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 14 September 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 478 405
Rank change year-on-year +266 -73 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 883 176 400
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.88% 0.41% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 0.45% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 347 148 272
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,625 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -11.75% +7.34%
75th Percentile £72,500 £64,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £51,625 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.54% -10.22% +9.52%

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 93,639 39,093 65,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 90.39% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 66,191 23,439 40,359
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,853 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 14 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 14 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 +126 236 £50,000 +11.11% 53
South East +90 189 £54,000 -0.92% 35
Midlands +75 183 £52,500 +16.67% 29
London +21 138 £72,500 +26.09% 85
East Midlands +62 115 £55,000 +39.24% 17
North West +84 112 £50,000 +11.11% 37
Yorkshire +62 107 £55,000 +34.15% 15
South West 0 82 £57,500 +33.72% 21
West Midlands +5 68 £52,500 +8.25% 12
East of England +33 65 £39,500 -16.84% 9
North East -46 17 £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 14 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.

1 719 (81.43%) Cybersecurity
2 476 (53.91%) Microsoft
3 431 (48.81%) CompTIA Security+
4 429 (48.58%) Azure
5 402 (45.53%) Mentoring
6 400 (45.30%) CompTIA CySA+
7 378 (42.81%) Azure Certification
8 376 (42.58%) ForeScout
9 160 (18.12%) SIEM
10 157 (17.78%) Information Security
11 145 (16.42%) Security Operations
12 137 (15.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 136 (15.40%) Incident Response
14 126 (14.27%) Vulnerability Management
15 85 (9.63%) NIST
16 81 (9.17%) Problem-Solving
16 81 (9.17%) Security Cleared
17 78 (8.83%) Continuous Improvement
18 66 (7.47%) Firewall
19 60 (6.80%) CISSP
20 59 (6.68%) Vulnerability Remediation
21 56 (6.34%) Degree
22 55 (6.23%) AWS
22 55 (6.23%) SC Cleared
23 52 (5.89%) Threat Detection
24 46 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
25 45 (5.10%) GDPR
26 44 (4.98%) CISM
26 44 (4.98%) Cloud Security
26 44 (4.98%) 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.11%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 429 (48.58%) Azure
2 55 (6.23%) AWS
3 46 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (3.17%) Microsoft Purview
5 26 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
6 20 (2.27%) Entra ID
7 19 (2.15%) Mimecast
8 15 (1.70%) GCP
9 13 (1.47%) Power Platform
10 8 (0.91%) Cloudflare
11 6 (0.68%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (0.68%) SaaS
12 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.23%) Cloud Computing
14 1 (0.11%) AWS CloudFormation
14 1 (0.11%) GitHub
14 1 (0.11%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.11%) Google Workspace
14 1 (0.11%) IaaS
14 1 (0.11%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (7.47%) Firewall
2 37 (4.19%) Network Security
3 26 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (2.60%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (2.27%) LAN
5 20 (2.27%) WAN
6 13 (1.47%) Internet
7 11 (1.25%) DNS
8 10 (1.13%) Intrusion Detection
9 9 (1.02%) NGFW
10 8 (0.91%) SSL
11 5 (0.57%) HTTP
11 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.57%) VPN
12 4 (0.45%) Wireless
12 4 (0.45%) Wireshark
13 1 (0.11%) DKIM
13 1 (0.11%) DMARC
13 1 (0.11%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.47%) Power BI
2 4 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.57%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.34%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.23%) JIRA
3 2 (0.23%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.11%) GitLab
4 1 (0.11%) Metasploit
General
1 479 (54.25%) Social Skills
2 99 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (5.66%) Finance
4 28 (3.17%) Law
5 25 (2.83%) Retail
6 21 (2.38%) Public Sector
7 15 (1.70%) Aviation
8 13 (1.47%) Aerospace
8 13 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
9 12 (1.36%) Legal
10 9 (1.02%) Automotive
10 9 (1.02%) Banking
10 9 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.34%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.34%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.34%) Marketing
12 1 (0.11%) Advertising
12 1 (0.11%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Graph
1 4 (0.45%) ModSecurity
1 4 (0.45%) Terraform
2 1 (0.11%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 91 (10.31%) Security Posture
2 53 (6.00%) Cyber Threat
3 31 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
4 27 (3.06%) Security Operations Centre
5 23 (2.60%) Management Information System
6 15 (1.70%) Operational Technology
7 12 (1.36%) CSOC
8 10 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (0.79%) Cloud Native
9 7 (0.79%) Cyber Security Posture
10 6 (0.68%) Cyberattack
10 6 (0.68%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.68%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.57%) Onboarding
11 5 (0.57%) SCADA
12 4 (0.45%) CESG
12 4 (0.45%) Life Science
13 3 (0.34%) Blog
13 3 (0.34%) Online Gambling
13 3 (0.34%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 41 (4.64%) Windows
2 38 (4.30%) Linux
3 6 (0.68%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.23%) Unix
6 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 719 (81.43%) Cybersecurity
2 402 (45.53%) Mentoring
3 160 (18.12%) SIEM
4 157 (17.78%) Information Security
5 145 (16.42%) Security Operations
6 136 (15.40%) Incident Response
7 126 (14.27%) Vulnerability Management
8 81 (9.17%) Problem-Solving
9 78 (8.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 59 (6.68%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 52 (5.89%) Threat Detection
12 44 (4.98%) Cloud Security
12 44 (4.98%) Penetration Testing
12 44 (4.98%) Risk Management
13 37 (4.19%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 34 (3.85%) Incident Management
14 34 (3.85%) SOAR
14 34 (3.85%) Threat Intelligence
15 30 (3.40%) Data Security
15 30 (3.40%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 31 (3.51%) Python
2 26 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
3 24 (2.72%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.02%) Bash
5 6 (0.68%) C#
5 6 (0.68%) Go
5 6 (0.68%) Java
6 3 (0.34%) Objective-C
7 2 (0.23%) SQL
8 1 (0.11%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 431 (48.81%) CompTIA Security+
2 400 (45.30%) CompTIA CySA+
3 378 (42.81%) Azure Certification
4 81 (9.17%) Security Cleared
5 60 (6.80%) CISSP
6 56 (6.34%) Degree
7 55 (6.23%) SC Cleared
8 44 (4.98%) CISM
9 24 (2.72%) DV Cleared
10 18 (2.04%) GIAC
11 14 (1.59%) SANS
11 14 (1.59%) SSCP
12 12 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (1.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 11 (1.25%) CEH
13 11 (1.25%) GCIH
14 9 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 8 (0.91%) CCSP
15 8 (0.91%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (15.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (9.63%) NIST
3 45 (5.10%) GDPR
4 35 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (3.74%) PCI DSS
6 27 (3.06%) GRC
7 15 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (1.59%) SOC 2
9 10 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.91%) NCSC
11 6 (0.68%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.57%) QA
13 4 (0.45%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.34%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.34%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.34%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.11%) COBIT
15 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 15 (1.70%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.23%) Docker
2 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.68%) Graylog
3 5 (0.57%) Nessus
3 5 (0.57%) QRadar
4 4 (0.45%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.34%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.23%) Ansible
6 2 (0.23%) CASB
6 2 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.23%) Kibana
7 1 (0.11%) Nmap
7 1 (0.11%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 476 (53.91%) Microsoft
2 376 (42.58%) ForeScout
3 32 (3.62%) Palo Alto
4 30 (3.40%) Cisco
5 29 (3.28%) Qualys
6 24 (2.72%) Aruba
7 15 (1.70%) Splunk
8 13 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (1.02%) Rapid7
10 8 (0.91%) Tanium
11 7 (0.79%) Google
12 6 (0.68%) Netskope
13 5 (0.57%) CyberArk
14 4 (0.45%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.45%) Tenable
14 4 (0.45%) VMware
15 3 (0.34%) Darktrace
16 2 (0.23%) Meraki
16 2 (0.23%) Salesforce
16 2 (0.23%) Zscaler