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 4 September 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 474 405
Rank change year-on-year +276 -69 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 932 174 400
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.96% 0.41% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 0.45% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 356 145 282
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.11% +7.14%

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 91,499 38,783 66,432
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 90.33% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 64,696 23,344 42,558
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 4 September 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 4 September 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 +145 255 £50,000 +11.11% 38
Midlands +92 195 £52,500 +16.67% 29
South East +95 194 £52,500 -3.67% 40
London +26 142 £72,500 +26.09% 82
East Midlands +65 121 £55,000 +39.24% 15
North West +89 120 £50,000 +11.11% 30
Yorkshire +58 116 £55,000 +38.36% 7
South West +9 88 £57,500 +33.72% 20
West Midlands +21 74 £52,500 +12.30% 14
East of England +38 69 £40,000 -15.79% 9
North East -45 19 £46,500 -15.45% 1
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 September 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.

1 772 (82.83%) Cybersecurity
2 526 (56.44%) Microsoft
3 480 (51.50%) CompTIA Security+
4 478 (51.29%) Azure
5 448 (48.07%) CompTIA CySA+
6 447 (47.96%) Mentoring
7 425 (45.60%) Azure Certification
8 423 (45.39%) ForeScout
9 160 (17.17%) SIEM
10 151 (16.20%) Information Security
11 143 (15.34%) Security Operations
12 139 (14.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 135 (14.48%) Incident Response
14 124 (13.30%) Vulnerability Management
15 87 (9.33%) NIST
16 82 (8.80%) Continuous Improvement
17 78 (8.37%) Problem-Solving
17 78 (8.37%) Security Cleared
18 68 (7.30%) Firewall
19 60 (6.44%) CISSP
20 58 (6.22%) Degree
21 57 (6.12%) Vulnerability Remediation
22 54 (5.79%) SC Cleared
23 53 (5.69%) AWS
24 51 (5.47%) Threat Detection
25 48 (5.15%) Cloud Security
25 48 (5.15%) Risk Management
26 46 (4.94%) GDPR
26 46 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
26 46 (4.94%) Penetration Testing

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:

Applications
1 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 478 (51.29%) Azure
2 53 (5.69%) AWS
3 46 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (3.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 27 (2.90%) Azure Sentinel
6 20 (2.15%) Entra ID
7 19 (2.04%) Mimecast
8 14 (1.50%) GCP
9 13 (1.39%) Power Platform
10 8 (0.86%) Cloudflare
11 6 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (0.54%) SaaS
13 2 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.21%) GitHub
13 2 (0.21%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.11%) AWS CloudFormation
14 1 (0.11%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.11%) IaaS
14 1 (0.11%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (7.30%) Firewall
2 44 (4.72%) Network Security
3 26 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (2.47%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (2.15%) LAN
5 20 (2.15%) WAN
6 13 (1.39%) Internet
7 11 (1.18%) DNS
8 10 (1.07%) Intrusion Detection
9 9 (0.97%) NGFW
10 8 (0.86%) SSL
11 5 (0.54%) HTTP
11 5 (0.54%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.54%) VPN
12 4 (0.43%) Wireless
12 4 (0.43%) Wireshark
13 1 (0.11%) DKIM
13 1 (0.11%) DMARC
13 1 (0.11%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.39%) Power BI
2 4 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.54%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.32%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.21%) GitLab
3 2 (0.21%) JIRA
4 1 (0.11%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
General
1 521 (55.90%) Social Skills
2 99 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (5.36%) Finance
4 23 (2.47%) Law
5 21 (2.25%) Retail
6 20 (2.15%) Public Sector
7 17 (1.82%) Aviation
8 13 (1.39%) Legal
8 13 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
9 11 (1.18%) Aerospace
10 10 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (0.97%) Automotive
11 9 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (0.64%) Banking
13 3 (0.32%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.32%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.32%) Marketing
14 1 (0.11%) Advertising
14 1 (0.11%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
1 4 (0.43%) ModSecurity
1 4 (0.43%) Terraform
2 1 (0.11%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 93 (9.98%) Security Posture
2 52 (5.58%) Cyber Threat
3 31 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
4 29 (3.11%) Security Operations Centre
5 21 (2.25%) Management Information System
6 15 (1.61%) Operational Technology
7 12 (1.29%) CSOC
8 10 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (0.86%) Cloud Native
10 7 (0.75%) Cyber Security Posture
11 6 (0.64%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.64%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.54%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.54%) Onboarding
12 5 (0.54%) Product Ownership
12 5 (0.54%) SCADA
13 4 (0.43%) CESG
13 4 (0.43%) Life Science
14 3 (0.32%) Blog
14 3 (0.32%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 42 (4.51%) Windows
2 41 (4.40%) Linux
3 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.21%) Unix
5 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 772 (82.83%) Cybersecurity
2 447 (47.96%) Mentoring
3 160 (17.17%) SIEM
4 151 (16.20%) Information Security
5 143 (15.34%) Security Operations
6 135 (14.48%) Incident Response
7 124 (13.30%) Vulnerability Management
8 82 (8.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 78 (8.37%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (6.12%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 51 (5.47%) Threat Detection
12 48 (5.15%) Cloud Security
12 48 (5.15%) Risk Management
13 46 (4.94%) Penetration Testing
14 37 (3.97%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 35 (3.76%) SOAR
15 35 (3.76%) Threat Intelligence
16 32 (3.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 32 (3.43%) Incident Management
17 31 (3.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 30 (3.22%) Python
2 26 (2.79%) PowerShell
3 25 (2.68%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (0.75%) Bash
5 6 (0.64%) C#
6 5 (0.54%) Java
7 3 (0.32%) Go
7 3 (0.32%) Objective-C
8 2 (0.21%) SQL
9 1 (0.11%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 480 (51.50%) CompTIA Security+
2 448 (48.07%) CompTIA CySA+
3 425 (45.60%) Azure Certification
4 78 (8.37%) Security Cleared
5 60 (6.44%) CISSP
6 58 (6.22%) Degree
7 54 (5.79%) SC Cleared
8 44 (4.72%) CISM
9 22 (2.36%) DV Cleared
10 18 (1.93%) GIAC
11 14 (1.50%) SANS
11 14 (1.50%) SSCP
12 12 (1.29%) CEH
12 12 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (1.29%) GCIH
12 12 (1.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 10 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 9 (0.97%) CCSP
15 7 (0.75%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (14.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 87 (9.33%) NIST
3 46 (4.94%) GDPR
4 36 (3.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 32 (3.43%) PCI DSS
6 26 (2.79%) GRC
7 15 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 15 (1.61%) SOC 2
8 11 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.86%) NCSC
10 6 (0.64%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (0.43%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.43%) QA
12 3 (0.32%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.21%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.21%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.11%) COBIT
14 1 (0.11%) IASME
System Software
1 15 (1.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) Docker
2 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.64%) Graylog
3 5 (0.54%) Nessus
3 5 (0.54%) QRadar
4 4 (0.43%) CASB
5 3 (0.32%) Ansible
5 3 (0.32%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.21%) Kibana
6 2 (0.21%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.11%) Nmap
7 1 (0.11%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 526 (56.44%) Microsoft
2 423 (45.39%) ForeScout
3 32 (3.43%) Palo Alto
4 30 (3.22%) Cisco
5 29 (3.11%) Qualys
6 24 (2.58%) Aruba
7 14 (1.50%) Splunk
8 12 (1.29%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.97%) Rapid7
10 8 (0.86%) Tanium
11 6 (0.64%) Google
12 5 (0.54%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.54%) Netskope
12 5 (0.54%) Tenable
13 4 (0.43%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.43%) VMware
13 4 (0.43%) Zscaler
14 3 (0.32%) Darktrace
15 2 (0.21%) Intel
15 2 (0.21%) Varonis