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 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 376 387
Rank change year-on-year +263 +11 +88
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,263 255 522
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.64% 0.68% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.77% 0.77% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 235 163 453
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,875 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +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 71,466 33,303 77,907
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 89.28% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 46,824 21,286 59,791
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.37%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 19 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 19 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 +150 364 £53,750 -6.52% 16
Midlands +129 302 £50,000 +11.58% 25
South East +98 234 £52,500 -7.89% 23
Yorkshire +89 208 £55,000 -4.35% 9
East Midlands +51 164 £50,000 -4.76% 10
South West +62 144 £60,000 +26.32% 7
West Midlands +83 138 £55,000 +22.74% 15
London -9 128 £70,000 +7.69% 11
North West +69 115 £35,000 -41.67% 6
East of England +52 102 £42,750 -10.00% 6
North East - 41 £46,500 - 1
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 1,141 (90.34%) Cybersecurity
2 1,013 (80.21%) Microsoft
3 994 (78.70%) CompTIA Security+
4 973 (77.04%) Azure
5 972 (76.96%) Mentoring
6 964 (76.33%) CompTIA CySA+
7 941 (74.51%) Azure Certification
7 941 (74.51%) ForeScout
8 110 (8.71%) Information Security
9 95 (7.52%) SIEM
10 90 (7.13%) Incident Response
11 89 (7.05%) NIST
12 87 (6.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 80 (6.33%) Security Operations
14 60 (4.75%) Problem-Solving
15 58 (4.59%) CISSP
16 57 (4.51%) Continuous Improvement
17 52 (4.12%) Security Cleared
18 49 (3.88%) GDPR
18 49 (3.88%) SC Cleared
19 48 (3.80%) Network Security
20 46 (3.64%) Cloud Security
20 46 (3.64%) Degree
21 44 (3.48%) Vulnerability Management
22 43 (3.40%) Risk Management
23 39 (3.09%) Python
23 39 (3.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
24 36 (2.85%) PowerShell
24 36 (2.85%) Threat Intelligence
25 35 (2.77%) 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 (0.079%) Confluence
1 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.079%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.079%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 973 (77.04%) Azure
2 35 (2.77%) AWS
3 25 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
5 19 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
6 14 (1.11%) GCP
7 9 (0.71%) Power Platform
8 8 (0.63%) SaaS
9 5 (0.40%) Mimecast
10 4 (0.32%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.24%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.24%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.24%) Cloudflare
11 3 (0.24%) GitHub
11 3 (0.24%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.079%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (0.079%) AWS CloudTrail
13 1 (0.079%) AWS KMS
13 1 (0.079%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.80%) Network Security
2 31 (2.45%) Firewall
3 14 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (0.71%) Wireless
5 7 (0.55%) VPN
6 3 (0.24%) SCCP
7 1 (0.079%) DKIM
7 1 (0.079%) DMARC
7 1 (0.079%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.71%) Power BI
2 1 (0.079%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (0.71%) Burp Suite
1 9 (0.71%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.24%) GitLab
2 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.24%) JIRA
General
1 1,010 (79.97%) Social Skills
2 71 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (3.17%) Finance
4 30 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (2.14%) Retail
6 15 (1.19%) Legal
7 14 (1.11%) Law
8 13 (1.03%) Aviation
9 12 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (0.79%) Banking
11 7 (0.55%) Back Office
11 7 (0.55%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.16%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.16%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.16%) Games
12 2 (0.16%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.16%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.079%) Military
13 1 (0.079%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.16%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 55 (4.35%) Security Posture
2 41 (3.25%) Cyber Defence
3 38 (3.01%) Security Operations Centre
4 15 (1.19%) CSOC
4 15 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
5 14 (1.11%) Management Information System
5 14 (1.11%) Operational Technology
6 9 (0.71%) Mobile App
7 8 (0.63%) Cloud Native
8 7 (0.55%) Cyber Security Posture
8 7 (0.55%) Cyberattack
9 6 (0.48%) Life Science
9 6 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.40%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.40%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (0.32%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.24%) CCTV
12 3 (0.24%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (0.16%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.61%) Linux
2 30 (2.38%) Windows
3 3 (0.24%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,141 (90.34%) Cybersecurity
2 972 (76.96%) Mentoring
3 110 (8.71%) Information Security
4 95 (7.52%) SIEM
5 90 (7.13%) Incident Response
6 80 (6.33%) Security Operations
7 60 (4.75%) Problem-Solving
8 57 (4.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (3.64%) Cloud Security
10 44 (3.48%) Vulnerability Management
11 43 (3.40%) Risk Management
12 39 (3.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 36 (2.85%) Threat Intelligence
14 35 (2.77%) Root Cause Analysis
15 34 (2.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 30 (2.38%) Penetration Testing
17 29 (2.30%) Application Security
18 28 (2.22%) SOAR
19 27 (2.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
20 26 (2.06%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 39 (3.09%) Python
2 36 (2.85%) PowerShell
3 17 (1.35%) Bash
4 6 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (0.32%) C#
5 4 (0.32%) Java
Qualifications
1 994 (78.70%) CompTIA Security+
2 964 (76.33%) CompTIA CySA+
3 941 (74.51%) Azure Certification
4 58 (4.59%) CISSP
5 52 (4.12%) Security Cleared
6 49 (3.88%) SC Cleared
7 46 (3.64%) Degree
8 30 (2.38%) CISM
9 25 (1.98%) GIAC
10 19 (1.50%) SSCP
11 17 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (1.19%) CISA
13 15 (1.19%) DV Cleared
14 13 (1.03%) OSCP
14 13 (1.03%) SANS
15 11 (0.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 9 (0.71%) CHECK Team Leader
16 9 (0.71%) CHECK Team Member
16 9 (0.71%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (7.05%) NIST
2 87 (6.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (3.88%) GDPR
4 33 (2.61%) PCI DSS
5 29 (2.30%) GRC
6 25 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (1.35%) SOC 2
8 11 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.48%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.32%) NCSC
10 4 (0.32%) QA
11 3 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.24%) ITGC
12 2 (0.16%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.16%) SLA
13 1 (0.079%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.079%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 7 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.24%) Docker
2 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.079%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (0.71%) Nessus
2 7 (0.55%) CASB
3 6 (0.48%) Ansible
3 6 (0.48%) Terraform
4 5 (0.40%) CSIRT
4 5 (0.40%) QRadar
5 3 (0.24%) ArcSight ESM
5 3 (0.24%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.24%) SCCM
6 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1,013 (80.21%) Microsoft
2 941 (74.51%) ForeScout
3 10 (0.79%) Tenable
4 9 (0.71%) Splunk
5 7 (0.55%) Google
6 6 (0.48%) Palo Alto
6 6 (0.48%) Zscaler
7 5 (0.40%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (0.24%) ArcSight
8 3 (0.24%) Intel
8 3 (0.24%) LogLogic
8 3 (0.24%) McAfee
8 3 (0.24%) Meraki
8 3 (0.24%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.24%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.24%) Varonis
8 3 (0.24%) VMware
9 2 (0.16%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.16%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.079%) Proofpoint