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 9 July 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 448 415
Rank change year-on-year +306 -33 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,214 213 522
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.40% 0.49% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 0.55% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 333 159 428
10th Percentile £33,800 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £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 81,756 38,938 85,020
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 90.41% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 57,481 23,375 62,455
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £52,837
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +5.99% -11.94%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 9 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 9 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 +193 334 £51,250 -6.82% 31
Midlands +119 277 £51,250 +9.63% 23
South East +129 239 £45,000 -19.28% 34
Yorkshire +95 171 £55,000 +7.32% 11
London +58 160 £70,000 +16.67% 36
East Midlands +76 155 £50,000 +22.70% 13
North West +110 130 £50,000 -9.09% 19
West Midlands +59 122 £52,500 +8.25% 10
South West +42 119 £57,500 +21.05% 8
East of England +69 98 £45,000 -5.26% 8
North East -13 33 £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 9 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 1,083 (89.21%) Cybersecurity
2 855 (70.43%) Microsoft
3 821 (67.63%) CompTIA Security+
4 802 (66.06%) Azure
5 787 (64.83%) Mentoring
6 776 (63.92%) CompTIA CySA+
7 755 (62.19%) Azure Certification
8 753 (62.03%) ForeScout
9 154 (12.69%) SIEM
10 143 (11.78%) Information Security
11 137 (11.29%) Security Operations
12 124 (10.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 120 (9.88%) Incident Response
14 100 (8.24%) NIST
15 97 (7.99%) Vulnerability Management
16 80 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
17 78 (6.43%) Problem-Solving
18 65 (5.35%) Firewall
19 62 (5.11%) Security Cleared
20 60 (4.94%) Cloud Security
20 60 (4.94%) Degree
21 58 (4.78%) CISSP
22 55 (4.53%) SC Cleared
23 53 (4.37%) Penetration Testing
23 53 (4.37%) Risk Management
24 52 (4.28%) Vulnerability Remediation
25 50 (4.12%) Network Security
26 48 (3.95%) Linux
26 48 (3.95%) Windows
27 45 (3.71%) 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 (0.082%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.082%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.082%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 802 (66.06%) Azure
2 44 (3.62%) AWS
3 39 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (1.73%) Azure Sentinel
4 21 (1.73%) Microsoft Purview
5 18 (1.48%) GCP
6 14 (1.15%) Power Platform
7 12 (0.99%) Entra ID
8 8 (0.66%) Cloudflare
9 6 (0.49%) Mimecast
9 6 (0.49%) SaaS
10 3 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.25%) GitHub
10 3 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.16%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.16%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.082%) AWS CloudTrail
12 1 (0.082%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.082%) IaaS
12 1 (0.082%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (5.35%) Firewall
2 50 (4.12%) Network Security
3 26 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (1.89%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (1.65%) LAN
5 20 (1.65%) WAN
6 13 (1.07%) Internet
7 11 (0.91%) Wireless
8 10 (0.82%) DNS
9 8 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (0.66%) NGFW
10 7 (0.58%) SSL
11 6 (0.49%) VPN
12 5 (0.41%) TCP/IP
13 4 (0.33%) Wireshark
14 2 (0.16%) HTTP
14 2 (0.16%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.15%) Power BI
2 4 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (0.99%) Burp Suite
2 8 (0.66%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.25%) GitLab
3 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.16%) JIRA
General
1 847 (69.77%) Social Skills
2 93 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (4.37%) Finance
4 35 (2.88%) Retail
5 24 (1.98%) Law
6 22 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (1.73%) Aviation
8 20 (1.65%) Legal
9 13 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (0.91%) Banking
11 7 (0.58%) Financial Institution
11 7 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (0.58%) Public Sector
