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 16 May 2026.

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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 403 393
Rank change year-on-year +287 -10 +70
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,363 236 534
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.68% 0.60% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.80% 0.67% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 272 153 465
10th Percentile £33,650 £41,550 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,313 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% +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 75,853 35,072 79,494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 89.55% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 51,141 20,807 60,367
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,560 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +7.59% -12.01%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,725
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £91,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 16 May 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 16 May 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 +195 392 £52,500 -8.70% 22
Midlands +151 326 £50,000 +11.58% 10
South East +136 251 £45,000 -13.04% 27
Yorkshire +96 220 £55,000 -4.35% 10
East Midlands +86 174 £50,000 +8.11% 5
West Midlands +79 152 £52,500 +17.16% 5
South West +71 151 £60,000 +26.32% 12
London +18 145 £70,000 +7.69% 26
North West +111 129 £35,000 -36.36% 11
East of England +76 110 £34,100 -28.21% 5
North East - 43 £46,500 - 1
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 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 1,225 (89.88%) Cybersecurity
2 1,069 (78.43%) Microsoft
3 1,041 (76.38%) CompTIA Security+
4 1,027 (75.35%) Azure
5 1,017 (74.61%) Mentoring
6 1,008 (73.95%) CompTIA CySA+
7 990 (72.63%) Azure Certification
8 988 (72.49%) ForeScout
9 111 (8.14%) Information Security
10 101 (7.41%) SIEM
11 99 (7.26%) Security Operations
12 91 (6.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 88 (6.46%) NIST
14 87 (6.38%) Incident Response
15 69 (5.06%) Continuous Improvement
16 64 (4.70%) Security Cleared
17 61 (4.48%) SC Cleared
18 59 (4.33%) Problem-Solving
19 52 (3.82%) CISSP
19 52 (3.82%) Risk Management
20 48 (3.52%) Cloud Security
20 48 (3.52%) Network Security
21 44 (3.23%) Python
22 43 (3.15%) Vulnerability Management
23 42 (3.08%) Degree
23 42 (3.08%) Linux
24 41 (3.01%) PowerShell
24 41 (3.01%) Windows
25 40 (2.93%) GDPR
26 37 (2.71%) 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 (0.073%) Confluence
1 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.073%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1,027 (75.35%) Azure
2 35 (2.57%) AWS
3 32 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 17 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
6 16 (1.17%) GCP
7 12 (0.88%) Power Platform
8 10 (0.73%) Entra ID
9 8 (0.59%) SaaS
10 7 (0.51%) Cloudflare
11 5 (0.37%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.22%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.22%) GitHub
12 3 (0.22%) GitHub Actions
13 1 (0.073%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (0.073%) AWS CloudTrail
13 1 (0.073%) AWS KMS
13 1 (0.073%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.073%) IaaS
13 1 (0.073%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.52%) Network Security
2 22 (1.61%) Firewall
3 9 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
3 9 (0.66%) Wireless
4 7 (0.51%) DNS
5 6 (0.44%) SSL
6 5 (0.37%) VPN
7 3 (0.22%) SCCP
8 2 (0.15%) NGFW
8 2 (0.15%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.073%) DKIM
9 1 (0.073%) DMARC
9 1 (0.073%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (0.88%) Power BI
2 4 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (0.66%) Burp Suite
1 9 (0.66%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.22%) GitLab
2 3 (0.22%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.15%) JIRA
General
1 1,059 (77.70%) Social Skills
2 83 (6.09%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (3.37%) Finance
4 37 (2.71%) Retail
5 23 (1.69%) Aviation
5 23 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (1.39%) Legal
7 18 (1.32%) Law
8 13 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (0.66%) Banking
10 7 (0.51%) Back Office
10 7 (0.51%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.29%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.22%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.15%) Games
13 2 (0.15%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.15%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.073%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.073%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 55 (4.04%) Cyber Defence
1 55 (4.04%) Security Posture
2 40 (2.93%) Security Operations Centre
3 23 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
4 19 (1.39%) Operational Technology
5 16 (1.17%) CSOC
5 16 (1.17%) Management Information System
6 10 (0.73%) Cloud Native
7 9 (0.66%) Mobile App
8 8 (0.59%) Onboarding
9 7 (0.51%) Cyberattack
10 6 (0.44%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.44%) Driving Licence
10 6 (0.44%) Life Science
10 6 (0.44%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (0.29%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (0.29%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.22%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 42 (3.08%) Linux
2 41 (3.01%) Windows
3 4 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.22%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,225 (89.88%) Cybersecurity
2 1,017 (74.61%) Mentoring
3 111 (8.14%) Information Security
4 101 (7.41%) SIEM
5 99 (7.26%) Security Operations
6 87 (6.38%) Incident Response
7 69 (5.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 59 (4.33%) Problem-Solving
9 52 (3.82%) Risk Management
10 48 (3.52%) Cloud Security
11 43 (3.15%) Vulnerability Management
12 37 (2.71%) Threat Intelligence
13 35 (2.57%) Agile
13 35 (2.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 34 (2.49%) SOAR
14 34 (2.49%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 32 (2.35%) Application Security
16 31 (2.27%) Root Cause Analysis
17 30 (2.20%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 30 (2.20%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 44 (3.23%) Python
2 41 (3.01%) PowerShell
3 18 (1.32%) Bash
4 6 (0.44%) C#
4 6 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (0.29%) Java
6 2 (0.15%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,041 (76.38%) CompTIA Security+
2 1,008 (73.95%) CompTIA CySA+
3 990 (72.63%) Azure Certification
4 64 (4.70%) Security Cleared
5 61 (4.48%) SC Cleared
6 52 (3.82%) CISSP
7 42 (3.08%) Degree
8 30 (2.20%) CISM
9 23 (1.69%) GIAC
10 17 (1.25%) SSCP
11 16 (1.17%) SANS
12 15 (1.10%) CISA
12 15 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (1.10%) DV Cleared
13 14 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
14 13 (0.95%) OSCP
15 11 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (0.81%) CCSP
15 11 (0.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 10 (0.73%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (6.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 88 (6.46%) NIST
3 40 (2.93%) GDPR
4 33 (2.42%) GRC
4 33 (2.42%) PCI DSS
5 24 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (1.17%) SOC 2
7 9 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.51%) NCSC
9 6 (0.44%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.37%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (0.29%) QA
12 3 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.15%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.15%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (1.10%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.22%) Docker
2 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (0.66%) Nessus
2 7 (0.51%) CASB
3 6 (0.44%) Ansible
3 6 (0.44%) Terraform
4 4 (0.29%) CSIRT
4 4 (0.29%) Graylog
4 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.29%) SCCM
5 3 (0.22%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.22%) QRadar
6 1 (0.073%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1,069 (78.43%) Microsoft
2 988 (72.49%) ForeScout
3 9 (0.66%) Tenable
4 6 (0.44%) Splunk
4 6 (0.44%) Zscaler
5 5 (0.37%) CrowdStrike
5 5 (0.37%) Google
6 4 (0.29%) Red Hat
7 3 (0.22%) Intel
7 3 (0.22%) Meraki
7 3 (0.22%) Rapid7
7 3 (0.22%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.22%) Varonis
7 3 (0.22%) VMware
8 2 (0.15%) Qualys
9 1 (0.073%) Cisco
9 1 (0.073%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.073%) Proofpoint