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 19 March 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 376 363
Rank change year-on-year +220 -13 +97
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 903 266 529
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.36% 0.70% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 0.77% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 178 161 472
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,375
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £64,688 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £87,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,146 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.83% +9.52% +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 61,075 34,418 70,577
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 90.30% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 39,827 20,994 55,639
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £28,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
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 19 March 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 19 March 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 +117 245 £52,500 +6.60% 15
Midlands +117 210 £50,000 +7.21% 19
South East +95 173 £52,500 -6.25% 24
Yorkshire +74 139 £53,750 -6.52% 7
London -18 108 £62,500 -7.41% 19
East Midlands +42 107 £47,500 +2.70% 12
West Midlands +70 103 £55,000 +17.93% 7
South West +59 102 £60,000 +26.32% 8
North West +41 77 £35,000 -23.91% 5
East of England +50 70 £60,000 +26.32% 8
North East +6 29 £46,500 - 3
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 March 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.

1 801 (88.70%) Cybersecurity
2 717 (79.40%) Microsoft
3 700 (77.52%) CompTIA Security+
4 697 (77.19%) Azure
5 680 (75.30%) Mentoring
6 675 (74.75%) CompTIA CySA+
7 659 (72.98%) Azure Certification
7 659 (72.98%) ForeScout
8 88 (9.75%) Information Security
9 86 (9.52%) Incident Response
10 76 (8.42%) SIEM
11 71 (7.86%) NIST
12 68 (7.53%) Security Operations
13 63 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 51 (5.65%) Problem-Solving
15 50 (5.54%) CISSP
16 46 (5.09%) Continuous Improvement
17 39 (4.32%) Security Cleared
18 38 (4.21%) Cloud Security
18 38 (4.21%) Degree
19 36 (3.99%) Network Security
19 36 (3.99%) SC Cleared
20 34 (3.77%) GDPR
21 33 (3.65%) PowerShell
21 33 (3.65%) Root Cause Analysis
22 32 (3.54%) Firewall
23 31 (3.43%) Threat Intelligence
24 30 (3.32%) Python
24 30 (3.32%) Risk Management
25 29 (3.21%) Cyber Threat Intelligence

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 (0.11%) Confluence
1 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.22%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 697 (77.19%) Azure
2 20 (2.21%) Azure Sentinel
3 19 (2.10%) AWS
4 15 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (1.33%) GCP
6 11 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
7 8 (0.89%) SaaS
8 4 (0.44%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.33%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (0.33%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.33%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.22%) Cloudflare
10 2 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.22%) GitHub
10 2 (0.22%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.22%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.11%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.11%) AWS CloudTrail
11 1 (0.11%) AWS KMS
11 1 (0.11%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 36 (3.99%) Network Security
2 32 (3.54%) Firewall
3 13 (1.44%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (1.00%) Wireless
5 6 (0.66%) VPN
6 3 (0.33%) SCCP
7 1 (0.11%) DKIM
7 1 (0.11%) DMARC
7 1 (0.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (1.00%) Burp Suite
1 9 (1.00%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.33%) JIRA
3 2 (0.22%) GitLab
3 2 (0.22%) Jenkins
General
1 710 (78.63%) Social Skills
2 41 (4.54%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (3.88%) Finance
4 27 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (2.55%) Retail
6 14 (1.55%) Law
7 12 (1.33%) Legal
8 10 (1.11%) Banking
8 10 (1.11%) Financial Institution
9 9 (1.00%) Aviation
10 7 (0.78%) Back Office
11 2 (0.22%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.22%) Games
11 2 (0.22%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.22%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.11%) Military
12 1 (0.11%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.22%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.09%) Security Posture
2 37 (4.10%) Cyber Defence
3 34 (3.77%) Security Operations Centre
4 18 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
5 16 (1.77%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.11%) Operational Technology
7 9 (1.00%) CSOC
7 9 (1.00%) Mobile App
8 7 (0.78%) Cloud Native
9 6 (0.66%) Cyber Security Posture
9 6 (0.66%) Cyberattack
10 4 (0.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (0.33%) CCTV
11 3 (0.33%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.33%) Life Science
11 3 (0.33%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.33%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.22%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.22%) Insider Threat
12 2 (0.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.99%) Linux
2 26 (2.88%) Windows
3 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 801 (88.70%) Cybersecurity
2 680 (75.30%) Mentoring
3 88 (9.75%) Information Security
4 86 (9.52%) Incident Response
5 76 (8.42%) SIEM
6 68 (7.53%) Security Operations
7 51 (5.65%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (5.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (4.21%) Cloud Security
10 33 (3.65%) Root Cause Analysis
11 31 (3.43%) Threat Intelligence
12 30 (3.32%) Risk Management
13 29 (3.21%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 28 (3.10%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 28 (3.10%) Vulnerability Management
15 27 (2.99%) Penetration Testing
16 22 (2.44%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 22 (2.44%) Security Monitoring
17 21 (2.33%) Agile
17 21 (2.33%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 33 (3.65%) PowerShell
2 30 (3.32%) Python
3 14 (1.55%) Bash
4 2 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 700 (77.52%) CompTIA Security+
2 675 (74.75%) CompTIA CySA+
3 659 (72.98%) Azure Certification
4 50 (5.54%) CISSP
5 39 (4.32%) Security Cleared
6 38 (4.21%) Degree
7 36 (3.99%) SC Cleared
8 22 (2.44%) GIAC
9 21 (2.33%) CISM
10 16 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (1.77%) DV Cleared
11 14 (1.55%) CISA
12 13 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.33%) OSCP
14 11 (1.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 11 (1.22%) SSCP
15 10 (1.11%) CRISC
16 9 (1.00%) CHECK Team Leader
16 9 (1.00%) CHECK Team Member
16 9 (1.00%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (7.86%) NIST
2 63 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (3.77%) GDPR
4 27 (2.99%) PCI DSS
5 23 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (2.33%) GRC
7 16 (1.77%) SOC 2
8 8 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.44%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.33%) ITGC
11 3 (0.33%) NCSC
12 2 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.22%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.22%) SLA
13 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (1.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.33%) Docker
2 3 (0.33%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (1.11%) Nessus
2 5 (0.55%) Ansible
2 5 (0.55%) CASB
2 5 (0.55%) CSIRT
2 5 (0.55%) Terraform
3 3 (0.33%) ArcSight ESM
3 3 (0.33%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.33%) QRadar
3 3 (0.33%) SCCM
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 717 (79.40%) Microsoft
2 659 (72.98%) ForeScout
3 10 (1.11%) Tenable
4 7 (0.78%) Google
5 6 (0.66%) Palo Alto
5 6 (0.66%) Splunk
5 6 (0.66%) Zscaler
6 4 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (0.44%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.33%) ArcSight
7 3 (0.33%) LogLogic
7 3 (0.33%) McAfee
7 3 (0.33%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.33%) VMware
8 2 (0.22%) Intel
8 2 (0.22%) Meraki
8 2 (0.22%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.22%) SAP
8 2 (0.22%) Varonis
9 1 (0.11%) Proofpoint