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 27 June 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 430 404
Rank change year-on-year +294 -26 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,208 212 543
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.43% 0.53% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 0.58% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 330 155 446
10th Percentile £33,400 £40,950 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,358 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £70,000
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 79,755 36,318 87,533
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 90.01% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56,088 21,224 64,679
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,938
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 27 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 27 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 +189 332 £52,500 -4.55% 29
Midlands +119 275 £50,000 +11.11% 19
South East +128 241 £47,500 -14.80% 23
Yorkshire +92 172 £55,000 +7.32% 9
London +47 158 £70,000 +11.55% 31
East Midlands +80 153 £50,000 +22.70% 10
North West +111 127 £50,000 -9.09% 17
West Midlands +71 122 £52,500 +16.67% 9
South West +47 117 £57,500 +21.05% 9
East of England +69 98 £45,000 -5.26% 8
North East -9 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 27 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 1,074 (88.91%) Cybersecurity
2 854 (70.70%) Microsoft
3 819 (67.80%) CompTIA Security+
4 802 (66.39%) Azure
5 788 (65.23%) Mentoring
6 776 (64.24%) CompTIA CySA+
7 755 (62.50%) Azure Certification
8 753 (62.33%) ForeScout
9 146 (12.09%) SIEM
10 139 (11.51%) Information Security
11 137 (11.34%) Security Operations
12 115 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 111 (9.19%) Incident Response
14 96 (7.95%) NIST
15 91 (7.53%) Vulnerability Management
16 79 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
17 74 (6.13%) Problem-Solving
18 62 (5.13%) Firewall
18 62 (5.13%) Security Cleared
19 58 (4.80%) Cloud Security
20 57 (4.72%) Degree
21 55 (4.55%) CISSP
21 55 (4.55%) SC Cleared
22 52 (4.30%) Penetration Testing
22 52 (4.30%) Risk Management
23 51 (4.22%) Network Security
24 48 (3.97%) Vulnerability Remediation
25 47 (3.89%) Linux
25 47 (3.89%) Windows
26 45 (3.73%) 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 (0.083%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.083%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 802 (66.39%) Azure
2 40 (3.31%) AWS
3 36 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
5 20 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
6 16 (1.32%) GCP
7 14 (1.16%) Power Platform
8 10 (0.83%) Entra ID
9 8 (0.66%) Cloudflare
10 5 (0.41%) Mimecast
10 5 (0.41%) SaaS
11 3 (0.25%) GitHub
11 3 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.17%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.17%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.083%) AWS CloudTrail
13 1 (0.083%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.083%) IaaS
13 1 (0.083%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (5.13%) Firewall
2 51 (4.22%) Network Security
3 24 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
4 21 (1.74%) Cisco Nexus
5 18 (1.49%) LAN
5 18 (1.49%) WAN
6 13 (1.08%) Wireless
7 11 (0.91%) Internet
8 10 (0.83%) DNS
9 8 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (0.66%) NGFW
10 7 (0.58%) SSL
11 5 (0.41%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.41%) VPN
12 2 (0.17%) HTTP
12 2 (0.17%) SCCP
12 2 (0.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.16%) Power BI
2 4 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (0.99%) Burp Suite
2 10 (0.83%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.25%) GitLab
3 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.17%) JIRA
General
1 839 (69.45%) Social Skills
2 90 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (4.06%) Finance
4 33 (2.73%) Retail
5 23 (1.90%) Law
6 21 (1.74%) Aviation
6 21 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (1.66%) Legal
8 13 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (0.66%) Banking
10 7 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (0.58%) Public Sector
11 6 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (0.50%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.33%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.33%) Back Office
13 3 (0.25%) Automotive
13 3 (0.25%) Games
14 2 (0.17%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.083%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 84 (6.95%) Security Posture
2 52 (4.30%) Cyber Defence
3 46 (3.81%) Security Operations Centre
4 27 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
5 18 (1.49%) CSOC
6 16 (1.32%) Management Information System
7 12 (0.99%) Operational Technology
8 9 (0.75%) Cloud Native
8 9 (0.75%) Mobile App
9 8 (0.66%) Onboarding
9 8 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (0.58%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.50%) Data Centre
11 6 (0.50%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.41%) Life Science
13 4 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.33%) Cyber Security Posture
13 4 (0.33%) Product Ownership
14 3 (0.25%) CCTV
15 2 (0.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 47 (3.89%) Linux
1 47 (3.89%) Windows
2 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.17%) Unix
3 2 (0.17%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.083%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,074 (88.91%) Cybersecurity
2 788 (65.23%) Mentoring
3 146 (12.09%) SIEM
4 139 (11.51%) Information Security
5 137 (11.34%) Security Operations
6 111 (9.19%) Incident Response
7 91 (7.53%) Vulnerability Management
8 79 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 74 (6.13%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (4.80%) Cloud Security
11 52 (4.30%) Penetration Testing
11 52 (4.30%) Risk Management
12 48 (3.97%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 45 (3.73%) Threat Intelligence
14 41 (3.39%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 40 (3.31%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 34 (2.81%) SOAR
17 32 (2.65%) Agile
18 31 (2.57%) Application Security
18 31 (2.57%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 44 (3.64%) Python
2 43 (3.56%) PowerShell
3 17 (1.41%) Bash
4 15 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (0.50%) C#
6 4 (0.33%) Java
7 2 (0.17%) Go
7 2 (0.17%) SQL
8 1 (0.083%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 819 (67.80%) CompTIA Security+
2 776 (64.24%) CompTIA CySA+
3 755 (62.50%) Azure Certification
4 62 (5.13%) Security Cleared
5 57 (4.72%) Degree
6 55 (4.55%) CISSP
6 55 (4.55%) SC Cleared
7 37 (3.06%) CISM
8 27 (2.24%) GIAC
9 17 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (1.41%) SSCP
10 15 (1.24%) SANS
11 12 (0.99%) CEH
11 12 (0.99%) OSCP
12 11 (0.91%) CISA
12 11 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (0.91%) CREST Certified
12 11 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 9 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 9 (0.75%) CCSAM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (7.95%) NIST
3 40 (3.31%) GDPR
4 32 (2.65%) GRC
5 31 (2.57%) PCI DSS
6 30 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (1.08%) SOC 2
8 12 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.66%) NCSC
10 7 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.50%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.41%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.33%) QA
14 3 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.17%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.17%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (1.49%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.17%) Docker
2 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (0.83%) Nessus
2 7 (0.58%) CASB
3 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.41%) Ansible
4 5 (0.41%) Graylog
4 5 (0.41%) Terraform
5 4 (0.33%) CSIRT
5 4 (0.33%) QRadar
6 3 (0.25%) SCCM
7 2 (0.17%) Kibana
7 2 (0.17%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.083%) Nmap
8 1 (0.083%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 854 (70.70%) Microsoft
2 753 (62.33%) ForeScout
3 28 (2.32%) Cisco
4 27 (2.24%) Qualys
5 24 (1.99%) Palo Alto
6 22 (1.82%) Aruba
7 8 (0.66%) Splunk
7 8 (0.66%) Tenable
8 6 (0.50%) Zscaler
9 5 (0.41%) CrowdStrike
9 5 (0.41%) Google
9 5 (0.41%) Rapid7
10 4 (0.33%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.33%) Tanium
10 4 (0.33%) VMware
11 3 (0.25%) Intel
11 3 (0.25%) Meraki
11 3 (0.25%) Varonis
12 2 (0.17%) Salesforce
13 1 (0.083%) Proofpoint