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 8 August 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 453 396
Rank change year-on-year +286 -57 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,103 184 420
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.18% 0.42% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 0.47% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 353 145 324
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,950 £38,880
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -1.41% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £79,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £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 87,841 39,513 68,517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 90.67% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 61,676 23,901 47,109
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 8 August 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 8 August 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 +169 306 £50,000 -9.09% 29
Midlands +123 245 £50,000 +11.11% 19
South East +119 221 £50,000 -15.25% 45
Yorkshire +87 151 £55,000 +11.68% 9
East Midlands +84 148 £50,000 +22.70% 12
London +46 148 £70,000 +21.74% 46
North West +108 128 £50,000 -9.09% 19
South West +26 104 £57,500 +27.78% 15
West Midlands +46 97 £52,500 +8.25% 7
East of England +56 89 £45,000 -5.26% 5
North East -26 27 £46,500 -15.45% 2
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 August 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.

1 964 (87.40%) Cybersecurity
2 716 (64.91%) Microsoft
3 678 (61.47%) CompTIA Security+
4 664 (60.20%) Azure
5 638 (57.84%) Mentoring
6 634 (57.48%) CompTIA CySA+
7 613 (55.58%) Azure Certification
8 611 (55.39%) ForeScout
9 165 (14.96%) SIEM
10 152 (13.78%) Information Security
11 144 (13.06%) Security Operations
12 139 (12.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 134 (12.15%) Incident Response
14 114 (10.34%) Vulnerability Management
15 96 (8.70%) NIST
16 89 (8.07%) Continuous Improvement
17 80 (7.25%) Problem-Solving
18 70 (6.35%) Security Cleared
19 68 (6.17%) Firewall
20 62 (5.62%) Degree
21 61 (5.53%) CISSP
22 59 (5.35%) SC Cleared
23 57 (5.17%) Vulnerability Remediation
24 56 (5.08%) Cloud Security
25 53 (4.81%) Risk Management
26 51 (4.62%) AWS
26 51 (4.62%) Network Security
27 47 (4.26%) GDPR
28 46 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
28 46 (4.17%) Penetration Testing

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:

