Security Analyst Jobs in Reading

Security Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Analyst salary in Reading is £42,500 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 66 114 128
Rank change year-on-year +48 +14 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.19% 0.29% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.31% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £39,354 £41,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,065 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year - -2.86% -7.89%
75th Percentile £43,750 £44,355 £46,563
90th Percentile - £44,718 £47,125
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £47,000 £40,975
% change year-on-year +11.70% +14.70% +6.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 427 1,624 1,469
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.59% 94.75% 93.57%
Number of salaries quoted 240 1,028 785
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,595 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,550 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.93% -12.42% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,875 £80,000 £92,500
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Reading

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in Reading

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in Reading.

Salary trend for Security Analyst in Reading

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 12 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 Reading region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Security Patching
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Security Patching
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware