Security Analyst Jobs in the South East

Security Analyst
England > South East

The median Security Analyst salary in the South East is £51,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 308 320
Rank change year-on-year +53 +12 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 42 89 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.44% 0.53% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.56% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 24 81 65
10th Percentile £41,475 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,547 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £65,313 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £67,500
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
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 8,254 15,768 12,916
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.53% 94.01% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,528 11,302 8,136
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £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 £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the South East

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the South East

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the South East

Security 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 Security Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 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 +65 18 £52,750 +0.48% 8
Thames Valley +42 7 £46,250 -1.60% 8
Middlesex -14 7 - -
Surrey +43 5 £75,000 -6.25%
Buckinghamshire +35 3 £47,500 -
Berkshire +20 3 £52,500 +11.70% 8
Kent +19 3 £47,500 -2.56% 3
Sussex - 2 - - 3
Oxfordshire +35 1 £45,000 +60.71% 3
Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 South East region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 28 (66.67%) Information Security
2 24 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 23 (54.76%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (45.24%) Incident Response
5 15 (35.71%) Security Posture
6 14 (33.33%) Security Operations
6 14 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (33.33%) Risk Management
7 13 (30.95%) SIEM
8 12 (28.57%) Degree
8 12 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (28.57%) Microsoft
9 11 (26.19%) CISSP
10 10 (23.81%) Azure
11 9 (21.43%) Mentoring
11 9 (21.43%) CISM
11 9 (21.43%) Firewall
11 9 (21.43%) Risk Assessment
11 9 (21.43%) Security Operations Centre
12 8 (19.05%) Due Diligence
12 8 (19.05%) Coaching
13 7 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (16.67%) Computer Science
13 7 (16.67%) Incident Management
13 7 (16.67%) Agile
13 7 (16.67%) Management Information System
13 7 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
14 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
14 6 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
14 6 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree

Security 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.76%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (23.81%) Azure
2 6 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (11.90%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (9.52%) AWS
5 2 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.76%) SaaS
6 1 (2.38%) GCP
6 1 (2.38%) IaaS
6 1 (2.38%) PaaS
6 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.43%) Firewall
2 6 (14.29%) Network Security
3 2 (4.76%) VPN
4 1 (2.38%) Internet
4 1 (2.38%) LAN
4 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.38%) Metasploit
General
1 24 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Legal
3 5 (11.90%) Finance
4 1 (2.38%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.38%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 15 (35.71%) Security Posture
2 9 (21.43%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (16.67%) Management Information System
4 6 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (7.14%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (7.14%) Cyberattack
6 2 (4.76%) Cloud Native
6 2 (4.76%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.38%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.29%) Windows
2 4 (9.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (66.67%) Information Security
2 23 (54.76%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (45.24%) Incident Response
4 14 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 14 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 13 (30.95%) SIEM
6 12 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (21.43%) Mentoring
7 9 (21.43%) Risk Assessment
8 8 (19.05%) Coaching
8 8 (19.05%) Due Diligence
9 7 (16.67%) Agile
9 7 (16.67%) Computer Science
9 7 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
9 7 (16.67%) Incident Management
10 6 (14.29%) OWASP
10 6 (14.29%) Quantitative Risk Management
10 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) R
2 4 (9.52%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (4.76%) Bash
3 2 (4.76%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.76%) Python
3 2 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (28.57%) Degree
2 11 (26.19%) CISSP
3 9 (21.43%) CISM
4 6 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (14.29%) CRISC
4 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 5 (11.90%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
6 4 (9.52%) CEH
6 4 (9.52%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (7.14%) GCIH
8 2 (4.76%) CCDA
8 2 (4.76%) CCNA
8 2 (4.76%) CCNP
8 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared
8 2 (4.76%) MCSD
8 2 (4.76%) MCSE
8 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (14.29%) PCI DSS
2 6 (14.29%) SOC 2
3 4 (9.52%) GDPR
3 4 (9.52%) GRC
4 3 (7.14%) NIST
4 3 (7.14%) SLA
5 2 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (4.76%) ISO 9001
5 2 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Nessus
2 1 (2.38%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (2.38%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.14%) Tenable
3 2 (4.76%) Cisco
4 1 (2.38%) ArcSight
4 1 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.38%) Darktrace
4 1 (2.38%) IBM
4 1 (2.38%) McAfee
4 1 (2.38%) Splunk
4 1 (2.38%) VMware