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 October 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 492 387
Rank change year-on-year +222 -105 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 714 158 415
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.69% 0.36% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.40% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 343 135 261
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,482 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +3.19%

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 96,503 39,188 63,204
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 90.49% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 67,572 23,085 36,554
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £54,824 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.71% -0.32% -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 5 October 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 October 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 +93 179 £52,500 +16.67% 88
South East +68 161 £55,000 +1.85% 52
Midlands +48 139 £52,500 +16.67% 35
London +1 130 £72,500 +31.82% 112
North West +52 96 £50,000 +11.11% 60
East Midlands +42 93 £55,000 +46.67% 22
Yorkshire +24 74 £55,000 +38.36% 17
South West -19 59 £57,500 +27.78% 20
East of England +12 52 £42,250 -11.05% 13
West Midlands -16 46 £50,000 +1.52% 13
North East -55 9 - - 11
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 October 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.

1 535 (74.93%) Cybersecurity
2 296 (41.46%) Microsoft
3 249 (34.87%) Azure
4 236 (33.05%) CompTIA Security+
5 219 (30.67%) Mentoring
6 212 (29.69%) CompTIA CySA+
7 190 (26.61%) Azure Certification
8 188 (26.33%) ForeScout
9 164 (22.97%) Security Operations
10 162 (22.69%) Information Security
11 159 (22.27%) SIEM
12 141 (19.75%) Incident Response
13 135 (18.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 129 (18.07%) Vulnerability Management
15 84 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
16 79 (11.06%) Security Cleared
17 77 (10.78%) NIST
18 73 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
19 62 (8.68%) Firewall
20 61 (8.54%) AWS
21 60 (8.40%) Vulnerability Remediation
22 59 (8.26%) CISSP
23 58 (8.12%) Threat Detection
24 53 (7.42%) SC Cleared
25 51 (7.14%) Degree
25 51 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
26 47 (6.58%) Cloud Security
26 47 (6.58%) Windows
27 43 (6.02%) CISM
27 43 (6.02%) Cyber Essentials

