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 21 July 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 462 410
Rank change year-on-year +307 -52 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,164 199 469
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.31% 0.46% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 0.51% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 331 153 381
10th Percentile £33,500 £41,300 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £53,646 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.46% +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 83,664 39,191 77,342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 90.42% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 58,936 23,658 55,533
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,726
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,574 £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 £71,650
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 +191 320 £50,000 -9.09% 20
Midlands +110 262 £50,000 +6.95% 19
South East +120 234 £45,000 -21.74% 25
Yorkshire +93 162 £55,000 +7.32% 9
East Midlands +80 152 £50,000 +22.70% 13
London +71 151 £70,000 +16.67% 25
North West +108 127 £50,000 -9.09% 11
South West +43 114 £45,000 - 8
West Midlands +56 110 £52,500 +8.25% 6
East of England +75 95 £40,000 -15.79% 4
North East -18 31 £46,500 -15.45%
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 July 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 1,041 (89.43%) Cybersecurity
2 808 (69.42%) Microsoft
3 773 (66.41%) CompTIA Security+
4 754 (64.78%) Azure
5 734 (63.06%) Mentoring
6 729 (62.63%) CompTIA CySA+
7 708 (60.82%) Azure Certification
8 706 (60.65%) ForeScout
9 155 (13.32%) SIEM
10 136 (11.68%) Information Security
11 135 (11.60%) Security Operations
12 126 (10.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 119 (10.22%) Incident Response
14 100 (8.59%) Vulnerability Management
15 95 (8.16%) NIST
16 82 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
17 77 (6.62%) Problem-Solving
18 64 (5.50%) Security Cleared
19 62 (5.33%) Firewall
20 61 (5.24%) Degree
21 58 (4.98%) Cloud Security
22 56 (4.81%) SC Cleared
23 54 (4.64%) CISSP
24 53 (4.55%) Vulnerability Remediation
25 52 (4.47%) Risk Management
26 48 (4.12%) Penetration Testing
27 47 (4.04%) Network Security
28 46 (3.95%) Linux
29 45 (3.87%) Windows
30 44 (3.78%) AWS

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 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.086%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 754 (64.78%) Azure
2 44 (3.78%) AWS
3 41 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
5 21 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
6 16 (1.37%) GCP
7 14 (1.20%) Entra ID
7 14 (1.20%) Power Platform
8 8 (0.69%) Cloudflare
8 8 (0.69%) SaaS
9 7 (0.60%) Mimecast
10 3 (0.26%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.26%) GitHub
10 3 (0.26%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.086%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.086%) AWS CloudTrail
12 1 (0.086%) AWS KMS
12 1 (0.086%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 62 (5.33%) Firewall
2 47 (4.04%) Network Security
3 26 (2.23%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (1.98%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (1.72%) LAN
5 20 (1.72%) WAN
6 13 (1.12%) Internet
7 10 (0.86%) DNS
8 8 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (0.69%) NGFW
9 7 (0.60%) SSL
9 7 (0.60%) Wireless
10 6 (0.52%) VPN
11 5 (0.43%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.34%) Wireshark
13 2 (0.17%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.20%) Power BI
2 4 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (0.69%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.34%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.26%) GitLab
3 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.086%) JIRA
General
1 800 (68.73%) Social Skills
2 96 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (4.21%) Finance
4 30 (2.58%) Retail
5 22 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (1.80%) Law
7 17 (1.46%) Aviation
8 16 (1.37%) Legal
9 13 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (0.95%) Banking
11 8 (0.69%) Automotive
12 7 (0.60%) Financial Institution
12 7 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (0.60%) Public Sector
13 6 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.34%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.34%) Back Office
15 3 (0.26%) Games
15 3 (0.26%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.17%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 90 (7.73%) Security Posture
2 42 (3.61%) Security Operations Centre
3 41 (3.52%) Cyber Defence
4 34 (2.92%) Cyber Threat
5 19 (1.63%) CSOC
6 17 (1.46%) Management Information System
7 11 (0.95%) Operational Technology
8 8 (0.69%) Onboarding
8 8 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (0.60%) Cloud Native
9 7 (0.60%) Cyberattack
10 6 (0.52%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.52%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.43%) Life Science
12 4 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.34%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.26%) Cloud Security Posture
13 3 (0.26%) Cyber Security Posture
13 3 (0.26%) Mobile App
14 2 (0.17%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 46 (3.95%) Linux
2 45 (3.87%) Windows
3 4 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.17%) Unix
5 1 (0.086%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,041 (89.43%) Cybersecurity
2 734 (63.06%) Mentoring
3 155 (13.32%) SIEM
4 136 (11.68%) Information Security
5 135 (11.60%) Security Operations
6 119 (10.22%) Incident Response
7 100 (8.59%) Vulnerability Management
8 82 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 77 (6.62%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (4.98%) Cloud Security
11 53 (4.55%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 52 (4.47%) Risk Management
13 48 (4.12%) Penetration Testing
14 42 (3.61%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 40 (3.44%) Threat Intelligence
16 39 (3.35%) Threat Detection
17 35 (3.01%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 31 (2.66%) SOAR
19 30 (2.58%) Security Monitoring
20 29 (2.49%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (3.09%) Python
2 35 (3.01%) PowerShell
3 20 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
4 11 (0.95%) Bash
5 6 (0.52%) C#
6 4 (0.34%) Java
7 2 (0.17%) Go
7 2 (0.17%) SQL
8 1 (0.086%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 773 (66.41%) CompTIA Security+
2 729 (62.63%) CompTIA CySA+
3 708 (60.82%) Azure Certification
4 64 (5.50%) Security Cleared
5 61 (5.24%) Degree
6 56 (4.81%) SC Cleared
7 54 (4.64%) CISSP
8 38 (3.26%) CISM
9 24 (2.06%) GIAC
10 17 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.46%) SSCP
11 15 (1.29%) SANS
12 12 (1.03%) CEH
12 12 (1.03%) CISA
12 12 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 11 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (0.95%) GCIA
13 11 (0.95%) GCIH
14 9 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 9 (0.77%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (10.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 95 (8.16%) NIST
3 43 (3.69%) GDPR
4 33 (2.84%) GRC
5 32 (2.75%) PCI DSS
6 31 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (1.46%) SOC 2
8 12 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.69%) NCSC
11 7 (0.60%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.43%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.34%) QA
14 3 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.17%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.17%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (1.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (0.60%) CASB
2 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.43%) Graylog
3 5 (0.43%) QRadar
4 4 (0.34%) Nessus
5 3 (0.26%) Ansible
5 3 (0.26%) Terraform
6 2 (0.17%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.17%) Kibana
7 1 (0.086%) Nmap
7 1 (0.086%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.086%) SCCM
Vendors
1 808 (69.42%) Microsoft
2 706 (60.65%) ForeScout
3 30 (2.58%) Cisco
4 29 (2.49%) Qualys
5 26 (2.23%) Palo Alto
6 24 (2.06%) Aruba
7 10 (0.86%) Splunk
8 8 (0.69%) Rapid7
8 8 (0.69%) Tanium
9 7 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (0.52%) Tenable
10 6 (0.52%) Zscaler
11 5 (0.43%) Google
12 4 (0.34%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.34%) VMware
13 3 (0.26%) Intel
13 3 (0.26%) Meraki
13 3 (0.26%) Varonis
14 2 (0.17%) CyberArk
14 2 (0.17%) Netskope