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 17 August 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 468 402
Rank change year-on-year +286 -66 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,058 191 409
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.12% 0.43% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 0.48% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 355 155 306
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,050 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -3.67% +3.81%
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +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 89,225 39,845 68,510
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 90.60% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 62,704 24,052 46,480
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,019 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £56,350 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.45% - -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 17 August 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 17 August 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 +158 294 £50,000 -4.76% 31
Midlands +107 232 £52,000 +15.56% 24
South East +104 214 £52,500 -7.08% 49
London +31 145 £70,000 +21.74% 42
East Midlands +85 144 £50,000 +20.48% 13
Yorkshire +88 141 £55,000 +11.68% 9
North West +93 128 £50,000 +11.11% 22
South West +18 100 £57,500 +27.78% 14
West Midlands +44 88 £52,500 +8.25% 11
East of England +56 84 £45,000 -5.26% 7
North East -39 25 £46,500 -15.45% 1
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 August 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.

1 912 (86.20%) Cybersecurity
2 668 (63.14%) Microsoft
3 626 (59.17%) CompTIA Security+
4 619 (58.51%) Azure
5 591 (55.86%) Mentoring
6 587 (55.48%) CompTIA CySA+
7 566 (53.50%) Azure Certification
8 564 (53.31%) ForeScout
9 164 (15.50%) SIEM
10 148 (13.99%) Information Security
11 145 (13.71%) Security Operations
12 135 (12.76%) Incident Response
13 133 (12.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 119 (11.25%) Vulnerability Management
15 90 (8.51%) NIST
16 86 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
17 77 (7.28%) Problem-Solving
18 76 (7.18%) Security Cleared
19 69 (6.52%) Firewall
20 60 (5.67%) CISSP
20 60 (5.67%) SC Cleared
21 58 (5.48%) Degree
22 57 (5.39%) Vulnerability Remediation
23 54 (5.10%) Cloud Security
24 52 (4.91%) AWS
25 50 (4.73%) Network Security
26 48 (4.54%) Risk Management
26 48 (4.54%) Threat Detection
27 46 (4.35%) GDPR
28 45 (4.25%) Microsoft 365

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:

Applications
1 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.095%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 619 (58.51%) Azure
2 52 (4.91%) AWS
3 45 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (2.55%) Microsoft Purview
5 25 (2.36%) Azure Sentinel
6 17 (1.61%) Entra ID
7 15 (1.42%) Mimecast
8 14 (1.32%) GCP
9 12 (1.13%) Power Platform
10 8 (0.76%) Cloudflare
11 6 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (0.47%) SaaS
13 2 (0.19%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.19%) GitHub
13 2 (0.19%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.095%) AWS CloudFormation
14 1 (0.095%) AWS CloudTrail
14 1 (0.095%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.095%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (6.52%) Firewall
2 50 (4.73%) Network Security
3 26 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (2.17%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (1.89%) LAN
5 20 (1.89%) WAN
6 13 (1.23%) Internet
7 11 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
8 10 (0.95%) DNS
9 9 (0.85%) NGFW
10 7 (0.66%) SSL
11 6 (0.57%) VPN
12 5 (0.47%) HTTP
12 5 (0.47%) TCP/IP
13 4 (0.38%) Wireless
13 4 (0.38%) Wireshark
14 1 (0.095%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.13%) Power BI
2 4 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.47%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.28%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.19%) GitLab
3 2 (0.19%) JIRA
4 1 (0.095%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.095%) TeamCity
General
1 664 (62.76%) Social Skills
2 100 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (4.63%) Finance
4 21 (1.98%) Retail
5 18 (1.70%) Law
6 17 (1.61%) Aviation
7 16 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (1.51%) Public Sector
8 15 (1.42%) Legal
9 13 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (0.95%) Aerospace
10 10 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (0.85%) Automotive
12 6 (0.57%) Banking
13 3 (0.28%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.28%) Games
13 3 (0.28%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.28%) Marketing
14 1 (0.095%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Graph
1 4 (0.38%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 96 (9.07%) Security Posture
2 47 (4.44%) Cyber Threat
3 37 (3.50%) Security Operations Centre
4 33 (3.12%) Cyber Defence
5 20 (1.89%) Management Information System
6 18 (1.70%) CSOC
7 15 (1.42%) Operational Technology
8 10 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (0.85%) Cloud Native
10 8 (0.76%) Cyberattack
11 7 (0.66%) Cyber Security Posture
12 6 (0.57%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.57%) Onboarding
13 5 (0.47%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.47%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.47%) SCADA
14 4 (0.38%) CESG
14 4 (0.38%) Life Science
15 3 (0.28%) Blog
15 3 (0.28%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 44 (4.16%) Windows
2 43 (4.06%) Linux
3 4 (0.38%) Mac OS
3 4 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.19%) Unix
5 1 (0.095%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 912 (86.20%) Cybersecurity
2 591 (55.86%) Mentoring
3 164 (15.50%) SIEM
4 148 (13.99%) Information Security
5 145 (13.71%) Security Operations
6 135 (12.76%) Incident Response
7 119 (11.25%) Vulnerability Management
8 86 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 77 (7.28%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (5.39%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 54 (5.10%) Cloud Security
12 48 (4.54%) Risk Management
12 48 (4.54%) Threat Detection
13 45 (4.25%) Penetration Testing
14 40 (3.78%) Threat Intelligence
15 38 (3.59%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 36 (3.40%) SOAR
17 35 (3.31%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 32 (3.02%) Data Loss Prevention
19 31 (2.93%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 32 (3.02%) Python
2 28 (2.65%) PowerShell
3 25 (2.36%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (0.66%) Bash
5 6 (0.57%) C#
6 5 (0.47%) Java
7 3 (0.28%) Go
7 3 (0.28%) Objective-C
8 2 (0.19%) SQL
9 1 (0.095%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 626 (59.17%) CompTIA Security+
2 587 (55.48%) CompTIA CySA+
3 566 (53.50%) Azure Certification
4 76 (7.18%) Security Cleared
5 60 (5.67%) CISSP
5 60 (5.67%) SC Cleared
6 58 (5.48%) Degree
7 44 (4.16%) CISM
8 20 (1.89%) GIAC
9 16 (1.51%) SANS
9 16 (1.51%) SSCP
10 14 (1.32%) DV Cleared
11 13 (1.23%) CEH
12 12 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (1.13%) GCIH
12 12 (1.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 9 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 8 (0.76%) CCSP
14 8 (0.76%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (12.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 90 (8.51%) NIST
3 46 (4.35%) GDPR
4 34 (3.21%) PCI DSS
5 33 (3.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 26 (2.46%) GRC
7 16 (1.51%) SOC 2
8 15 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.85%) NCSC
11 7 (0.66%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.47%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.38%) QA
14 3 (0.28%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.19%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.19%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.19%) SLA
16 1 (0.095%) Data Quality
System Software
1 14 (1.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.095%) Docker
2 1 (0.095%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.66%) CASB
3 5 (0.47%) Graylog
3 5 (0.47%) Nessus
3 5 (0.47%) QRadar
4 4 (0.38%) Terraform
5 3 (0.28%) Ansible
5 3 (0.28%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.19%) Kibana
6 2 (0.19%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.095%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.095%) Nmap
7 1 (0.095%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.095%) SCCM
Vendors
1 668 (63.14%) Microsoft
2 564 (53.31%) ForeScout
3 32 (3.02%) Palo Alto
4 30 (2.84%) Cisco
5 29 (2.74%) Qualys
6 24 (2.27%) Aruba
7 13 (1.23%) Splunk
8 12 (1.13%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.85%) Rapid7
10 8 (0.76%) Tanium
11 6 (0.57%) Google
11 6 (0.57%) Zscaler
12 5 (0.47%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.47%) Netskope
12 5 (0.47%) Tenable
13 4 (0.38%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.38%) VMware
14 3 (0.28%) Darktrace
14 3 (0.28%) Meraki
15 2 (0.19%) Varonis