12 6 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (0.41%) Automotive
14 4 (0.33%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.33%) Back Office
15 3 (0.25%) Games
15 3 (0.25%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.082%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 88 (7.25%) Security Posture
2 51 (4.20%) Cyber Defence
3 46 (3.79%) Security Operations Centre
4 30 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
5 19 (1.57%) CSOC
6 16 (1.32%) Management Information System
7 11 (0.91%) Operational Technology
8 9 (0.74%) Cloud Native
9 8 (0.66%) Onboarding
9 8 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (0.58%) Cyberattack
10 7 (0.58%) Mobile App
11 6 (0.49%) Data Centre
11 6 (0.49%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.41%) Life Science
13 4 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.33%) Cyber Security Posture
13 4 (0.33%) Product Ownership
14 3 (0.25%) Cloud Security Posture
15 2 (0.16%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 48 (3.95%) Linux
1 48 (3.95%) Windows
2 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.16%) Unix
3 2 (0.16%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.082%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,083 (89.21%) Cybersecurity
2 787 (64.83%) Mentoring
3 154 (12.69%) SIEM
4 143 (11.78%) Information Security
5 137 (11.29%) Security Operations
6 120 (9.88%) Incident Response
7 97 (7.99%) Vulnerability Management
8 80 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 78 (6.43%) Problem-Solving
10 60 (4.94%) Cloud Security
11 53 (4.37%) Penetration Testing
11 53 (4.37%) Risk Management
12 52 (4.28%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 45 (3.71%) Threat Intelligence
14 42 (3.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 40 (3.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 35 (2.88%) Threat Detection
17 33 (2.72%) SOAR
18 32 (2.64%) Security Monitoring
19 31 (2.55%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (3.46%) PowerShell
1 42 (3.46%) Python
2 19 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
3 15 (1.24%) Bash
4 6 (0.49%) C#
5 4 (0.33%) Java
6 2 (0.16%) Go
6 2 (0.16%) SQL
7 1 (0.082%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 821 (67.63%) CompTIA Security+
2 776 (63.92%) CompTIA CySA+
3 755 (62.19%) Azure Certification
4 62 (5.11%) Security Cleared
5 60 (4.94%) Degree
6 58 (4.78%) CISSP
7 55 (4.53%) SC Cleared
8 40 (3.29%) CISM
9 26 (2.14%) GIAC
10 18 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (1.40%) SSCP
12 15 (1.24%) SANS
13 12 (0.99%) CEH
13 12 (0.99%) CISA
13 12 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 11 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.91%) GCIA
14 11 (0.91%) GCIH
15 10 (0.82%) OSCP
16 9 (0.74%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (10.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 100 (8.24%) NIST
3 43 (3.54%) GDPR
4 34 (2.80%) PCI DSS
5 33 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (2.72%) GRC
6 15 (1.24%) SOC 2
7 12 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.66%) NCSC
10 7 (0.58%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.41%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.33%) QA
13 3 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.16%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.16%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.16%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.16%) Docker
2 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (0.66%) Nessus
2 7 (0.58%) CASB
3 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.41%) Ansible
4 5 (0.41%) Graylog
4 5 (0.41%) QRadar
4 5 (0.41%) Terraform
5 4 (0.33%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.25%) SCCM
7 2 (0.16%) Kibana
7 2 (0.16%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.082%) Nmap
8 1 (0.082%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 855 (70.43%) Microsoft
2 753 (62.03%) ForeScout
3 30 (2.47%) Cisco
4 29 (2.39%) Qualys
5 26 (2.14%) Palo Alto
6 24 (1.98%) Aruba
7 9 (0.74%) Splunk
8 7 (0.58%) Google
8 7 (0.58%) Rapid7
9 6 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (0.49%) Tanium
9 6 (0.49%) Tenable
9 6 (0.49%) VMware
9 6 (0.49%) Zscaler
10 4 (0.33%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.25%) Intel
11 3 (0.25%) Meraki
11 3 (0.25%) Varonis
12 2 (0.16%) Salesforce
13 1 (0.082%) CyberArk