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 14 October 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 479 390
Rank change year-on-year +165 -89 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 595 155 409
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.57% 0.36% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.40% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 317 134 256
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,250
% change year-on-year +10.00% -12.66% +7.01%

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 96,719 38,804 60,632
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 90.53% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 67,535 23,177 34,658
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% -2.70% -5.79%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.35% -2.73% -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 14 October 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 14 October 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
South East +64 144 £55,000 +0.92% 24
North of England +54 136 £50,000 +11.11% 69
London +10 124 £72,500 +31.82% 89
Midlands +23 108 £52,500 +16.67% 20
North West +44 83 £50,000 +11.11% 50
East Midlands +24 72 £55,000 +46.67% 10
Yorkshire +6 48 £45,000 +13.21% 14
South West -25 46 £53,750 +19.44% 13
East of England +6 41 £45,000 -5.26% 13
West Midlands -26 36 £50,000 +1.52% 10
North East -68 5 - - 5
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 October 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.

1 415 (69.75%) Cybersecurity
2 199 (33.45%) Microsoft
3 169 (28.40%) Security Operations
4 161 (27.06%) Azure
5 155 (26.05%) Information Security
6 149 (25.04%) SIEM
7 142 (23.87%) Incident Response
8 136 (22.86%) CompTIA Security+
9 124 (20.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 122 (20.50%) Mentoring
11 119 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
12 113 (18.99%) CompTIA CySA+
13 96 (16.13%) Azure Certification
14 94 (15.80%) ForeScout
15 79 (13.28%) Problem-Solving
16 73 (12.27%) Security Cleared
17 72 (12.10%) NIST
18 70 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
19 61 (10.25%) Firewall
20 56 (9.41%) CISSP
20 56 (9.41%) Threat Detection
21 54 (9.08%) Vulnerability Remediation
22 53 (8.91%) AWS
23 51 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
24 47 (7.90%) SC Cleared
24 47 (7.90%) Windows
25 44 (7.39%) Cloud Security
25 44 (7.39%) Degree
26 42 (7.06%) Cyber Essentials
27 39 (6.55%) Incident Management

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 (0.50%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 161 (27.06%) Azure
2 53 (8.91%) AWS
3 51 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 31 (5.21%) Entra ID
6 22 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
7 18 (3.03%) GCP
7 18 (3.03%) Mimecast
8 10 (1.68%) SaaS
9 9 (1.51%) Power Platform
10 8 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (1.01%) Cloudflare
12 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.34%) Akamai
13 2 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.34%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.17%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.17%) Google Workspace
14 1 (0.17%) IaaS
14 1 (0.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (10.25%) Firewall
2 26 (4.37%) Network Security
2 26 (4.37%) Wi-Fi
3 23 (3.87%) Cisco Nexus
4 20 (3.36%) LAN
4 20 (3.36%) WAN
5 14 (2.35%) Internet
6 11 (1.85%) DNS
7 9 (1.51%) HTTP
7 9 (1.51%) NGFW
8 8 (1.34%) SSL
9 6 (1.01%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.84%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.67%) Wireless
11 4 (0.67%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.50%) VPN
13 2 (0.34%) DKIM
13 2 (0.34%) DMARC
14 1 (0.17%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.51%) Power BI
2 4 (0.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.84%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.67%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.67%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.34%) JIRA
4 1 (0.17%) Metasploit
General
1 195 (32.77%) Social Skills
2 85 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (8.07%) Finance
4 36 (6.05%) Law
5 29 (4.87%) Retail
6 25 (4.20%) Public Sector
7 18 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.52%) Aerospace
8 15 (2.52%) Aviation
8 15 (2.52%) Banking
9 12 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.51%) Automotive
10 9 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.34%) Legal
12 3 (0.50%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.50%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.50%) Marketing
12 3 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.34%) Back Office
14 1 (0.17%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.84%) Terraform
2 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (0.67%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.50%) JSON
4 2 (0.34%) LDAP
4 2 (0.34%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.34%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 84 (14.12%) Security Posture
2 58 (9.75%) Cyber Threat
3 33 (5.55%) Security Operations Centre
4 30 (5.04%) Cyber Defence
5 26 (4.37%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.35%) Operational Technology
7 12 (2.02%) CSOC
8 9 (1.51%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.34%) Online Gambling
10 7 (1.18%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.01%) Cyber Security Posture
11 6 (1.01%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.67%) CESG
12 4 (0.67%) Cyberattack
12 4 (0.67%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.67%) SCADA
13 3 (0.50%) Blog
13 3 (0.50%) Social Media
13 3 (0.50%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 47 (7.90%) Windows
2 37 (6.22%) Linux
3 10 (1.68%) macOS
4 6 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.34%) Unix
6 2 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (69.75%) Cybersecurity
2 169 (28.40%) Security Operations
3 155 (26.05%) Information Security
4 149 (25.04%) SIEM
5 142 (23.87%) Incident Response
6 122 (20.50%) Mentoring
7 119 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 79 (13.28%) Problem-Solving
9 70 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 56 (9.41%) Threat Detection
11 54 (9.08%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 44 (7.39%) Cloud Security
13 39 (6.55%) Incident Management
13 39 (6.55%) Penetration Testing
14 37 (6.22%) Threat Intelligence
15 36 (6.05%) Risk Management
16 34 (5.71%) SOAR
17 32 (5.38%) Data Security
18 30 (5.04%) Security Monitoring
19 29 (4.87%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 37 (6.22%) Python
2 36 (6.05%) Kusto Query Language
3 30 (5.04%) PowerShell
4 14 (2.35%) Bash
5 12 (2.02%) Go
6 4 (0.67%) Java
7 3 (0.50%) Objective-C
8 2 (0.34%) C#
8 2 (0.34%) SQL
9 1 (0.17%) R
9 1 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 136 (22.86%) CompTIA Security+
2 113 (18.99%) CompTIA CySA+
3 96 (16.13%) Azure Certification
4 73 (12.27%) Security Cleared
5 56 (9.41%) CISSP
6 47 (7.90%) SC Cleared
7 44 (7.39%) Degree
8 38 (6.39%) CISM
9 24 (4.03%) DV Cleared
10 19 (3.19%) GIAC
11 16 (2.69%) SANS
12 11 (1.85%) GCIH
13 10 (1.68%) GCFA
13 10 (1.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 9 (1.51%) CEH
15 8 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (1.34%) SSCP
16 7 (1.18%) CISA
17 6 (1.01%) CCSP
17 6 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (20.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (12.10%) NIST
3 42 (7.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 27 (4.54%) GDPR
4 27 (4.54%) PCI DSS
5 23 (3.87%) GRC
6 22 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 13 (2.18%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.34%) NCSC
9 5 (0.84%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 4 (0.67%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.50%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.50%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.17%) COBIT
13 1 (0.17%) IASME
13 1 (0.17%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.17%) QA
System Software
1 22 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.84%) Docker
4 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.34%) NFS
4 2 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.51%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.01%) Graylog
4 5 (0.84%) Nessus
5 3 (0.50%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 3 (0.50%) QRadar
6 2 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.34%) Kibana
7 1 (0.17%) Ansible
7 1 (0.17%) Nmap
7 1 (0.17%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 199 (33.45%) Microsoft
2 94 (15.80%) ForeScout
3 32 (5.38%) Palo Alto
4 31 (5.21%) Cisco
4 31 (5.21%) Qualys
5 24 (4.03%) Aruba
6 20 (3.36%) CrowdStrike
7 16 (2.69%) Splunk
8 10 (1.68%) Google
9 9 (1.51%) Rapid7
10 8 (1.34%) Darktrace
10 8 (1.34%) Tanium
10 8 (1.34%) VMware
11 6 (1.01%) Netskope
11 6 (1.01%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.84%) CyberArk
13 4 (0.67%) Red Hat
14 3 (0.50%) Tenable
15 2 (0.34%) Intel
15 2 (0.34%) Zscaler