Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
England > London

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in London is £75,000 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 373 441 550
Rank change year-on-year +68 +109 +264
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 28 64 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.22% 0.27% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.29% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 24 56 70
10th Percentile £56,250 £45,750 £42,375
25th Percentile £61,888 £52,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £58,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.66% -2.08% +24.35%
75th Percentile £78,313 £71,250 £64,188
90th Percentile £92,500 £81,250 £80,125
England median annual salary £58,750 £55,000 £52,067
% change year-on-year +6.82% +5.63% +9.61%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 11,643 22,208 32,345
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.16% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,236 16,616 23,854
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

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 15 May 2025.

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 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
Central London +19 1 £92,500 +42.31% 5
Cybersecurity Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, 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 28 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (92.86%) SIEM
3 21 (75.00%) Information Security
4 18 (64.29%) Vulnerability Management
5 16 (57.14%) Incident Response
6 15 (53.57%) Windows
7 14 (50.00%) Firewall
8 13 (46.43%) Data Loss Prevention
9 12 (42.86%) Linux
10 11 (39.29%) GCIH
10 11 (39.29%) Security Monitoring
11 10 (35.71%) Banking
11 10 (35.71%) VMware
11 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
12 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (32.14%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (28.57%) NIST
13 8 (28.57%) Data Security
13 8 (28.57%) CISSP
13 8 (28.57%) Degree
13 8 (28.57%) Security Posture
14 7 (25.00%) Wireshark
14 7 (25.00%) GCFA
14 7 (25.00%) GCIA
14 7 (25.00%) Burp Suite
14 7 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
15 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
15 6 (21.43%) Penetration Testing
16 5 (17.86%) CEH
16 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001

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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Azure
1 4 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.14%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (50.00%) Firewall
2 7 (25.00%) Wireshark
3 5 (17.86%) Network Security
4 3 (10.71%) DNS
5 1 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 10 (35.71%) Banking
1 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Finance
3 2 (7.14%) Military
3 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.57%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 9 (32.14%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (28.57%) Security Posture
3 3 (10.71%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (10.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (10.71%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.57%) CSOC
5 1 (3.57%) Cyberattack
5 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.57%) Insider Threat
5 1 (3.57%) PKI
5 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (53.57%) Windows
2 12 (42.86%) Linux
3 3 (10.71%) Windows 10
3 3 (10.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (92.86%) SIEM
3 21 (75.00%) Information Security
4 18 (64.29%) Vulnerability Management
5 16 (57.14%) Incident Response
6 13 (46.43%) Data Loss Prevention
7 11 (39.29%) Security Monitoring
8 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (28.57%) Data Security
10 7 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
11 6 (21.43%) Penetration Testing
12 5 (17.86%) Security Operations
13 4 (14.29%) Application Security
13 4 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
13 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
13 4 (14.29%) Cryptography
13 4 (14.29%) Fintech
13 4 (14.29%) Security Management
13 4 (14.29%) UEBA
13 4 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) Bash
1 4 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 4 (14.29%) Python
2 3 (10.71%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (39.29%) GCIH
2 8 (28.57%) CISSP
2 8 (28.57%) Degree
3 7 (25.00%) GCFA
3 7 (25.00%) GCIA
4 5 (17.86%) CEH
4 5 (17.86%) CISM
4 5 (17.86%) SSCP
5 4 (14.29%) CCSP
5 4 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (14.29%) OSCP
6 3 (10.71%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
6 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
7 1 (3.57%) CISA
7 1 (3.57%) CRISC
7 1 (3.57%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (28.57%) NIST
2 5 (17.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (14.29%) NCSC
3 4 (14.29%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.57%) GDPR
4 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) CSIRT
2 4 (14.29%) CASB
3 1 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) VMware
2 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
3 4 (14.29%) LogRhythm
3 4 (14.29%) Qualys
3 4 (14.29%) Splunk
4 3 (10.71%) CheckPoint
4 3 (10.71%) Tenable
5 1 (3.57%) ArcSight
5 1 (3.57%) Exabeam