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 29 August 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 473 393
Rank change year-on-year +277 -80 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 978 189 409
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.01% 0.43% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 0.48% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 358 157 293
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -11.30% +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.91% -8.18% +7.84%

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 90,909 39,671 67,703
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 90.47% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 64,150 24,065 44,167
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 29 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 29 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 +145 269 £50,000 +2.56% 37
Midlands +98 207 £52,500 +16.67% 24
South East +106 202 £52,500 -3.67% 42
London +24 144 £71,250 +23.91% 76
East Midlands +72 128 £55,000 +34.97% 12
North West +91 125 £50,000 +11.11% 26
Yorkshire +61 123 £55,000 +11.68% 9
South West +18 92 £68,750 +59.88% 17
West Midlands +31 79 £52,500 +8.25% 12
East of England +56 76 £45,000 -5.26% 12
North East -42 21 £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 29 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.

1 818 (83.64%) Cybersecurity
2 572 (58.49%) Microsoft
3 528 (53.99%) CompTIA Security+
4 525 (53.68%) Azure
5 497 (50.82%) CompTIA CySA+
6 494 (50.51%) Mentoring
7 472 (48.26%) Azure Certification
8 470 (48.06%) ForeScout
9 160 (16.36%) SIEM
10 147 (15.03%) Information Security
11 142 (14.52%) Security Operations
12 138 (14.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 133 (13.60%) Incident Response
14 123 (12.58%) Vulnerability Management
15 89 (9.10%) NIST
16 83 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
17 80 (8.18%) Security Cleared
18 77 (7.87%) Problem-Solving
19 69 (7.06%) Firewall
20 59 (6.03%) CISSP
21 58 (5.93%) Degree
22 57 (5.83%) SC Cleared
23 56 (5.73%) Vulnerability Remediation
24 52 (5.32%) AWS
25 50 (5.11%) Threat Detection
26 49 (5.01%) Cloud Security
27 48 (4.91%) Network Security
27 48 (4.91%) Risk Management
28 46 (4.70%) GDPR
28 46 (4.70%) 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 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 525 (53.68%) Azure
2 52 (5.32%) AWS
3 44 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (2.76%) Microsoft Purview
5 26 (2.66%) Azure Sentinel
6 20 (2.04%) Mimecast
7 19 (1.94%) Entra ID
8 14 (1.43%) GCP
9 13 (1.33%) Power Platform
10 9 (0.92%) Cloudflare
11 6 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (0.61%) SaaS
12 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.20%) GitHub
13 2 (0.20%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.10%) AWS KMS
14 1 (0.10%) Google Workspace
14 1 (0.10%) IaaS
14 1 (0.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (7.06%) Firewall
2 48 (4.91%) Network Security
3 26 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (2.35%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (2.04%) LAN
5 20 (2.04%) WAN
6 13 (1.33%) Internet
7 11 (1.12%) DNS
7 11 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (0.92%) NGFW
9 8 (0.82%) SSL
10 6 (0.61%) VPN
11 5 (0.51%) HTTP
11 5 (0.51%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.41%) Wireless
12 4 (0.41%) Wireshark
13 1 (0.10%) DKIM
13 1 (0.10%) DMARC
13 1 (0.10%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.33%) Power BI
2 4 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.51%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.31%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.20%) GitLab
3 2 (0.20%) JIRA
4 1 (0.10%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.10%) TeamCity
General
1 569 (58.18%) Social Skills
2 99 (10.12%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (5.01%) Finance
4 21 (2.15%) Law
4 21 (2.15%) Retail
5 19 (1.94%) Public Sector
6 17 (1.74%) Aviation
7 15 (1.53%) Legal
8 13 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
9 11 (1.12%) Aerospace
9 11 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (0.92%) Automotive
12 6 (0.61%) Banking
13 3 (0.31%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.31%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.31%) Marketing
14 2 (0.20%) Games
15 1 (0.10%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
1 4 (0.41%) ModSecurity
1 4 (0.41%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 96 (9.82%) Security Posture
2 51 (5.21%) Cyber Threat
3 31 (3.17%) Cyber Defence
3 31 (3.17%) Security Operations Centre
4 20 (2.04%) Management Information System
5 15 (1.53%) Operational Technology
6 13 (1.33%) CSOC
7 10 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (0.92%) Cloud Native
9 7 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
10 6 (0.61%) Driving Licence
10 6 (0.61%) Onboarding
11 5 (0.51%) Cyberattack
11 5 (0.51%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.51%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.51%) SCADA
12 4 (0.41%) CESG
12 4 (0.41%) Life Science
13 3 (0.31%) Blog
13 3 (0.31%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.40%) Windows
2 42 (4.29%) Linux
3 4 (0.41%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.20%) Unix
5 1 (0.10%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 818 (83.64%) Cybersecurity
2 494 (50.51%) Mentoring
3 160 (16.36%) SIEM
4 147 (15.03%) Information Security
5 142 (14.52%) Security Operations
6 133 (13.60%) Incident Response
7 123 (12.58%) Vulnerability Management
8 83 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 77 (7.87%) Problem-Solving
10 56 (5.73%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 50 (5.11%) Threat Detection
12 49 (5.01%) Cloud Security
13 48 (4.91%) Risk Management
14 46 (4.70%) Penetration Testing
15 36 (3.68%) Threat Intelligence
15 36 (3.68%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 35 (3.58%) SOAR
17 32 (3.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
17 32 (3.27%) Incident Management
17 32 (3.27%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 31 (3.17%) Python
2 27 (2.76%) PowerShell
3 24 (2.45%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (0.72%) Bash
5 6 (0.61%) C#
6 5 (0.51%) Java
7 3 (0.31%) Go
7 3 (0.31%) Objective-C
8 2 (0.20%) SQL
9 1 (0.10%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 528 (53.99%) CompTIA Security+
2 497 (50.82%) CompTIA CySA+
3 472 (48.26%) Azure Certification
4 80 (8.18%) Security Cleared
5 59 (6.03%) CISSP
6 58 (5.93%) Degree
7 57 (5.83%) SC Cleared
8 44 (4.50%) CISM
9 21 (2.15%) DV Cleared
10 18 (1.84%) GIAC
11 15 (1.53%) SSCP
12 14 (1.43%) SANS
13 12 (1.23%) CEH
13 12 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.23%) GCIH
13 12 (1.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 9 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (0.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 8 (0.82%) CCSP
15 8 (0.82%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (14.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 89 (9.10%) NIST
3 46 (4.70%) GDPR
4 36 (3.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (3.37%) PCI DSS
6 26 (2.66%) GRC
7 16 (1.64%) SOC 2
8 15 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 11 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.82%) NCSC
11 7 (0.72%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.51%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.41%) QA
14 3 (0.31%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.20%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.20%) ISO 9001
16 1 (0.10%) COBIT
16 1 (0.10%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (1.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) Docker
2 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.61%) Graylog
3 5 (0.51%) CASB
3 5 (0.51%) Nessus
3 5 (0.51%) QRadar
4 3 (0.31%) Ansible
4 3 (0.31%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.20%) Kibana
5 2 (0.20%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.10%) Nmap
6 1 (0.10%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.10%) SCCM
Vendors
1 572 (58.49%) Microsoft
2 470 (48.06%) ForeScout
3 32 (3.27%) Palo Alto
4 30 (3.07%) Cisco
5 29 (2.97%) Qualys
6 24 (2.45%) Aruba
7 13 (1.33%) Splunk
8 12 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.92%) Rapid7
10 8 (0.82%) Tanium
11 6 (0.61%) Google
12 5 (0.51%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.51%) Netskope
12 5 (0.51%) Tenable
12 5 (0.51%) Zscaler
13 4 (0.41%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.41%) VMware
14 3 (0.31%) Darktrace
14 3 (0.31%) Meraki
15 2 (0.20%) Varonis