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 18 June 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 428 401
Rank change year-on-year +298 -27 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,191 221 563
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.43% 0.56% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 0.62% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 317 157 465
10th Percentile £33,100 £41,050 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +2.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +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 78,395 35,712 90,083
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 90.05% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 55,154 20,740 66,741
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +9.52% -12.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +183 330 £52,500 -4.55% 26
Midlands +131 275 £50,000 +11.11% 18
South East +135 236 £45,000 -17.81% 26
Yorkshire +90 173 £55,000 +7.32% 6
London +38 151 £70,000 +11.11% 22
East Midlands +78 150 £50,000 +22.70% 9
West Midlands +79 125 £52,500 +16.67% 9
North West +111 124 £40,000 -27.27% 17
South West +37 114 £57,500 +21.05% 11
East of England +69 98 £45,000 -5.26% 7
North East -15 33 £46,500 -11.43% 3
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 June 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 1,058 (88.83%) Cybersecurity
2 853 (71.62%) Microsoft
3 817 (68.60%) CompTIA Security+
4 802 (67.34%) Azure
5 785 (65.91%) Mentoring
6 776 (65.16%) CompTIA CySA+
7 755 (63.39%) Azure Certification
8 753 (63.22%) ForeScout
9 135 (11.34%) SIEM
10 131 (11.00%) Information Security
11 130 (10.92%) Security Operations
12 109 (9.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 104 (8.73%) Incident Response
14 94 (7.89%) NIST
15 84 (7.05%) Vulnerability Management
16 76 (6.38%) Continuous Improvement
17 68 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
18 63 (5.29%) Security Cleared
19 58 (4.87%) Firewall
20 57 (4.79%) SC Cleared
21 56 (4.70%) Cloud Security
22 54 (4.53%) CISSP
22 54 (4.53%) Degree
23 53 (4.45%) Risk Management
24 52 (4.37%) Network Security
25 46 (3.86%) Vulnerability Remediation
26 45 (3.78%) Penetration Testing
26 45 (3.78%) Windows
27 44 (3.69%) Linux
27 44 (3.69%) Python

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 (0.084%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.084%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 802 (67.34%) Azure
2 41 (3.44%) AWS
3 35 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (1.93%) Azure Sentinel
5 20 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
6 17 (1.43%) GCP
7 14 (1.18%) Power Platform
8 10 (0.84%) Entra ID
9 8 (0.67%) Cloudflare
10 5 (0.42%) Mimecast
10 5 (0.42%) SaaS
11 3 (0.25%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.25%) GitHub
11 3 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.17%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (0.084%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (0.084%) AWS KMS
13 1 (0.084%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.084%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.084%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (4.87%) Firewall
2 52 (4.37%) Network Security
3 20 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (1.51%) Cisco Nexus
5 14 (1.18%) LAN
5 14 (1.18%) WAN
6 12 (1.01%) Wireless
7 9 (0.76%) DNS
8 8 (0.67%) Internet
8 8 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (0.67%) NGFW
9 7 (0.59%) SSL
10 5 (0.42%) VPN
11 4 (0.34%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.25%) SCCP
13 1 (0.084%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.18%) Power BI
2 4 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (0.76%) Burp Suite
1 9 (0.76%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.25%) GitLab
2 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.17%) JIRA
General
1 833 (69.94%) Social Skills
2 87 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (3.86%) Finance
4 35 (2.94%) Retail
5 23 (1.93%) Aviation
6 22 (1.85%) Law
7 21 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (1.68%) Legal
9 13 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (0.50%) Banking
11 6 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (0.50%) Financial Institution
11 6 (0.50%) Public Sector
12 4 (0.34%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.34%) Back Office
13 3 (0.25%) Games
14 2 (0.17%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.084%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 77 (6.47%) Security Posture
2 54 (4.53%) Cyber Defence
3 44 (3.69%) Security Operations Centre
4 26 (2.18%) Cyber Threat
5 18 (1.51%) CSOC
6 16 (1.34%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.01%) Operational Technology
8 10 (0.84%) Cloud Native
9 9 (0.76%) Mobile App
10 8 (0.67%) Onboarding
10 8 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (0.59%) Cyberattack
12 6 (0.50%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.50%) Driving Licence
13 5 (0.42%) Cyber Security Posture
13 5 (0.42%) Life Science
14 4 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (0.34%) Product Ownership
15 3 (0.25%) CCTV
16 2 (0.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 45 (3.78%) Windows
2 44 (3.69%) Linux
3 4 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.25%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,058 (88.83%) Cybersecurity
2 785 (65.91%) Mentoring
3 135 (11.34%) SIEM
4 131 (11.00%) Information Security
5 130 (10.92%) Security Operations
6 104 (8.73%) Incident Response
7 84 (7.05%) Vulnerability Management
8 76 (6.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 68 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
10 56 (4.70%) Cloud Security
11 53 (4.45%) Risk Management
12 46 (3.86%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 45 (3.78%) Penetration Testing
14 42 (3.53%) Threat Intelligence
15 39 (3.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 37 (3.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
17 35 (2.94%) SOAR
18 34 (2.85%) Agile
19 32 (2.69%) Application Security
19 32 (2.69%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (3.69%) Python
2 43 (3.61%) PowerShell
3 17 (1.43%) Bash
4 13 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (0.50%) C#
6 4 (0.34%) Java
7 2 (0.17%) Go
7 2 (0.17%) SQL
8 1 (0.084%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 817 (68.60%) CompTIA Security+
2 776 (65.16%) CompTIA CySA+
3 755 (63.39%) Azure Certification
4 63 (5.29%) Security Cleared
5 57 (4.79%) SC Cleared
6 54 (4.53%) CISSP
6 54 (4.53%) Degree
7 36 (3.02%) CISM
8 26 (2.18%) GIAC
9 17 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (1.43%) SSCP
10 15 (1.26%) SANS
11 12 (1.01%) OSCP
12 11 (0.92%) CEH
12 11 (0.92%) CISA
12 11 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 10 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (0.84%) CREST Certified
14 9 (0.76%) CHECK Team Leader
14 9 (0.76%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (9.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 94 (7.89%) NIST
3 41 (3.44%) GDPR
4 32 (2.69%) GRC
5 30 (2.52%) PCI DSS
6 27 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (1.09%) SOC 2
8 11 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.59%) NCSC
10 6 (0.50%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.42%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.34%) QA
13 3 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.17%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.17%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (1.60%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.25%) Docker
2 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (0.76%) Nessus
2 7 (0.59%) CASB
3 6 (0.50%) Ansible
3 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.50%) Terraform
4 5 (0.42%) Graylog
5 4 (0.34%) CSIRT
5 4 (0.34%) QRadar
5 4 (0.34%) SCCM
6 3 (0.25%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.17%) Kibana
Vendors
1 853 (71.62%) Microsoft
2 753 (63.22%) ForeScout
3 25 (2.10%) Cisco
4 22 (1.85%) Qualys
5 20 (1.68%) Palo Alto
6 19 (1.60%) Aruba
7 9 (0.76%) Tenable
8 8 (0.67%) Splunk
9 6 (0.50%) Google
9 6 (0.50%) Zscaler
10 5 (0.42%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (0.42%) Rapid7
11 4 (0.34%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.25%) Intel
12 3 (0.25%) Meraki
12 3 (0.25%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.25%) Tanium
12 3 (0.25%) Varonis
12 3 (0.25%) VMware
13 1 (0.084%) Proofpoint