Security Analyst Jobs in the North West

Security Analyst
England > North West

The median Security Analyst salary in the North West is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 274 241 244
Rank change year-on-year -33 +3 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 13 60 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.17% 0.57% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.60% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 7 53 39
10th Percentile £41,516 £36,250 £36,650
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,125 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £59,750 £55,850
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,232 9,996 6,674
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.02% 94.84% 89.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3,858 7,607 3,999
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,138
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £40,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,320 £52,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year +5.37% -13.22% +0.83%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the North West

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the North West.

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the North West

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 1 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the North West

Security Analyst
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Manchester +25 9 £75,000 +66.67% 43
Merseyside +25 3 £55,000 +17.02% 18
Cheshire 0 1 £57,500 +45.57% 29
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 North West region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) Information Security
2 8 (61.54%) Risk Management
2 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
3 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (38.46%) Strategic Thinking
4 5 (38.46%) NIST
4 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
4 5 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (38.46%) Incident Response
4 5 (38.46%) Security Posture
5 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
6 3 (23.08%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Incident Management
6 3 (23.08%) Community of Practice
6 3 (23.08%) Sprint Retrospective
6 3 (23.08%) Sprint Planning
6 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (23.08%) Security Architecture
7 2 (15.38%) SIEM
7 2 (15.38%) Malware Analysis
7 2 (15.38%) Remediation Plan
7 2 (15.38%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (15.38%) Analytical Thinking

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
1 2 (15.38%) HTTP
1 2 (15.38%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (15.38%) SMTP
1 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) GitLab
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Security Posture
2 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
3 2 (15.38%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (15.38%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Information Security
2 8 (61.54%) Risk Management
3 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (38.46%) Incident Response
4 5 (38.46%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (23.08%) Community of Practice
6 3 (23.08%) Incident Management
6 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (23.08%) Security Architecture
6 3 (23.08%) Sprint Planning
6 3 (23.08%) Sprint Retrospective
6 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
7 2 (15.38%) Remediation Plan
7 2 (15.38%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) CEH
1 2 (15.38%) CISM
1 2 (15.38%) CISSP
1 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (38.46%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) GRC
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Qualys
2 1 (7.69%) SAP