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 23 February 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 376 344
Rank change year-on-year +183 -32 +110
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 692 303 519
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.14% 0.70% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 0.77% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 158 169 467
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £83,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +16.82% +0.94%

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 55,600 39,498 63,358
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.43% 91.23% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 35,900 21,132 50,551
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 23 February 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 23 February 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 +92 177 £55,000 +19.57% 4
Midlands +105 160 £51,058 +5.67% 13
South East +83 134 £52,500 -16.00% 16
Yorkshire +56 104 £55,000 -15.38% 1
London -20 97 £60,000 -11.11% 14
West Midlands +67 83 £55,000 +13.83% 7
East Midlands +46 77 £41,000 - 6
South West +45 75 £60,000 +14.29% 2
North West +27 53 £55,000 +37.50% 3
East of England +53 51 £52,500 +10.53% 8
North East +3 20 - -
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 February 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.

1 598 (86.42%) Cybersecurity
2 524 (75.72%) Microsoft
3 512 (73.99%) Azure
4 506 (73.12%) CompTIA Security+
5 494 (71.39%) Mentoring
6 483 (69.80%) CompTIA CySA+
7 471 (68.06%) Azure Certification
7 471 (68.06%) ForeScout
8 94 (13.58%) Information Security
9 87 (12.57%) Incident Response
10 73 (10.55%) SIEM
11 70 (10.12%) NIST
12 67 (9.68%) Security Operations
13 63 (9.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 52 (7.51%) CISSP
15 50 (7.23%) Problem-Solving
16 40 (5.78%) Continuous Improvement
17 34 (4.91%) Degree
18 33 (4.77%) Vulnerability Assessment
19 32 (4.62%) GDPR
20 31 (4.48%) Penetration Testing
20 31 (4.48%) Root Cause Analysis
20 31 (4.48%) Threat Intelligence
21 30 (4.34%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
21 30 (4.34%) Firewall
21 30 (4.34%) Security Cleared
22 29 (4.19%) Cyber Essentials
23 28 (4.05%) PowerShell
23 28 (4.05%) SC Cleared
24 26 (3.76%) Cloud Security

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 (0.14%) Confluence
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.29%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 512 (73.99%) Azure
2 20 (2.89%) Azure Sentinel
3 18 (2.60%) AWS
4 17 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (1.88%) Microsoft Purview
6 10 (1.45%) GCP
6 10 (1.45%) SaaS
7 3 (0.43%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.29%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.29%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.29%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.14%) GitHub
9 1 (0.14%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.14%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.14%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.34%) Firewall
2 23 (3.32%) Network Security
3 14 (2.02%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (1.45%) Wireless
5 5 (0.72%) VPN
6 3 (0.43%) SCCP
7 1 (0.14%) DKIM
7 1 (0.14%) DMARC
7 1 (0.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.29%) Power BI
2 1 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 9 (1.30%) Burp Suite
1 9 (1.30%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.43%) JIRA
3 1 (0.14%) GitLab
3 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
General
1 524 (75.72%) Social Skills
2 40 (5.78%) Finance
3 36 (5.20%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (3.32%) Retail
6 15 (2.17%) Law
7 11 (1.59%) Banking
7 11 (1.59%) Financial Institution
8 10 (1.45%) Legal
9 7 (1.01%) Back Office
10 6 (0.87%) Aviation
11 4 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.14%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.43%) EDI
2 2 (0.29%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.78%) Security Posture
2 33 (4.77%) Cyber Defence
3 27 (3.90%) Cyber Threat
3 27 (3.90%) Security Operations Centre
4 17 (2.46%) Management Information System
5 10 (1.45%) Operational Technology
6 9 (1.30%) Mobile App
7 6 (0.87%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (0.72%) CSOC
8 5 (0.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (0.58%) Insider Threat
9 4 (0.58%) Life Science
9 4 (0.58%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.43%) CCTV
10 3 (0.43%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.43%) Cyberattack
10 3 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.29%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.14%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.18%) Windows
2 20 (2.89%) Linux
3 3 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 598 (86.42%) Cybersecurity
2 494 (71.39%) Mentoring
3 94 (13.58%) Information Security
4 87 (12.57%) Incident Response
5 73 (10.55%) SIEM
6 67 (9.68%) Security Operations
7 50 (7.23%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (5.78%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (4.77%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 31 (4.48%) Penetration Testing
10 31 (4.48%) Root Cause Analysis
10 31 (4.48%) Threat Intelligence
11 30 (4.34%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 26 (3.76%) Cloud Security
12 26 (3.76%) Risk Management
12 26 (3.76%) Vulnerability Management
13 22 (3.18%) Security Monitoring
14 20 (2.89%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 19 (2.75%) Kalman Filter
16 18 (2.60%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 28 (4.05%) PowerShell
2 25 (3.61%) Python
3 13 (1.88%) Bash
Qualifications
1 506 (73.12%) CompTIA Security+
2 483 (69.80%) CompTIA CySA+
3 471 (68.06%) Azure Certification
4 52 (7.51%) CISSP
5 34 (4.91%) Degree
6 30 (4.34%) Security Cleared
7 28 (4.05%) SC Cleared
8 22 (3.18%) CISM
9 19 (2.75%) GIAC
10 16 (2.31%) DV Cleared
11 15 (2.17%) CISA
11 15 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.73%) CRISC
14 11 (1.59%) OSCP
15 10 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (1.45%) SSCP
16 9 (1.30%) CHECK Team Leader
16 9 (1.30%) CHECK Team Member
16 9 (1.30%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (10.12%) NIST
2 63 (9.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (4.62%) GDPR
4 29 (4.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 25 (3.61%) GRC
6 24 (3.47%) PCI DSS
7 16 (2.31%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.43%) ITGC
10 3 (0.43%) NCSC
11 2 (0.29%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.29%) SLA
12 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.14%) COBIT
12 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
System Software
1 9 (1.30%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.43%) Docker
2 3 (0.43%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (1.59%) Nessus
2 7 (1.01%) CSIRT
3 4 (0.58%) Ansible
3 4 (0.58%) QRadar
3 4 (0.58%) Terraform
4 3 (0.43%) ArcSight ESM
4 3 (0.43%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.43%) SCCM
5 1 (0.14%) CASB
Vendors
1 524 (75.72%) Microsoft
2 471 (68.06%) ForeScout
3 10 (1.45%) Tenable
4 8 (1.16%) Splunk
5 6 (0.87%) Google
5 6 (0.87%) Palo Alto
6 4 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (0.58%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.43%) ArcSight
7 3 (0.43%) LogLogic
7 3 (0.43%) McAfee
7 3 (0.43%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.43%) VMware
8 2 (0.29%) Carbon Black
8 2 (0.29%) Darktrace
8 2 (0.29%) Qualys
8 2 (0.29%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.29%) SAP
9 1 (0.14%) Varonis
9 1 (0.14%) Zscaler