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 8 April 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 366 376
Rank change year-on-year +236 +10 +93
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,131 251 518
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.54% 0.69% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 0.76% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 209 161 454
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +19.05% +2.94%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £68,438
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +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 67,939 32,820 74,862
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 89.78% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 44,702 21,220 58,170
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 +136 317 £52,500 -8.70% 22
Midlands +122 269 £50,000 +11.58% 18
South East +105 215 £52,500 -12.50% 26
Yorkshire +82 181 £55,000 -4.35% 10
East Midlands +46 143 £50,000 -4.76% 10
South West +62 130 £60,000 +26.32% 8
West Midlands +85 126 £55,000 +22.74% 8
London -14 120 £70,000 +7.69% 21
North West +43 99 £35,000 -39.13% 8
East of England +42 89 £52,500 +10.53% 8
North East - 37 £46,500 - 4
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 April 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 1,018 (90.01%) Cybersecurity
2 913 (80.73%) Microsoft
3 894 (79.05%) CompTIA Security+
4 882 (77.98%) Azure
5 872 (77.10%) Mentoring
6 866 (76.57%) CompTIA CySA+
7 847 (74.89%) Azure Certification
7 847 (74.89%) ForeScout
8 96 (8.49%) Information Security
9 89 (7.87%) Incident Response
10 88 (7.78%) SIEM
11 81 (7.16%) NIST
12 76 (6.72%) Security Operations
13 75 (6.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 56 (4.95%) CISSP
14 56 (4.95%) Problem-Solving
15 54 (4.77%) Continuous Improvement
16 47 (4.16%) Security Cleared
17 45 (3.98%) GDPR
18 44 (3.89%) Network Security
18 44 (3.89%) SC Cleared
19 43 (3.80%) Cloud Security
20 42 (3.71%) Degree
21 37 (3.27%) Risk Management
21 37 (3.27%) Vulnerability Management
22 35 (3.09%) PowerShell
22 35 (3.09%) Root Cause Analysis
23 34 (3.01%) Python
23 34 (3.01%) Threat Intelligence
23 34 (3.01%) 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 (0.088%) Confluence
1 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.088%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.18%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 882 (77.98%) Azure
2 28 (2.48%) AWS
3 20 (1.77%) Azure Sentinel
4 19 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 13 (1.15%) GCP
7 8 (0.71%) SaaS
8 5 (0.44%) Mimecast
9 4 (0.35%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.27%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.27%) Cloudflare
10 3 (0.27%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.18%) GitHub
11 2 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.088%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.088%) AWS CloudTrail
12 1 (0.088%) AWS KMS
12 1 (0.088%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.89%) Network Security
2 32 (2.83%) Firewall
3 16 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (0.80%) Wireless
5 7 (0.62%) VPN
6 3 (0.27%) SCCP
7 1 (0.088%) DKIM
7 1 (0.088%) DMARC
7 1 (0.088%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (0.80%) Burp Suite
1 9 (0.80%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.27%) JIRA
3 2 (0.18%) GitLab
3 2 (0.18%) Jenkins
General
1 909 (80.37%) Social Skills
2 58 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (3.09%) Finance
4 28 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (2.12%) Retail
6 14 (1.24%) Law
6 14 (1.24%) Legal
7 10 (0.88%) Aviation
7 10 (0.88%) Banking
8 7 (0.62%) Back Office
8 7 (0.62%) Financial Institution
9 6 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.18%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.18%) Games
10 2 (0.18%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.18%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.088%) Military
11 1 (0.088%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.18%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 52 (4.60%) Security Posture
2 39 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
3 36 (3.18%) Security Operations Centre
4 16 (1.41%) Management Information System
5 15 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
6 12 (1.06%) CSOC
7 10 (0.88%) Operational Technology
8 9 (0.80%) Mobile App
9 8 (0.71%) Cloud Native
10 7 (0.62%) Cyber Security Posture
10 7 (0.62%) Cyberattack
11 5 (0.44%) Life Science
12 4 (0.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (0.35%) Driving Licence
12 4 (0.35%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.27%) CCTV
13 3 (0.27%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.27%) Onboarding
14 2 (0.18%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.83%) Linux
2 29 (2.56%) Windows
3 3 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,018 (90.01%) Cybersecurity
2 872 (77.10%) Mentoring
3 96 (8.49%) Information Security
4 89 (7.87%) Incident Response
5 88 (7.78%) SIEM
6 76 (6.72%) Security Operations
7 56 (4.95%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (4.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 43 (3.80%) Cloud Security
10 37 (3.27%) Risk Management
10 37 (3.27%) Vulnerability Management
11 35 (3.09%) Root Cause Analysis
12 34 (3.01%) Threat Intelligence
12 34 (3.01%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 32 (2.83%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 30 (2.65%) Penetration Testing
15 25 (2.21%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 25 (2.21%) Security Monitoring
16 24 (2.12%) SOAR
17 23 (2.03%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 35 (3.09%) PowerShell
2 34 (3.01%) Python
3 14 (1.24%) Bash
4 4 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.18%) C#
5 2 (0.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 894 (79.05%) CompTIA Security+
2 866 (76.57%) CompTIA CySA+
3 847 (74.89%) Azure Certification
4 56 (4.95%) CISSP
5 47 (4.16%) Security Cleared
6 44 (3.89%) SC Cleared
7 42 (3.71%) Degree
8 26 (2.30%) CISM
9 25 (2.21%) GIAC
10 17 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (1.41%) DV Cleared
12 15 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (1.33%) SSCP
13 14 (1.24%) CISA
14 12 (1.06%) OSCP
15 11 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (0.97%) SANS
16 10 (0.88%) CRISC
17 9 (0.80%) CHECK Team Leader
17 9 (0.80%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (7.16%) NIST
2 75 (6.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (3.98%) GDPR
4 31 (2.74%) PCI DSS
5 22 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (1.86%) GRC
7 16 (1.41%) SOC 2
8 12 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.53%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.27%) ITGC
10 3 (0.27%) NCSC
11 2 (0.18%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.18%) QA
11 2 (0.18%) SLA
12 1 (0.088%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.088%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.088%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (0.53%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.27%) Docker
2 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.088%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (0.88%) Nessus
2 7 (0.62%) CASB
3 5 (0.44%) Ansible
3 5 (0.44%) CSIRT
3 5 (0.44%) Terraform
4 4 (0.35%) QRadar
5 3 (0.27%) ArcSight ESM
5 3 (0.27%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.27%) SCCM
6 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 913 (80.73%) Microsoft
2 847 (74.89%) ForeScout
3 10 (0.88%) Tenable
4 8 (0.71%) Splunk
5 7 (0.62%) Google
6 6 (0.53%) Palo Alto
6 6 (0.53%) Zscaler
7 4 (0.35%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (0.35%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.27%) ArcSight
8 3 (0.27%) LogLogic
8 3 (0.27%) McAfee
8 3 (0.27%) Meraki
8 3 (0.27%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.27%) VMware
9 2 (0.18%) Intel
9 2 (0.18%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.18%) SAP
9 2 (0.18%) Varonis
10 1 (0.088%) Qualys