Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in the South East

Cybersecurity Analyst
England > South East

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the South East is £51,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 367 380
Rank change year-on-year +76 +13 +59
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 10 29 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.10% 0.17% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8 26 17
10th Percentile £44,975 £40,713 -
25th Percentile £48,313 £46,250 £37,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £67,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +37.76% +13.95%
75th Percentile £62,125 £80,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £66,625 £85,625 £69,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,250
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.38% +14.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,340 15,877 12,897
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.91% 94.01% 90.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4,548 11,357 8,142
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the South East

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the South East.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the South East

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the South East

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Hampshire +74 4 £52,750 +18.96% 2
Thames Valley +50 2 £62,500 +31.58% 8
Kent +33 2 £45,750 +1.67%
Berkshire +22 2 £62,500 +49.09% 6
Surrey +38 1 £54,500 -31.88% 2
Sussex - 1 - - 2
Cybersecurity Analyst
England

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, Cybersecurity 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 South East region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (60.00%) SIEM
2 6 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 5 (50.00%) Degree
3 5 (50.00%) Firewall
4 4 (40.00%) Network Security
4 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (30.00%) Information Security
5 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (30.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (30.00%) Azure
5 3 (30.00%) Security Posture
5 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (30.00%) NIST
6 2 (20.00%) Forensic Analysis
6 2 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 2 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (20.00%) Bash
6 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (10.00%) AWS
3 1 (10.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) IaaS
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (10.00%) PaaS
3 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 4 (40.00%) Network Security
3 1 (10.00%) Internet
3 1 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (30.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 3 (30.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (60.00%) Incident Response
2 6 (60.00%) SIEM
3 5 (50.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (30.00%) Information Security
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Forensic Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
6 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 1 (10.00%) Privileged Access Management
6 1 (10.00%) Test Assurance
6 1 (10.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Bash
1 2 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) CEH
2 2 (20.00%) CISSP
2 2 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 2 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (20.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (20.00%) GCIH
3 1 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (10.00%) CCSP
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) CISM
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (30.00%) NIST
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (10.00%) GDPR
3 1 (10.00%) GRC
3 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) ArcSight