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 5 August 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 471 409
Rank change year-on-year +307 -62 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,142 186 429
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.23% 0.43% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 0.47% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 347 145 334
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,950 £38,880
25th Percentile £40,625 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -1.41% +6.50%
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £79,625
UK median annual salary £52,896 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.75% - +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 87,174 39,531 69,172
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 90.70% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 61,224 23,934 47,658
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,019 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 5 August 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 5 August 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 +186 321 £50,000 -9.09% 27
Midlands +112 254 £50,000 +11.11% 16
South East +122 227 £46,250 -21.61% 44
Yorkshire +91 160 £55,000 +11.68% 9
East Midlands +84 151 £50,000 +22.70% 13
London +32 149 £70,000 +21.74% 40
North West +116 132 £50,000 -9.09% 16
South West +41 110 £51,250 +13.89% 13
West Midlands +41 103 £52,500 +8.25% 3
East of England +60 92 £42,500 -10.53% 5
North East -26 29 £46,500 -15.45% 2
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 August 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 1,009 (88.35%) Cybersecurity
2 765 (66.99%) Microsoft
3 725 (63.49%) CompTIA Security+
4 712 (62.35%) Azure
5 687 (60.16%) Mentoring
6 682 (59.72%) CompTIA CySA+
7 661 (57.88%) Azure Certification
8 659 (57.71%) ForeScout
9 164 (14.36%) SIEM
10 149 (13.05%) Information Security
11 143 (12.52%) Security Operations
12 136 (11.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 134 (11.73%) Incident Response
14 114 (9.98%) Vulnerability Management
15 94 (8.23%) NIST
16 89 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
17 79 (6.92%) Problem-Solving
18 69 (6.04%) Firewall
19 68 (5.95%) Security Cleared
20 62 (5.43%) Degree
21 58 (5.08%) CISSP
21 58 (5.08%) SC Cleared
22 57 (4.99%) Cloud Security
23 56 (4.90%) Vulnerability Remediation
24 52 (4.55%) AWS
24 52 (4.55%) Network Security
25 51 (4.47%) Risk Management
26 46 (4.03%) GDPR
26 46 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
26 46 (4.03%) 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 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.088%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 712 (62.35%) Azure
2 52 (4.55%) AWS
3 46 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (2.28%) Microsoft Purview
5 24 (2.10%) Azure Sentinel
6 17 (1.49%) Entra ID
6 17 (1.49%) GCP
7 14 (1.23%) Mimecast
8 12 (1.05%) Power Platform
9 8 (0.70%) Cloudflare
10 7 (0.61%) SaaS
11 4 (0.35%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.26%) GitHub
12 3 (0.26%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.18%) Cloud Computing
14 1 (0.088%) AWS KMS
14 1 (0.088%) Google Workspace
14 1 (0.088%) IaaS
14 1 (0.088%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (6.04%) Firewall
2 52 (4.55%) Network Security
3 26 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (2.01%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (1.75%) LAN
5 20 (1.75%) WAN
6 13 (1.14%) Internet
7 11 (0.96%) Intrusion Detection
8 10 (0.88%) DNS
9 9 (0.79%) NGFW
10 7 (0.61%) SSL
11 6 (0.53%) VPN
12 5 (0.44%) TCP/IP
13 4 (0.35%) Wireless
13 4 (0.35%) Wireshark
14 3 (0.26%) HTTP
15 1 (0.088%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.05%) Power BI
2 4 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.44%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.35%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.26%) GitLab
4 1 (0.088%) JIRA
4 1 (0.088%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.088%) TeamCity
General
1 756 (66.20%) Social Skills
2 99 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (4.12%) Finance
4 27 (2.36%) Retail
5 22 (1.93%) Law
6 21 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (1.49%) Aviation
8 16 (1.40%) Legal
9 13 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (1.14%) Public Sector
10 10 (0.88%) Banking
11 9 (0.79%) Automotive
