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 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 471 386
Rank change year-on-year +205 -85 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 720 161 419
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.69% 0.37% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.41% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 350 136 263
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,491 £45,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -14.53% +6.36%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -12.28% +6.74%

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 96,584 39,137 63,749
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 90.50% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 67,856 23,062 37,088
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,600 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.55% - -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 2 October 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 2 October 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 +88 183 £50,000 +11.11% 97
South East +71 161 £55,000 +1.85% 56
Midlands +47 140 £52,500 +16.67% 38
London +11 133 £72,500 +26.64% 122
North West +55 100 £50,000 +11.11% 66
East Midlands +44 94 £55,000 +46.67% 21
Yorkshire +34 74 £55,000 +38.36% 20
South West -17 58 £57,500 +27.78% 27
East of England +5 51 £36,800 -22.53% 11
West Midlands -22 46 £51,250 +5.67% 17
North East -55 9 - - 11
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 October 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.

1 542 (75.28%) Cybersecurity
2 297 (41.25%) Microsoft
3 248 (34.44%) Azure
4 239 (33.19%) CompTIA Security+
5 220 (30.56%) Mentoring
6 214 (29.72%) CompTIA CySA+
7 190 (26.39%) Azure Certification
8 188 (26.11%) ForeScout
9 163 (22.64%) Information Security
10 161 (22.36%) Security Operations
10 161 (22.36%) SIEM
11 141 (19.58%) Incident Response
12 139 (19.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 130 (18.06%) Vulnerability Management
14 86 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
15 81 (11.25%) NIST
15 81 (11.25%) Security Cleared
16 76 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
17 62 (8.61%) AWS
17 62 (8.61%) Firewall
17 62 (8.61%) Vulnerability Remediation
18 61 (8.47%) CISSP
19 57 (7.92%) Threat Detection
20 55 (7.64%) SC Cleared
21 52 (7.22%) Degree
21 52 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
22 47 (6.53%) Cloud Security
22 47 (6.53%) Windows
23 45 (6.25%) CISM
24 43 (5.97%) Cyber Essentials

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 3 (0.42%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 248 (34.44%) Azure
2 62 (8.61%) AWS
3 52 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
5 28 (3.89%) Entra ID
6 27 (3.75%) Microsoft Purview
7 19 (2.64%) Mimecast
8 18 (2.50%) GCP
9 13 (1.81%) Power Platform
10 9 (1.25%) SaaS
11 8 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (0.97%) Cloudflare
13 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.28%) Akamai
14 2 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (0.28%) Power Automate
15 1 (0.14%) GitHub
15 1 (0.14%) Google Workspace
15 1 (0.14%) IaaS
15 1 (0.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (8.61%) Firewall
2 33 (4.58%) Network Security
3 26 (3.61%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (3.19%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (2.78%) LAN
5 20 (2.78%) WAN
6 14 (1.94%) Internet
7 11 (1.53%) DNS
8 9 (1.25%) HTTP
8 9 (1.25%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (1.25%) NGFW
9 8 (1.11%) SSL
10 5 (0.69%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.56%) VPN
11 4 (0.56%) Wireless
11 4 (0.56%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.28%) DKIM
12 2 (0.28%) DMARC
13 1 (0.14%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.81%) Power BI
2 4 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.69%) Burp Suite
1 5 (0.69%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.56%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.28%) JIRA
4 1 (0.14%) GitLab
4 1 (0.14%) Metasploit
General
1 296 (41.11%) Social Skills
2 100 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (6.94%) Finance
4 34 (4.72%) Law
5 30 (4.17%) Retail
6 25 (3.47%) Public Sector
7 18 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (2.22%) Aviation
9 15 (2.08%) Aerospace
10 14 (1.94%) Banking
11 12 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.53%) Legal
13 9 (1.25%) Automotive
13 9 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.42%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.42%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.42%) Marketing
15 2 (0.28%) Back Office
16 1 (0.14%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.83%) Terraform
2 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (0.56%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.42%) JSON
4 2 (0.28%) LDAP
4 2 (0.28%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.28%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 92 (12.78%) Security Posture
2 56 (7.78%) Cyber Threat
3 30 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
3 30 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
4 26 (3.61%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.08%) CSOC
5 15 (2.08%) Operational Technology
6 10 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.25%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.11%) Cloud Native
9 6 (0.83%) Cyber Security Posture
9 6 (0.83%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.69%) Cyberattack
10 5 (0.69%) SCADA
11 4 (0.56%) CESG
11 4 (0.56%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.56%) Life Science
11 4 (0.56%) Online Gambling
12 3 (0.42%) Cybercrime
12 3 (0.42%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.53%) Windows
2 38 (5.28%) Linux
3 9 (1.25%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.69%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.28%) Unix
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 542 (75.28%) Cybersecurity
2 220 (30.56%) Mentoring
3 163 (22.64%) Information Security
4 161 (22.36%) Security Operations
4 161 (22.36%) SIEM
5 141 (19.58%) Incident Response
6 130 (18.06%) Vulnerability Management
7 86 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
8 76 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 62 (8.61%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 57 (7.92%) Threat Detection
11 47 (6.53%) Cloud Security
12 43 (5.97%) Penetration Testing
13 39 (5.42%) Risk Management
13 39 (5.42%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 38 (5.28%) Incident Management
15 36 (5.00%) Threat Intelligence
16 35 (4.86%) SOAR
17 32 (4.44%) Data Security
18 30 (4.17%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 38 (5.28%) Python
2 33 (4.58%) Kusto Query Language
3 26 (3.61%) PowerShell
4 14 (1.94%) Bash
5 11 (1.53%) Go
6 8 (1.11%) Java
7 6 (0.83%) C#
8 3 (0.42%) Objective-C
9 2 (0.28%) SQL
10 1 (0.14%) R
10 1 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 239 (33.19%) CompTIA Security+
2 214 (29.72%) CompTIA CySA+
3 190 (26.39%) Azure Certification
4 81 (11.25%) Security Cleared
5 61 (8.47%) CISSP
6 55 (7.64%) SC Cleared
7 52 (7.22%) Degree
8 45 (6.25%) CISM
9 24 (3.33%) DV Cleared
10 18 (2.50%) GIAC
11 16 (2.22%) SANS
12 14 (1.94%) SSCP
13 12 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.67%) GCIH
13 12 (1.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 9 (1.25%) CEH
14 9 (1.25%) GCFA
15 7 (0.97%) CISA
15 7 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.97%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (19.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (11.25%) NIST
3 43 (5.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 39 (5.42%) GDPR
5 31 (4.31%) PCI DSS
6 26 (3.61%) GRC
7 19 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (1.94%) SOC 2
9 8 (1.11%) NCSC
10 5 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 5 (0.69%) QA
10 5 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.56%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.42%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.42%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.42%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.14%) COBIT
13 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 22 (3.06%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.56%) Docker
4 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.28%) NFS
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.11%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.83%) Graylog
4 5 (0.69%) Nessus
4 5 (0.69%) QRadar
5 3 (0.42%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.28%) Ansible
6 2 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.28%) Kibana
7 1 (0.14%) CASB
7 1 (0.14%) Nmap
7 1 (0.14%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 297 (41.25%) Microsoft
2 188 (26.11%) ForeScout
3 32 (4.44%) Palo Alto
4 31 (4.31%) Cisco
4 31 (4.31%) Qualys
5 24 (3.33%) Aruba
6 17 (2.36%) CrowdStrike
6 17 (2.36%) Splunk
7 9 (1.25%) Google
7 9 (1.25%) Rapid7
8 8 (1.11%) Tanium
8 8 (1.11%) VMware
9 6 (0.83%) Netskope
9 6 (0.83%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.69%) CyberArk
10 5 (0.69%) Darktrace
11 4 (0.56%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.56%) Tenable
12 3 (0.42%) Meraki
13 2 (0.28%) Zscaler