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 September 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 469 387
Rank change year-on-year +214 -82 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 762 160 417
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.74% 0.37% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.41% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 347 135 263
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,482 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £61,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +2.80%

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 96,354 38,754 63,738
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.01% 90.47% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 67,687 22,906 37,121
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 September 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 September 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 +93 198 £50,000 +11.11% 71
South East +69 167 £57,500 +6.48% 39
Midlands +52 150 £52,500 +16.67% 22
London +9 134 £72,500 +26.09% 89
North West +68 105 £50,000 +11.11% 48
East Midlands +46 100 £55,000 +46.67% 13
Yorkshire +41 82 £55,000 +38.36% 13
South West -21 65 £57,500 +27.78% 21
East of England +18 55 £36,800 -22.53% 6
West Midlands -20 50 £51,250 +5.67% 9
North East -59 11 - - 10
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 September 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.

1 590 (77.43%) Cybersecurity
2 343 (45.01%) Microsoft
3 294 (38.58%) Azure
4 286 (37.53%) CompTIA Security+
5 265 (34.78%) Mentoring
6 261 (34.25%) CompTIA CySA+
7 237 (31.10%) Azure Certification
8 235 (30.84%) ForeScout
9 162 (21.26%) SIEM
10 159 (20.87%) Information Security
10 159 (20.87%) Security Operations
11 141 (18.50%) Incident Response
12 138 (18.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 130 (17.06%) Vulnerability Management
14 84 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
15 81 (10.63%) NIST
15 81 (10.63%) Security Cleared
16 76 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
17 62 (8.14%) Firewall
18 61 (8.01%) CISSP
18 61 (8.01%) Vulnerability Remediation
19 60 (7.87%) AWS
20 56 (7.35%) Threat Detection
21 55 (7.22%) SC Cleared
22 53 (6.96%) Degree
23 52 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
24 46 (6.04%) Cloud Security
24 46 (6.04%) Windows
25 45 (5.91%) CISM
26 43 (5.64%) Cyber Essentials

