Security Analyst Job Trends in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst salary in England is £51,625 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 399 366
Rank change year-on-year -81 -33 +128
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 175 411 434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.60% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.63% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 147 272 384
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,625 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.75% +6.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,375 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,000 £77,500 £74,625
UK median annual salary £51,625 £57,500 £52,900
% change year-on-year -10.22% +8.70% +5.80%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 39,065 65,689 50,712
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 95.18% 94.03%
Number of salaries quoted 23,443 39,893 39,224
10th Percentile £28,260 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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
London -42 65 £57,500 -11.54% 28
Midlands +41 37 £45,000 -10.00% 5
South East +28 37 £55,000 -8.33% 34
West Midlands +42 27 £48,500 -3.00% 2
North of England -32 21 £45,000 -4.26% 14
East Midlands +27 10 £39,500 -24.76% 3
North West -23 10 £45,000 - 7
Yorkshire +6 9 £41,000 -21.90% 7
East of England -22 6 £47,500 +5.56% 2
South West +52 4 £44,000 -12.00% 3
North East +20 2 £55,000 +22.22% 1
Security Analyst
UK

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Security Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 111 (63.43%) Cybersecurity
2 90 (51.43%) Incident Response
3 73 (41.71%) SIEM
4 67 (38.29%) Social Skills
5 66 (37.71%) Security Operations
6 62 (35.43%) Information Security
7 57 (32.57%) Microsoft
8 55 (31.43%) Firewall
9 41 (23.43%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 40 (22.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 37 (21.14%) NIST
12 34 (19.43%) Cyber Threat
13 33 (18.86%) Vulnerability Management
14 32 (18.29%) CISSP
14 32 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
14 32 (18.29%) Threat Intelligence
14 32 (18.29%) Security Posture
15 31 (17.71%) Azure
16 30 (17.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 30 (17.14%) Finance
17 29 (16.57%) Analytical Skills
18 27 (15.43%) Risk Management
18 27 (15.43%) Penetration Testing
19 26 (14.86%) Network Security
20 25 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
20 25 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
20 25 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
20 25 (14.29%) Degree
20 25 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
21 23 (13.14%) Windows

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.71%) Temenos T24
2 2 (1.14%) SAP GRC
2 2 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (17.71%) Azure
2 25 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (10.29%) Azure Sentinel
4 10 (5.71%) AWS
5 7 (4.00%) SaaS
6 6 (3.43%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.86%) GCP
7 5 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.14%) IaaS
9 2 (1.14%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.14%) PaaS
9 2 (1.14%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.57%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 55 (31.43%) Firewall
2 26 (14.86%) Network Security
3 19 (10.86%) VPN
4 14 (8.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 5 (2.86%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.29%) Wireshark
7 3 (1.71%) DHCP
7 3 (1.71%) DNS
7 3 (1.71%) NGFW
7 3 (1.71%) Wireless
8 2 (1.14%) DKIM
8 2 (1.14%) DMARC
8 2 (1.14%) LAN
8 2 (1.14%) WAN
9 1 (0.57%) Broadband
9 1 (0.57%) FTP
9 1 (0.57%) HTTP
9 1 (0.57%) Internet
9 1 (0.57%) SAN
9 1 (0.57%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.14%) Power BI
1 2 (1.14%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (1.14%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.14%) Metasploit
General
1 67 (38.29%) Social Skills
2 30 (17.14%) Finance
3 29 (16.57%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.29%) Law
5 8 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (4.57%) Legal
6 7 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.43%) Banking
8 5 (2.86%) Retail
9 4 (2.29%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.71%) International Banking
11 2 (1.14%) Advertising
11 2 (1.14%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.14%) Military
11 2 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.14%) Police
12 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.57%) Front Office
12 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.57%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.14%) EDI
1 2 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.14%) SLSA
2 1 (0.57%) LDAP
2 1 (0.57%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 34 (19.43%) Cyber Threat
2 32 (18.29%) Security Posture
3 25 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
4 21 (12.00%) Management Information System
5 14 (8.00%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (3.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (3.43%) Insider Threat
6 6 (3.43%) PKI
7 5 (2.86%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.71%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.71%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.14%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.14%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.14%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.14%) SCADA
10 1 (0.57%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.57%) Life Science
10 1 (0.57%) PMI
10 1 (0.57%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 23 (13.14%) Windows
2 11 (6.29%) Linux
3 4 (2.29%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.14%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (63.43%) Cybersecurity
2 90 (51.43%) Incident Response
3 73 (41.71%) SIEM
4 66 (37.71%) Security Operations
5 62 (35.43%) Information Security
6 41 (23.43%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 33 (18.86%) Vulnerability Management
8 32 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (18.29%) Threat Intelligence
9 30 (17.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 27 (15.43%) Penetration Testing
10 27 (15.43%) Risk Management
11 25 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (9.71%) Mentoring
12 17 (9.71%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 16 (9.14%) Data Loss Prevention
14 15 (8.57%) Security Architecture
14 15 (8.57%) Security Management
15 14 (8.00%) Computer Science
15 14 (8.00%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.86%) Bash
1 5 (2.86%) PowerShell
1 5 (2.86%) Python
2 4 (2.29%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 32 (18.29%) CISSP
2 25 (14.29%) Degree
3 22 (12.57%) CISM
4 20 (11.43%) Security Cleared
5 19 (10.86%) CompTIA Security+
6 18 (10.29%) SC Cleared
7 10 (5.71%) CEH
7 10 (5.71%) CISA
8 9 (5.14%) CompTIA CySA+
9 8 (4.57%) DV Cleared
10 7 (4.00%) GCIH
11 5 (2.86%) CRISC
11 5 (2.86%) GCIA
11 5 (2.86%) GIAC
11 5 (2.86%) SSCP
12 4 (2.29%) GCFA
12 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (2.29%) OSCP
13 3 (1.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.71%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (22.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (21.14%) NIST
3 25 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (9.71%) GRC
5 11 (6.29%) GDPR
6 10 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (5.14%) PCI DSS
8 5 (2.86%) SOC 2
9 4 (2.29%) NCSC
10 3 (1.71%) SLA
11 2 (1.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (1.14%) COBIT
12 1 (0.57%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (6.29%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.71%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (4.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.86%) CSIRT
2 5 (2.86%) Nessus
2 5 (2.86%) QRadar
3 3 (1.71%) SCCM
3 3 (1.71%) ZENworks
4 1 (0.57%) Nmap
Vendors
1 57 (32.57%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.14%) Splunk
3 11 (6.29%) Tenable
4 10 (5.71%) VMware
5 5 (2.86%) Qualys
6 4 (2.29%) Cisco
6 4 (2.29%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.71%) ArcSight
7 3 (1.71%) Carbon Black
7 3 (1.71%) Darktrace
7 3 (1.71%) Meraki
7 3 (1.71%) Reuters
7 3 (1.71%) SAP
7 3 (1.71%) Temenos
8 2 (1.14%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.57%) Checkmarx
9 1 (0.57%) Citrix
9 1 (0.57%) Google
9 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.57%) Zscaler