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 12 July 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 446 409
Rank change year-on-year +302 -37 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,215 211 513
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.39% 0.49% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 0.54% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 335 159 420
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,125 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.46% +4.29% +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 82,535 39,220 83,741
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 90.37% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 58,071 23,613 61,241
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,123
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.53% -11.46%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 12 July 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 12 July 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 +197 334 £50,000 -9.09% 34
Midlands +115 276 £52,500 +8.25% 24
South East +139 242 £45,000 -19.28% 34
Yorkshire +98 171 £55,000 +7.32% 13
London +63 158 £70,000 +16.67% 30
East Midlands +79 155 £50,000 +22.70% 14
North West +99 130 £50,000 -9.09% 20
West Midlands +65 121 £52,500 +6.60% 10
South West +43 120 £51,250 +7.89% 11
East of England +69 98 £45,000 -5.26% 8
North East -24 33 £46,500 -15.45% 2
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 July 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 1,086 (89.38%) Cybersecurity
2 856 (70.45%) Microsoft
3 822 (67.65%) CompTIA Security+
4 801 (65.93%) Azure
5 786 (64.69%) Mentoring
6 776 (63.87%) CompTIA CySA+
7 755 (62.14%) Azure Certification
8 753 (61.98%) ForeScout
9 157 (12.92%) SIEM
10 142 (11.69%) Information Security
11 137 (11.28%) Security Operations
12 127 (10.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 122 (10.04%) Incident Response
14 100 (8.23%) NIST
15 98 (8.07%) Vulnerability Management
16 81 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
17 80 (6.58%) Problem-Solving
18 64 (5.27%) Firewall
19 62 (5.10%) Security Cleared
20 61 (5.02%) Degree
21 60 (4.94%) Cloud Security
22 58 (4.77%) CISSP
23 55 (4.53%) SC Cleared
24 52 (4.28%) Penetration Testing
24 52 (4.28%) Risk Management
24 52 (4.28%) Vulnerability Remediation
25 50 (4.12%) Network Security
26 48 (3.95%) Linux
27 47 (3.87%) Windows
28 45 (3.70%) Threat Intelligence

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 (0.082%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.082%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.082%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 801 (65.93%) Azure
2 44 (3.62%) AWS
3 40 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (1.73%) Azure Sentinel
4 21 (1.73%) Microsoft Purview
5 17 (1.40%) GCP
6 14 (1.15%) Power Platform
7 13 (1.07%) Entra ID
8 8 (0.66%) Cloudflare
9 7 (0.58%) SaaS
10 6 (0.49%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.25%) GitHub
11 3 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.16%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.082%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (0.082%) AWS KMS
13 1 (0.082%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.082%) IaaS
13 1 (0.082%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 64 (5.27%) Firewall
2 50 (4.12%) Network Security
3 26 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (1.89%) Cisco Nexus
5 20 (1.65%) LAN
5 20 (1.65%) WAN
6 13 (1.07%) Internet
7 10 (0.82%) DNS
7 10 (0.82%) Wireless
8 8 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (0.66%) NGFW
9 7 (0.58%) SSL
10 6 (0.49%) VPN
11 5 (0.41%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.33%) Wireshark
13 2 (0.16%) HTTP
14 1 (0.082%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.15%) Power BI
2 4 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (0.91%) Burp Suite
2 7 (0.58%) Metasploit
3 3 (0.25%) GitLab
3 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.16%) JIRA
General
1 849 (69.88%) Social Skills
2 95 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (4.28%) Finance
4 33 (2.72%) Retail
5 24 (1.98%) Law
6 22 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (1.65%) Legal
8 19 (1.56%) Aviation
9 13 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (0.91%) Banking
11 7 (0.58%) Financial Institution
11 7 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (0.58%) Public Sector
12 6 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (0.41%) Automotive