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 3 (0.39%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 294 (38.58%) Azure
2 60 (7.87%) AWS
3 52 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (3.94%) Azure Sentinel
5 27 (3.54%) Entra ID
5 27 (3.54%) Microsoft Purview
6 19 (2.49%) Mimecast
7 17 (2.23%) GCP
8 13 (1.71%) Power Platform
9 8 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (1.05%) SaaS
10 7 (0.92%) Cloudflare
11 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.26%) Akamai
12 2 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.26%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.13%) GitHub
13 1 (0.13%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.13%) IaaS
13 1 (0.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (8.14%) Firewall
2 35 (4.59%) Network Security
3 26 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (3.02%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (2.62%) LAN
5 20 (2.62%) WAN
6 14 (1.84%) Internet
7 11 (1.44%) DNS
8 9 (1.18%) HTTP
8 9 (1.18%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (1.18%) NGFW
9 8 (1.05%) SSL
10 5 (0.66%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.52%) VPN
11 4 (0.52%) Wireless
11 4 (0.52%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.26%) DKIM
12 2 (0.26%) DMARC
13 1 (0.13%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.71%) Power BI
2 4 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.66%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.39%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.26%) JIRA
5 1 (0.13%) GitLab
5 1 (0.13%) Metasploit
General
1 341 (44.75%) Social Skills
2 99 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (6.56%) Finance
4 33 (4.33%) Law
5 29 (3.81%) Retail
6 24 (3.15%) Public Sector
7 17 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (2.10%) Aviation
9 15 (1.97%) Aerospace
10 13 (1.71%) Banking
11 12 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.44%) Legal
13 9 (1.18%) Automotive
13 9 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.39%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.39%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.39%) Marketing
15 2 (0.26%) Back Office
16 1 (0.13%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.66%) Terraform
2 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (0.52%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.39%) JSON
4 2 (0.26%) LDAP
4 2 (0.26%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.26%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 92 (12.07%) Security Posture
2 56 (7.35%) Cyber Threat
3 30 (3.94%) Cyber Defence
4 29 (3.81%) Security Operations Centre
5 26 (3.41%) Management Information System
6 15 (1.97%) CSOC
6 15 (1.97%) Operational Technology
7 10 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.18%) Onboarding
9 7 (0.92%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.79%) Cyber Security Posture
10 6 (0.79%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.66%) Cyberattack
11 5 (0.66%) SCADA
12 4 (0.52%) CESG
12 4 (0.52%) Life Science
13 3 (0.39%) Blog
13 3 (0.39%) Online Gambling
13 3 (0.39%) Social Media
13 3 (0.39%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 46 (6.04%) Windows
2 38 (4.99%) Linux
3 9 (1.18%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.66%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.26%) Unix
7 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 590 (77.43%) Cybersecurity
2 265 (34.78%) Mentoring
3 162 (21.26%) SIEM
4 159 (20.87%) Information Security
4 159 (20.87%) Security Operations
5 141 (18.50%) Incident Response
6 130 (17.06%) Vulnerability Management
7 84 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
8 76 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
9 61 (8.01%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 56 (7.35%) Threat Detection
11 46 (6.04%) Cloud Security
12 43 (5.64%) Penetration Testing
13 39 (5.12%) Risk Management
13 39 (5.12%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 38 (4.99%) Incident Management
15 36 (4.72%) Threat Intelligence
16 35 (4.59%) SOAR
17 32 (4.20%) Data Security
18 30 (3.94%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 37 (4.86%) Python
2 33 (4.33%) Kusto Query Language
3 26 (3.41%) PowerShell
4 13 (1.71%) Bash
5 10 (1.31%) Go
6 7 (0.92%) Java
7 6 (0.79%) C#
8 3 (0.39%) Objective-C
9 2 (0.26%) SQL
10 1 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 286 (37.53%) CompTIA Security+
2 261 (34.25%) CompTIA CySA+
3 237 (31.10%) Azure Certification
4 81 (10.63%) Security Cleared
5 61 (8.01%) CISSP
6 55 (7.22%) SC Cleared
7 53 (6.96%) Degree
8 45 (5.91%) CISM
9 24 (3.15%) DV Cleared
10 18 (2.36%) GIAC
11 16 (2.10%) SANS
12 14 (1.84%) SSCP
13 12 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.57%) GCIH
13 12 (1.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 9 (1.18%) CEH
14 9 (1.18%) GCFA
15 7 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (0.92%) CCSP
15 7 (0.92%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (18.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (10.63%) NIST
3 43 (5.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 39 (5.12%) GDPR
5 31 (4.07%) PCI DSS
6 26 (3.41%) GRC
7 19 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 13 (1.71%) SOC 2
9 8 (1.05%) NCSC
10 6 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 5 (0.66%) QA
12 4 (0.52%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.39%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.39%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.39%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.39%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.13%) COBIT
14 1 (0.13%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 21 (2.76%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.52%) Docker
4 2 (0.26%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.26%) NFS
4 2 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.92%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.79%) Graylog
4 5 (0.66%) Nessus
4 5 (0.66%) QRadar
5 3 (0.39%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.26%) Ansible
6 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.26%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) CASB
7 1 (0.13%) Nmap
7 1 (0.13%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 343 (45.01%) Microsoft
2 235 (30.84%) ForeScout
3 32 (4.20%) Palo Alto
4 31 (4.07%) Qualys
5 30 (3.94%) Cisco
6 24 (3.15%) Aruba
7 17 (2.23%) CrowdStrike
7 17 (2.23%) Splunk
8 9 (1.18%) Google
8 9 (1.18%) Rapid7
9 8 (1.05%) Tanium
10 7 (0.92%) VMware
11 6 (0.79%) Netskope
12 5 (0.66%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.66%) Darktrace
12 5 (0.66%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.52%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.52%) Tenable
14 2 (0.26%) Meraki
14 2 (0.26%) Zscaler