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 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 422 404
Rank change year-on-year +284 -18 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,202 227 542
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.45% 0.58% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 0.65% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 296 156 454
10th Percentile £33,000 £40,395 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +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 77,535 35,063 85,233
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 89.78% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 53,312 20,181 63,808
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -13.32%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 5 June 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 5 June 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 +166 338 £52,500 -4.55% 49
Midlands +131 283 £52,500 +17.16% 26
South East +112 227 £45,000 -13.88% 48
Yorkshire +85 182 £55,000 +7.32% 23
East Midlands +80 151 £50,000 +25.00% 14
London +28 146 £70,000 +9.80% 31
West Midlands +74 132 £52,500 +16.67% 12
South West +49 123 £60,000 +26.32% 26
North West +97 121 £37,500 -31.82% 22
East of England +58 96 £40,000 -15.79% 16
North East -13 35 £46,500 -11.43% 4
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 1,061 (88.27%) Cybersecurity
2 887 (73.79%) Microsoft
3 858 (71.38%) CompTIA Security+
4 841 (69.97%) Azure
5 830 (69.05%) Mentoring
6 823 (68.47%) CompTIA CySA+
7 802 (66.72%) Azure Certification
8 800 (66.56%) ForeScout
9 121 (10.07%) Information Security
10 113 (9.40%) Security Operations
11 110 (9.15%) SIEM
12 99 (8.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 88 (7.32%) Incident Response
13 88 (7.32%) NIST
14 69 (5.74%) Continuous Improvement
15 64 (5.32%) Security Cleared
16 62 (5.16%) Vulnerability Management
17 58 (4.83%) SC Cleared
18 56 (4.66%) Problem-Solving
19 53 (4.41%) Risk Management
20 52 (4.33%) CISSP
21 51 (4.24%) Cloud Security
22 47 (3.91%) Network Security
23 46 (3.83%) Degree
24 42 (3.49%) Python
25 41 (3.41%) PowerShell
25 41 (3.41%) Windows
26 40 (3.33%) GDPR
26 40 (3.33%) Linux
27 39 (3.24%) 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.083%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.083%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 841 (69.97%) Azure
2 39 (3.24%) AWS
3 36 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
5 20 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
6 16 (1.33%) GCP
7 14 (1.16%) Power Platform
8 9 (0.75%) Entra ID
9 7 (0.58%) Cloudflare
9 7 (0.58%) SaaS
10 5 (0.42%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.25%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.25%) GitHub
11 3 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.083%) AWS CloudTrail
13 1 (0.083%) AWS KMS
13 1 (0.083%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (0.083%) IaaS
13 1 (0.083%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.91%) Network Security
2 36 (3.00%) Firewall
3 9 (0.75%) Wireless
4 8 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (0.58%) Cisco Nexus
5 7 (0.58%) DNS
5 7 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (0.50%) NGFW
6 6 (0.50%) SSL
7 5 (0.42%) LAN
7 5 (0.42%) WAN
8 4 (0.33%) Internet
8 4 (0.33%) VPN
9 3 (0.25%) SCCP
9 3 (0.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.16%) Power BI
2 4 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (0.75%) Burp Suite
1 9 (0.75%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.25%) GitLab
2 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.17%) JIRA
General
1 871 (72.46%) Social Skills
2 80 (6.66%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (3.74%) Finance
4 36 (3.00%) Retail
5 23 (1.91%) Aviation
6 22 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (1.83%) Law
7 20 (1.66%) Legal
8 13 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (0.67%) Banking
10 6 (0.50%) Back Office
10 6 (0.50%) Financial Institution
11 5 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.42%) Public Sector
12 4 (0.33%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.25%) Games
14 2 (0.17%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.083%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 60 (4.99%) Security Posture
2 51 (4.24%) Cyber Defence
3 41 (3.41%) Security Operations Centre
4 22 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
5 17 (1.41%) CSOC
6 16 (1.33%) Management Information System
7 13 (1.08%) Operational Technology
8 10 (0.83%) Cloud Native
9 9 (0.75%) Mobile App
10 8 (0.67%) Onboarding
11 7 (0.58%) Cyberattack
12 6 (0.50%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.50%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.42%) Cyber Security Posture
13 5 (0.42%) Life Science
14 4 (0.33%) Product Ownership
15 3 (0.25%) Analytical Mindset
15 3 (0.25%) CCTV
16 2 (0.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 41 (3.41%) Windows
2 40 (3.33%) Linux
3 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.25%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,061 (88.27%) Cybersecurity
2 830 (69.05%) Mentoring
3 121 (10.07%) Information Security
4 113 (9.40%) Security Operations
5 110 (9.15%) SIEM
6 88 (7.32%) Incident Response
7 69 (5.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 62 (5.16%) Vulnerability Management
9 56 (4.66%) Problem-Solving
10 53 (4.41%) Risk Management
11 51 (4.24%) Cloud Security
12 36 (3.00%) Threat Intelligence
12 36 (3.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 36 (3.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 34 (2.83%) Agile
13 34 (2.83%) SOAR
14 33 (2.75%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 32 (2.66%) Application Security
15 32 (2.66%) Patch Management
16 30 (2.50%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 42 (3.49%) Python
2 41 (3.41%) PowerShell
3 17 (1.41%) Bash
4 11 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (0.50%) C#
6 4 (0.33%) Java
7 2 (0.17%) Go
7 2 (0.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 858 (71.38%) CompTIA Security+
2 823 (68.47%) CompTIA CySA+
3 802 (66.72%) Azure Certification
4 64 (5.32%) Security Cleared
5 58 (4.83%) SC Cleared
6 52 (4.33%) CISSP
7 46 (3.83%) Degree
8 32 (2.66%) CISM
9 21 (1.75%) GIAC
10 17 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.41%) SSCP
11 14 (1.16%) CISA
11 14 (1.16%) SANS
12 13 (1.08%) DV Cleared
13 12 (1.00%) CEH
13 12 (1.00%) OSCP
14 11 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 9 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (0.75%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (8.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 88 (7.32%) NIST
3 40 (3.33%) GDPR
4 35 (2.91%) GRC
5 30 (2.50%) PCI DSS
6 25 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (1.25%) SOC 2
8 9 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.58%) NCSC
10 6 (0.50%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.42%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.33%) QA
13 3 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.17%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.17%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (1.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.25%) Docker
2 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (0.75%) Nessus
2 7 (0.58%) CASB
3 6 (0.50%) Ansible
3 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.50%) Terraform
4 4 (0.33%) CSIRT
4 4 (0.33%) Graylog
4 4 (0.33%) SCCM
5 3 (0.25%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.25%) QRadar
6 1 (0.083%) Kibana
Vendors
1 887 (73.79%) Microsoft
2 800 (66.56%) ForeScout
3 11 (0.92%) Cisco
4 10 (0.83%) Tenable
5 9 (0.75%) Qualys
6 8 (0.67%) Palo Alto
7 7 (0.58%) Aruba
8 6 (0.50%) Google
8 6 (0.50%) Splunk
8 6 (0.50%) Zscaler
9 5 (0.42%) Rapid7
10 4 (0.33%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.33%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.25%) Intel
11 3 (0.25%) Meraki
11 3 (0.25%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.25%) Varonis
11 3 (0.25%) VMware
12 1 (0.083%) Proofpoint
12 1 (0.083%) Tanium