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 September 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 478 385
Rank change year-on-year +237 -93 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 802 168 408
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.78% 0.39% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 0.43% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 348 142 264
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,625 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -10.99% +5.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £64,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £51,625 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.54% -6.14% +2.80%

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 95,827 38,694 63,806
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 90.38% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 67,436 23,178 38,147
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% - -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 September 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 September 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 +106 207 £52,500 +16.67% 86
South East +80 174 £55,000 - 52
Midlands +54 162 £52,500 +16.67% 30
London +12 139 £72,500 +26.09% 105
East Midlands +56 106 £55,000 +39.24% 16
North West +62 105 £50,000 +11.11% 63
Yorkshire +42 90 £55,000 +38.36% 17
South West -13 69 £57,500 +30.68% 27
East of England +15 59 £39,500 -16.84% 12
West Midlands -10 56 £52,500 +8.25% 14
North East -59 12 - - 6
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 September 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.

1 630 (78.55%) Cybersecurity
2 388 (48.38%) Microsoft
3 339 (42.27%) Azure
4 335 (41.77%) CompTIA Security+
5 310 (38.65%) Mentoring
6 309 (38.53%) CompTIA CySA+
7 284 (35.41%) Azure Certification
8 282 (35.16%) ForeScout
9 163 (20.32%) SIEM
10 160 (19.95%) Information Security
11 153 (19.08%) Security Operations
12 141 (17.58%) Incident Response
13 138 (17.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 129 (16.08%) Vulnerability Management
15 84 (10.47%) Problem-Solving
16 82 (10.22%) NIST
16 82 (10.22%) Security Cleared
17 76 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
18 63 (7.86%) Firewall
19 62 (7.73%) Vulnerability Remediation
20 61 (7.61%) CISSP
21 59 (7.36%) AWS
22 56 (6.98%) SC Cleared
23 55 (6.86%) Degree
23 55 (6.86%) Threat Detection
24 50 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
25 46 (5.74%) Cloud Security
26 45 (5.61%) CISM
26 45 (5.61%) Windows
27 42 (5.24%) 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.25%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 339 (42.27%) Azure
2 59 (7.36%) AWS
3 50 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (3.49%) Azure Sentinel
4 28 (3.49%) Microsoft Purview
5 25 (3.12%) Entra ID
6 19 (2.37%) Mimecast
7 17 (2.12%) GCP
8 14 (1.75%) Power Platform
9 8 (1.00%) SaaS
10 7 (0.87%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (0.87%) Cloudflare
11 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.12%) Akamai
13 1 (0.12%) GitHub
13 1 (0.12%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.12%) IaaS
13 1 (0.12%) PaaS
13 1 (0.12%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 63 (7.86%) Firewall
2 36 (4.49%) Network Security
3 26 (3.24%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (2.87%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (2.49%) LAN
5 20 (2.49%) WAN
6 13 (1.62%) Internet
7 11 (1.37%) DNS
8 9 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (1.12%) NGFW
9 8 (1.00%) SSL
10 7 (0.87%) HTTP
11 5 (0.62%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.50%) VPN
12 4 (0.50%) Wireless
12 4 (0.50%) Wireshark
13 2 (0.25%) DKIM
13 2 (0.25%) DMARC
14 1 (0.12%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.75%) Power BI
2 4 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.62%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.50%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.37%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.25%) JIRA
5 1 (0.12%) GitLab
5 1 (0.12%) Metasploit
General
1 388 (48.38%) Social Skills
2 102 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (6.23%) Finance
4 33 (4.11%) Law
5 29 (3.62%) Retail
6 22 (2.74%) Public Sector
7 17 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (1.75%) Aviation
9 13 (1.62%) Aerospace
9 13 (1.62%) Banking
10 12 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (1.37%) Legal
12 10 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.12%) Automotive
13 9 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.37%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.37%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.37%) Marketing
