Security Operations Analyst Job Trends in the North West

Security Operations Analyst
England > North West

The median Security Operations Analyst salary in the North West 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 231 238 215
Rank change year-on-year +7 -23 +85
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 1 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.019% 0.052% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.054% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £31,576
25th Percentile £61,750 £26,250 £32,355
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £27,500 £34,807
Median % change year-on-year +130.91% -20.99% -15.62%
75th Percentile £65,250 £28,750 £37,355
90th Percentile - - £38,192
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 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 4,541 7,387 4,201
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.14% 95.28% 93.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,291 4,562 3,210
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Analyst in the North West

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

Security Operations 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 Operations Analyst within the North West 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
Manchester +28 1 £63,500 +130.91% 1
Security Operations Analyst
England

Security Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

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 West region featuring Security Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Meter
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Energy
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK

Security Operations 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Energy
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared