Senior Security Analyst Job Trends in the South East

Senior Security Analyst
England > South East

The median Senior Security Analyst salary in the South East is £66,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 286 294
Rank change year-on-year +27 +8 +113
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 14 10 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.14% 0.11% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.12% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 14 6 2
10th Percentile £60,375 £60,000 £66,875
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,625 £69,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £65,000 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -14.75% +17.31%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £84,688
90th Percentile £85,000 - £88,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,520
% change year-on-year - -0.79% +4.83%

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 9,525 8,164 8,390
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 91.12% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 5,943 4,286 6,046
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,750 £28,925
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,911 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Senior Security Analyst job vacancy trend in the South East

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram 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 13 January 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
Thames Valley - 7 £70,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 5 £70,000 -
Kent - 5 £65,000 -
Berkshire - 2 £85,000 -
Hampshire +19 1 £47,000 -27.69%
Senior Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Senior Security 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 Security Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Azure
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 8 (57.14%) Azure Sentinel
2 8 (57.14%) Tenable
2 8 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (42.86%) Cloud Security
3 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 6 (42.86%) Information Security
3 6 (42.86%) Security Operations
4 4 (28.57%) CISSP
4 4 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
4 4 (28.57%) GRC
4 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (28.57%) Nessus
4 4 (28.57%) NIST
4 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (21.43%) CGEIT
5 3 (21.43%) CRISC
5 3 (21.43%) GDPR
5 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
5 3 (21.43%) SAP
5 3 (21.43%) SAP GRC
5 3 (21.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
5 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 2 (14.29%) SIEM

Senior Security 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 9 (64.29%) Azure
2 8 (57.14%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
2 6 (42.86%) Cloud Security
2 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (42.86%) Incident Response
2 6 (42.86%) Information Security
2 6 (42.86%) Security Operations
3 4 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 2 (14.29%) SIEM
5 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (7.14%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (7.14%) Threat Analysis
6 1 (7.14%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 1 (7.14%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Bash
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CISSP
2 3 (21.43%) CGEIT
2 3 (21.43%) CRISC
3 1 (7.14%) CEH
3 1 (7.14%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) GRC
1 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (28.57%) NIST
2 3 (21.43%) GDPR
2 3 (21.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 8 (57.14%) Tenable
3 3 (21.43%) SAP
3 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.14%) Splunk