15 1 (0.12%) Advertising
15 1 (0.12%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.62%) Terraform
2 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (0.50%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.25%) JSON
4 1 (0.12%) LDAP
4 1 (0.12%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.12%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 92 (11.47%) Security Posture
2 55 (6.86%) Cyber Threat
3 31 (3.87%) Cyber Defence
4 28 (3.49%) Security Operations Centre
5 25 (3.12%) Management Information System
6 15 (1.87%) Operational Technology
7 13 (1.62%) CSOC
8 10 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (0.87%) Cloud Native
9 7 (0.87%) Cyber Security Posture
9 7 (0.87%) Onboarding
10 6 (0.75%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.62%) Cyberattack
11 5 (0.62%) SCADA
12 4 (0.50%) CESG
12 4 (0.50%) Driving Licence
12 4 (0.50%) Life Science
13 3 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.37%) Cybercrime
13 3 (0.37%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.61%) Windows
2 39 (4.86%) Linux
3 9 (1.12%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.62%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.25%) Unix
7 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 630 (78.55%) Cybersecurity
2 310 (38.65%) Mentoring
3 163 (20.32%) SIEM
4 160 (19.95%) Information Security
5 153 (19.08%) Security Operations
6 141 (17.58%) Incident Response
7 129 (16.08%) Vulnerability Management
8 84 (10.47%) Problem-Solving
9 76 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 62 (7.73%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 55 (6.86%) Threat Detection
12 46 (5.74%) Cloud Security
13 42 (5.24%) Penetration Testing
14 40 (4.99%) Risk Management
14 40 (4.99%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 37 (4.61%) Threat Intelligence
16 36 (4.49%) Incident Management
17 35 (4.36%) SOAR
18 31 (3.87%) Data Security
18 31 (3.87%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 36 (4.49%) Python
2 31 (3.87%) Kusto Query Language
3 25 (3.12%) PowerShell
4 13 (1.62%) Bash
5 10 (1.25%) Go
6 7 (0.87%) Java
7 6 (0.75%) C#
8 3 (0.37%) Objective-C
9 2 (0.25%) SQL
10 1 (0.12%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 335 (41.77%) CompTIA Security+
2 309 (38.53%) CompTIA CySA+
3 284 (35.41%) Azure Certification
4 82 (10.22%) Security Cleared
5 61 (7.61%) CISSP
6 56 (6.98%) SC Cleared
7 55 (6.86%) Degree
8 45 (5.61%) CISM
9 24 (2.99%) DV Cleared
10 19 (2.37%) GIAC
11 15 (1.87%) SANS
11 15 (1.87%) SSCP
12 12 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (1.50%) GCIH
12 12 (1.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 10 (1.25%) CEH
14 9 (1.12%) GCFA
15 8 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
16 7 (0.87%) CCSP
16 7 (0.87%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (17.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 82 (10.22%) NIST
3 40 (4.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 40 (4.99%) GDPR
4 32 (3.99%) PCI DSS
5 27 (3.37%) GRC
6 17 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 13 (1.62%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.00%) NCSC
9 7 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 5 (0.62%) QA
11 4 (0.50%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.37%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.37%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.37%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.37%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.12%) COBIT
13 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 19 (2.37%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.50%) Docker
2 4 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.12%) NFS
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.87%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.75%) Graylog
4 5 (0.62%) Nessus
4 5 (0.62%) QRadar
5 3 (0.37%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.25%) Ansible
6 2 (0.25%) CASB
6 2 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.25%) Kibana
7 1 (0.12%) Nmap
7 1 (0.12%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 388 (48.38%) Microsoft
2 282 (35.16%) ForeScout
3 32 (3.99%) Palo Alto
4 30 (3.74%) Cisco
4 30 (3.74%) Qualys
5 24 (2.99%) Aruba
6 17 (2.12%) Splunk
7 16 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (1.12%) Google
8 9 (1.12%) Rapid7
9 8 (1.00%) Tanium
10 6 (0.75%) Netskope
10 6 (0.75%) VMware
11 5 (0.62%) CyberArk
11 5 (0.62%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.50%) Darktrace
12 4 (0.50%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.50%) Tenable
13 2 (0.25%) Meraki
13 2 (0.25%) Zscaler