IT Security Analyst Jobs in London

IT Security Analyst
England > London

The median IT Security Analyst salary in London is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 441 590 840
Rank change year-on-year +149 +250 -274
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 60 37 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.25% 0.11% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.11% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 43 37 32
10th Percentile - - £43,200
25th Percentile £52,500 £32,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £50,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -13.79% +5.45%
75th Percentile £76,250 £68,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £89,500 £70,000 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -15.25% +31.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,259 33,394 64,825
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 95.02% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,752 24,563 34,933
10th Percentile £38,138 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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 +55 16 £52,500 -8.70%
West London -11 6 £55,000 +57.14%
IT Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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 48 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 34 (56.67%) SIEM
4 31 (51.67%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (51.67%) Microsoft
5 29 (48.33%) Firewall
5 29 (48.33%) Security Operations
6 25 (41.67%) Finance
7 24 (40.00%) CISSP
8 22 (36.67%) Information Security
8 22 (36.67%) Security Management
9 21 (35.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 21 (35.00%) Threat Detection
10 19 (31.67%) Incident Management
11 18 (30.00%) Change Management
12 17 (28.33%) Azure
13 15 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
13 15 (25.00%) Application Security
14 13 (21.67%) Vulnerability Management
14 13 (21.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 13 (21.67%) Windows
15 12 (20.00%) PowerShell
15 12 (20.00%) Cyberattack
16 11 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
17 10 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
17 10 (16.67%) Network Security
17 10 (16.67%) Active Directory
17 10 (16.67%) Management Information System
17 10 (16.67%) Data Security
17 10 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (51.67%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (28.33%) Azure
3 1 (1.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (48.33%) Firewall
2 10 (16.67%) Network Security
3 6 (10.00%) Wireshark
General
1 25 (41.67%) Finance
2 11 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (13.33%) Law
4 4 (6.67%) Banking
4 4 (6.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.00%) Cyberattack
2 10 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 6 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (21.67%) Windows
2 3 (5.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 34 (56.67%) SIEM
4 29 (48.33%) Security Operations
5 22 (36.67%) Information Security
5 22 (36.67%) Security Management
6 21 (35.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 21 (35.00%) Threat Detection
7 19 (31.67%) Incident Management
8 18 (30.00%) Change Management
9 15 (25.00%) Application Security
9 15 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
10 13 (21.67%) Vulnerability Management
11 10 (16.67%) Data Security
11 10 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 10 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 9 (15.00%) Security Monitoring
13 8 (13.33%) Offensive Security
13 8 (13.33%) Risk Management
13 8 (13.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.67%) Python
3 3 (5.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 24 (40.00%) CISSP
2 5 (8.33%) Degree
3 4 (6.67%) PMP
4 3 (5.00%) CCSP
4 3 (5.00%) CEH
4 3 (5.00%) CISA
4 3 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.00%) CISM
4 3 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (5.00%) CRISC
4 3 (5.00%) GCIH
4 3 (5.00%) ISACA
4 3 (5.00%) OSCP
5 1 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (21.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (10.00%) GDPR
2 6 (10.00%) GRC
2 6 (10.00%) NCSC
2 6 (10.00%) PCI DSS
3 3 (5.00%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (15.00%) CSIRT
2 3 (5.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 31 (51.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.00%) CrowdStrike
3 6 (10.00%) Qualys
4 1 (1.67%) AlienVault
4 1 (1.67%) Okta
4 1 (1.67%) Rapid7