Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the Thames Valley is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 243 254
Rank change year-on-year +68 +11 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 2 2 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.065% 0.030% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.031% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58,750 £46,250 £37,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £40,975
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% +15.92% -4.71%
75th Percentile £66,250 £48,750 £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £51,750 £71,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year -27.37% +58.33% -2.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,533 6,358 5,507
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.00% 94.68% 89.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,274 4,519 3,207
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,954
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,375 £37,481
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 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
Berkshire +48 2 £62,500 - 3
Cybersecurity Analyst
South East

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (50.00%) CCSP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft