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 21 January 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 359 346
Rank change year-on-year +119 -13 +92
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 480 348 437
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.89% 0.73% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 0.79% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 143 198 388
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,813
90th Percentile £74,500 £77,750 £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 49,294 44,074 53,052
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 92.41% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 31,230 22,993 41,992
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% -8.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,097
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.90% -8.17%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 +68 119 £55,000 +4.76% 8
Midlands +79 99 £52,750 +21.97% 11
South East +79 95 £54,500 -12.80% 8
London -24 87 £57,500 -14.81% 10
Yorkshire +31 69 £55,000 -8.33% 1
West Midlands +46 53 £55,000 +27.17% 9
South West +43 49 £60,000 +26.32% 1
East Midlands +35 46 £50,000 - 2
North West +24 38 £55,000 +37.50% 5
East of England +35 33 £60,000 +26.32% 2
North East +17 12 - - 2
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 January 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.

1 397 (82.71%) Cybersecurity
2 324 (67.50%) Microsoft
3 321 (66.88%) Azure
4 305 (63.54%) CompTIA Security+
5 301 (62.71%) Mentoring
6 292 (60.83%) CompTIA CySA+
7 282 (58.75%) Azure Certification
7 282 (58.75%) ForeScout
8 88 (18.33%) Information Security
9 86 (17.92%) Incident Response
10 66 (13.75%) NIST
11 65 (13.54%) SIEM
12 58 (12.08%) Security Operations
13 54 (11.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 47 (9.79%) CISSP
15 43 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
16 39 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
17 35 (7.29%) Vulnerability Management
18 33 (6.88%) Penetration Testing
19 32 (6.67%) Firewall
20 31 (6.46%) GDPR
21 29 (6.04%) Vulnerability Assessment
22 28 (5.83%) Threat Intelligence
23 27 (5.63%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
23 27 (5.63%) Root Cause Analysis
24 26 (5.42%) Degree
25 25 (5.21%) Security Cleared
26 24 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
27 23 (4.79%) GRC
27 23 (4.79%) SC Cleared

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 (0.21%) Confluence
1 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.63%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 321 (66.88%) Azure
2 19 (3.96%) Azure Sentinel
3 16 (3.33%) AWS
4 14 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (1.67%) GCP
6 8 (1.67%) SaaS
7 3 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.42%) IaaS
8 2 (0.42%) PaaS
9 1 (0.21%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.21%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.21%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.21%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.67%) Firewall
2 19 (3.96%) Network Security
3 15 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (2.08%) VPN
5 9 (1.88%) Wireless
6 4 (0.83%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.63%) SCCP
8 1 (0.21%) Broadband
8 1 (0.21%) DKIM
8 1 (0.21%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 8 (1.67%) Burp Suite
1 8 (1.67%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.63%) JIRA
General
1 334 (69.58%) Social Skills
2 37 (7.71%) Finance
3 33 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (2.71%) Retail
6 10 (2.08%) Law
7 8 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.46%) Financial Institution
8 7 (1.46%) Legal
9 6 (1.25%) Aviation
9 6 (1.25%) Banking
10 3 (0.63%) Back Office
10 3 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.21%) Front Office
12 1 (0.21%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.63%) EDI
2 2 (0.42%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.33%) Security Posture
2 31 (6.46%) Cyber Threat
3 28 (5.83%) Cyber Defence
4 18 (3.75%) Security Operations Centre
5 17 (3.54%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.29%) Operational Technology
7 10 (2.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 8 (1.67%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.25%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (0.83%) Insider Threat
11 3 (0.63%) CCTV
11 3 (0.63%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.63%) Life Science
12 2 (0.42%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.42%) SCADA
12 2 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.21%) Analytical Mindset
13 1 (0.21%) CSOC
13 1 (0.21%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.38%) Windows
2 19 (3.96%) Linux
3 3 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (82.71%) Cybersecurity
2 301 (62.71%) Mentoring
3 88 (18.33%) Information Security
4 86 (17.92%) Incident Response
5 65 (13.54%) SIEM
6 58 (12.08%) Security Operations
7 43 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
8 39 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (7.29%) Vulnerability Management
10 33 (6.88%) Penetration Testing
11 29 (6.04%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 28 (5.83%) Threat Intelligence
13 27 (5.63%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 27 (5.63%) Root Cause Analysis
14 22 (4.58%) Kalman Filter
15 19 (3.96%) Risk Management
16 18 (3.75%) Cloud Security
16 18 (3.75%) Security Monitoring
17 17 (3.54%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 17 (3.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 21 (4.38%) PowerShell
2 18 (3.75%) Python
3 10 (2.08%) Bash
Qualifications
1 305 (63.54%) CompTIA Security+
2 292 (60.83%) CompTIA CySA+
3 282 (58.75%) Azure Certification
4 47 (9.79%) CISSP
5 26 (5.42%) Degree
6 25 (5.21%) Security Cleared
7 23 (4.79%) SC Cleared
8 20 (4.17%) CISM
9 17 (3.54%) GIAC
10 16 (3.33%) DV Cleared
11 14 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (2.71%) CISA
13 10 (2.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 10 (2.08%) CRISC
14 9 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (1.88%) GCIH
14 9 (1.88%) OSCP
15 8 (1.67%) CHECK Team Leader
15 8 (1.67%) CHECK Team Member
15 8 (1.67%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (13.75%) NIST
2 54 (11.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (6.46%) GDPR
4 24 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 23 (4.79%) GRC
6 16 (3.33%) PCI DSS
7 10 (2.08%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.63%) ITGC
11 2 (0.42%) SLA
12 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.21%) COBIT
12 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
System Software
1 8 (1.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.63%) Docker
2 3 (0.63%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (2.29%) Nessus
2 7 (1.46%) QRadar
3 6 (1.25%) CSIRT
4 3 (0.63%) Ansible
4 3 (0.63%) ArcSight ESM
4 3 (0.63%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.63%) SCCM
4 3 (0.63%) Terraform
5 1 (0.21%) Nmap
Vendors
1 324 (67.50%) Microsoft
2 282 (58.75%) ForeScout
3 12 (2.50%) Splunk
4 11 (2.29%) Tenable
5 6 (1.25%) Google
5 6 (1.25%) Palo Alto
6 5 (1.04%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.04%) VMware
7 3 (0.63%) ArcSight
7 3 (0.63%) Carbon Black
7 3 (0.63%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (0.63%) Darktrace
7 3 (0.63%) LogLogic
7 3 (0.63%) McAfee
7 3 (0.63%) Qualys
7 3 (0.63%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.63%) SAP
8 2 (0.42%) Cisco