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 16 April 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 365 385
Rank change year-on-year +255 +20 +89
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,253 251 519
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.65% 0.68% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.78% 0.76% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 231 162 454
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,775 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +16.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £69,688
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.38% +11.90% +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 70,451 33,096 77,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 89.30% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 46,116 21,213 59,594
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,296
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.51% -9.51%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,795
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.53% -10.34%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 +154 361 £52,500 -8.70% 23
Midlands +128 301 £50,000 +11.58% 24
South East +107 234 £52,500 -10.64% 24
Yorkshire +90 207 £55,000 -4.35% 11
East Midlands +57 163 £47,500 -9.52% 11
South West +61 145 £60,000 +26.32% 5
West Midlands +85 138 £55,000 +22.74% 13
London -6 122 £70,000 +5.66% 12
North West +59 113 £35,000 -39.13% 11
East of England +60 101 £42,750 -10.00% 6
North East - 41 £46,500 - 1
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 April 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 1,132 (90.34%) Cybersecurity
2 1,011 (80.69%) Microsoft
3 993 (79.25%) CompTIA Security+
4 973 (77.65%) Azure
5 971 (77.49%) Mentoring
6 964 (76.94%) CompTIA CySA+
7 941 (75.10%) Azure Certification
7 941 (75.10%) ForeScout
8 105 (8.38%) Information Security
9 93 (7.42%) SIEM
10 89 (7.10%) Incident Response
11 84 (6.70%) NIST
12 81 (6.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 78 (6.23%) Security Operations
14 58 (4.63%) Problem-Solving
15 56 (4.47%) CISSP
16 55 (4.39%) Continuous Improvement
17 53 (4.23%) Security Cleared
18 50 (3.99%) SC Cleared
19 48 (3.83%) Network Security
20 46 (3.67%) Cloud Security
20 46 (3.67%) Degree
20 46 (3.67%) GDPR
21 43 (3.43%) Vulnerability Management
22 41 (3.27%) Risk Management
23 38 (3.03%) Python
24 37 (2.95%) Vulnerability Assessment
25 36 (2.87%) PowerShell
25 36 (2.87%) Threat Intelligence
26 35 (2.79%) Root Cause Analysis

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 (0.080%) Confluence
1 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.080%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.080%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 973 (77.65%) Azure
2 34 (2.71%) AWS
3 24 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
5 18 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
6 14 (1.12%) GCP
7 8 (0.64%) SaaS
8 7 (0.56%) Power Platform
9 5 (0.40%) Mimecast
10 4 (0.32%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.24%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.24%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.24%) Cloudflare
11 3 (0.24%) GitHub
11 3 (0.24%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.080%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (0.080%) AWS CloudTrail
13 1 (0.080%) AWS KMS
13 1 (0.080%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.83%) Network Security
2 31 (2.47%) Firewall
3 13 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (0.72%) Wireless
5 7 (0.56%) VPN
6 3 (0.24%) SCCP
7 1 (0.080%) DKIM
7 1 (0.080%) DMARC
7 1 (0.080%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (0.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
1 9 (0.72%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.24%) GitLab
2 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.24%) JIRA
General
1 1,009 (80.53%) Social Skills
2 65 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (2.95%) Finance
4 30 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (1.92%) Retail
6 15 (1.20%) Legal
7 14 (1.12%) Law
8 11 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (0.80%) Aviation
9 10 (0.80%) Banking
10 7 (0.56%) Back Office
10 7 (0.56%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.16%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.16%) Games
11 2 (0.16%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.16%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.080%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.080%) Military
12 1 (0.080%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.16%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 54 (4.31%) Security Posture
2 39 (3.11%) Cyber Defence
3 37 (2.95%) Security Operations Centre
4 15 (1.20%) CSOC
4 15 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (1.04%) Management Information System
6 11 (0.88%) Operational Technology
7 9 (0.72%) Mobile App
8 8 (0.64%) Cloud Native
9 7 (0.56%) Cyber Security Posture
9 7 (0.56%) Cyberattack
10 6 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.40%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.40%) Life Science
12 4 (0.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (0.32%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.32%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.24%) CCTV
13 3 (0.24%) Data Protection Act
14 2 (0.16%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.55%) Linux
2 29 (2.31%) Windows
3 3 (0.24%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.080%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,132 (90.34%) Cybersecurity
2 971 (77.49%) Mentoring
3 105 (8.38%) Information Security
4 93 (7.42%) SIEM
5 89 (7.10%) Incident Response
6 78 (6.23%) Security Operations
7 58 (4.63%) Problem-Solving
8 55 (4.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (3.67%) Cloud Security
10 43 (3.43%) Vulnerability Management
11 41 (3.27%) Risk Management
12 37 (2.95%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 36 (2.87%) Threat Intelligence
14 35 (2.79%) Root Cause Analysis
15 34 (2.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 29 (2.31%) Application Security
16 29 (2.31%) Penetration Testing
17 27 (2.15%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 27 (2.15%) SOAR
18 26 (2.08%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 38 (3.03%) Python
2 36 (2.87%) PowerShell
3 16 (1.28%) Bash
4 6 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (0.32%) C#
5 4 (0.32%) Java
Qualifications
1 993 (79.25%) CompTIA Security+
2 964 (76.94%) CompTIA CySA+
3 941 (75.10%) Azure Certification
4 56 (4.47%) CISSP
5 53 (4.23%) Security Cleared
6 50 (3.99%) SC Cleared
7 46 (3.67%) Degree
8 28 (2.23%) CISM
9 25 (2.00%) GIAC
10 18 (1.44%) SSCP
11 17 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (1.28%) DV Cleared
13 14 (1.12%) CISA
13 14 (1.12%) SANS
14 13 (1.04%) OSCP
15 11 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 9 (0.72%) CHECK Team Leader
16 9 (0.72%) CHECK Team Member
16 9 (0.72%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (6.70%) NIST
2 81 (6.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (3.67%) GDPR
4 32 (2.55%) PCI DSS
5 26 (2.08%) GRC
6 25 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (1.36%) SOC 2
8 11 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.48%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.32%) QA
11 3 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.24%) ITGC
11 3 (0.24%) NCSC
12 2 (0.16%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.16%) SLA
13 1 (0.080%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.080%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.24%) Docker
2 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.080%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (0.72%) Nessus
2 7 (0.56%) CASB
3 6 (0.48%) Ansible
3 6 (0.48%) Terraform
4 5 (0.40%) CSIRT
4 5 (0.40%) QRadar
5 3 (0.24%) ArcSight ESM
5 3 (0.24%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.24%) SCCM
6 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1,011 (80.69%) Microsoft
2 941 (75.10%) ForeScout
3 10 (0.80%) Tenable
4 9 (0.72%) Splunk
5 7 (0.56%) Google
6 6 (0.48%) Palo Alto
6 6 (0.48%) Zscaler
7 5 (0.40%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (0.24%) ArcSight
8 3 (0.24%) Intel
8 3 (0.24%) LogLogic
8 3 (0.24%) McAfee
8 3 (0.24%) Meraki
8 3 (0.24%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.24%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.24%) Varonis
8 3 (0.24%) VMware
9 2 (0.16%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.080%) Proofpoint
10 1 (0.080%) Qualys