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 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 305 387
Rank change year-on-year +24 +82 +222
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 114 216 257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.88% 0.91% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.97% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 70 183 220
10th Percentile £45,650 £46,250 £39,813
25th Percentile £53,438 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% +9.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,250 £80,125
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% -5.66%

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 11,676 22,285 31,986
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.22% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,282 16,637 23,612
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,445
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £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 £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +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 18 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 18 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 -29 9 £47,000 -27.69% 12
West London +22 2 £55,000 - 1
Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 82 (71.93%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (52.63%) SIEM
3 55 (48.25%) Incident Response
4 49 (42.98%) Information Security
5 48 (42.11%) Firewall
5 48 (42.11%) Social Skills
6 40 (35.09%) Security Operations
7 39 (34.21%) Finance
8 38 (33.33%) CISSP
9 37 (32.46%) Microsoft
10 34 (29.82%) Windows
11 33 (28.95%) GCIH
12 32 (28.07%) Degree
12 32 (28.07%) CompTIA Security+
13 30 (26.32%) OSCP
14 29 (25.44%) PowerShell
14 29 (25.44%) GCIA
14 29 (25.44%) Python
15 27 (23.68%) CEH
15 27 (23.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
16 25 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
17 24 (21.05%) Vulnerability Management
18 23 (20.18%) Risk Management
18 23 (20.18%) Analytical Skills
18 23 (20.18%) NIST
19 22 (19.30%) Data Loss Prevention
19 22 (19.30%) Azure
20 19 (16.67%) Hedge funds
20 19 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
21 18 (15.79%) Threat Intelligence

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 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (5.26%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 22 (19.30%) Azure
2 19 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (8.77%) AWS
4 9 (7.89%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.51%) GCP
6 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.75%) Cloudflare
7 2 (1.75%) Datadog
8 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 48 (42.11%) Firewall
2 15 (13.16%) Network Security
3 9 (7.89%) SAN
4 8 (7.02%) VPN
5 7 (6.14%) TCP/IP
5 7 (6.14%) Wireshark
6 6 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (4.39%) DNS
7 5 (4.39%) IPsec
7 5 (4.39%) SSL
8 2 (1.75%) DKIM
8 2 (1.75%) DMARC
8 2 (1.75%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (7.02%) Burp Suite
2 2 (1.75%) JIRA
3 1 (0.88%) Metasploit
General
1 48 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 39 (34.21%) Finance
3 23 (20.18%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (11.40%) Banking
5 12 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (7.89%) Law
7 8 (7.02%) Legal
8 6 (5.26%) International Banking
9 2 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.75%) Military
9 2 (1.75%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.88%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.67%) Hedge funds
2 15 (13.16%) Management Information System
3 14 (12.28%) Security Posture
4 10 (8.77%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (8.77%) PKI
4 10 (8.77%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (7.89%) Podcast
6 7 (6.14%) Cyber Defence
7 6 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.63%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.75%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.88%) CSOC
11 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.88%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.88%) Insider Threat
11 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 34 (29.82%) Windows
2 15 (13.16%) Linux
3 7 (6.14%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (71.93%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (52.63%) SIEM
3 55 (48.25%) Incident Response
4 49 (42.98%) Information Security
5 40 (35.09%) Security Operations
6 25 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (21.05%) Vulnerability Management
8 23 (20.18%) Risk Management
9 22 (19.30%) Data Loss Prevention
10 18 (15.79%) Threat Intelligence
11 16 (14.04%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 16 (14.04%) Security Management
11 16 (14.04%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 13 (11.40%) Computer Science
12 13 (11.40%) Security Monitoring
13 12 (10.53%) Data Security
13 12 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
14 11 (9.65%) Cloud Security
14 11 (9.65%) Information Security Management
15 8 (7.02%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 29 (25.44%) PowerShell
1 29 (25.44%) Python
2 4 (3.51%) Bash
Qualifications
1 38 (33.33%) CISSP
2 33 (28.95%) GCIH
3 32 (28.07%) CompTIA Security+
3 32 (28.07%) Degree
4 30 (26.32%) OSCP
5 29 (25.44%) GCIA
6 27 (23.68%) CEH
7 17 (14.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (8.77%) CISM
9 9 (7.89%) SANS
10 7 (6.14%) GCFA
11 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (4.39%) CompTIA CySA+
12 5 (4.39%) CRISC
12 5 (4.39%) GIAC
12 5 (4.39%) MCSA
13 4 (3.51%) CCSP
13 4 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (3.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (3.51%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (23.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (20.18%) NIST
3 14 (12.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (8.77%) PCI DSS
5 9 (7.89%) NCSC
6 8 (7.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (6.14%) GRC
8 4 (3.51%) GDPR
9 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 15 (13.16%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.26%) Hyper-V
2 6 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (6.14%) SCCM
2 5 (4.39%) CSIRT
2 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.51%) CASB
4 1 (0.88%) Nessus
Vendors
1 37 (32.46%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.28%) CrowdStrike
3 13 (11.40%) VMware
4 7 (6.14%) Splunk
5 6 (5.26%) Citrix
5 6 (5.26%) Reuters
5 6 (5.26%) Temenos
6 3 (2.63%) Tenable
7 2 (1.75%) Qualys
8 1 (0.88%) ArcSight
8 1 (0.88%) Exabeam
8 1 (0.88%) LogRhythm