Security Analyst Jobs in Southampton

Security Analyst
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Security Analyst salary in Southampton is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 73 72
Rank change year-on-year +38 -1 +38
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 5 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 1.47% 0.46% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 0.47% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £58,250 - £46,500
25th Percentile £59,375 £42,547 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,172 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.49% -27.43% +52.94%
75th Percentile £64,375 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £64,750 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £52,750 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.48% +16.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 335 845 715
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.53% 97.24% 93.10%
Number of salaries quoted 260 715 566
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,600 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% -3.85% -0.95%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Southampton

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in Southampton.

Salary trend for Security Analyst in Southampton

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 10 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 Southampton region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Information Security
1 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Zero Trust
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (40.00%) Wealth Management
2 2 (40.00%) CISM
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (20.00%) CEH
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Information Security
1 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Wealth Management
2 2 (40.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
3 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) CISM
3 1 (20.00%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft