Senior Security Analyst Jobs in London

Senior Security Analyst
England > London

The median Senior Security Analyst salary in London is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 449 605 859
Rank change year-on-year +156 +254 -277
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 51 23 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.22% 0.067% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.070% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 33 18 19
10th Percentile £68,750 £43,477 £38,010
25th Percentile £72,500 £44,482 £39,510
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £63,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.57% +15.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £112,500 £82,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £88,275 £67,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year +40.00% -5.86% -3.43%

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 22,274 32,686 65,100
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 95.09% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 16,684 24,117 34,486
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%

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 12 May 2024.

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 12 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 +77 27 £110,000 +131.58% 1
Senior Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, 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 39 (76.47%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (62.75%) Incident Response
3 28 (54.90%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (54.90%) Microsoft
4 23 (45.10%) Application Security
5 22 (43.14%) Finance
6 19 (37.25%) Information Security
7 18 (35.29%) Security Management
8 17 (33.33%) CISSP
8 17 (33.33%) Firewall
8 17 (33.33%) SIEM
9 16 (31.37%) Azure
9 16 (31.37%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 16 (31.37%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 16 (31.37%) Vulnerability Management
10 15 (29.41%) Threat Detection
10 15 (29.41%) Privileged Access Management
10 15 (29.41%) Incident Management
10 15 (29.41%) Change Management
11 14 (27.45%) Windows
11 14 (27.45%) Security Operations
12 13 (25.49%) Active Directory
13 11 (21.57%) REST
13 11 (21.57%) Cyberattack
14 10 (19.61%) Burp Suite
14 10 (19.61%) Nmap
14 10 (19.61%) Metasploit
14 10 (19.61%) Visualisation
15 9 (17.65%) DevSecOps
16 8 (15.69%) NIST

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 28 (54.90%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (31.37%) Azure
3 5 (9.80%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (5.88%) Network Security
3 1 (1.96%) DNS
3 1 (1.96%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 10 (19.61%) Burp Suite
1 10 (19.61%) Metasploit
General
1 22 (43.14%) Finance
2 8 (15.69%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Marketing
5 2 (3.92%) Advertising
5 2 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.92%) Retail
6 1 (1.96%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (21.57%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.57%) Cyberattack
2 3 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (3.92%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.96%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.96%) Insider Threat
4 1 (1.96%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.96%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.96%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (27.45%) Windows
2 2 (3.92%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.96%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (76.47%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (62.75%) Incident Response
3 23 (45.10%) Application Security
4 19 (37.25%) Information Security
5 18 (35.29%) Security Management
6 17 (33.33%) SIEM
7 16 (31.37%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 16 (31.37%) Vulnerability Management
7 16 (31.37%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 15 (29.41%) Change Management
8 15 (29.41%) Incident Management
8 15 (29.41%) Privileged Access Management
8 15 (29.41%) Threat Detection
9 14 (27.45%) Security Operations
10 10 (19.61%) Visualisation
11 9 (17.65%) DevSecOps
12 8 (15.69%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 8 (15.69%) OWASP
13 7 (13.73%) Benchmarking
13 7 (13.73%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.92%) C++
2 2 (3.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (33.33%) CISSP
2 4 (7.84%) GIAC
3 3 (5.88%) CISA
4 2 (3.92%) CCSA
4 2 (3.92%) CEH
4 2 (3.92%) CISM
4 2 (3.92%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (3.92%) GSEC
4 2 (3.92%) SANS
5 1 (1.96%) CRISC
5 1 (1.96%) Degree
5 1 (1.96%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.69%) NIST
2 7 (13.73%) GRC
3 3 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.92%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 13 (25.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (19.61%) Nmap
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.96%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 28 (54.90%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.76%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (1.96%) Splunk