Cybersecurity Analyst Job Trends in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
England > London

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in London is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 357 385
Rank change year-on-year +17 +28 +203
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 34 71 58
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.24% 0.46% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.49% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 19 55 48
10th Percentile £31,500 £48,389 £47,350
25th Percentile £45,000 £59,400 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £68,900 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% +25.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £67,813
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £59,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.46% +8.33% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 12,862 14,378 17,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 92.68% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,531 8,295 13,928
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 2026. 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 +38 8 £70,000 - 3
Cybersecurity Analyst
England

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Cybersecurity Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 34 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (61.76%) Incident Response
3 19 (55.88%) Security Operations
4 17 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 16 (47.06%) SIEM
6 14 (41.18%) Azure
7 11 (32.35%) NIST
8 9 (26.47%) Firewall
8 9 (26.47%) Information Security
8 9 (26.47%) Mentoring
9 8 (23.53%) Windows
10 7 (20.59%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 7 (20.59%) Network Security
10 7 (20.59%) PowerShell
10 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (20.59%) Process Improvement
10 7 (20.59%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (20.59%) Threat Intelligence
11 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
11 6 (17.65%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (17.65%) Degree
11 6 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 6 (17.65%) Linux
11 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (14.71%) Azure Certification
12 5 (14.71%) CISSP
12 5 (14.71%) Cloud Security
12 5 (14.71%) CompTIA CySA+
12 5 (14.71%) ForeScout
12 5 (14.71%) GIAC

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 14 (41.18%) Azure
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (8.82%) AWS
3 3 (8.82%) GCP
4 2 (5.88%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) Firewall
2 7 (20.59%) Network Security
3 4 (11.76%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (5.88%) SCCP
5 1 (2.94%) Broadband
General
1 17 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (26.47%) Finance
3 4 (11.76%) Aviation
3 4 (11.76%) Financial Institution
3 4 (11.76%) Retail
4 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Front Office
5 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 12 (35.29%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (26.47%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (14.71%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (14.71%) Security Posture
4 3 (8.82%) Insider Threat
5 2 (5.88%) Cloud Native
5 2 (5.88%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
6 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Windows
2 6 (17.65%) Linux
3 2 (5.88%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.94%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (61.76%) Incident Response
3 19 (55.88%) Security Operations
4 16 (47.06%) SIEM
5 9 (26.47%) Information Security
5 9 (26.47%) Mentoring
6 7 (20.59%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (20.59%) Process Improvement
6 7 (20.59%) Root Cause Analysis
6 7 (20.59%) Threat Intelligence
7 5 (14.71%) Cloud Security
7 5 (14.71%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 5 (14.71%) Project Management
7 5 (14.71%) SOAR
7 5 (14.71%) Use Case
8 4 (11.76%) Agile
8 4 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (11.76%) Incident Management
8 4 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) PowerShell
2 5 (14.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (17.65%) CompTIA Security+
1 6 (17.65%) Degree
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (14.71%) Azure Certification
2 5 (14.71%) CISSP
2 5 (14.71%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (14.71%) GIAC
3 2 (5.88%) CISM
3 2 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.94%) CISA
4 1 (2.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (2.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (32.35%) NIST
2 6 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (8.82%) GDPR
3 3 (8.82%) GRC
4 2 (5.88%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.94%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) Docker
2 2 (5.88%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) CSIRT
2 2 (5.88%) Ansible
2 2 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.88%) SCCM
2 2 (5.88%) Terraform
3 1 (2.94%) Nmap
Vendors
1 17 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.71%) ForeScout
3 3 (8.82%) Splunk
4 2 (5.88%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (5.88%) Google
4 2 (5.88%) Salesforce
4 2 (5.88%) VMware
5 1 (2.94%) Tenable