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 8 October 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 480 380
Rank change year-on-year +199 -100 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 661 157 414
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.64% 0.36% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.40% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 336 135 261
10th Percentile £33,750 £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 £75,000 £61,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £69,950 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +0.92%

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 96,039 39,178 62,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 90.48% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 67,339 23,090 36,055
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,020
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.34% -0.91% -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 8 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 8 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 +65 161 £50,000 +11.11% 75
South East +61 153 £55,000 +1.85% 33
London +5 127 £72,500 +31.82% 96
Midlands +44 125 £52,500 +16.67% 18
North West +59 92 £50,000 +11.11% 52
East Midlands +42 82 £55,000 +46.67% 10
Yorkshire +20 62 £55,000 +38.36% 16
South West -22 53 £57,500 +27.78% 18
East of England +10 47 £42,250 -11.05% 11
West Midlands -23 43 £50,000 +1.52% 8
North East -55 7 - - 7
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 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.

1 479 (72.47%) Cybersecurity
2 247 (37.37%) Microsoft
3 205 (31.01%) Azure
4 188 (28.44%) CompTIA Security+
5 171 (25.87%) Mentoring
6 166 (25.11%) Security Operations
7 164 (24.81%) CompTIA CySA+
8 162 (24.51%) Information Security
9 152 (23.00%) SIEM
10 143 (21.63%) Azure Certification
11 141 (21.33%) ForeScout
12 140 (21.18%) Incident Response
13 131 (19.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 127 (19.21%) Vulnerability Management
15 81 (12.25%) Problem-Solving
16 77 (11.65%) NIST
17 76 (11.50%) Security Cleared
18 71 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
19 61 (9.23%) Firewall
20 59 (8.93%) CISSP
21 57 (8.62%) AWS
21 57 (8.62%) Vulnerability Remediation
22 56 (8.47%) Threat Detection
23 52 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
24 50 (7.56%) SC Cleared
25 48 (7.26%) Degree
26 47 (7.11%) Windows
27 46 (6.96%) Cloud Security
28 43 (6.51%) Cyber Essentials
29 41 (6.20%) CISM

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 (0.45%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 205 (31.01%) Azure
2 57 (8.62%) AWS
3 52 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (4.99%) Azure Sentinel
5 30 (4.54%) Entra ID
6 24 (3.63%) Microsoft Purview
7 18 (2.72%) GCP
7 18 (2.72%) Mimecast
8 12 (1.82%) Power Platform
9 9 (1.36%) SaaS
10 8 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (0.91%) Cloudflare
12 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.30%) Akamai
13 2 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.30%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.15%) GitHub
14 1 (0.15%) Google Workspace
14 1 (0.15%) IaaS
14 1 (0.15%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (9.23%) Firewall
2 29 (4.39%) Network Security
3 26 (3.93%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (3.48%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (3.03%) LAN
5 20 (3.03%) WAN
6 14 (2.12%) Internet
7 11 (1.66%) DNS
8 9 (1.36%) HTTP
8 9 (1.36%) NGFW
9 8 (1.21%) SSL
10 6 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.76%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.61%) Wireless
12 4 (0.61%) Wireshark
13 3 (0.45%) VPN
14 2 (0.30%) DKIM
14 2 (0.30%) DMARC
15 1 (0.15%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.82%) Power BI
2 4 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.76%) Burp Suite
1 5 (0.76%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.61%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.30%) JIRA
4 1 (0.15%) GitLab
4 1 (0.15%) Metasploit
General
1 243 (36.76%) Social Skills
2 90 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (7.41%) Finance
4 35 (5.30%) Law
5 29 (4.39%) Retail
6 25 (3.78%) Public Sector
7 16 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.27%) Aerospace
8 15 (2.27%) Aviation
9 14 (2.12%) Banking
10 12 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.36%) Automotive
11 9 (1.36%) Legal
11 9 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.45%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.45%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.45%) Marketing
14 2 (0.30%) Back Office
15 1 (0.15%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.91%) Terraform
2 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (0.61%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.45%) JSON
4 2 (0.30%) LDAP
4 2 (0.30%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.30%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 86 (13.01%) Security Posture
2 56 (8.47%) Cyber Threat
3 33 (4.99%) Security Operations Centre
4 30 (4.54%) Cyber Defence
5 26 (3.93%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.27%) Operational Technology
7 12 (1.82%) CSOC
8 9 (1.36%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.06%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.06%) Online Gambling
11 6 (0.91%) Cyber Security Posture
11 6 (0.91%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.76%) SCADA
13 4 (0.61%) CESG
13 4 (0.61%) Cyberattack
13 4 (0.61%) Data Structures
14 3 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (0.45%) Cybercrime
14 3 (0.45%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 47 (7.11%) Windows
2 37 (5.60%) Linux
3 9 (1.36%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.76%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.30%) Unix
6 2 (0.30%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 479 (72.47%) Cybersecurity
2 171 (25.87%) Mentoring
3 166 (25.11%) Security Operations
4 162 (24.51%) Information Security
5 152 (23.00%) SIEM
6 140 (21.18%) Incident Response
7 127 (19.21%) Vulnerability Management
8 81 (12.25%) Problem-Solving
9 71 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 57 (8.62%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 56 (8.47%) Threat Detection
12 46 (6.96%) Cloud Security
13 40 (6.05%) Penetration Testing
14 39 (5.90%) Incident Management
15 38 (5.75%) Risk Management
16 36 (5.45%) Threat Intelligence
17 34 (5.14%) SOAR
18 32 (4.84%) Data Security
18 32 (4.84%) Vulnerability Assessment
19 30 (4.54%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 38 (5.75%) Python
2 34 (5.14%) Kusto Query Language
3 29 (4.39%) PowerShell
4 14 (2.12%) Bash
5 11 (1.66%) Go
6 6 (0.91%) Java
7 4 (0.61%) C#
8 3 (0.45%) Objective-C
9 2 (0.30%) SQL
10 1 (0.15%) R
10 1 (0.15%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 188 (28.44%) CompTIA Security+
2 164 (24.81%) CompTIA CySA+
3 143 (21.63%) Azure Certification
4 76 (11.50%) Security Cleared
5 59 (8.93%) CISSP
6 50 (7.56%) SC Cleared
7 48 (7.26%) Degree
8 41 (6.20%) CISM
9 24 (3.63%) DV Cleared
10 18 (2.72%) GIAC
11 15 (2.27%) SANS
12 12 (1.82%) GCIH
12 12 (1.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 11 (1.66%) SSCP
14 10 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
15 9 (1.36%) CEH
15 9 (1.36%) GCFA
16 7 (1.06%) CISA
16 7 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
16 7 (1.06%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (19.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (11.65%) NIST
3 43 (6.51%) Cyber Essentials
4 31 (4.69%) GDPR
5 28 (4.24%) PCI DSS
6 27 (4.08%) GRC
7 20 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (2.12%) SOC 2
9 8 (1.21%) NCSC
10 5 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (0.61%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.61%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.45%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.45%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.45%) QA
13 2 (0.30%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.15%) COBIT
14 1 (0.15%) IASME
14 1 (0.15%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 22 (3.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.61%) Docker
4 2 (0.30%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.30%) NFS
4 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.21%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.91%) Graylog
4 5 (0.76%) Nessus
5 4 (0.61%) QRadar
6 3 (0.45%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.30%) Ansible
7 2 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.30%) Kibana
8 1 (0.15%) Nmap
8 1 (0.15%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 247 (37.37%) Microsoft
2 141 (21.33%) ForeScout
3 32 (4.84%) Palo Alto
4 31 (4.69%) Cisco
4 31 (4.69%) Qualys
5 24 (3.63%) Aruba
6 19 (2.87%) CrowdStrike
7 16 (2.42%) Splunk
8 9 (1.36%) Google
8 9 (1.36%) Rapid7
9 8 (1.21%) Tanium
9 8 (1.21%) VMware
10 7 (1.06%) Darktrace
11 6 (0.91%) Netskope
11 6 (0.91%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.76%) CyberArk
13 4 (0.61%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.61%) Tenable
14 2 (0.30%) Intel
14 2 (0.30%) RedGate