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 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 446 415
Rank change year-on-year +300 -31 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,204 211 512
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.37% 0.49% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 0.54% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 328 159 419
10th Percentile £34,550 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +3.81% +2.94%
75th Percentile £65,250 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £76,625 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.46% +4.29% +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 82,582 39,134 83,713
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 90.30% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 58,054 23,578 61,195
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 15 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 15 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 +194 331 £50,000 -9.09% 38
Midlands +114 271 £50,000 +3.09% 30
South East +139 241 £45,000 -19.28% 29
Yorkshire +93 169 £55,000 +7.32% 16
London +38 156 £70,000 +16.67% 22
East Midlands +83 154 £50,000 +22.70% 19
North West +105 129 £50,000 -9.09% 20
South West +39 120 £51,250 +10.81% 14
West Midlands +51 117 £52,500 +8.25% 11
East of England +66 98 £42,500 -10.53% 15
North East -26 33 £46,500 -15.45% 3
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 1,080 (89.70%) Cybersecurity
2 855 (71.01%) Microsoft
3 820 (68.11%) CompTIA Security+
4 801 (66.53%) Azure
5 784 (65.12%) Mentoring
6 776 (64.45%) CompTIA CySA+
7 755 (62.71%) Azure Certification
8 753 (62.54%) ForeScout
9 152 (12.62%) SIEM
10 135 (11.21%) Information Security
11 134 (11.13%) Security Operations
12 122 (10.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 116 (9.63%) Incident Response
14 97 (8.06%) Vulnerability Management
15 93 (7.72%) NIST
16 79 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
17 77 (6.40%) Problem-Solving
18 62 (5.15%) Firewall
18 62 (5.15%) Security Cleared
19 59 (4.90%) Degree
20 58 (4.82%) Cloud Security
21 55 (4.57%) SC Cleared
22 54 (4.49%) CISSP
23 52 (4.32%) Risk Management
24 51 (4.24%) Penetration Testing
24 51 (4.24%) Vulnerability Remediation
25 48 (3.99%) Network Security
26 46 (3.82%) Linux
27 45 (3.74%) Windows
28 43 (3.57%) 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 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.083%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 801 (66.53%) Azure
2 43 (3.57%) AWS
3 41 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (1.83%) Microsoft Purview
5 21 (1.74%) Azure Sentinel
6 16 (1.33%) GCP
7 14 (1.16%) Entra ID
7 14 (1.16%) Power Platform
8 8 (0.66%) Cloudflare
9 7 (0.58%) Mimecast
9 7 (0.58%) SaaS
10 3 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.25%) GitHub
10 3 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.083%) AWS KMS
12 1 (0.083%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.083%) IaaS
12 1 (0.083%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (5.15%) Firewall
2 48 (3.99%) Network Security
3 26 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (1.91%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (1.66%) LAN
5 20 (1.66%) WAN
6 13 (1.08%) Internet
7 10 (0.83%) DNS
7 10 (0.83%) Wireless
8 8 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (0.66%) NGFW
9 7 (0.58%) SSL
10 6 (0.50%) VPN
11 5 (0.42%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.33%) Wireshark
13 2 (0.17%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.16%) Power BI
2 4 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (0.91%) Burp Suite
2 7 (0.58%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.25%) GitLab
3 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.083%) JIRA
General
1 845 (70.18%) Social Skills
2 93 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (4.32%) Finance
4 30 (2.49%) Retail
5 22 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (1.83%) Law
6 17 (1.41%) Aviation
6 17 (1.41%) Legal
7 13 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
8 11 (0.91%) Banking
9 7 (0.58%) Financial Institution
9 7 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (0.58%) Public Sector
10 6 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.42%) Automotive
12 4 (0.33%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.33%) Back Office
13 3 (0.25%) Games
13 3 (0.25%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.083%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 86 (7.14%) Security Posture
2 45 (3.74%) Cyber Defence
3 43 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
4 30 (2.49%) Cyber Threat
5 18 (1.50%) CSOC
6 17 (1.41%) Management Information System
7 11 (0.91%) Operational Technology
8 8 (0.66%) Onboarding
8 8 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (0.58%) Cloud Native
9 7 (0.58%) Cyberattack
10 6 (0.50%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.50%) Driving Licence
10 6 (0.50%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.42%) Life Science
12 4 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.33%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.25%) Cloud Security Posture
13 3 (0.25%) Cyber Security Posture
14 2 (0.17%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 46 (3.82%) Linux
2 45 (3.74%) Windows
3 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.17%) Unix
5 1 (0.083%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,080 (89.70%) Cybersecurity
2 784 (65.12%) Mentoring
3 152 (12.62%) SIEM
4 135 (11.21%) Information Security
5 134 (11.13%) Security Operations
6 116 (9.63%) Incident Response
7 97 (8.06%) Vulnerability Management
8 79 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 77 (6.40%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (4.82%) Cloud Security
11 52 (4.32%) Risk Management
12 51 (4.24%) Penetration Testing
12 51 (4.24%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 41 (3.41%) Threat Intelligence
13 41 (3.41%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 37 (3.07%) Threat Detection
15 36 (2.99%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 32 (2.66%) SOAR
17 30 (2.49%) Security Monitoring
18 29 (2.41%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (3.32%) Python
2 39 (3.24%) PowerShell
3 20 (1.66%) Kusto Query Language
4 14 (1.16%) Bash
5 6 (0.50%) C#
6 4 (0.33%) Java
7 2 (0.17%) Go
7 2 (0.17%) SQL
8 1 (0.083%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 820 (68.11%) CompTIA Security+
2 776 (64.45%) CompTIA CySA+
3 755 (62.71%) Azure Certification
4 62 (5.15%) Security Cleared
5 59 (4.90%) Degree
6 55 (4.57%) SC Cleared
7 54 (4.49%) CISSP
8 38 (3.16%) CISM
9 25 (2.08%) GIAC
10 17 (1.41%) SSCP
11 16 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (1.25%) SANS
13 12 (1.00%) CEH
13 12 (1.00%) CISA
13 12 (1.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 11 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.91%) GCIA
14 11 (0.91%) GCIH
15 9 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (0.75%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (10.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 93 (7.72%) NIST
3 42 (3.49%) GDPR
4 33 (2.74%) GRC
5 32 (2.66%) PCI DSS
6 31 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (1.33%) SOC 2
8 12 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.66%) NCSC
11 7 (0.58%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.42%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.33%) QA
14 3 (0.25%) 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 (1.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (0.58%) CASB
1 7 (0.58%) Nessus
2 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.42%) Graylog
3 5 (0.42%) QRadar
4 3 (0.25%) Ansible
4 3 (0.25%) Terraform
5 2 (0.17%) CSIRT
5 2 (0.17%) Kibana
6 1 (0.083%) Nmap
6 1 (0.083%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.083%) SCCM
Vendors
1 855 (71.01%) Microsoft
2 753 (62.54%) ForeScout
3 30 (2.49%) Cisco
4 29 (2.41%) Qualys
5 26 (2.16%) Palo Alto
6 24 (1.99%) Aruba
7 9 (0.75%) Splunk
8 8 (0.66%) Rapid7
9 7 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (0.58%) Tanium
10 6 (0.50%) Tenable
10 6 (0.50%) Zscaler
11 5 (0.42%) Google
12 4 (0.33%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.33%) VMware
13 3 (0.25%) Intel
13 3 (0.25%) Meraki
13 3 (0.25%) Varonis
14 2 (0.17%) CyberArk
14 2 (0.17%) Netskope