Security Analyst Jobs in London

Security Analyst
England > London

The median Security Analyst salary in London is £66,600 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 299 383 622
Rank change year-on-year +84 +239 -218
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 220 256 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.93% 0.75% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 0.79% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 186 219 231
10th Percentile £47,000 £39,700 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,600 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.00% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% +6.00%

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 22,236 32,601 64,987
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 95.01% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 16,671 24,034 34,497
10th Percentile £38,000 £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%

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 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 +78 64 £65,000 +28.71% 3
West London -8 8 £55,000 +57.14% 1
North London - 2 £50,000 -
East London - 1 £39,000 -
Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 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.

1 140 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 138 (62.73%) Information Security
3 99 (45.00%) SIEM
4 96 (43.64%) Firewall
5 83 (37.73%) Incident Response
6 76 (34.55%) Security Operations
6 76 (34.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 74 (33.64%) Finance
7 74 (33.64%) CISSP
7 74 (33.64%) Microsoft
8 66 (30.00%) NIST
9 49 (22.27%) Microsoft 365
10 44 (20.00%) Azure
10 44 (20.00%) Risk Management
11 43 (19.55%) GRC
12 42 (19.09%) Incident Management
13 41 (18.64%) Management Information System
13 41 (18.64%) Vulnerability Management
14 38 (17.27%) Social Skills
15 37 (16.82%) Law
15 37 (16.82%) CISA
16 34 (15.45%) Application Security
17 33 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
17 33 (15.00%) Cyber Threat
18 32 (14.55%) CISM
18 32 (14.55%) Security Management
19 31 (14.09%) Security Monitoring
20 30 (13.64%) Cyberattack
21 29 (13.18%) Active Directory
21 29 (13.18%) MITRE ATT&CK

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 8 (3.64%) Skype for Business
2 7 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 49 (22.27%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (20.00%) Azure
3 24 (10.91%) AWS
4 2 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.91%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.45%) GCP
5 1 (0.45%) Google Drive
5 1 (0.45%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 96 (43.64%) Firewall
2 23 (10.45%) Intrusion Detection
3 22 (10.00%) Network Security
4 17 (7.73%) TCP/IP
5 16 (7.27%) DNS
6 14 (6.36%) SSL
7 9 (4.09%) LAN
7 9 (4.09%) VoIP
7 9 (4.09%) WAN
8 8 (3.64%) BGP
8 8 (3.64%) Internet
8 8 (3.64%) MPLS
8 8 (3.64%) OSPF
8 8 (3.64%) Reverse Proxy
8 8 (3.64%) SD-WAN
8 8 (3.64%) Skype
8 8 (3.64%) VPN
8 8 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (3.64%) Wireless
9 7 (3.18%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.91%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (4.55%) Burp Suite
1 10 (4.55%) Metasploit
General
1 74 (33.64%) Finance
2 38 (17.27%) Social Skills
3 37 (16.82%) Law
4 33 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (8.18%) Legal
6 10 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.09%) Banking
8 6 (2.73%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.27%) Retail
10 3 (1.36%) Advertising
10 3 (1.36%) Marketing
11 2 (0.91%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Cyber-Physical System
12 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.00%) REST
2 9 (4.09%) 802.1X
3 8 (3.64%) SAML
4 2 (0.91%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.45%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 41 (18.64%) Management Information System
2 33 (15.00%) Cyber Threat
3 30 (13.64%) Cyberattack
4 16 (7.27%) Security Posture
5 12 (5.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 10 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (3.64%) Client/Server
7 8 (3.64%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.64%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (3.18%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 7 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.82%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.36%) Insider Threat
12 2 (0.91%) Digital Media
12 2 (0.91%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.91%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.91%) Social Media
13 1 (0.45%) Blog
13 1 (0.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.73%) Windows
2 12 (5.45%) Linux
3 2 (0.91%) Unix
3 2 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.45%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 138 (62.73%) Information Security
3 99 (45.00%) SIEM
4 83 (37.73%) Incident Response
5 76 (34.55%) Security Operations
6 44 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 42 (19.09%) Incident Management
8 41 (18.64%) Vulnerability Management
9 34 (15.45%) Application Security
10 32 (14.55%) Security Management
11 31 (14.09%) Security Monitoring
12 29 (13.18%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 28 (12.73%) Risk Assessment
14 22 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 22 (10.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
14 22 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
14 22 (10.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 21 (9.55%) Penetration Testing
15 21 (9.55%) Threat Detection
16 20 (9.09%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.36%) PowerShell
2 9 (4.09%) Python
3 4 (1.82%) Bash
4 2 (0.91%) C++
4 2 (0.91%) Java
Qualifications
1 74 (33.64%) CISSP
2 37 (16.82%) CISA
3 32 (14.55%) CISM
4 28 (12.73%) Degree
5 21 (9.55%) CompTIA Security+
6 20 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
7 17 (7.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 16 (7.27%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (6.82%) CCSP
10 13 (5.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 12 (5.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 10 (4.55%) CEH
12 10 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (4.55%) CRISC
12 10 (4.55%) Network+ Certification
13 9 (4.09%) GIAC
14 8 (3.64%) GCIH
15 6 (2.73%) ISACA
15 6 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (2.27%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (34.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 66 (30.00%) NIST
3 43 (19.55%) GRC
4 23 (10.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 22 (10.00%) NCSC
6 14 (6.36%) SOC 2
7 13 (5.91%) GDPR
8 11 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (4.55%) PCI DSS
10 7 (3.18%) COBIT
11 3 (1.36%) ISO 22301
11 3 (1.36%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.91%) GLBA
12 2 (0.91%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.45%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.45%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.45%) PMBOK
System Software
1 29 (13.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.45%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 10 (4.55%) CSIRT
1 10 (4.55%) Nmap
2 8 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.36%) CASB
4 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.91%) QRadar
Vendors
1 74 (33.64%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.09%) CrowdStrike
3 8 (3.64%) CheckPoint
3 8 (3.64%) Ribbon
4 6 (2.73%) Qualys
4 6 (2.73%) Splunk
5 4 (1.82%) IBM
5 4 (1.82%) Varonis
6 3 (1.36%) Cisco
7 2 (0.91%) Google
7 2 (0.91%) Intel
7 2 (0.91%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.91%) Rapid7
7 2 (0.91%) VMware
8 1 (0.45%) AlienVault
8 1 (0.45%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.45%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.45%) Meraki
8 1 (0.45%) Okta
8 1 (0.45%) ServiceNow