Security Operations Analyst Jobs in England

Security Operations Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Operations Analyst salary in England is £53,655 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 670 815 882
Rank change year-on-year +145 +67 +176
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 21 24 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.043% 0.028% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.030% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 6 19 28
10th Percentile £35,429 - £35,643
25th Percentile £43,358 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,655 £43,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.34% -20.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £64,688 £76,250 £62,813
90th Percentile £76,250 - £65,750
UK median annual salary £53,655 £43,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.34% -20.91% -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,402 81,024 81,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 94.51% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,215 60,436 51,956
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Security Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Security Operations Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Analyst in England.

Salary trend for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Analyst in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations 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 Operations Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. 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
London +107 15 £62,500 -13.79% 8
South East +97 3 - - 3
Midlands +60 2 £44,810 +19.49% 1
West Midlands +50 2 £44,810 +19.49% 1
Security Operations Analyst
UK

Security Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Security Operations Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Security Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (61.90%) SIEM
1 13 (61.90%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (52.38%) Security Operations
2 11 (52.38%) Incident Response
3 10 (47.62%) CompTIA Security+
3 10 (47.62%) CEH
3 10 (47.62%) PowerShell
3 10 (47.62%) Finance
3 10 (47.62%) CISSP
4 9 (42.86%) Windows
4 9 (42.86%) Python
4 9 (42.86%) SAN
4 9 (42.86%) Firewall
4 9 (42.86%) Degree
4 9 (42.86%) Podcast
4 9 (42.86%) GCIA
4 9 (42.86%) GCIH
4 9 (42.86%) SANS
4 9 (42.86%) OSCP
4 9 (42.86%) Hedge funds
4 9 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (42.86%) CrowdStrike
5 7 (33.33%) Azure
6 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (14.29%) AWS
7 3 (14.29%) Retail
7 3 (14.29%) Network Security
7 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 2 (9.52%) Threat Intelligence

Security Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) Firewall
1 9 (42.86%) SAN
2 3 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Retail
3 2 (9.52%) Police
4 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (42.86%) Hedge funds
1 9 (42.86%) Podcast
2 3 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (9.52%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (9.52%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Cybersecurity
1 13 (61.90%) SIEM
2 11 (52.38%) Incident Response
2 11 (52.38%) Security Operations
3 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (9.52%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (4.76%) Application Security
5 1 (4.76%) CI/CD
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Resilience
5 1 (4.76%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (4.76%) Decision-Making
5 1 (4.76%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (4.76%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 1 (4.76%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (4.76%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.76%) Security Testing
5 1 (4.76%) Service Migration
5 1 (4.76%) Static Application Security Testing
5 1 (4.76%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) PowerShell
2 9 (42.86%) Python
3 1 (4.76%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) CEH
1 10 (47.62%) CISSP
1 10 (47.62%) CompTIA Security+
2 9 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (42.86%) Degree
2 9 (42.86%) GCIA
2 9 (42.86%) GCIH
2 9 (42.86%) OSCP
2 9 (42.86%) SANS
3 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.76%) NIST
2 1 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (4.76%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.52%) Splunk
3 2 (9.52%) Tenable
4 1 (4.76%) Darktrace
4 1 (4.76%) IBM
4 1 (4.76%) McAfee
4 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow