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 13 February 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 366 341
Rank change year-on-year +172 -25 +119
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 647 319 502
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.10% 0.71% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 0.78% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 159 179 451
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -

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 53,649 41,053 62,523
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.25% 91.52% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 34,515 21,746 49,940
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,658 £45,000 £39,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 13 February 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 13 February 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 +90 164 £55,000 +19.57% 9
Midlands +105 146 £51,058 +9.48% 10
South East +110 128 £54,000 -10.00% 17
London -13 98 £60,000 -11.11% 12
Yorkshire +43 95 £55,000 -15.38% 1
West Midlands +69 78 £55,000 +17.93% 8
South West +40 69 £60,000 +17.07% 5
East Midlands +46 68 £42,500 - 2
North West +27 51 £55,000 +37.50% 6
East of England +51 46 £60,000 +26.32% 9
North East +11 18 - - 2
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 February 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.

1 550 (85.01%) Cybersecurity
2 476 (73.57%) Microsoft
3 466 (72.02%) Azure
4 458 (70.79%) CompTIA Security+
5 445 (68.78%) Mentoring
6 437 (67.54%) CompTIA CySA+
7 424 (65.53%) Azure Certification
7 424 (65.53%) ForeScout
8 98 (15.15%) Information Security
9 86 (13.29%) Incident Response
10 73 (11.28%) NIST
11 72 (11.13%) SIEM
12 67 (10.36%) Security Operations
13 65 (10.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 54 (8.35%) CISSP
15 49 (7.57%) Problem-Solving
16 40 (6.18%) Continuous Improvement
17 33 (5.10%) Degree
17 33 (5.10%) GDPR
18 31 (4.79%) Root Cause Analysis
18 31 (4.79%) Vulnerability Management
19 30 (4.64%) Firewall
19 30 (4.64%) Penetration Testing
19 30 (4.64%) Threat Intelligence
19 30 (4.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
20 29 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials
20 29 (4.48%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
21 27 (4.17%) PowerShell
22 26 (4.02%) GRC
23 25 (3.86%) Risk Management

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 (0.15%) Confluence
1 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.31%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 466 (72.02%) Azure
2 22 (3.40%) Azure Sentinel
3 18 (2.78%) AWS
4 17 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
6 10 (1.55%) GCP
6 10 (1.55%) SaaS
7 3 (0.46%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.31%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.31%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.15%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.15%) GitHub
9 1 (0.15%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.15%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.15%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.64%) Firewall
2 21 (3.25%) Network Security
3 14 (2.16%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (1.55%) Wireless
5 6 (0.93%) VPN
6 3 (0.46%) SCCP
7 2 (0.31%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.15%) Broadband
8 1 (0.15%) DKIM
8 1 (0.15%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.31%) Power BI
2 1 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 9 (1.39%) Burp Suite
1 9 (1.39%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.46%) JIRA
3 1 (0.15%) GitLab
3 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
General
1 481 (74.34%) Social Skills
2 43 (6.65%) Finance
3 36 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (3.55%) Retail
6 16 (2.47%) Law
7 11 (1.70%) Banking
7 11 (1.70%) Financial Institution
8 10 (1.55%) Legal
9 7 (1.08%) Back Office
9 7 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (0.93%) Aviation
11 3 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.15%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.46%) EDI
2 2 (0.31%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 42 (6.49%) Security Posture
2 32 (4.95%) Cyber Defence
3 30 (4.64%) Cyber Threat
4 25 (3.86%) Security Operations Centre
5 18 (2.78%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.55%) Operational Technology
7 9 (1.39%) Mobile App
8 6 (0.93%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 6 (0.93%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (0.62%) Insider Threat
9 4 (0.62%) Life Science
9 4 (0.62%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.46%) CCTV
10 3 (0.46%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.31%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.31%) CSOC
11 2 (0.31%) Cyberattack
11 2 (0.31%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.15%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.40%) Windows
2 20 (3.09%) Linux
3 3 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (85.01%) Cybersecurity
2 445 (68.78%) Mentoring
3 98 (15.15%) Information Security
4 86 (13.29%) Incident Response
5 72 (11.13%) SIEM
6 67 (10.36%) Security Operations
7 49 (7.57%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (6.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (4.79%) Root Cause Analysis
9 31 (4.79%) Vulnerability Management
10 30 (4.64%) Penetration Testing
10 30 (4.64%) Threat Intelligence
10 30 (4.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 29 (4.48%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 25 (3.86%) Risk Management
13 22 (3.40%) Cloud Security
14 20 (3.09%) Kalman Filter
14 20 (3.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 20 (3.09%) Security Monitoring
15 18 (2.78%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 27 (4.17%) PowerShell
2 24 (3.71%) Python
3 13 (2.01%) Bash
Qualifications
1 458 (70.79%) CompTIA Security+
2 437 (67.54%) CompTIA CySA+
3 424 (65.53%) Azure Certification
4 54 (8.35%) CISSP
5 33 (5.10%) Degree
6 25 (3.86%) Security Cleared
7 24 (3.71%) CISM
8 23 (3.55%) SC Cleared
9 19 (2.94%) GIAC
10 16 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (2.47%) DV Cleared
11 15 (2.32%) CISA
12 14 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
13 13 (2.01%) CRISC
14 11 (1.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 11 (1.70%) OSCP
15 9 (1.39%) CHECK Team Leader
15 9 (1.39%) CHECK Team Member
15 9 (1.39%) CREST Certified
15 9 (1.39%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (11.28%) NIST
2 65 (10.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (5.10%) GDPR
4 29 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 26 (4.02%) GRC
6 23 (3.55%) PCI DSS
7 16 (2.47%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.46%) ITGC
11 2 (0.31%) SLA
12 1 (0.15%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.15%) COBIT
12 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.15%) NCSC
12 1 (0.15%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.46%) Docker
2 3 (0.46%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (1.85%) Nessus
2 5 (0.77%) CSIRT
2 5 (0.77%) QRadar
3 4 (0.62%) Ansible
3 4 (0.62%) Terraform
4 3 (0.46%) ArcSight ESM
4 3 (0.46%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.46%) SCCM
5 1 (0.15%) Nmap
Vendors
1 476 (73.57%) Microsoft
2 424 (65.53%) ForeScout
3 12 (1.85%) Tenable
4 9 (1.39%) Splunk
5 6 (0.93%) Google
5 6 (0.93%) Palo Alto
6 4 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (0.62%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.46%) ArcSight
7 3 (0.46%) LogLogic
7 3 (0.46%) McAfee
7 3 (0.46%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.46%) VMware
8 2 (0.31%) Carbon Black
8 2 (0.31%) Darktrace
8 2 (0.31%) Qualys
8 2 (0.31%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.31%) SAP
9 1 (0.15%) Intel
9 1 (0.15%) Varonis