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 April 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 370 379
Rank change year-on-year +229 +9 +79
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,072 254 523
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.49% 0.69% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.61% 0.77% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 201 164 459
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,150 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +16.67% +2.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.38% +11.90% +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 66,408 32,846 74,851
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 89.81% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 43,805 21,228 58,232
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,591
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 £91,363
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,650
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.79% -8.92%

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 April 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 April 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 +129 300 £52,500 -8.70% 22
Midlands +107 252 £50,000 +11.58% 18
South East +102 203 £52,500 -12.50% 26
Yorkshire +72 170 £55,000 -4.35% 10
East Midlands +51 131 £50,000 -4.76% 10
South West +63 123 £60,000 +26.32% 8
West Midlands +77 121 £55,000 +22.74% 8
London -27 118 £70,000 +7.69% 21
North West +48 95 £35,000 -39.13% 8
East of England +51 84 £52,500 +10.53% 8
North East - 35 £46,500 - 4
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 April 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.

1 962 (89.74%) Cybersecurity
2 862 (80.41%) Microsoft
3 846 (78.92%) CompTIA Security+
4 836 (77.99%) Azure
5 822 (76.68%) Mentoring
6 818 (76.31%) CompTIA CySA+
7 800 (74.63%) Azure Certification
7 800 (74.63%) ForeScout
8 94 (8.77%) Information Security
9 86 (8.02%) Incident Response
10 82 (7.65%) SIEM
11 79 (7.37%) NIST
12 72 (6.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 71 (6.62%) Security Operations
14 55 (5.13%) CISSP
15 54 (5.04%) Problem-Solving
16 51 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
17 44 (4.10%) Security Cleared
18 43 (4.01%) Network Security
19 42 (3.92%) GDPR
20 41 (3.82%) Cloud Security
20 41 (3.82%) SC Cleared
21 40 (3.73%) Degree
22 35 (3.26%) PowerShell
22 35 (3.26%) Risk Management
23 34 (3.17%) Root Cause Analysis
23 34 (3.17%) Vulnerability Management
24 33 (3.08%) Python
24 33 (3.08%) Threat Intelligence
25 32 (2.99%) Firewall

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 (0.093%) Confluence
1 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.093%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.19%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 836 (77.99%) Azure
2 25 (2.33%) AWS
3 20 (1.87%) Azure Sentinel
4 18 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (1.21%) GCP
5 13 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (0.75%) SaaS
7 4 (0.37%) Mimecast
8 3 (0.28%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.28%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.28%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.19%) Cloudflare
9 2 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.19%) GitHub
9 2 (0.19%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.093%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.093%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (0.093%) AWS KMS
10 1 (0.093%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 43 (4.01%) Network Security
2 32 (2.99%) Firewall
3 14 (1.31%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (0.84%) Wireless
5 6 (0.56%) VPN
6 3 (0.28%) SCCP
7 1 (0.093%) DKIM
7 1 (0.093%) DMARC
7 1 (0.093%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (0.84%) Burp Suite
1 9 (0.84%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.28%) JIRA
3 2 (0.19%) GitLab
3 2 (0.19%) Jenkins
General
1 858 (80.04%) Social Skills
2 51 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (3.26%) Finance
4 25 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (2.24%) Retail
6 14 (1.31%) Law
7 13 (1.21%) Legal
8 10 (0.93%) Aviation
8 10 (0.93%) Banking
9 8 (0.75%) Financial Institution
10 7 (0.65%) Back Office
11 4 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.19%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.19%) Games
12 2 (0.19%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.19%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.093%) Military
13 1 (0.093%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.19%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 48 (4.48%) Security Posture
2 39 (3.64%) Cyber Defence
3 36 (3.36%) Security Operations Centre
4 16 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
4 16 (1.49%) Management Information System
5 10 (0.93%) Operational Technology
6 9 (0.84%) CSOC
6 9 (0.84%) Mobile App
7 8 (0.75%) Cloud Native
8 7 (0.65%) Cyber Security Posture
9 6 (0.56%) Cyberattack
10 4 (0.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (0.37%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.37%) Life Science
10 4 (0.37%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.28%) CCTV
11 3 (0.28%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.28%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.19%) Insider Threat
12 2 (0.19%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.99%) Linux
2 29 (2.71%) Windows
3 3 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 962 (89.74%) Cybersecurity
2 822 (76.68%) Mentoring
3 94 (8.77%) Information Security
4 86 (8.02%) Incident Response
5 82 (7.65%) SIEM
6 71 (6.62%) Security Operations
7 54 (5.04%) Problem-Solving
8 51 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 41 (3.82%) Cloud Security
10 35 (3.26%) Risk Management
11 34 (3.17%) Root Cause Analysis
11 34 (3.17%) Vulnerability Management
12 33 (3.08%) Threat Intelligence
13 31 (2.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 30 (2.80%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 29 (2.71%) Penetration Testing
16 25 (2.33%) Security Monitoring
17 24 (2.24%) MITRE ATT&CK
18 23 (2.15%) SOAR
19 22 (2.05%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 35 (3.26%) PowerShell
2 33 (3.08%) Python
3 14 (1.31%) Bash
4 2 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.093%) C#
5 1 (0.093%) Java
Qualifications
1 846 (78.92%) CompTIA Security+
2 818 (76.31%) CompTIA CySA+
3 800 (74.63%) Azure Certification
4 55 (5.13%) CISSP
5 44 (4.10%) Security Cleared
6 41 (3.82%) SC Cleared
7 40 (3.73%) Degree
8 25 (2.33%) CISM
8 25 (2.33%) GIAC
9 17 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (1.49%) DV Cleared
11 14 (1.31%) CISA
11 14 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (1.31%) SSCP
12 12 (1.12%) OSCP
13 11 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 10 (0.93%) CRISC
15 9 (0.84%) CHECK Team Leader
15 9 (0.84%) CHECK Team Member
15 9 (0.84%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (7.37%) NIST
2 72 (6.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (3.92%) GDPR
4 29 (2.71%) PCI DSS
5 22 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (1.96%) GRC
7 16 (1.49%) SOC 2
8 11 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.47%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.28%) ITGC
11 3 (0.28%) NCSC
12 2 (0.19%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.19%) SLA
13 1 (0.093%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.093%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.093%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.093%) QA
System Software
1 7 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.28%) Docker
2 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.093%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (0.93%) Nessus
2 7 (0.65%) CASB
3 5 (0.47%) Ansible
3 5 (0.47%) CSIRT
3 5 (0.47%) Terraform
4 3 (0.28%) ArcSight ESM
4 3 (0.28%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.28%) QRadar
4 3 (0.28%) SCCM
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 862 (80.41%) Microsoft
2 800 (74.63%) ForeScout
3 10 (0.93%) Tenable
4 7 (0.65%) Google
4 7 (0.65%) Splunk
5 6 (0.56%) Palo Alto
5 6 (0.56%) Zscaler
6 4 (0.37%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (0.37%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.28%) ArcSight
7 3 (0.28%) LogLogic
7 3 (0.28%) McAfee
7 3 (0.28%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.28%) VMware
8 2 (0.19%) Intel
8 2 (0.19%) Meraki
8 2 (0.19%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.19%) SAP
8 2 (0.19%) Varonis
9 1 (0.093%) Qualys