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 3 (0.42%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 249 (34.87%) Azure
2 61 (8.54%) AWS
3 51 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (4.34%) Azure Sentinel
5 28 (3.92%) Entra ID
6 26 (3.64%) Microsoft Purview
7 19 (2.66%) Mimecast
8 18 (2.52%) GCP
9 13 (1.82%) Power Platform
10 9 (1.26%) SaaS
11 8 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (0.98%) Cloudflare
13 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.28%) Akamai
14 2 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (0.28%) Power Automate
15 1 (0.14%) GitHub
15 1 (0.14%) Google Workspace
15 1 (0.14%) IaaS
15 1 (0.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (8.68%) Firewall
2 30 (4.20%) Network Security
3 26 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (3.22%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (2.80%) LAN
5 20 (2.80%) WAN
6 14 (1.96%) Internet
7 11 (1.54%) DNS
8 9 (1.26%) HTTP
8 9 (1.26%) NGFW
9 8 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (1.12%) SSL
10 5 (0.70%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.56%) VPN
11 4 (0.56%) Wireless
11 4 (0.56%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.28%) DKIM
12 2 (0.28%) DMARC
13 1 (0.14%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.82%) Power BI
2 4 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.70%) Burp Suite
1 5 (0.70%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.56%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.28%) JIRA
4 1 (0.14%) GitLab
4 1 (0.14%) Metasploit
General
1 293 (41.04%) Social Skills
2 96 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (6.86%) Finance
4 34 (4.76%) Law
5 29 (4.06%) Retail
6 25 (3.50%) Public Sector
7 19 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.10%) Aerospace
8 15 (2.10%) Aviation
9 14 (1.96%) Banking
10 11 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (1.40%) Legal
12 9 (1.26%) Automotive
12 9 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.42%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.42%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.42%) Marketing
14 2 (0.28%) Back Office
15 1 (0.14%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.84%) Terraform
2 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (0.56%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.42%) JSON
4 2 (0.28%) LDAP
4 2 (0.28%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.28%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 90 (12.61%) Security Posture
2 56 (7.84%) Cyber Threat
3 31 (4.34%) Security Operations Centre
4 30 (4.20%) Cyber Defence
5 26 (3.64%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.10%) CSOC
6 15 (2.10%) Operational Technology
7 10 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.26%) Onboarding
9 7 (0.98%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.84%) Cyber Security Posture
10 6 (0.84%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.70%) Cyberattack
11 5 (0.70%) Online Gambling
11 5 (0.70%) SCADA
12 4 (0.56%) CESG
12 4 (0.56%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.42%) Cybercrime
13 3 (0.42%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.58%) Windows
2 37 (5.18%) Linux
3 9 (1.26%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.70%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.28%) Unix
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 535 (74.93%) Cybersecurity
2 219 (30.67%) Mentoring
3 164 (22.97%) Security Operations
4 162 (22.69%) Information Security
5 159 (22.27%) SIEM
6 141 (19.75%) Incident Response
7 129 (18.07%) Vulnerability Management
8 84 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
9 73 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 60 (8.40%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 58 (8.12%) Threat Detection
12 47 (6.58%) Cloud Security
13 42 (5.88%) Penetration Testing
14 39 (5.46%) Risk Management
15 38 (5.32%) Incident Management
16 37 (5.18%) Threat Intelligence
17 36 (5.04%) Vulnerability Assessment
18 35 (4.90%) SOAR
19 32 (4.48%) Data Security
20 30 (4.20%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 37 (5.18%) Python
2 34 (4.76%) Kusto Query Language
3 27 (3.78%) PowerShell
4 14 (1.96%) Bash
5 11 (1.54%) Go
6 7 (0.98%) Java
7 5 (0.70%) C#
8 3 (0.42%) Objective-C
9 2 (0.28%) SQL
10 1 (0.14%) R
10 1 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 236 (33.05%) CompTIA Security+
2 212 (29.69%) CompTIA CySA+
3 190 (26.61%) Azure Certification
4 79 (11.06%) Security Cleared
5 59 (8.26%) CISSP
6 53 (7.42%) SC Cleared
7 51 (7.14%) Degree
8 43 (6.02%) CISM
9 24 (3.36%) DV Cleared
10 18 (2.52%) GIAC
11 16 (2.24%) SANS
12 12 (1.68%) GCIH
12 12 (1.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 12 (1.68%) SSCP
13 11 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (1.26%) CEH
14 9 (1.26%) GCFA
15 7 (0.98%) CISA
15 7 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.98%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (18.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (10.78%) NIST
3 43 (6.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 35 (4.90%) GDPR
5 31 (4.34%) PCI DSS
6 27 (3.78%) GRC
7 20 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (1.96%) SOC 2
9 8 (1.12%) NCSC
10 5 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 5 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.56%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.56%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.56%) QA
12 3 (0.42%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.42%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.42%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.14%) COBIT
13 1 (0.14%) IASME
13 1 (0.14%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 22 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.56%) Docker
4 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.28%) NFS
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.12%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.84%) Graylog
4 5 (0.70%) Nessus
4 5 (0.70%) QRadar
5 3 (0.42%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.28%) Ansible
6 2 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.28%) Kibana
7 1 (0.14%) Nmap
7 1 (0.14%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 296 (41.46%) Microsoft
2 188 (26.33%) ForeScout
3 32 (4.48%) Palo Alto
4 31 (4.34%) Cisco
4 31 (4.34%) Qualys
5 24 (3.36%) Aruba
6 17 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
6 17 (2.38%) Splunk
7 9 (1.26%) Google
7 9 (1.26%) Rapid7
8 8 (1.12%) Tanium
8 8 (1.12%) VMware
9 6 (0.84%) Netskope
9 6 (0.84%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.70%) CyberArk
10 5 (0.70%) Darktrace
11 4 (0.56%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.56%) Tenable
12 3 (0.42%) Meraki
13 2 (0.28%) Zscaler