Senior Security Analyst Jobs in London

Senior Security Analyst
England > London

The median Senior Security Analyst salary in London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 385 448 600
Rank change year-on-year +63 +152 +250
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 8 51 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.062% 0.22% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.23% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 3 33 17
10th Percentile £62,000 £68,750 -
25th Percentile £63,125 £72,500 £43,477
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +24.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £72,500 £112,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £77,000 £120,000 £88,700
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +40.00% -5.86%

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 11,624 22,265 32,087
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 94.22% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,221 16,628 23,661
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
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 £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in London

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Analyst in London

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Analyst in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Analyst in London

Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 16 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 +3 1 - -
Senior Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) NIST
1 4 (50.00%) GDPR
1 4 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (50.00%) GRC
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (50.00%) CRISC
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Information Security
1 4 (50.00%) CISM
1 4 (50.00%) CISSP
1 4 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 4 (50.00%) Security Management
1 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (50.00%) PCI DSS
1 4 (50.00%) OWASP
2 3 (37.50%) Splunk
2 3 (37.50%) SIEM
2 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (25.00%) Tenable
3 2 (25.00%) Network Security
3 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) AWS
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Metasploit
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Burp Suite
1 1 (12.50%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (12.50%) Insider Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Information Security
1 4 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 4 (50.00%) OWASP
1 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (50.00%) Security Management
2 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
2 3 (37.50%) SIEM
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (12.50%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Offensive Security
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Red Team
4 1 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) CISM
1 4 (50.00%) CISSP
1 4 (50.00%) CRISC
1 4 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (12.50%) CREST Certified
2 1 (12.50%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) GDPR
1 4 (50.00%) GRC
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
1 4 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) CSIRT
1 1 (12.50%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Splunk
2 2 (25.00%) Tenable