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 to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 128 114
Rank change year-on-year +12 -14 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 5 3 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.29% 0.19% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.20% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 17
10th Percentile £39,354 £41,375 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,065 £41,563 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -7.89% +3.26%
75th Percentile £44,355 £46,563 £57,000
90th Percentile £44,718 £47,125 -
Berkshire median annual salary £47,000 £40,975 £38,500
% change year-on-year +14.70% +6.43% -30.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,626 1,471 1,729
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.76% 93.63% 97.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,028 785 1,027
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,595 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

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 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 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 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Insider Threat
2 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (40.00%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (40.00%) Data Interpretation
2 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (40.00%) BT
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SLA
2 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) Postgraduate
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) GCP
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (20.00%) Data Development
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Insider Threat
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Data Interpretation
2 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) Data Development
3 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) BT
1 2 (40.00%) CrowdStrike