IT Security Analyst Job Trends in London

IT Security Analyst
England > London

The median IT Security Analyst salary in London is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 426 458
Rank change year-on-year +54 +32 +349
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 15 33 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 13 26 34
10th Percentile £41,750 £46,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,464 £49,063 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £65,000 £51,650
Median % change year-on-year -25.38% +25.85% -13.92%
75th Percentile £49,250 £94,063 £60,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £95,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,285 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -17.66% +4.76% -12.50%

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 10,900 18,392 21,003
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.21% 95.37% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 7,112 11,566 17,358
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,250
Median % change year-on-year - -1.02% +4.64%
75th Percentile £97,313 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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

Salary distribution trend for IT Security Analyst job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for IT Security Analyst job vacancies in London

IT Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Analyst in London over the 6 months to 19 September 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 19 September 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 +31 1 £47,500 -7.32% 1
IT Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 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 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (73.33%) Firewall
2 11 (73.33%) Incident Response
3 10 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (66.67%) Security Operations
3 10 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 9 (60.00%) Degree
5 8 (53.33%) Risk Analysis
5 8 (53.33%) Network Architecture
5 8 (53.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 7 (46.67%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (46.67%) Data Encryption
6 7 (46.67%) Computer Science
6 7 (46.67%) Penetration Testing
7 6 (40.00%) SIEM
8 4 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (26.67%) Cloud Security
9 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
9 3 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (20.00%) Information Security
10 2 (13.33%) CEH
10 2 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (13.33%) Information Security Management
10 2 (13.33%) Security Management
10 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
10 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
10 2 (13.33%) Finance
10 2 (13.33%) VMware
10 2 (13.33%) ZENworks

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
1 2 (13.33%) IaaS
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (13.33%) PaaS
1 2 (13.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (73.33%) Firewall
2 2 (13.33%) VPN
General
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
1 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Incident Response
2 10 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 10 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 8 (53.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 8 (53.33%) Network Architecture
3 8 (53.33%) Risk Analysis
4 7 (46.67%) Computer Science
4 7 (46.67%) Data Encryption
4 7 (46.67%) Penetration Testing
5 6 (40.00%) SIEM
6 4 (26.67%) Cloud Security
7 3 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
7 3 (20.00%) Information Security
8 2 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (13.33%) Information Security Management
8 2 (13.33%) ITIL
8 2 (13.33%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
8 2 (13.33%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (13.33%) CEH
4 1 (6.67%) CISA
4 1 (6.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (13.33%) GRC
3 2 (13.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (13.33%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco
2 2 (13.33%) Meraki
2 2 (13.33%) VMware
3 1 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (6.67%) Qualys
3 1 (6.67%) Splunk
3 1 (6.67%) Tenable