Security Operations Analyst Job Trends in the North of England

Security Operations Analyst
England > North of England

The median Security Operations Analyst salary in the North of England is £63,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 296 310 302
Rank change year-on-year +14 -8 +101
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 3 12 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.032% 0.085% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.090% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 11
10th Percentile - £39,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £61,750 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +4.00% +51.52%
75th Percentile £65,250 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £44,810 £65,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -31.06% +10.64% -9.62%

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 8,184 13,389 8,259
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.99% 95.01% 93.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,382 7,970 6,278
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -5.66% +1.92%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Security Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Analyst in the North of England

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Security Operations Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Security Operations Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

Security Operations 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 Security Operations Analyst within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Yorkshire +22 2 - -
North West +7 1 £63,500 +130.91% 1
Security Operations Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Security Operations 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 Security Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 2 (66.67%) Data Acquisition
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) ISMS
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) SCADA
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Smart Meter
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning

Security Operations 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 2 (66.67%) SCADA
2 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (33.33%) Smart Energy
3 1 (33.33%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Data Acquisition
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) ISMS
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) NIST