Security Analyst Job Trends in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst salary in England is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 December 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 390 326
Rank change year-on-year +87 -64 +143
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 353 354 396
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.72% 0.64% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.68% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 133 214 359
10th Percentile £36,700 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% +0.92%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £51,625 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.96% +9.09% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,402 52,240 42,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.21% 93.83% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 28,028 29,074 33,507
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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
Midlands +79 82 £50,000 +11.11% 7
North of England +38 75 £45,000 -14.29% 9
London -14 71 £57,250 -11.92% 18
South East +69 67 £56,500 -5.83% 24
West Midlands +51 47 £50,000 +20.12% 6
Yorkshire +12 44 £48,000 -10.70% 2
East Midlands +42 35 £50,000 +5.26% 1
South West +42 35 £50,000 -6.98% 8
East of England +33 23 £50,250 +11.67% 8
North West +27 22 £40,000 -6.98% 7
North East +15 9 £57,500 +4.55%
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 December 2025, 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.

1 293 (83.00%) Cybersecurity
2 230 (65.16%) Microsoft
3 226 (64.02%) Azure
4 211 (59.77%) CompTIA Security+
5 200 (56.66%) Mentoring
6 199 (56.37%) CompTIA CySA+
7 188 (53.26%) Azure Certification
7 188 (53.26%) ForeScout
8 93 (26.35%) Incident Response
9 70 (19.83%) SIEM
10 65 (18.41%) Information Security
11 56 (15.86%) Security Operations
12 53 (15.01%) NIST
13 46 (13.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 42 (11.90%) CISSP
15 38 (10.76%) Firewall
16 37 (10.48%) Problem-Solving
17 35 (9.92%) Vulnerability Assessment
18 34 (9.63%) Continuous Improvement
19 32 (9.07%) Vulnerability Management
20 30 (8.50%) GDPR
21 28 (7.93%) Penetration Testing
22 27 (7.65%) Degree
23 23 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials
23 23 (6.52%) Kalman Filter
23 23 (6.52%) Network Security
24 22 (6.23%) Threat Intelligence
25 21 (5.95%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
25 21 (5.95%) GRC
25 21 (5.95%) 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 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.85%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 226 (64.02%) Azure
2 20 (5.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 14 (3.97%) AWS
3 14 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.40%) Microsoft Purview
5 7 (1.98%) SaaS
6 6 (1.70%) GCP
7 2 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.57%) IaaS
7 2 (0.57%) PaaS
8 1 (0.28%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.28%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.28%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.28%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 38 (10.76%) Firewall
2 23 (6.52%) Network Security
3 17 (4.82%) Intrusion Detection
4 13 (3.68%) VPN
5 4 (1.13%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.85%) Wireless
7 1 (0.28%) Broadband
7 1 (0.28%) DKIM
7 1 (0.28%) DMARC
7 1 (0.28%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (0.57%) Burp Suite
1 2 (0.57%) JIRA
1 2 (0.57%) Metasploit
General
1 239 (67.71%) Social Skills
2 34 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (9.35%) Finance
4 18 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.42%) Banking
6 5 (1.42%) Financial Institution
6 5 (1.42%) Retail
7 4 (1.13%) Law
8 3 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (0.85%) Legal
9 2 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.28%) Back Office
10 1 (0.28%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.28%) Front Office
10 1 (0.28%) Local Government
10 1 (0.28%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.85%) EDI
2 2 (0.57%) SLSA
3 1 (0.28%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.92%) Security Posture
2 31 (8.78%) Cyber Threat
3 17 (4.82%) Management Information System
4 16 (4.53%) Security Operations Centre
5 13 (3.68%) Cyber Defence
6 10 (2.83%) Operational Technology
7 8 (2.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 5 (1.42%) Insider Threat
9 3 (0.85%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.85%) Life Science
10 2 (0.57%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.57%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.57%) SCADA
10 2 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.28%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.28%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.28%) PKI
11 1 (0.28%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.28%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.38%) Windows
2 17 (4.82%) Linux
3 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (83.00%) Cybersecurity
2 200 (56.66%) Mentoring
3 93 (26.35%) Incident Response
4 70 (19.83%) SIEM
5 65 (18.41%) Information Security
6 56 (15.86%) Security Operations
7 37 (10.48%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (9.92%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 34 (9.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 32 (9.07%) Vulnerability Management
11 28 (7.93%) Penetration Testing
12 23 (6.52%) Kalman Filter
13 22 (6.23%) Threat Intelligence
14 21 (5.95%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 19 (5.38%) Root Cause Analysis
16 17 (4.82%) Threat Detection
17 16 (4.53%) ITIL
17 16 (4.53%) Risk Management
18 15 (4.25%) Security Monitoring
18 15 (4.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.55%) PowerShell
1 9 (2.55%) Python
2 4 (1.13%) Bash
3 2 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 211 (59.77%) CompTIA Security+
2 199 (56.37%) CompTIA CySA+
3 188 (53.26%) Azure Certification
4 42 (11.90%) CISSP
5 27 (7.65%) Degree
6 21 (5.95%) SC Cleared
6 21 (5.95%) Security Cleared
7 19 (5.38%) CISM
8 14 (3.97%) GIAC
9 13 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (3.40%) DV Cleared
11 11 (3.12%) CISA
12 9 (2.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 9 (2.55%) CEH
12 9 (2.55%) GCIH
13 8 (2.27%) CRISC
14 7 (1.98%) SSCP
15 5 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (1.42%) DBS Check
15 5 (1.42%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (15.01%) NIST
2 46 (13.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (8.50%) GDPR
4 23 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 21 (5.95%) GRC
6 12 (3.40%) PCI DSS
7 10 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (2.55%) SOC 2
9 5 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.85%) ITGC
11 2 (0.57%) COBIT
11 2 (0.57%) SLA
12 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (1.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (1.98%) Nessus
1 7 (1.98%) QRadar
2 5 (1.42%) CSIRT
3 3 (0.85%) ArcSight ESM
3 3 (0.85%) ZENworks
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.28%) Nmap
Vendors
1 230 (65.16%) Microsoft
2 188 (53.26%) ForeScout
3 14 (3.97%) Splunk
4 9 (2.55%) Tenable
5 5 (1.42%) ArcSight
5 5 (1.42%) Palo Alto
5 5 (1.42%) Qualys
5 5 (1.42%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.13%) Carbon Black
6 4 (1.13%) Cisco
6 4 (1.13%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (1.13%) Darktrace
7 3 (0.85%) Google
7 3 (0.85%) LogLogic
7 3 (0.85%) McAfee
7 3 (0.85%) Meraki
7 3 (0.85%) SAP
7 3 (0.85%) VMware
8 1 (0.28%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.28%) Zscaler