Applications
1 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 664 (60.20%) Azure
2 51 (4.62%) AWS
3 46 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (2.45%) Microsoft Purview
5 23 (2.09%) Azure Sentinel
6 17 (1.54%) Entra ID
7 16 (1.45%) GCP
8 15 (1.36%) Mimecast
9 12 (1.09%) Power Platform
10 8 (0.73%) Cloudflare
11 7 (0.63%) SaaS
12 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (0.36%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (0.18%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (0.18%) GitHub
14 2 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
15 1 (0.091%) AWS KMS
15 1 (0.091%) Google Workspace
15 1 (0.091%) IaaS
15 1 (0.091%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (6.17%) Firewall
2 51 (4.62%) Network Security
3 26 (2.36%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (2.09%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (1.81%) LAN
5 20 (1.81%) WAN
6 13 (1.18%) Internet
7 11 (1.00%) Intrusion Detection
8 10 (0.91%) DNS
9 9 (0.82%) NGFW
10 7 (0.63%) SSL
11 6 (0.54%) VPN
12 5 (0.45%) TCP/IP
13 4 (0.36%) HTTP
13 4 (0.36%) Wireless
13 4 (0.36%) Wireshark
14 1 (0.091%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.09%) Power BI
2 4 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.45%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.27%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.18%) GitLab
4 1 (0.091%) JIRA
4 1 (0.091%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.091%) TeamCity
General
1 711 (64.46%) Social Skills
2 101 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (4.26%) Finance
4 27 (2.45%) Retail
5 22 (1.99%) Law
6 21 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (1.54%) Aviation
8 16 (1.45%) Legal
9 14 (1.27%) Public Sector
10 13 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (0.91%) Banking
12 9 (0.82%) Automotive
12 9 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.73%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.45%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.27%) Games
15 3 (0.27%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.27%) Marketing
16 2 (0.18%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (0.27%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 95 (8.61%) Security Posture
2 48 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
3 39 (3.54%) Security Operations Centre
4 34 (3.08%) Cyber Defence
5 22 (1.99%) Management Information System
6 19 (1.72%) CSOC
7 15 (1.36%) Operational Technology
8 12 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (0.82%) Cloud Native
9 9 (0.82%) Cyberattack
10 8 (0.73%) Onboarding
11 7 (0.63%) Cyber Security Posture
12 6 (0.54%) Driving Licence
13 5 (0.45%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.45%) Life Science
13 5 (0.45%) SCADA
14 4 (0.36%) Product Ownership
15 3 (0.27%) Analytical Mindset
15 3 (0.27%) Cloud Security Posture
15 3 (0.27%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 45 (4.08%) Windows
2 44 (3.99%) Linux
3 4 (0.36%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.18%) Unix
5 1 (0.091%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 964 (87.40%) Cybersecurity
2 638 (57.84%) Mentoring
3 165 (14.96%) SIEM
4 152 (13.78%) Information Security
5 144 (13.06%) Security Operations
6 134 (12.15%) Incident Response
7 114 (10.34%) Vulnerability Management
8 89 (8.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 80 (7.25%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (5.17%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 56 (5.08%) Cloud Security
12 53 (4.81%) Risk Management
13 46 (4.17%) Penetration Testing
14 45 (4.08%) Threat Detection
15 41 (3.72%) Threat Intelligence
16 40 (3.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
17 36 (3.26%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 34 (3.08%) SOAR
19 32 (2.90%) Data Loss Prevention
20 31 (2.81%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 31 (2.81%) Python
2 29 (2.63%) PowerShell
3 24 (2.18%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (0.63%) Bash
5 6 (0.54%) C#
6 5 (0.45%) Java
7 3 (0.27%) Go
8 2 (0.18%) Objective-C
8 2 (0.18%) SQL
9 1 (0.091%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 678 (61.47%) CompTIA Security+
2 634 (57.48%) CompTIA CySA+
3 613 (55.58%) Azure Certification
4 70 (6.35%) Security Cleared
5 62 (5.62%) Degree
6 61 (5.53%) CISSP
7 59 (5.35%) SC Cleared
8 44 (3.99%) CISM
9 21 (1.90%) GIAC
10 17 (1.54%) SANS
10 17 (1.54%) SSCP
11 15 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (1.27%) CEH
13 12 (1.09%) GCIH
13 12 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 10 (0.91%) CISA
15 9 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.82%) GCIA
16 8 (0.73%) CCSP
16 8 (0.73%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (12.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (8.70%) NIST
3 47 (4.26%) GDPR
4 38 (3.45%) PCI DSS
5 34 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 29 (2.63%) GRC
7 20 (1.81%) SOC 2
8 15 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.82%) NCSC
11 7 (0.63%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.45%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.36%) QA
14 3 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.18%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.18%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.18%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (1.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.091%) Docker
2 1 (0.091%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.63%) CASB
3 5 (0.45%) Graylog
3 5 (0.45%) Nessus
3 5 (0.45%) QRadar
4 4 (0.36%) Terraform
5 3 (0.27%) Ansible
5 3 (0.27%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.18%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.18%) Kibana
6 2 (0.18%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.091%) Nmap
7 1 (0.091%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.091%) SCCM
Vendors
1 716 (64.91%) Microsoft
2 611 (55.39%) ForeScout
3 32 (2.90%) Palo Alto
4 30 (2.72%) Cisco
5 29 (2.63%) Qualys
6 24 (2.18%) Aruba
7 12 (1.09%) Splunk
8 10 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.82%) Rapid7
10 8 (0.73%) Tanium
11 6 (0.54%) Google
11 6 (0.54%) Zscaler
12 5 (0.45%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.45%) Netskope
12 5 (0.45%) Tenable
13 4 (0.36%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.36%) VMware
14 3 (0.27%) Meraki
15 2 (0.18%) Intel
15 2 (0.18%) Varonis