Senior Security Analyst Jobs in the South East

Senior Security Analyst
England > South East

The median Senior Security Analyst salary in the South East is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 382 396
Rank change year-on-year +82 +14 +81
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 7 15 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.074% 0.087% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.092% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 1
10th Percentile £51,750 - -
25th Percentile £54,375 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% +30.43%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile - £91,250 -
England median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.86% +40.00% -4.76%

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 8,226 16,296 12,776
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.93% 94.07% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,393 11,638 8,088
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,250 £36,250 £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 £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in the South East

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Analyst in the South East

Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 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 - 3 - -
Kent +36 2 £55,000 -4.35% 7
Thames Valley - 2 £62,500 - 6
Berkshire - 2 £62,500 - 6
Senior Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (85.71%) Security Operations
2 4 (57.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (57.14%) Incident Response
2 4 (57.14%) SIEM
2 4 (57.14%) Information Security
3 3 (42.86%) Firewall
3 3 (42.86%) VPN
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 3 (42.86%) Network Security
3 3 (42.86%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (28.57%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (28.57%) Privileged Access Management
4 2 (28.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Azure
4 2 (28.57%) CCSP
4 2 (28.57%) CISSP
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (28.57%) CISM
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) GCIA
5 1 (14.29%) GCIH
5 1 (14.29%) Aerospace

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
1 3 (42.86%) Network Security
1 3 (42.86%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (85.71%) Security Operations
2 4 (57.14%) Incident Response
2 4 (57.14%) Information Security
2 4 (57.14%) SIEM
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 2 (28.57%) Privileged Access Management
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 1 (14.29%) Coaching
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (28.57%) CCSP
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) GCIA
3 1 (14.29%) GCIH
3 1 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (14.29%) OSCP
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
1 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk