Senior Security Analyst Jobs in England

Senior Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Senior Security Analyst salary in England is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 669 728 860
Rank change year-on-year +59 +132 +229
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 22 115 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.13% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.14% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 11 90 39
10th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +40.00% -5.86%
75th Percentile £66,875 £77,500 £66,625
90th Percentile £67,500 £101,250 £83,400
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +40.00% -5.86%

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 44,665 81,175 81,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.55% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24,293 60,496 51,517
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 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,519 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in England

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Analyst in England

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Analyst in England

Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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 +63 8 £65,000 -16.13% 19
South East +91 6 £63,750 -5.56% 9
North of England +50 5 £57,500 +6.98% 3
Yorkshire +70 3 £57,500 -9.45%
Midlands +57 2 - - 1
North West +3 2 £55,000 +10.00% 3
West Midlands +56 1 - - 1
East of England +40 1 £65,000 +67.74%
East Midlands +26 1 - -
Senior Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Senior Security 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 Senior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (63.64%) Information Security
2 12 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (45.45%) NIST
4 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
5 9 (40.91%) GRC
5 9 (40.91%) CISSP
5 9 (40.91%) SIEM
6 8 (36.36%) CISM
6 8 (36.36%) Incident Response
6 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (36.36%) Security Operations
7 7 (31.82%) Risk Management
8 6 (27.27%) Network Security
9 5 (22.73%) PCI DSS
9 5 (22.73%) AWS
9 5 (22.73%) Firewall
9 5 (22.73%) GDPR
9 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (18.18%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (18.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (18.18%) Mentoring
10 4 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
10 4 (18.18%) Information Security Management
10 4 (18.18%) Security Management
10 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (18.18%) Azure
10 4 (18.18%) Splunk

Senior Security 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 5 (22.73%) AWS
2 4 (18.18%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) Network Security
2 5 (22.73%) Firewall
3 3 (13.64%) VPN
4 1 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.55%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.09%) Retail
5 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.55%) Automotive
5 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
3 2 (9.09%) Insider Threat
3 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) Information Security
2 12 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (40.91%) SIEM
4 8 (36.36%) Incident Response
4 8 (36.36%) Security Operations
5 7 (31.82%) Risk Management
6 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (18.18%) Incident Management
7 4 (18.18%) Information Security Management
7 4 (18.18%) Mentoring
7 4 (18.18%) OWASP
7 4 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (18.18%) Security Management
7 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (9.09%) Coaching
8 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
8 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 2 (9.09%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) CISSP
2 8 (36.36%) CISM
3 4 (18.18%) CRISC
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
3 4 (18.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
5 2 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (9.09%) OSCP
5 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (4.55%) CCSP
6 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.55%) CREST Certified
6 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
6 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.55%) GCIA
6 1 (4.55%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (45.45%) NIST
3 9 (40.91%) GRC
4 5 (22.73%) GDPR
4 5 (22.73%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) CSIRT
1 1 (4.55%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Splunk
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Tenable