12 8 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.44%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.44%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.26%) Games
14 3 (0.26%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.26%) Marketing
15 2 (0.18%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.088%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 95 (8.32%) Security Posture
2 46 (4.03%) Cyber Threat
3 39 (3.42%) Security Operations Centre
4 34 (2.98%) Cyber Defence
5 20 (1.75%) Management Information System
6 19 (1.66%) CSOC
7 15 (1.31%) Operational Technology
8 12 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (0.79%) Cloud Native
9 9 (0.79%) Cyberattack
10 8 (0.70%) Onboarding
11 6 (0.53%) Cyber Security Posture
11 6 (0.53%) Data Centre
11 6 (0.53%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.44%) Life Science
12 5 (0.44%) SCADA
13 4 (0.35%) Product Ownership
14 3 (0.26%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (0.26%) Cloud Security Posture
14 3 (0.26%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 46 (4.03%) Windows
2 45 (3.94%) Linux
3 4 (0.35%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.18%) Unix
5 1 (0.088%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,009 (88.35%) Cybersecurity
2 687 (60.16%) Mentoring
3 164 (14.36%) SIEM
4 149 (13.05%) Information Security
5 143 (12.52%) Security Operations
6 134 (11.73%) Incident Response
7 114 (9.98%) Vulnerability Management
8 89 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 79 (6.92%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (4.99%) Cloud Security
11 56 (4.90%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 51 (4.47%) Risk Management
13 46 (4.03%) Penetration Testing
14 45 (3.94%) Threat Detection
15 42 (3.68%) Threat Intelligence
16 40 (3.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
17 37 (3.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 35 (3.06%) SOAR
19 31 (2.71%) Data Loss Prevention
19 31 (2.71%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 32 (2.80%) Python
2 30 (2.63%) PowerShell
3 24 (2.10%) Kusto Query Language
4 8 (0.70%) Bash
5 6 (0.53%) C#
6 5 (0.44%) Java
7 3 (0.26%) Go
8 2 (0.18%) Objective-C
8 2 (0.18%) SQL
9 1 (0.088%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 725 (63.49%) CompTIA Security+
2 682 (59.72%) CompTIA CySA+
3 661 (57.88%) Azure Certification
4 68 (5.95%) Security Cleared
5 62 (5.43%) Degree
6 58 (5.08%) CISSP
6 58 (5.08%) SC Cleared
7 42 (3.68%) CISM
8 21 (1.84%) GIAC
9 17 (1.49%) SANS
9 17 (1.49%) SSCP
10 15 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (1.23%) CEH
12 12 (1.05%) GCIH
12 12 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 10 (0.88%) CISA
13 10 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (0.88%) GCIA
14 9 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 9 (0.79%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (11.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 94 (8.23%) NIST
3 46 (4.03%) GDPR
4 36 (3.15%) PCI DSS
5 34 (2.98%) Cyber Essentials
6 29 (2.54%) GRC
7 20 (1.75%) SOC 2
8 14 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.79%) NCSC
11 7 (0.61%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.44%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.35%) QA
14 3 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.18%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.18%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.18%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (1.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.088%) Docker
2 1 (0.088%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.61%) CASB
3 5 (0.44%) Graylog
3 5 (0.44%) Nessus
3 5 (0.44%) QRadar
3 5 (0.44%) Terraform
4 4 (0.35%) Ansible
5 3 (0.26%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.18%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.18%) Kibana
6 2 (0.18%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.088%) Nmap
7 1 (0.088%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.088%) SCCM
Vendors
1 765 (66.99%) Microsoft
2 659 (57.71%) ForeScout
3 32 (2.80%) Palo Alto
4 30 (2.63%) Cisco
5 29 (2.54%) Qualys
6 24 (2.10%) Aruba
7 12 (1.05%) Splunk
8 10 (0.88%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (0.70%) Rapid7
9 8 (0.70%) Tanium
10 6 (0.53%) Google
10 6 (0.53%) Tenable
10 6 (0.53%) Zscaler
11 4 (0.35%) CyberArk
11 4 (0.35%) Netskope
11 4 (0.35%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.35%) VMware
12 3 (0.26%) Intel
12 3 (0.26%) Meraki
12 3 (0.26%) Varonis