Security Analyst Jobs in London

Security Analyst
England > London

The median Security Analyst salary in London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 283 301 373
Rank change year-on-year +18 +72 +266
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 110 220 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.87% 0.92% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 0.97% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 68 184 211
10th Percentile £44,950 £46,475 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,188 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +22.73% -5.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,125 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

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 11,455 22,637 31,177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.43% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,909 16,798 22,986
10th Percentile £40,971 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,000 £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 £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in London

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in London

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in London

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 Security Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Central London -27 10 £47,000 -27.69% 6
West London +12 2 £55,000 - 16
Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, 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 Security Analyst in the job title.

1 83 (75.45%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (51.82%) Incident Response
2 57 (51.82%) SIEM
3 49 (44.55%) Firewall
4 48 (43.64%) Social Skills
5 45 (40.91%) Information Security
6 40 (36.36%) Finance
7 39 (35.45%) Security Operations
8 37 (33.64%) Microsoft
9 36 (32.73%) CISSP
10 32 (29.09%) Windows
10 32 (29.09%) GCIH
10 32 (29.09%) CompTIA Security+
11 30 (27.27%) OSCP
11 30 (27.27%) Degree
12 29 (26.36%) GCIA
12 29 (26.36%) PowerShell
12 29 (26.36%) Python
13 28 (25.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 25 (22.73%) CEH
15 24 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
16 23 (20.91%) NIST
16 23 (20.91%) Analytical Skills
16 23 (20.91%) Risk Management
16 23 (20.91%) Vulnerability Management
17 21 (19.09%) Azure
17 21 (19.09%) Data Loss Prevention
18 19 (17.27%) Microsoft 365
18 19 (17.27%) Hedge funds
19 18 (16.36%) Vulnerability Assessment

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 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (5.45%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 21 (19.09%) Azure
2 19 (17.27%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (10.00%) AWS
4 7 (6.36%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.64%) GCP
6 3 (2.73%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.82%) Cloudflare
7 2 (1.82%) Datadog
8 1 (0.91%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 49 (44.55%) Firewall
2 15 (13.64%) Network Security
3 9 (8.18%) SAN
4 8 (7.27%) VPN
5 7 (6.36%) TCP/IP
5 7 (6.36%) Wireshark
6 6 (5.45%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (4.55%) DNS
7 5 (4.55%) IPsec
7 5 (4.55%) SSL
8 2 (1.82%) DKIM
8 2 (1.82%) DMARC
8 2 (1.82%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.91%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (7.27%) Burp Suite
2 2 (1.82%) JIRA
3 1 (0.91%) Metasploit
General
1 48 (43.64%) Social Skills
2 40 (36.36%) Finance
3 23 (20.91%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (11.82%) Banking
4 13 (11.82%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.45%) International Banking
5 6 (5.45%) Law
5 6 (5.45%) Legal
6 2 (1.82%) Military
6 2 (1.82%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 19 (17.27%) Hedge funds
2 15 (13.64%) Management Information System
2 15 (13.64%) Security Posture
3 10 (9.09%) PKI
3 10 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (8.18%) Podcast
5 8 (7.27%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (5.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.73%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.82%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.91%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.91%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.91%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.91%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 32 (29.09%) Windows
2 13 (11.82%) Linux
3 7 (6.36%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.91%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.91%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (75.45%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (51.82%) Incident Response
2 57 (51.82%) SIEM
3 45 (40.91%) Information Security
4 39 (35.45%) Security Operations
5 24 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (20.91%) Risk Management
6 23 (20.91%) Vulnerability Management
7 21 (19.09%) Data Loss Prevention
8 18 (16.36%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 16 (14.55%) Security Management
10 14 (12.73%) Penetration Testing
10 14 (12.73%) Threat Intelligence
11 13 (11.82%) Computer Science
12 12 (10.91%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 12 (10.91%) Security Monitoring
13 11 (10.00%) Data Security
13 11 (10.00%) Information Security Management
14 10 (9.09%) Cloud Security
14 10 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 29 (26.36%) PowerShell
1 29 (26.36%) Python
2 4 (3.64%) Bash
Qualifications
1 36 (32.73%) CISSP
2 32 (29.09%) CompTIA Security+
2 32 (29.09%) GCIH
3 30 (27.27%) Degree
3 30 (27.27%) OSCP
4 29 (26.36%) GCIA
5 25 (22.73%) CEH
6 16 (14.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (8.18%) CISM
7 9 (8.18%) SANS
8 7 (6.36%) GCFA
9 5 (4.55%) CompTIA CySA+
9 5 (4.55%) GIAC
9 5 (4.55%) MCSA
9 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (3.64%) CRISC
10 4 (3.64%) SSCP
11 3 (2.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (2.73%) SC Cleared
11 3 (2.73%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (25.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (20.91%) NIST
3 14 (12.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (8.18%) NCSC
4 9 (8.18%) PCI DSS
5 8 (7.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (5.45%) GRC
7 3 (2.73%) GDPR
8 1 (0.91%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 11 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.45%) Hyper-V
2 6 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (5.45%) SCCM
2 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.64%) CSIRT
4 3 (2.73%) CASB
5 1 (0.91%) Nessus
Vendors
1 37 (33.64%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.73%) CrowdStrike
3 13 (11.82%) VMware
4 7 (6.36%) Citrix
5 6 (5.45%) Reuters
5 6 (5.45%) Splunk
5 6 (5.45%) Temenos
6 3 (2.73%) Tenable
7 1 (0.91%) Checkmarx
7 1 (0.91%) Qualys