14 4 (0.33%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.33%) Back Office
15 3 (0.25%) Games
15 3 (0.25%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.082%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 88 (7.24%) Security Posture
2 48 (3.95%) Cyber Defence
3 46 (3.79%) Security Operations Centre
4 32 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
5 19 (1.56%) CSOC
6 17 (1.40%) Management Information System
7 11 (0.91%) Operational Technology
8 8 (0.66%) Cloud Native
8 8 (0.66%) Onboarding
8 8 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (0.58%) Cyberattack
10 6 (0.49%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.49%) Driving Licence
10 6 (0.49%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.41%) Life Science
12 4 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.33%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (0.33%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.25%) Cloud Security Posture
14 2 (0.16%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 48 (3.95%) Linux
2 47 (3.87%) Windows
3 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.16%) Unix
5 1 (0.082%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.082%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,086 (89.38%) Cybersecurity
2 786 (64.69%) Mentoring
3 157 (12.92%) SIEM
4 142 (11.69%) Information Security
5 137 (11.28%) Security Operations
6 122 (10.04%) Incident Response
7 98 (8.07%) Vulnerability Management
8 81 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 80 (6.58%) Problem-Solving
10 60 (4.94%) Cloud Security
11 52 (4.28%) Penetration Testing
11 52 (4.28%) Risk Management
11 52 (4.28%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 45 (3.70%) Threat Intelligence
13 43 (3.54%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 40 (3.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 37 (3.05%) Threat Detection
16 33 (2.72%) Security Monitoring
16 33 (2.72%) SOAR
17 30 (2.47%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (3.37%) PowerShell
1 41 (3.37%) Python
2 20 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
3 14 (1.15%) Bash
4 6 (0.49%) C#
5 4 (0.33%) Java
6 2 (0.16%) Go
6 2 (0.16%) SQL
7 1 (0.082%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 822 (67.65%) CompTIA Security+
2 776 (63.87%) CompTIA CySA+
3 755 (62.14%) Azure Certification
4 62 (5.10%) Security Cleared
5 61 (5.02%) Degree
6 58 (4.77%) CISSP
7 55 (4.53%) SC Cleared
8 40 (3.29%) CISM
9 26 (2.14%) GIAC
10 18 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (1.40%) SSCP
12 15 (1.23%) SANS
13 12 (0.99%) CEH
13 12 (0.99%) CISA
13 12 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 11 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.91%) GCIA
14 11 (0.91%) GCIH
15 9 (0.74%) CCSP
15 9 (0.74%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (10.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 100 (8.23%) NIST
3 43 (3.54%) GDPR
4 33 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
4 33 (2.72%) GRC
4 33 (2.72%) PCI DSS
5 16 (1.32%) SOC 2
6 12 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (0.66%) NCSC
9 7 (0.58%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.41%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (0.33%) QA
12 3 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.16%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.16%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.16%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (1.40%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.082%) Docker
2 1 (0.082%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.082%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (0.58%) CASB
1 7 (0.58%) Nessus
2 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.41%) Graylog
3 5 (0.41%) QRadar
4 4 (0.33%) Ansible
4 4 (0.33%) CSIRT
4 4 (0.33%) Terraform
5 2 (0.16%) Kibana
5 2 (0.16%) SCCM
6 1 (0.082%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.082%) Nmap
6 1 (0.082%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 856 (70.45%) Microsoft
2 753 (61.98%) ForeScout
3 30 (2.47%) Cisco
4 29 (2.39%) Qualys
5 26 (2.14%) Palo Alto
6 24 (1.98%) Aruba
7 9 (0.74%) Splunk
8 7 (0.58%) Rapid7
8 7 (0.58%) Tanium
9 6 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (0.49%) Google
9 6 (0.49%) Tenable
9 6 (0.49%) Zscaler
10 5 (0.41%) VMware
11 4 (0.33%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.25%) Intel
12 3 (0.25%) Meraki
12 3 (0.25%) Varonis
13 1 (0.082%) CyberArk
13 1 (0.082%) Proofpoint