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 4 May 2026.

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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 388 384
Rank change year-on-year +278 -4 +75
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1,340 250 531
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.67% 0.65% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 0.73% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 254 160 462
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,750 £36,375
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +11.90% +2.94%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £70,000
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 74,670 34,301 78,810
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 89.25% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 49,156 21,336 60,056
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £38,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £52,900
% change year-on-year -6.78% +11.53% -11.83%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +156 383 £53,750 -6.52% 13
Midlands +137 317 £52,500 +17.16% 15
South East +118 249 £46,000 -15.60% 15
Yorkshire +84 220 £55,000 -4.35% 2
East Midlands +70 169 £45,000 -14.29% 5
South West +75 150 £60,000 +26.32% 3
West Midlands +94 148 £55,000 +22.74% 10
London +17 143 £70,000 +7.69% 11
North West +76 120 £35,000 -41.67% 11
East of England +74 110 £36,550 -23.05% 3
North East - 43 £46,500 -
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 1,211 (90.37%) Cybersecurity
2 1,066 (79.55%) Microsoft
3 1,042 (77.76%) CompTIA Security+
4 1,026 (76.57%) Azure
5 1,017 (75.90%) Mentoring
6 1,011 (75.45%) CompTIA CySA+
7 989 (73.81%) Azure Certification
8 988 (73.73%) ForeScout
9 111 (8.28%) Information Security
10 98 (7.31%) SIEM
11 93 (6.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 90 (6.72%) NIST
13 89 (6.64%) Incident Response
13 89 (6.64%) Security Operations
14 68 (5.07%) Continuous Improvement
15 62 (4.63%) Problem-Solving
16 58 (4.33%) Security Cleared
17 55 (4.10%) CISSP
17 55 (4.10%) SC Cleared
18 53 (3.96%) Risk Management
19 47 (3.51%) Cloud Security
20 46 (3.43%) Degree
20 46 (3.43%) Network Security
21 44 (3.28%) GDPR
22 43 (3.21%) Python
23 41 (3.06%) Vulnerability Management
24 40 (2.99%) PowerShell
25 39 (2.91%) Linux
26 36 (2.69%) Threat Intelligence
26 36 (2.69%) Windows

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 (0.075%) Confluence
1 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.075%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1,026 (76.57%) Azure
2 35 (2.61%) AWS
3 28 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
5 20 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
6 15 (1.12%) GCP
7 12 (0.90%) Power Platform
8 8 (0.60%) SaaS
9 7 (0.52%) Entra ID
10 6 (0.45%) Cloudflare
11 5 (0.37%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.22%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.22%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.22%) GitHub
12 3 (0.22%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.15%) Dynamics 365
14 1 (0.075%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 1 (0.075%) AWS CloudTrail
14 1 (0.075%) AWS KMS
14 1 (0.075%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.43%) Network Security
2 29 (2.16%) Firewall
3 14 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (0.67%) Wireless
5 6 (0.45%) VPN
6 5 (0.37%) DNS
6 5 (0.37%) SSL
7 3 (0.22%) SCCP
8 1 (0.075%) DKIM
8 1 (0.075%) DMARC
8 1 (0.075%) Internet
8 1 (0.075%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (0.90%) Power BI
2 4 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (0.67%) Burp Suite
1 9 (0.67%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.22%) GitLab
2 3 (0.22%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.15%) JIRA
General
1 1,059 (79.03%) Social Skills
2 81 (6.04%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (3.13%) Finance
4 37 (2.76%) Retail
5 27 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (1.72%) Aviation
7 17 (1.27%) Legal
8 15 (1.12%) Law
9 13 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (0.67%) Banking
11 7 (0.52%) Back Office
11 7 (0.52%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.15%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.15%) Games
12 2 (0.15%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.075%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.075%) Military
13 1 (0.075%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 55 (4.10%) Security Posture
2 54 (4.03%) Cyber Defence
3 40 (2.99%) Security Operations Centre
4 19 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
5 18 (1.34%) Management Information System
5 18 (1.34%) Operational Technology
6 15 (1.12%) CSOC
7 9 (0.67%) Cloud Native
7 9 (0.67%) Mobile App
8 7 (0.52%) Cyberattack
9 6 (0.45%) Cyber Security Posture
9 6 (0.45%) Data Centre
9 6 (0.45%) Driving Licence
9 6 (0.45%) Life Science
9 6 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.37%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.30%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (0.30%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.22%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 39 (2.91%) Linux
2 36 (2.69%) Windows
3 3 (0.22%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.075%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,211 (90.37%) Cybersecurity
2 1,017 (75.90%) Mentoring
3 111 (8.28%) Information Security
4 98 (7.31%) SIEM
5 89 (6.64%) Incident Response
5 89 (6.64%) Security Operations
6 68 (5.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 62 (4.63%) Problem-Solving
8 53 (3.96%) Risk Management
9 47 (3.51%) Cloud Security
10 41 (3.06%) Vulnerability Management
11 36 (2.69%) Threat Intelligence
12 35 (2.61%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 34 (2.54%) Agile
13 34 (2.54%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 32 (2.39%) Root Cause Analysis
15 31 (2.31%) Application Security
16 30 (2.24%) SOAR
17 29 (2.16%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 29 (2.16%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 43 (3.21%) Python
2 40 (2.99%) PowerShell
3 17 (1.27%) Bash
4 6 (0.45%) C#
4 6 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (0.30%) Java
6 2 (0.15%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,042 (77.76%) CompTIA Security+
2 1,011 (75.45%) CompTIA CySA+
3 989 (73.81%) Azure Certification
4 58 (4.33%) Security Cleared
5 55 (4.10%) CISSP
5 55 (4.10%) SC Cleared
6 46 (3.43%) Degree
7 30 (2.24%) CISM
8 25 (1.87%) GIAC
9 19 (1.42%) SSCP
10 17 (1.27%) CISA
10 17 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (1.12%) DV Cleared
12 14 (1.04%) SANS
13 13 (0.97%) OSCP
14 11 (0.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 11 (0.82%) CCSP
14 11 (0.82%) CEH
14 11 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (6.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 90 (6.72%) NIST
3 44 (3.28%) GDPR
4 32 (2.39%) PCI DSS
5 31 (2.31%) GRC
6 25 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (1.27%) SOC 2
8 11 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.52%) HIPAA
9 7 (0.52%) NCSC
10 5 (0.37%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (0.30%) QA
12 3 (0.22%) ITGC
13 2 (0.15%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (0.75%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.22%) Docker
2 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (0.67%) Nessus
2 7 (0.52%) CASB
3 6 (0.45%) Ansible
3 6 (0.45%) QRadar
3 6 (0.45%) Terraform
4 4 (0.30%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.22%) ArcSight ESM
5 3 (0.22%) Graylog
5 3 (0.22%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.22%) SCCM
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1,066 (79.55%) Microsoft
2 988 (73.73%) ForeScout
3 10 (0.75%) Tenable
4 8 (0.60%) Splunk
5 7 (0.52%) Google
6 6 (0.45%) Zscaler
7 5 (0.37%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (0.37%) Palo Alto
8 3 (0.22%) ArcSight
8 3 (0.22%) Intel
8 3 (0.22%) LogLogic
8 3 (0.22%) McAfee
8 3 (0.22%) Meraki
8 3 (0.22%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.22%) Varonis
8 3 (0.22%) VMware
9 2 (0.15%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.15%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.075%) Cisco
10 1 (0.075%) ServiceNow