Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in the South West

Cybersecurity Analyst
England > South West

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the South West is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 254 263 289
Rank change year-on-year +9 +26 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 37 5 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.40% 0.071% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.080% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 35 5 8
10th Percentile - - £39,825
25th Percentile £45,000 £28,000 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £47,500 £55,575
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -14.53% +38.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £55,000 £67,263
90th Percentile £72,500 £59,500 £73,225
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +2.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 8,796 6,256 7,645
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 89.28% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,444 3,885 5,118
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the South West

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the South West

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the South West

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Bristol +27 22 £70,000 +150.00% 1
Dorset - 10 £45,000 - 1
Gloucestershire -18 5 £65,000 +30.00%
Cybersecurity Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 West region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (45.95%) SIEM
3 16 (43.24%) Security Operations
4 13 (35.14%) Vulnerability Management
4 13 (35.14%) CISSP
4 13 (35.14%) CompTIA CySA+
4 13 (35.14%) Cloud Security
5 12 (32.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (32.43%) Firewall
5 12 (32.43%) Law
5 12 (32.43%) Degree
5 12 (32.43%) Information Security
5 12 (32.43%) Security Architecture
6 11 (29.73%) NIST
7 10 (27.03%) Master's Degree
7 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
8 9 (24.32%) E-Commerce
8 9 (24.32%) Data Protection
8 9 (24.32%) PCI DSS
8 9 (24.32%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (24.32%) Retail
8 9 (24.32%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 9 (24.32%) Security Operations Centre
8 9 (24.32%) Data Loss Prevention
8 9 (24.32%) GDPR
8 9 (24.32%) Network Monitoring
8 9 (24.32%) CASB
9 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
9 6 (16.22%) CompTIA Security+

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (10.81%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) AWS
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (32.43%) Firewall
2 3 (8.11%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 12 (32.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 12 (32.43%) Law
2 9 (24.32%) Retail
3 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 9 (24.32%) Data Protection Act
1 9 (24.32%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (13.51%) Cyber Security Posture
3 3 (8.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (5.41%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.70%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.81%) Windows
1 4 (10.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (45.95%) SIEM
3 16 (43.24%) Security Operations
4 13 (35.14%) Cloud Security
4 13 (35.14%) Vulnerability Management
5 12 (32.43%) Information Security
5 12 (32.43%) Security Architecture
6 9 (24.32%) Data Loss Prevention
6 9 (24.32%) Data Protection
6 9 (24.32%) E-Commerce
6 9 (24.32%) Network Monitoring
6 9 (24.32%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (13.51%) Incident Response
8 5 (13.51%) Risk Management
9 3 (8.11%) DDoS Mitigation
9 3 (8.11%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (8.11%) Runbook
9 3 (8.11%) Security Monitoring
10 2 (5.41%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 13 (35.14%) CISSP
1 13 (35.14%) CompTIA CySA+
2 12 (32.43%) Degree
3 10 (27.03%) Master's Degree
4 6 (16.22%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
5 4 (10.81%) CEH
5 4 (10.81%) GIAC
6 3 (8.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (8.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 3 (8.11%) CCSP
6 3 (8.11%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (5.41%) GSEC
7 2 (5.41%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (29.73%) NIST
2 9 (24.32%) GDPR
2 9 (24.32%) PCI DSS
3 2 (5.41%) SOC 2
4 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (24.32%) CASB
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) Splunk