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 6 July 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 443 405
Rank change year-on-year +301 -38 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,213 211 532
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.40% 0.50% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 0.55% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 332 157 435
10th Percentile £33,650 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,063 £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 81,495 38,348 86,338
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 90.46% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 57,378 22,892 63,591
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +7.62% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,528 £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 6 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 6 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 +189 332 £52,500 -4.55% 28
Midlands +128 275 £51,250 +13.89% 26
South East +134 241 £45,000 -19.28% 35
Yorkshire +99 171 £55,000 +7.32% 12
London +52 161 £70,000 +16.67% 34
East Midlands +80 154 £50,000 +22.70% 16
North West +96 128 £50,000 -9.09% 14
West Midlands +66 121 £52,500 +12.30% 10
South West +44 119 £57,500 +21.05% 7
East of England +71 98 £45,000 -5.26% 10
North East -15 33 £46,500 -15.45% 2
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 1,081 (89.12%) Cybersecurity
2 854 (70.40%) Microsoft
3 819 (67.52%) CompTIA Security+
4 803 (66.20%) Azure
5 788 (64.96%) Mentoring
6 776 (63.97%) CompTIA CySA+
7 755 (62.24%) Azure Certification
8 753 (62.08%) ForeScout
9 151 (12.45%) SIEM
10 142 (11.71%) Information Security
11 140 (11.54%) Security Operations
12 120 (9.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 116 (9.56%) Incident Response
14 98 (8.08%) NIST
15 96 (7.91%) Vulnerability Management
16 80 (6.60%) Continuous Improvement
17 76 (6.27%) Problem-Solving
18 65 (5.36%) Firewall
19 63 (5.19%) Cloud Security
20 62 (5.11%) Security Cleared
21 58 (4.78%) Degree
22 57 (4.70%) CISSP
23 55 (4.53%) SC Cleared
24 54 (4.45%) Penetration Testing
25 53 (4.37%) Risk Management
26 51 (4.20%) Network Security
27 50 (4.12%) Vulnerability Remediation
28 48 (3.96%) Linux
28 48 (3.96%) Windows
29 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
1 803 (66.20%) Azure
2 44 (3.63%) AWS
3 37 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (1.90%) Azure Sentinel
5 20 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
6 18 (1.48%) GCP
7 14 (1.15%) Power Platform
8 10 (0.82%) Entra ID
9 8 (0.66%) Cloudflare
10 6 (0.49%) SaaS
11 5 (0.41%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.25%) GitHub
12 3 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.16%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (0.16%) Cloud Computing
14 1 (0.082%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 1 (0.082%) AWS CloudTrail
14 1 (0.082%) AWS KMS
14 1 (0.082%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 65 (5.36%) Firewall
2 51 (4.20%) Network Security
3 26 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (1.90%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (1.65%) LAN
5 20 (1.65%) WAN
6 13 (1.07%) Internet
7 12 (0.99%) 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 3 (0.25%) 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 9 (0.74%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.25%) GitLab
3 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.16%) JIRA
General
1 844 (69.58%) Social Skills
2 93 (7.67%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (4.20%) Finance
4 34 (2.80%) Retail
5 23 (1.90%) Law
6 21 (1.73%) Aviation
6 21 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (1.65%) Legal
8 13 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (0.74%) Banking
10 7 (0.58%) Financial Institution
10 7 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (0.58%) Public Sector
11 6 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.33%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.33%) Automotive
12 4 (0.33%) Back Office
13 3 (0.25%) Games
13 3 (0.25%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.082%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 86 (7.09%) Security Posture
2 53 (4.37%) Cyber Defence
3 47 (3.87%) Security Operations Centre
4 29 (2.39%) 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%) Mobile App
9 8 (0.66%) Onboarding
9 8 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (0.58%) Cyberattack
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 (3.96%) Linux
1 48 (3.96%) 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 1,081 (89.12%) Cybersecurity
2 788 (64.96%) Mentoring
3 151 (12.45%) SIEM
4 142 (11.71%) Information Security
5 140 (11.54%) Security Operations
6 116 (9.56%) Incident Response
7 96 (7.91%) Vulnerability Management
8 80 (6.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 76 (6.27%) Problem-Solving
10 63 (5.19%) Cloud Security
11 54 (4.45%) Penetration Testing
12 53 (4.37%) Risk Management
13 50 (4.12%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 45 (3.71%) Threat Intelligence
15 42 (3.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 40 (3.30%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
17 35 (2.89%) Threat Detection
18 34 (2.80%) SOAR
19 32 (2.64%) Security Monitoring
20 31 (2.56%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (3.63%) Python
2 43 (3.54%) PowerShell
3 17 (1.40%) Kusto Query Language
4 16 (1.32%) Bash
5 6 (0.49%) C#
6 4 (0.33%) Java
7 2 (0.16%) Go
7 2 (0.16%) SQL
8 1 (0.082%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 819 (67.52%) CompTIA Security+
2 776 (63.97%) CompTIA CySA+
3 755 (62.24%) Azure Certification
4 62 (5.11%) Security Cleared
5 58 (4.78%) Degree
6 57 (4.70%) CISSP
7 55 (4.53%) SC Cleared
8 39 (3.22%) CISM
9 27 (2.23%) 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%) OSCP
15 10 (0.82%) CREST Certified
15 10 (0.82%) GCIA
15 10 (0.82%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (9.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 98 (8.08%) NIST
3 42 (3.46%) GDPR
4 34 (2.80%) PCI DSS
5 33 (2.72%) GRC
6 32 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (1.24%) SOC 2
8 12 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.66%) 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 9 (0.74%) 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
1 854 (70.40%) Microsoft
2 753 (62.08%) 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 8 (0.66%) Tenable
9 7 (0.58%) Google
10 6 (0.49%) Rapid7
10 6 (0.49%) Zscaler
11 5 (0.41%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (0.41%) VMware
12 4 (0.33%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.33%) Tanium
13 3 (0.25%) Intel
13 3 (0.25%) Meraki
13 3 (0.25%) Varonis
14 2 (0.16%) Salesforce
15 1 (0.082%) Proofpoint