Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
England > London

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in London is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 445 555 819
Rank change year-on-year +110 +264 -286
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 64 80 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.27% 0.22% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.23% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 52 67 42
10th Percentile £46,350 £42,000 £35,441
25th Percentile £52,438 £48,750 £39,510
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +26.32% -18.10%
75th Percentile £70,313 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,750 £72,125
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,169 34,255 62,848
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 95.07% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,697 25,036 34,819
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in London.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 25 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
Central London +54 11 £67,500 +35.00%
North London - 2 £50,000 -
East London - 1 £39,000 -
Cybersecurity Analyst
England

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Cybersecurity 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 London region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 64 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (70.31%) SIEM
3 40 (62.50%) Security Operations
4 38 (59.38%) Incident Response
5 35 (54.69%) Firewall
6 30 (46.88%) NIST
7 27 (42.19%) Information Security
8 26 (40.63%) CISSP
9 25 (39.06%) Cyber Threat
10 23 (35.94%) Azure
11 22 (34.38%) Security Monitoring
12 21 (32.81%) Microsoft
13 18 (28.13%) CCSP
13 18 (28.13%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (28.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 18 (28.13%) AWS
13 18 (28.13%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 18 (28.13%) CompTIA CySA+
14 17 (26.56%) NCSC
14 17 (26.56%) CompTIA Security+
15 16 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 16 (25.00%) Cyberattack
15 16 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
15 16 (25.00%) Finance
15 16 (25.00%) Application Security
15 16 (25.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 16 (25.00%) Runbook
16 14 (21.88%) Threat Intelligence
16 14 (21.88%) SOC 2
16 14 (21.88%) Network+ Certification

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (35.94%) Azure
2 18 (28.13%) AWS
3 14 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 35 (54.69%) Firewall
2 14 (21.88%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (9.38%) Wireshark
4 5 (7.81%) Network Security
5 3 (4.69%) Broadband
6 2 (3.13%) DNS
7 1 (1.56%) DHCP
7 1 (1.56%) DKIM
7 1 (1.56%) DMARC
General
1 16 (25.00%) Finance
2 10 (15.63%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.69%) Marketing
5 2 (3.13%) Advertising
5 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.13%) Retail
6 1 (1.56%) Banking
6 1 (1.56%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.56%) Law
6 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 25 (39.06%) Cyber Threat
2 16 (25.00%) Cyberattack
3 14 (21.88%) Management Information System
4 12 (18.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 10 (15.63%) Cyber Defence
5 10 (15.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (3.13%) Digital Media
6 2 (3.13%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.56%) Insider Threat
7 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (20.31%) Windows
2 7 (10.94%) Linux
3 3 (4.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (70.31%) SIEM
3 40 (62.50%) Security Operations
4 38 (59.38%) Incident Response
5 27 (42.19%) Information Security
6 22 (34.38%) Security Monitoring
7 18 (28.13%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 16 (25.00%) Application Security
8 16 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
8 16 (25.00%) Runbook
9 14 (21.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 14 (21.88%) Threat Intelligence
9 14 (21.88%) Use Case
9 14 (21.88%) Vulnerability Management
10 11 (17.19%) Computer Science
11 10 (15.63%) Attack Monitoring
11 10 (15.63%) Cloud Security
11 10 (15.63%) Data Security
11 10 (15.63%) DDoS Mitigation
12 8 (12.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.81%) Python
2 3 (4.69%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.13%) Bash
3 2 (3.13%) C++
Qualifications
1 26 (40.63%) CISSP
2 18 (28.13%) CCSP
2 18 (28.13%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (28.13%) CompTIA CySA+
3 17 (26.56%) CompTIA Security+
4 16 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 16 (25.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 14 (21.88%) Network+ Certification
6 8 (12.50%) CISA
6 8 (12.50%) CISM
7 7 (10.94%) Degree
8 5 (7.81%) CEH
8 5 (7.81%) GIAC
8 5 (7.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 4 (6.25%) GCIH
10 3 (4.69%) GSEC
11 2 (3.13%) GCED
11 2 (3.13%) GCFA
11 2 (3.13%) OSCP
11 2 (3.13%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (46.88%) NIST
2 18 (28.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (26.56%) NCSC
4 14 (21.88%) SOC 2
5 10 (15.63%) GRC
6 6 (9.38%) GDPR
6 6 (9.38%) PCI DSS
7 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (3.13%) ISO 31000
7 2 (3.13%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 5 (7.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (14.06%) CSIRT
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.13%) CASB
3 2 (3.13%) QRadar
Vendors
1 21 (32.81%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.38%) Qualys
3 4 (6.25%) Splunk
4 2 (3.13%) IBM
5 1 (1.56%) Cisco
5 1 (1.56%) Darktrace
5 1 (1.56%) Intel
5 1 (1.56%) LogRhythm
5 1 (1.56%) Rapid7