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 19 May 2026.

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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 401 398
Rank change year-on-year +284 -3 +56
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,321 235 534
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.61% 0.60% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 0.66% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 278 152 465
10th Percentile £33,200 £41,525 £36,450
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,188 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +2.94%
75th Percentile £60,938 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,375 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% +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 76,506 35,373 80,063
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 89.87% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 51,773 20,894 60,755
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,511
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 19 May 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 19 May 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 +195 379 £52,500 -8.70% 27
Midlands +144 315 £50,000 +11.58% 10
South East +136 243 £45,000 -13.04% 28
Yorkshire +97 210 £55,000 -4.35% 12
East Midlands +86 168 £50,000 +8.11% 5
West Midlands +91 147 £52,500 +17.16% 5
South West +64 144 £60,000 +26.32% 18
London +7 144 £70,000 +7.69% 26
North West +114 128 £36,250 -34.09% 14
East of England +72 107 £34,100 -28.21% 5
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 19 May 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 1,181 (89.40%) Cybersecurity
2 1,023 (77.44%) Microsoft
3 993 (75.17%) CompTIA Security+
4 980 (74.19%) Azure
5 970 (73.43%) Mentoring
6 961 (72.75%) CompTIA CySA+
7 943 (71.39%) Azure Certification
8 941 (71.23%) ForeScout
9 113 (8.55%) Information Security
10 101 (7.65%) Security Operations
10 101 (7.65%) SIEM
11 92 (6.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 89 (6.74%) Incident Response
12 89 (6.74%) NIST
13 69 (5.22%) Continuous Improvement
14 64 (4.84%) Security Cleared
15 61 (4.62%) SC Cleared
16 58 (4.39%) Problem-Solving
17 53 (4.01%) CISSP
18 52 (3.94%) Risk Management
19 49 (3.71%) Network Security
20 48 (3.63%) Cloud Security
21 45 (3.41%) Python
21 45 (3.41%) Vulnerability Management
22 43 (3.26%) Degree
22 43 (3.26%) PowerShell
23 42 (3.18%) Linux
23 42 (3.18%) Windows
24 40 (3.03%) GDPR
25 37 (2.80%) Threat Intelligence

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 (0.076%) Confluence
1 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.076%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 980 (74.19%) Azure
2 35 (2.65%) AWS
3 33 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (1.74%) Azure Sentinel
5 17 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
6 16 (1.21%) GCP
7 12 (0.91%) Power Platform
8 10 (0.76%) Entra ID
9 8 (0.61%) SaaS
10 7 (0.53%) Cloudflare
11 5 (0.38%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.23%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.23%) GitHub
12 3 (0.23%) GitHub Actions
13 1 (0.076%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (0.076%) AWS CloudTrail
13 1 (0.076%) AWS KMS
13 1 (0.076%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.076%) IaaS
13 1 (0.076%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.71%) Network Security
2 23 (1.74%) Firewall
3 9 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
3 9 (0.68%) Wireless
4 7 (0.53%) DNS
5 6 (0.45%) SSL
6 5 (0.38%) VPN
7 3 (0.23%) NGFW
7 3 (0.23%) SCCP
8 2 (0.15%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.076%) DKIM
9 1 (0.076%) DMARC
9 1 (0.076%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (0.91%) Power BI
2 4 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (0.68%) Burp Suite
1 9 (0.68%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.23%) GitLab
2 3 (0.23%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.15%) JIRA
General
1 1,011 (76.53%) Social Skills
2 82 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (3.48%) Finance
4 37 (2.80%) Retail
5 23 (1.74%) Aviation
5 23 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (1.51%) Law
7 19 (1.44%) Legal
8 13 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (0.68%) Banking
10 7 (0.53%) Back Office
10 7 (0.53%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.30%) Aerospace
11 4 (0.30%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.15%) Games
12 2 (0.15%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.15%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.076%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.076%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 55 (4.16%) Cyber Defence
1 55 (4.16%) Security Posture
2 41 (3.10%) Security Operations Centre
3 22 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
4 18 (1.36%) Operational Technology
5 17 (1.29%) Management Information System
6 16 (1.21%) CSOC
7 10 (0.76%) Cloud Native
8 9 (0.68%) Mobile App
9 8 (0.61%) Onboarding
10 7 (0.53%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.45%) Data Centre
11 6 (0.45%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.45%) Life Science
11 6 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.30%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (0.30%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (0.30%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.23%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 42 (3.18%) Linux
1 42 (3.18%) Windows
2 4 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.23%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,181 (89.40%) Cybersecurity
2 970 (73.43%) Mentoring
3 113 (8.55%) Information Security
4 101 (7.65%) Security Operations
4 101 (7.65%) SIEM
5 89 (6.74%) Incident Response
6 69 (5.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 58 (4.39%) Problem-Solving
8 52 (3.94%) Risk Management
9 48 (3.63%) Cloud Security
10 45 (3.41%) Vulnerability Management
11 37 (2.80%) Threat Intelligence
12 35 (2.65%) Agile
12 35 (2.65%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 35 (2.65%) SOAR
13 34 (2.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 32 (2.42%) Application Security
15 31 (2.35%) Root Cause Analysis
16 30 (2.27%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 30 (2.27%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 45 (3.41%) Python
2 43 (3.26%) PowerShell
3 18 (1.36%) Bash
4 7 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (0.45%) C#
6 4 (0.30%) Java
7 2 (0.15%) Go
8 1 (0.076%) SQL
Qualifications
1 993 (75.17%) CompTIA Security+
2 961 (72.75%) CompTIA CySA+
3 943 (71.39%) Azure Certification
4 64 (4.84%) Security Cleared
5 61 (4.62%) SC Cleared
6 53 (4.01%) CISSP
7 43 (3.26%) Degree
8 31 (2.35%) CISM
9 24 (1.82%) GIAC
10 16 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (1.21%) SANS
10 16 (1.21%) SSCP
11 15 (1.14%) CISA
11 15 (1.14%) DV Cleared
12 13 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (0.98%) OSCP
13 11 (0.83%) CEH
13 11 (0.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 10 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 10 (0.76%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (6.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 89 (6.74%) NIST
3 40 (3.03%) GDPR
4 34 (2.57%) GRC
5 33 (2.50%) PCI DSS
6 25 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (1.21%) SOC 2
8 9 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.53%) NCSC
10 6 (0.45%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.38%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.30%) QA
13 3 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.15%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.15%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (1.21%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.23%) Docker
2 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (0.68%) Nessus
2 7 (0.53%) CASB
3 6 (0.45%) Ansible
3 6 (0.45%) Terraform
4 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.30%) CSIRT
5 4 (0.30%) Graylog
5 4 (0.30%) SCCM
6 3 (0.23%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.23%) QRadar
7 1 (0.076%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1,023 (77.44%) Microsoft
2 941 (71.23%) ForeScout
3 9 (0.68%) Tenable
4 6 (0.45%) Splunk
4 6 (0.45%) Zscaler
5 5 (0.38%) CrowdStrike
5 5 (0.38%) Google
6 4 (0.30%) Red Hat
7 3 (0.23%) Intel
7 3 (0.23%) Meraki
7 3 (0.23%) Rapid7
7 3 (0.23%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.23%) Varonis
7 3 (0.23%) VMware
8 2 (0.15%) Qualys
9 1 (0.076%) Cisco
9 1 (0.076%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.076%) Proofpoint