IT Security Analyst Jobs in London

IT Security Analyst
England > London

The median IT Security Analyst salary in London is £55,000 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 385 445 594
Rank change year-on-year +60 +149 +241
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 16 60 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.25% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.27% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12 43 38
10th Percentile £41,750 - -
25th Percentile £44,938 £52,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +35.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £59,375
90th Percentile - £89,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £46,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.36% +10.00% -13.79%

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%

IT Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Analyst in London

IT Security Analyst
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for IT Security Analyst in London

IT Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Analyst in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Security Analyst in London

IT Security 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 IT Security 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
West London +28 2 £55,000 -
IT Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, IT 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 London region featuring IT Security Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 10 (62.50%) Degree
3 9 (56.25%) Firewall
3 9 (56.25%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (56.25%) Incident Response
4 8 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
4 8 (50.00%) Information Security
4 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (37.50%) SIEM
5 6 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (37.50%) Data Encryption
6 5 (31.25%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (31.25%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
7 4 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
7 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (25.00%) Network Architecture
7 4 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 3 (18.75%) SOAR
8 3 (18.75%) Cloud Security
8 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (18.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (18.75%) Azure
8 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (18.75%) Performance Metrics
8 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
8 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 3 (18.75%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 3 (18.75%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (18.75%) Threat Intelligence

IT Security 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:

Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (56.25%) Firewall
2 3 (18.75%) Network Security
3 2 (12.50%) DNS
3 2 (12.50%) HTTP
3 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 2 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 3 (18.75%) Law
1 3 (18.75%) Legal
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) International Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 1 (6.25%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 9 (56.25%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (56.25%) Incident Response
3 8 (50.00%) Information Security
3 8 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
4 6 (37.50%) Data Encryption
4 6 (37.50%) SIEM
5 5 (31.25%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 4 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 4 (25.00%) Network Architecture
6 4 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
7 3 (18.75%) Cloud Security
7 3 (18.75%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 3 (18.75%) Ethical Hacking
7 3 (18.75%) Performance Metrics
7 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (18.75%) SOAR
7 3 (18.75%) Threat Intelligence
7 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) CISSP
3 2 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (18.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (18.75%) GRC
2 3 (18.75%) NIST
3 2 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Hyper-V
1 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (6.25%) Qualys
2 1 (6.25%) Reuters
2 1 (6.25%) Splunk
2 1 (6.25%) Temenos
2 1 (6.25%) Tenable
2 1 (6.25%) VMware