IT Security Analyst Jobs 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 13 July 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 391 451 526
Rank change year-on-year +60 +75 +363
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 19 50 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.14% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.23% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 15 34 43
10th Percentile £41,750 £49,125 -
25th Percentile £46,125 £52,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.15% +35.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £56,250 £79,375 £55,922
90th Percentile £59,000 £95,000 £66,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +22.22% -22.41%

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 12,123 22,059 27,518
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 94.39% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 7,433 16,017 21,601
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.66% -12.42% -

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 +16 2 £55,000 -
Central London +9 1 £47,500 -5.00%
IT Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 July 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 14 (73.68%) Cybersecurity
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
1 14 (73.68%) Incident Response
2 13 (68.42%) Firewall
3 12 (63.16%) Security Operations
4 11 (57.89%) Penetration Testing
5 10 (52.63%) Degree
6 9 (47.37%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 9 (47.37%) Data Encryption
7 8 (42.11%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (42.11%) Network Architecture
7 8 (42.11%) Risk Analysis
7 8 (42.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 7 (36.84%) Computer Science
8 7 (36.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (31.58%) SIEM
10 5 (26.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (26.32%) Information Security
11 4 (21.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (21.05%) NIST
11 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (21.05%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (15.79%) GRC
12 3 (15.79%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
12 3 (15.79%) Cloud Security
12 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (15.79%) Azure
12 3 (15.79%) Network Security

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (15.79%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 13 (68.42%) Firewall
2 3 (15.79%) Network Security
3 2 (10.53%) DNS
3 2 (10.53%) HTTP
3 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
3 2 (10.53%) VPN
General
1 3 (15.79%) Finance
1 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Banking
3 1 (5.26%) International Banking
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (10.53%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.26%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Cybersecurity
1 14 (73.68%) Incident Response
2 12 (63.16%) Security Operations
3 11 (57.89%) Penetration Testing
4 9 (47.37%) Data Encryption
4 9 (47.37%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 8 (42.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 8 (42.11%) Network Architecture
5 8 (42.11%) Risk Analysis
6 7 (36.84%) Computer Science
7 6 (31.58%) SIEM
8 5 (26.32%) Information Security
9 3 (15.79%) Cloud Security
9 3 (15.79%) Cyber Resilience
9 3 (15.79%) Ethical Hacking
9 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
9 3 (15.79%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 2 (10.53%) Business Case
10 2 (10.53%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (15.79%) CISSP
4 2 (10.53%) CEH
5 1 (5.26%) CISA
5 1 (5.26%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (26.32%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (21.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (21.05%) NIST
4 3 (15.79%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (10.53%) ZENworks
3 1 (5.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Meraki
3 1 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.26%) Qualys
3 1 (5.26%) Reuters
3 1 (5.26%) Splunk
3 1 (5.26%) Temenos
3 1 (5.26%) Tenable
3 1 (5.26%) VMware