Security Operations Analyst Jobs in England

Security Operations Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Operations Analyst salary in England is £51,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 809 913 1059
Rank change year-on-year +104 +146 -255
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 27 37 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.032% 0.039% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.043% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 22 24 49
10th Percentile - £37,750 £36,717
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% - +19.57%
75th Percentile £74,688 £62,813 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £70,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £51,750 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.91% - +19.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 79,927 86,214 125,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.56% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 59,989 54,425 75,776
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

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 23 April 2024.

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 23 April 2024. 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 +122 14 £72,500 +26.09% 3
West Midlands +38 9 £37,500 -42.31%
Midlands +28 9 £37,500 -42.31% 1
South East +15 2 - - 1
North of England +37 1 £27,500 -43.59%
East of England +33 1 £52,500 -4.55%
North West +2 1 £27,500 -26.67%
Security Operations Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 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 25 (92.59%) Security Operations
2 24 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
4 18 (66.67%) Windows
5 15 (55.56%) Firewall
6 13 (48.15%) Azure
6 13 (48.15%) Vulnerability Management
6 13 (48.15%) Incident Response
7 11 (40.74%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (40.74%) Linux
8 10 (37.04%) Finance
8 10 (37.04%) Information Security
8 10 (37.04%) Retail
8 10 (37.04%) Security Operations Centre
9 9 (33.33%) Cyberattack
9 9 (33.33%) NIST
9 9 (33.33%) Risk Management
10 8 (29.63%) Active Directory
10 8 (29.63%) VPN
10 8 (29.63%) SIEM
10 8 (29.63%) GDPR
11 7 (25.93%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 6 (22.22%) Offensive Security
12 6 (22.22%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (22.22%) Task Automation
12 6 (22.22%) PowerShell
13 4 (14.81%) CISM
13 4 (14.81%) CISSP
13 4 (14.81%) CEH
13 4 (14.81%) Intrusion Detection

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 13 (48.15%) Azure
2 11 (40.74%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (11.11%) AWS
4 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (55.56%) Firewall
2 8 (29.63%) VPN
3 4 (14.81%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (11.11%) Broadband
5 2 (7.41%) Internet
5 2 (7.41%) Network Security
5 2 (7.41%) VLAN
5 2 (7.41%) VoIP
5 2 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
6 1 (3.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Power BI
General
1 10 (37.04%) Finance
1 10 (37.04%) Retail
2 1 (3.70%) Advertising
2 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (33.33%) Cyberattack
3 4 (14.81%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 3 (11.11%) Security Posture
5 2 (7.41%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (3.70%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 18 (66.67%) Windows
2 11 (40.74%) Linux
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (92.59%) Security Operations
2 24 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (48.15%) Incident Response
3 13 (48.15%) Vulnerability Management
4 10 (37.04%) Information Security
5 9 (33.33%) Risk Management
6 8 (29.63%) SIEM
7 7 (25.93%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 6 (22.22%) Offensive Security
8 6 (22.22%) Task Automation
9 4 (14.81%) Data Loss Prevention
9 4 (14.81%) Systems Engineering
10 3 (11.11%) Analytics
10 3 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
10 3 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
10 3 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
10 3 (11.11%) Remediation Plan
10 3 (11.11%) SOAR
10 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) CEH
1 4 (14.81%) CISM
1 4 (14.81%) CISSP
2 2 (7.41%) CISA
2 2 (7.41%) CompTIA CySA+
2 2 (7.41%) GSEC
3 1 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (33.33%) NIST
2 8 (29.63%) GDPR
3 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 8 (29.63%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.70%) Meraki
4 1 (3.70%) Qualys