Senior Analyst Job Trends in the South East

Senior Analyst
England > South East

The median Senior Analyst salary in the South East is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 224 162
Rank change year-on-year +43 -62 +87
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 131 70 260
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.83% 0.81% 1.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.92% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 63 38 107
10th Percentile £32,750 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,000 £42,000 £43,269
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,938 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £69,125 £68,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 15,033 7,636 15,947
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.61% 88.86% 94.19%
Number of salaries quoted 10,636 4,245 11,429
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Senior Analyst job vacancy trend in the South East

Senior Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Senior Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Analyst in the South East

Senior 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 Senior Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 July 2026. 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
Surrey +18 47 £55,000 +29.41% 4
Hampshire -22 42 £50,000 +13.64% 7
Thames Valley +25 34 £57,500 -8.00% 13
Buckinghamshire -4 17 £52,500 -14.29% 7
Berkshire +16 16 £57,500 -8.00% 4
East Sussex -7 4 - -
West Sussex - 2 £50,000 -
Oxfordshire -9 1 £80,000 +68.42% 2
Kent -35 1 - - 1
Senior Analyst
England

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 July 2026, Senior Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 47 (35.88%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (25.19%) Security Operations
3 31 (23.66%) Firewall
3 31 (23.66%) Palo Alto
3 31 (23.66%) Qualys
3 31 (23.66%) Vulnerability Management
3 31 (23.66%) Wi-Fi
4 29 (22.14%) Aruba
4 29 (22.14%) Cisco
5 28 (21.37%) Cisco Nexus
5 28 (21.37%) SIEM
6 27 (20.61%) Data Security
7 26 (19.85%) Incident Management
7 26 (19.85%) Network Load Balancing
8 25 (19.08%) Penetration Testing
9 20 (15.27%) LAN
9 20 (15.27%) WAN
10 16 (12.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (12.21%) Decision-Making
11 15 (11.45%) Agile
11 15 (11.45%) Microsoft Excel
11 15 (11.45%) Threat Detection
12 13 (9.92%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (9.92%) SQL
13 12 (9.16%) BCP
13 12 (9.16%) Business Analysis
13 12 (9.16%) Business Continuity
13 12 (9.16%) Business Continuity Planning
13 12 (9.16%) Disaster Recovery
13 12 (9.16%) Mentoring

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (5.34%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.82%) IIS
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (11.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.53%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.53%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 12 (9.16%) Power Platform
2 10 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (4.58%) PowerApps
4 3 (2.29%) Azure
4 3 (2.29%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.53%) SaaS
6 1 (0.76%) dbt
6 1 (0.76%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 31 (23.66%) Firewall
1 31 (23.66%) Wi-Fi
2 28 (21.37%) Cisco Nexus
3 20 (15.27%) LAN
3 20 (15.27%) WAN
4 11 (8.40%) Internet
5 5 (3.82%) VPN
6 4 (3.05%) Network Security
6 4 (3.05%) NGFW
6 4 (3.05%) Wireless
7 1 (0.76%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.16%) Power BI
2 5 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (3.05%) Tableau
4 2 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.53%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (1.53%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.76%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.76%) Metadata
5 1 (0.76%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.76%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (6.87%) JIRA
2 3 (2.29%) Selenium
3 2 (1.53%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.76%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.76%) Git
4 1 (0.76%) HP UFT
4 1 (0.76%) JUnit
4 1 (0.76%) TestNG
4 1 (0.76%) WebDriver
General
1 26 (19.85%) Finance
2 20 (15.27%) Social Skills
3 13 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (3.82%) Banking
5 5 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.53%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.53%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.76%) Games
7 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Law
7 1 (0.76%) Legal
7 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.82%) Gherkin
2 1 (0.76%) .NET
2 1 (0.76%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.16%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (6.11%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.34%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (4.58%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (3.82%) Client/Server
6 4 (3.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (2.29%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.76%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.76%) CSOC
9 1 (0.76%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.76%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.58%) Windows
2 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (35.88%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (25.19%) Security Operations
3 31 (23.66%) Vulnerability Management
4 28 (21.37%) SIEM
5 27 (20.61%) Data Security
6 26 (19.85%) Incident Management
6 26 (19.85%) Network Load Balancing
7 25 (19.08%) Penetration Testing
8 16 (12.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (12.21%) Decision-Making
9 15 (11.45%) Agile
9 15 (11.45%) Threat Detection
10 13 (9.92%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (9.16%) BCP
11 12 (9.16%) Business Analysis
11 12 (9.16%) Business Continuity
11 12 (9.16%) Business Continuity Planning
11 12 (9.16%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (9.16%) Requirements Gathering
11 12 (9.16%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.92%) SQL
2 10 (7.63%) Python
3 6 (4.58%) VBA
4 2 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.53%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.76%) Groovy
5 1 (0.76%) Java
5 1 (0.76%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.76%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (9.16%) Security Cleared
2 10 (7.63%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.87%) Degree
4 6 (4.58%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.29%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.53%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.76%) ACCA
7 1 (0.76%) CFA
7 1 (0.76%) CIMA
7 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.76%) GIAC
7 1 (0.76%) ISEB
7 1 (0.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.76%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.82%) Data Quality
1 5 (3.82%) SLA
2 3 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.29%) QA
2 3 (2.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.53%) GDPR
3 2 (1.53%) PMO
4 1 (0.76%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (4.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.29%) QRadar
2 1 (0.76%) Autotask
2 1 (0.76%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.76%) Kibana
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (23.66%) Palo Alto
1 31 (23.66%) Qualys
2 29 (22.14%) Aruba
2 29 (22.14%) Cisco
3 12 (9.16%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.82%) Citrix
5 4 (3.05%) Splunk
6 3 (2.29%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.29%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.76%) Informatica