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 12 March 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 369 360
Rank change year-on-year +203 -9 +94
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 852 282 541
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.31% 0.72% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 0.79% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 176 166 483
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -0.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £87,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +2.94%

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 59,723 35,545 69,696
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 90.61% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 38,881 20,941 55,105
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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 +114 229 £52,500 +14.13% 9
Midlands +114 198 £50,000 +3.48% 11
South East +82 164 £52,500 -12.50% 13
Yorkshire +67 131 £55,000 -4.35% 2
London -6 104 £61,250 -9.26% 16
East Midlands +48 101 £47,500 +2.70% 4
West Midlands +75 97 £55,000 +13.83% 7
South West +56 95 £60,000 +20.00% 3
North West +33 72 £42,500 -1.16% 5
East of England +57 66 £60,000 +26.32% 3
North East +6 26 - - 2
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 March 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.

1 750 (88.03%) Cybersecurity
2 669 (78.52%) Microsoft
3 651 (76.41%) Azure
3 651 (76.41%) CompTIA Security+
4 634 (74.41%) Mentoring
5 628 (73.71%) CompTIA CySA+
6 612 (71.83%) Azure Certification
6 612 (71.83%) ForeScout
7 89 (10.45%) Information Security
8 87 (10.21%) Incident Response
9 74 (8.69%) SIEM
10 69 (8.10%) NIST
11 66 (7.75%) Security Operations
12 62 (7.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 51 (5.99%) CISSP
14 49 (5.75%) Problem-Solving
15 44 (5.16%) Continuous Improvement
16 38 (4.46%) Security Cleared
17 37 (4.34%) Degree
18 36 (4.23%) Cloud Security
18 36 (4.23%) SC Cleared
19 34 (3.99%) Network Security
20 33 (3.87%) Root Cause Analysis
21 32 (3.76%) GDPR
21 32 (3.76%) PowerShell
21 32 (3.76%) Threat Intelligence
22 30 (3.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
22 30 (3.52%) Firewall
23 29 (3.40%) Python
24 28 (3.29%) Vulnerability Assessment

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 (0.12%) Confluence
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.23%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 651 (76.41%) Azure
2 19 (2.23%) Azure Sentinel
3 18 (2.11%) AWS
4 14 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (1.29%) GCP
5 11 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
6 9 (1.06%) SaaS
7 3 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.35%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.23%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.23%) GitHub
8 2 (0.23%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.23%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.23%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.12%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.12%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (0.12%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.12%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.12%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.99%) Network Security
2 30 (3.52%) Firewall
3 12 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (1.06%) Wireless
5 5 (0.59%) VPN
6 3 (0.35%) SCCP
7 1 (0.12%) DKIM
7 1 (0.12%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (1.06%) Burp Suite
1 9 (1.06%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.35%) JIRA
3 2 (0.23%) GitLab
3 2 (0.23%) Jenkins
General
1 664 (77.93%) Social Skills
2 39 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (4.34%) Finance
4 27 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (2.70%) Retail
6 15 (1.76%) Law
7 12 (1.41%) Legal
8 11 (1.29%) Financial Institution
9 10 (1.17%) Banking
10 7 (0.82%) Aviation
10 7 (0.82%) Back Office
11 4 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.23%) Games
12 2 (0.23%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.23%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.12%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.23%) EDI
2 1 (0.12%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.28%) Security Posture
2 37 (4.34%) Cyber Defence
3 34 (3.99%) Security Operations Centre
4 20 (2.35%) Cyber Threat
5 16 (1.88%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.17%) Operational Technology
7 9 (1.06%) CSOC
7 9 (1.06%) Mobile App
8 6 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
9 5 (0.59%) Cloud Native
9 5 (0.59%) Cyberattack
10 4 (0.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (0.47%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.35%) CCTV
11 3 (0.35%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.35%) Life Science
12 2 (0.23%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.23%) Insider Threat
12 2 (0.23%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.12%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.93%) Windows
2 24 (2.82%) Linux
3 3 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 750 (88.03%) Cybersecurity
2 634 (74.41%) Mentoring
3 89 (10.45%) Information Security
4 87 (10.21%) Incident Response
5 74 (8.69%) SIEM
6 66 (7.75%) Security Operations
7 49 (5.75%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (5.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 36 (4.23%) Cloud Security
10 33 (3.87%) Root Cause Analysis
11 32 (3.76%) Threat Intelligence
12 30 (3.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 28 (3.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 28 (3.29%) Vulnerability Management
14 27 (3.17%) Penetration Testing
14 27 (3.17%) Risk Management
15 24 (2.82%) Security Monitoring
16 22 (2.58%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 20 (2.35%) SOAR
18 19 (2.23%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 32 (3.76%) PowerShell
2 29 (3.40%) Python
3 14 (1.64%) Bash
4 2 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 651 (76.41%) CompTIA Security+
2 628 (73.71%) CompTIA CySA+
3 612 (71.83%) Azure Certification
4 51 (5.99%) CISSP
5 38 (4.46%) Security Cleared
6 37 (4.34%) Degree
7 36 (4.23%) SC Cleared
8 22 (2.58%) CISM
9 21 (2.46%) GIAC
10 16 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.76%) DV Cleared
12 14 (1.64%) CISA
13 13 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (1.41%) CRISC
14 12 (1.41%) OSCP
15 11 (1.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (1.29%) SSCP
16 9 (1.06%) CHECK Team Leader
16 9 (1.06%) CHECK Team Member
16 9 (1.06%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (8.10%) NIST
2 62 (7.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (3.76%) GDPR
4 26 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
4 26 (3.05%) PCI DSS
5 23 (2.70%) GRC
6 16 (1.88%) SOC 2
7 8 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.35%) ITGC
9 3 (0.35%) NCSC
9 3 (0.35%) SLA
10 2 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.23%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 10 (1.17%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.35%) Docker
2 3 (0.35%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (1.29%) Nessus
2 5 (0.59%) Ansible
2 5 (0.59%) CASB
2 5 (0.59%) CSIRT
2 5 (0.59%) Terraform
3 3 (0.35%) ArcSight ESM
3 3 (0.35%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.35%) QRadar
3 3 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 669 (78.52%) Microsoft
2 612 (71.83%) ForeScout
3 11 (1.29%) Tenable
4 7 (0.82%) Google
5 6 (0.70%) Palo Alto
6 5 (0.59%) Splunk
6 5 (0.59%) Zscaler
7 4 (0.47%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (0.47%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.35%) ArcSight
8 3 (0.35%) LogLogic
8 3 (0.35%) McAfee
8 3 (0.35%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.35%) VMware
9 2 (0.23%) Intel
9 2 (0.23%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.23%) SAP
9 2 (0.23%) Varonis
10 1 (0.12%) Darktrace
10 1 (0.12%) Meraki