Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in the North of England

Cybersecurity Analyst
England > North of England

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the North of England is £46,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 358 422
Rank change year-on-year +34 +64 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 5 33 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.043% 0.19% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.20% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 2 29 4
10th Percentile - £34,100 £39,975
25th Percentile £45,500 £36,250 £44,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £42,500 £50,817
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% -16.37% +6.98%
75th Percentile £46,500 £58,750 £61,342
90th Percentile - £62,500 £72,537
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 10,619 16,613 15,393
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 94.91% 89.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5,868 12,861 8,184
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,533
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £63,125 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £78,075 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the North of England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the North of England.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the North of England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
North West -5 5 £46,000 +22.67% 1
Cybersecurity Analyst
England

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Cybersecurity 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 North of England region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (40.00%) Data Collection
4 2 (40.00%) NIST
4 2 (40.00%) Malware Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) Cyberattack
4 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
4 2 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (40.00%) Regular Expression
4 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (40.00%) Bitbucket
4 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
4 2 (40.00%) Information Security
4 2 (40.00%) Linux
4 2 (40.00%) SMTP
4 2 (40.00%) HTTP
4 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (40.00%) DNS
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) CISSP
4 2 (40.00%) Symantec

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) HTTP
2 2 (40.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (40.00%) SMTP
2 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Bitbucket
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cyberattack
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Data Collection
3 2 (40.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Malware Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CEH
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Atlassian
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Symantec