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 30 May 2026.

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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 405 388
Rank change year-on-year +270 -17 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,247 235 539
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.50% 0.61% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.60% 0.68% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 295 157 461
10th Percentile £32,900 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,750 £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 77,699 34,696 83,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 89.68% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 52,970 19,964 62,604
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,615 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% +9.52% -13.65%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
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 30 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 30 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 +175 352 £52,500 -8.70% 28
Midlands +135 295 £52,500 +17.16% 11
South East +130 233 £45,000 -13.88% 31
Yorkshire +94 192 £55,000 -4.35% 13
East Midlands +86 158 £50,000 +25.00% 3
London 0 147 £70,000 +7.69% 29
West Midlands +69 137 £52,500 +16.67% 8
South West +54 130 £60,000 +26.32% 12
North West +105 123 £37,500 -31.82% 14
East of England +65 101 £40,000 -15.79% 4
North East - 37 £46,500 - 1
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 1,100 (88.21%) Cybersecurity
2 934 (74.90%) Microsoft
3 903 (72.41%) CompTIA Security+
4 886 (71.05%) Azure
5 877 (70.33%) Mentoring
6 870 (69.77%) CompTIA CySA+
7 849 (68.08%) Azure Certification
8 847 (67.92%) ForeScout
9 120 (9.62%) Information Security
10 112 (8.98%) Security Operations
10 112 (8.98%) SIEM
11 99 (7.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 89 (7.14%) Incident Response
12 89 (7.14%) NIST
13 69 (5.53%) Continuous Improvement
14 67 (5.37%) Security Cleared
15 61 (4.89%) SC Cleared
16 59 (4.73%) Vulnerability Management
17 56 (4.49%) Problem-Solving
18 53 (4.25%) Risk Management
19 52 (4.17%) Cloud Security
20 51 (4.09%) CISSP
21 50 (4.01%) Network Security
22 45 (3.61%) Degree
23 43 (3.45%) Python
23 43 (3.45%) Windows
24 42 (3.37%) GDPR
24 42 (3.37%) Linux
24 42 (3.37%) PowerShell
25 39 (3.13%) AWS

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 (0.080%) Confluence
1 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.080%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 886 (71.05%) Azure
2 39 (3.13%) AWS
3 38 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (1.76%) Azure Sentinel
5 20 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
6 16 (1.28%) GCP
7 14 (1.12%) Power Platform
8 10 (0.80%) Entra ID
9 7 (0.56%) Cloudflare
9 7 (0.56%) SaaS
10 6 (0.48%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.24%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.24%) GitHub
11 3 (0.24%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.16%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.080%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (0.080%) AWS CloudTrail
13 1 (0.080%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.080%) IaaS
13 1 (0.080%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (4.01%) Network Security
2 35 (2.81%) Firewall
3 9 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
3 9 (0.72%) Wireless
4 7 (0.56%) DNS
5 6 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
5 6 (0.48%) NGFW
5 6 (0.48%) SSL
5 6 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.40%) LAN
6 5 (0.40%) VPN
6 5 (0.40%) WAN
7 4 (0.32%) Internet
8 3 (0.24%) SCCP
8 3 (0.24%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.080%) DKIM
9 1 (0.080%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.12%) Power BI
2 4 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
1 9 (0.72%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.24%) GitLab
2 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.16%) JIRA
General
1 918 (73.62%) Social Skills
2 81 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (3.61%) Finance
4 36 (2.89%) Retail
5 23 (1.84%) Aviation
6 22 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (1.68%) Law
8 19 (1.52%) Legal
9 13 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (0.64%) Banking
11 6 (0.48%) Back Office
11 6 (0.48%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.40%) Public Sector
13 4 (0.32%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.24%) Games
15 2 (0.16%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.080%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 58 (4.65%) Security Posture
2 53 (4.25%) Cyber Defence
3 42 (3.37%) Security Operations Centre
4 21 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
5 17 (1.36%) CSOC
5 17 (1.36%) Management Information System
6 14 (1.12%) Operational Technology
7 10 (0.80%) Cloud Native
8 9 (0.72%) Mobile App
9 8 (0.64%) Onboarding
10 7 (0.56%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.48%) Data Centre
11 6 (0.48%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.48%) Life Science
11 6 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.32%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (0.32%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.24%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.24%) CCTV
13 3 (0.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 43 (3.45%) Windows
2 42 (3.37%) Linux
3 4 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.24%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,100 (88.21%) Cybersecurity
2 877 (70.33%) Mentoring
3 120 (9.62%) Information Security
4 112 (8.98%) Security Operations
4 112 (8.98%) SIEM
5 89 (7.14%) Incident Response
6 69 (5.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 59 (4.73%) Vulnerability Management
8 56 (4.49%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (4.25%) Risk Management
10 52 (4.17%) Cloud Security
11 38 (3.05%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 37 (2.97%) Threat Intelligence
13 35 (2.81%) Agile
13 35 (2.81%) SOAR
14 34 (2.73%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 33 (2.65%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 32 (2.57%) Application Security
16 32 (2.57%) Patch Management
17 28 (2.25%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 43 (3.45%) Python
2 42 (3.37%) PowerShell
3 17 (1.36%) Bash
4 11 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (0.48%) C#
6 4 (0.32%) Java
7 2 (0.16%) Go
7 2 (0.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 903 (72.41%) CompTIA Security+
2 870 (69.77%) CompTIA CySA+
3 849 (68.08%) Azure Certification
4 67 (5.37%) Security Cleared
5 61 (4.89%) SC Cleared
6 51 (4.09%) CISSP
7 45 (3.61%) Degree
8 32 (2.57%) CISM
9 21 (1.68%) GIAC
10 18 (1.44%) SSCP
11 17 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (1.28%) DV Cleared
13 15 (1.20%) SANS
14 14 (1.12%) CISA
15 12 (0.96%) CEH
15 12 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (0.96%) OSCP
16 11 (0.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 9 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 9 (0.72%) CCSAM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (7.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 89 (7.14%) NIST
3 42 (3.37%) GDPR
4 35 (2.81%) GRC
5 30 (2.41%) PCI DSS
6 27 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (1.20%) SOC 2
8 9 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.56%) NCSC
10 6 (0.48%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.40%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.32%) QA
13 3 (0.24%) 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 (1.44%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.24%) Docker
2 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (0.72%) Nessus
2 7 (0.56%) CASB
3 6 (0.48%) Ansible
3 6 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.48%) Terraform
4 4 (0.32%) CSIRT
4 4 (0.32%) Graylog
4 4 (0.32%) SCCM
5 3 (0.24%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.24%) QRadar
6 1 (0.080%) Kibana
Vendors
1 934 (74.90%) Microsoft
2 847 (67.92%) ForeScout
3 10 (0.80%) Cisco
3 10 (0.80%) Tenable
4 8 (0.64%) Qualys
5 7 (0.56%) Palo Alto
6 6 (0.48%) Aruba
6 6 (0.48%) Google
6 6 (0.48%) Splunk
6 6 (0.48%) Zscaler
7 5 (0.40%) Rapid7
8 4 (0.32%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (0.32%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.24%) Intel
9 3 (0.24%) Meraki
9 3 (0.24%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.24%) Varonis
9 3 (0.24%) VMware
10 1 (0.080%) Proofpoint