Security Analyst Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Security Analyst salary in the Thames Valley is £46,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 218 249
Rank change year-on-year +50 +31 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 11 25 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.32% 0.37% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.39% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 4 23 11
10th Percentile £41,625 £35,500 -
25th Percentile £42,188 £41,250 £37,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +10.59% +13.33%
75th Percentile £53,125 - £46,250
90th Percentile £61,000 £48,500 £55,500
South East median annual salary £51,750 £50,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year +3.50% +2.56% -2.50%

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 2,840 6,366 5,349
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.70% 94.69% 89.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,275 4,464 3,144
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,375 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £64,813 £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% -

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the Thames Valley

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the Thames Valley

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the Thames Valley

Security 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 Security Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Buckinghamshire +40 7 £47,500 +8.57%
Berkshire +20 3 £52,500 +11.70% 8
Oxfordshire +33 1 £45,000 +60.71% 3
Security Analyst
South East

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 12 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 Thames Valley region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Security Operations
1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (63.64%) ITIL
2 7 (63.64%) Information Security
3 6 (54.55%) IBM Domino
3 6 (54.55%) PCI DSS
3 6 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (54.55%) CompTIA CySA+
3 6 (54.55%) GRC
4 3 (27.27%) Incident Response
4 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
5 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (18.18%) Firewall
5 2 (18.18%) SIEM
5 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
5 2 (18.18%) Network Security
5 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
6 1 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (9.09%) Tenable
6 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
6 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
6 1 (9.09%) Network Monitoring
6 1 (9.09%) Data Visualisation

Security 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (54.55%) IBM Domino
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) LAN
2 1 (9.09%) VPN
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
General
1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Security Operations
2 7 (63.64%) Information Security
2 7 (63.64%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (27.27%) Incident Response
4 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
4 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (18.18%) SIEM
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 1 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (9.09%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Incident Management
5 1 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (9.09%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Security Patching
5 1 (9.09%) Visualisation
5 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (9.09%) CCSP
2 1 (9.09%) CEH
2 1 (9.09%) CISA
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (9.09%) CISM
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) GRC
1 6 (54.55%) PCI DSS
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (9.09%) Tenable
2 1 (9.09%) VMware