CISA
14 9 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (0.82%) GCIA
15 8 (0.73%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (12.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 91 (8.27%) NIST
3 47 (4.27%) GDPR
4 36 (3.27%) PCI DSS
5 33 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 27 (2.45%) GRC
7 18 (1.64%) SOC 2
8 15 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.82%) NCSC
11 7 (0.64%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.45%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.36%) QA
14 3 (0.27%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.18%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.18%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (1.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.091%) Docker
2 1 (0.091%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.64%) CASB
3 5 (0.45%) Graylog
3 5 (0.45%) Nessus
3 5 (0.45%) QRadar
4 4 (0.36%) Terraform
5 3 (0.27%) Ansible
5 3 (0.27%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.18%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.18%) Kibana
6 2 (0.18%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.091%) Nmap
7 1 (0.091%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.091%) SCCM
Vendors
1 714 (64.91%) Microsoft
2 611 (55.55%) ForeScout
3 32 (2.91%) Palo Alto
4 30 (2.73%) Cisco
5 29 (2.64%) Qualys
6 24 (2.18%) Aruba
7 13 (1.18%) Splunk
8 11 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.82%) Rapid7
10 8 (0.73%) Tanium
11 6 (0.55%) Google
11 6 (0.55%) Zscaler
12 5 (0.45%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.45%) Netskope
12 5 (0.45%) Tenable
13 4 (0.36%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.36%) VMware
14 3 (0.27%) Meraki
15 2 (0.18%) Intel
15 2 (0.18%) Varonis