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 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 234 259
Rank change year-on-year -28 +25 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 17 58 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.21% 0.59% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.62% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 11 50 37
10th Percentile £42,500 £34,300 £36,550
25th Percentile £45,500 £39,688 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -3.23% -2.11%
75th Percentile £66,250 £47,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £52,375 £55,950
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% -5.66%

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 7,226 9,301 6,978
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.34% 94.61% 89.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4,120 7,150 4,068
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,619 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £69,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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 10 May 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 10 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
Manchester +41 11 £62,500 +38.89% 1
Merseyside +29 3 £55,000 +17.96% 5
Lancashire - 2 £46,000 - 1
Cheshire +16 1 £57,500 +45.57%
Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 11 (64.71%) Information Security
2 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
3 7 (41.18%) NIST
3 7 (41.18%) Risk Management
3 7 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (29.41%) Penetration Testing
5 5 (29.41%) Incident Response
5 5 (29.41%) Security Posture
6 4 (23.53%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (23.53%) Firewall
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
6 4 (23.53%) CISSP
7 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
7 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (17.65%) Incident Management
7 3 (17.65%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (17.65%) Security Architecture
7 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
8 2 (11.76%) Data Collection
8 2 (11.76%) Risk Register
8 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
8 2 (11.76%) Analytical Thinking
8 2 (11.76%) Bitbucket

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) AWS
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (5.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Firewall
2 2 (11.76%) DNS
2 2 (11.76%) HTTP
2 2 (11.76%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (11.76%) SMTP
2 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Bitbucket
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) GitLab
General
1 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Regular Expression
2 1 (5.88%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Security Posture
2 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.76%) Algorithms
3 2 (11.76%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (11.76%) Cyberattack
3 2 (11.76%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Information Security
2 8 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (41.18%) Risk Management
4 6 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (29.41%) Incident Response
5 5 (29.41%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (23.53%) Strategic Thinking
7 3 (17.65%) Incident Management
7 3 (17.65%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
7 3 (17.65%) Security Architecture
7 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 2 (11.76%) Forensic Analysis
8 2 (11.76%) Remediation Plan
8 2 (11.76%) Secure Coding
8 2 (11.76%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) C#
1 2 (11.76%) C++
1 2 (11.76%) Go
1 2 (11.76%) Java
1 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
1 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
1 2 (11.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) CISSP
2 2 (11.76%) CEH
2 2 (11.76%) CISM
2 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (11.76%) CSSLP
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (41.18%) NIST
2 1 (5.88%) GRC
2 1 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Atlassian
2 2 (11.76%) Symantec
3 1 (5.88%) Qualys
3 1 (5.88%) SAP