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 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 360 343
Rank change year-on-year +95 -17 +121
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 414 350 404
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.79% 0.72% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.78% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 132 203 359
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% +3.77%

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 47,440 44,776 47,116
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 92.73% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 29,933 23,492 36,893
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -5.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 +56 98 £55,000 +4.76% 8
South East +77 85 £55,000 -12.00% 8
Midlands +67 82 £51,058 +22.66% 16
London -43 79 £57,500 -13.53% 9
Yorkshire +18 57 £60,000 - 4
West Midlands +46 43 £55,000 +32.13% 13
South West +32 43 £60,000 +20.00% 4
East Midlands +28 39 £50,000 - 3
North West +20 31 £55,000 +37.50% 4
East of England +32 28 £60,000 +26.32% 1
North East +14 10 - -
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 January 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.

1 343 (82.85%) Cybersecurity
2 276 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 275 (66.43%) Azure
4 256 (61.84%) CompTIA Security+
5 250 (60.39%) Mentoring
6 245 (59.18%) CompTIA CySA+
7 235 (56.76%) Azure Certification
7 235 (56.76%) ForeScout
8 82 (19.81%) Incident Response
9 79 (19.08%) Information Security
10 62 (14.98%) SIEM
11 58 (14.01%) NIST
12 55 (13.29%) Security Operations
13 48 (11.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 42 (10.14%) CISSP
15 38 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (8.94%) Problem-Solving
17 35 (8.45%) Vulnerability Management
18 30 (7.25%) Firewall
18 30 (7.25%) GDPR
19 28 (6.76%) Penetration Testing
20 27 (6.52%) Security Cleared
21 26 (6.28%) Vulnerability Assessment
22 25 (6.04%) SC Cleared
23 24 (5.80%) Degree
23 24 (5.80%) GRC
23 24 (5.80%) Root Cause Analysis
23 24 (5.80%) Threat Intelligence
24 23 (5.56%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
24 23 (5.56%) Kalman Filter

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 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.72%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 275 (66.43%) Azure
2 21 (5.07%) Azure Sentinel
3 15 (3.62%) AWS
4 14 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (2.90%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (1.93%) SaaS
7 7 (1.69%) GCP
8 3 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.48%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.48%) IaaS
9 2 (0.48%) PaaS
10 1 (0.24%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.24%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.24%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.24%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.25%) Firewall
2 17 (4.11%) Network Security
3 15 (3.62%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (2.42%) VPN
5 6 (1.45%) Wireless
6 4 (0.97%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.48%) SCCP
8 1 (0.24%) Broadband
8 1 (0.24%) DKIM
8 1 (0.24%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 5 (1.21%) Burp Suite
1 5 (1.21%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.48%) JIRA
General
1 284 (68.60%) Social Skills
2 32 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
2 32 (7.73%) Finance
3 20 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (2.42%) Retail
5 8 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (1.69%) Financial Institution
6 7 (1.69%) Law
7 6 (1.45%) Banking
8 4 (0.97%) Aviation
9 3 (0.72%) Back Office
9 3 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (0.72%) Legal
10 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.24%) Front Office
11 1 (0.24%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.72%) EDI
2 2 (0.48%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.94%) Security Posture
2 30 (7.25%) Cyber Threat
3 21 (5.07%) Cyber Defence
4 17 (4.11%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.38%) Security Operations Centre
6 11 (2.66%) Operational Technology
7 9 (2.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 5 (1.21%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (1.21%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.97%) Insider Threat
10 3 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.72%) Life Science
11 2 (0.48%) CCTV
11 2 (0.48%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.48%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.48%) SCADA
11 2 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.24%) Cyberattack
12 1 (0.24%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.24%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.59%) Windows
2 17 (4.11%) Linux
3 2 (0.48%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (82.85%) Cybersecurity
2 250 (60.39%) Mentoring
3 82 (19.81%) Incident Response
4 79 (19.08%) Information Security
5 62 (14.98%) SIEM
6 55 (13.29%) Security Operations
7 38 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (8.94%) Problem-Solving
9 35 (8.45%) Vulnerability Management
10 28 (6.76%) Penetration Testing
11 26 (6.28%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 24 (5.80%) Root Cause Analysis
12 24 (5.80%) Threat Intelligence
13 23 (5.56%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 23 (5.56%) Kalman Filter
14 20 (4.83%) Risk Management
15 16 (3.86%) Threat Detection
16 15 (3.62%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 15 (3.62%) Security Monitoring
16 15 (3.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 15 (3.62%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.14%) Python
3 7 (1.69%) Bash
4 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 256 (61.84%) CompTIA Security+
2 245 (59.18%) CompTIA CySA+
3 235 (56.76%) Azure Certification
4 42 (10.14%) CISSP
5 27 (6.52%) Security Cleared
6 25 (6.04%) SC Cleared
7 24 (5.80%) Degree
8 18 (4.35%) DV Cleared
9 17 (4.11%) CISM
10 15 (3.62%) GIAC
11 14 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (3.14%) CISA
13 10 (2.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 10 (2.42%) CRISC
14 9 (2.17%) GCIH
15 7 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
16 6 (1.45%) CEH
16 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (1.45%) OSCP
16 6 (1.45%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (14.01%) NIST
2 48 (11.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (7.25%) GDPR
4 24 (5.80%) GRC
5 21 (5.07%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (3.62%) PCI DSS
7 10 (2.42%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.72%) ITGC
11 2 (0.48%) SLA
12 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.24%) COBIT
12 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (1.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.48%) Docker
3 2 (0.48%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.17%) Nessus
2 7 (1.69%) QRadar
3 4 (0.97%) CSIRT
4 3 (0.72%) ArcSight ESM
5 2 (0.48%) Ansible
5 2 (0.48%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.48%) SCCM
5 2 (0.48%) Terraform
6 1 (0.24%) Nmap
Vendors
1 276 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 235 (56.76%) ForeScout
3 12 (2.90%) Splunk
3 12 (2.90%) Tenable
4 6 (1.45%) Palo Alto
5 5 (1.21%) Google
5 5 (1.21%) ServiceNow
6 4 (0.97%) ArcSight
6 4 (0.97%) VMware
7 3 (0.72%) Carbon Black
7 3 (0.72%) Cisco
7 3 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (0.72%) Darktrace
7 3 (0.72%) LogLogic
7 3 (0.72%) McAfee
7 3 (0.72%) Qualys
7 3 (0.72%) SAP
8 2 (0.48%) Salesforce