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 November 2026.

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

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	364	478	385
Rank change year-on-year	+114	-93	-37
Permanent Security Analyst jobs	492	160	381
As % of all permanent jobs in England	0.46%	0.37%	0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.50%	0.40%	0.66%
Number of salaries quoted	316	139	234
10^th Percentile	£35,000	£36,250	£40,000
25^th Percentile	£44,000	£42,500	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£51,058	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	+7.72%	-11.20%	+4.55%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£61,250	£67,250
90^th Percentile	£83,500	£75,000	£72,500
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£51,029	£57,500
% change year-on-year	+7.78%	-11.25%	+4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in England matching a recognised job title	98,848	39,666	57,865
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title	91.93%	91.05%	94.94%
Number of salaries quoted	67,922	24,627	32,781
10^th Percentile	£31,000	£28,250	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,516	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£59,250	£53,168	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	+11.44%	-7.53%	-4.17%
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£76,000
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£95,000
UK median annual salary	£59,000	£52,500	£57,500
% change year-on-year	+12.38%	-8.70%	-4.17%

Security Analyst Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Security Analyst job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Security Analyst Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in England.

Security Analyst Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for Security Analyst jobs in England over the 6 months to 2 November 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 Security Analyst jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 2 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
South East	+17	130	£60,000	+1.69%	33
North of England	+11	111	£50,000	+2.56%	42
London	-44	102	£75,000	+36.36%	37
Midlands	-20	83	£50,000	-	21
North West	+18	77	£50,000	-	21
East Midlands	-8	54	£55,000	+18.92%	11
South West	-45	39	£45,000	+2.27%	8
Yorkshire	-13	31	£47,500	+19.50%	17
East of England	-31	29	£55,000	+15.79%	7
West Midlands	-56	29	£50,000	-	10
North East	-69	3	£44,000	-20.00%	4
Security Analyst UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, Security Analyst job ads cited 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 Security Analyst job ads across the England region.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	62.6%	308
2	Security Operations	33.9%	167
3	Information Security	29.9%	147
4	SIEM	29.5%	145
5	Incident Response	29.1%	143
6	Vulnerability Management	25.6%	126
7	ISO/IEC 27001	22.0%	108
8	Microsoft	20.7%	102
9	Problem-Solving	15.0%	74
10	Azure	13.6%	67
11	NIST	13.2%	65
12	Firewall	13.0%	64
13	Security Cleared	12.4%	61
14	Threat Detection	11.0%	54
15	Continuous Improvement	10.8%	53
16	CISSP	10.6%	52
16	Vulnerability Remediation	10.6%	52
18	Microsoft 365	10.4%	51
19	AWS	10.2%	50
20	Cloud Security	8.9%	44
21	Threat Intelligence	8.5%	42
21	Windows	8.5%	42
23	Cyber Essentials	8.3%	41
24	Degree	7.9%	39
24	Incident Management	7.9%	39
24	Penetration Testing	7.9%	39
27	CompTIA Security+	7.5%	37
28	Kusto Query Language	7.3%	36
28	Security Monitoring	7.3%	36
30	SC Cleared	7.1%	35

Security Analyst Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity Analyst	48.4%	238
2	Senior Security Analyst	29.1%	143
3	Senior Cybersecurity Analyst	15.2%	75
4	Information Security Analyst	13.0%	64
5	IT Security Analyst	10.4%	51
6	Security Operations Analyst	6.9%	34
7	Network Security Analyst	6.3%	31
8	Senior Information Security Analyst	5.7%	28
9	Senior Network Analyst	5.5%	27
10	Senior Operations Analyst	3.7%	18
11	SIEM Analyst	3.5%	17
12	SOC Analyst	3.3%	16
13	Vulnerability Management Analyst	2.4%	12
14	Security Incident Analyst	2.0%	10
14	Senior Firewall Analyst	2.0%	10
16	Infrastructure Analyst	1.8%	9
17	Security Engineer	1.4%	7
17	Testing Analyst	1.4%	7
19	Business Analyst	1.2%	6
19	Junior Security Analyst	1.2%	6