Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 623 657 723
Rank change year-on-year +34 +66 -168
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 123 105 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.19% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 112 73 109
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,350 £31,430
25th Percentile £41,188 £38,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,945
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -2.06% +8.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £54,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £74,750 £67,500 £70,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 65,759 56,227 67,484
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.40% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 46,939 31,686 43,278
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,650 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
South West +17 36 £65,000 +33.33% 4
North of England +68 34 £42,500 -16.37% 5
South East +31 23 £75,000 +66.67% 9
Yorkshire +90 14 £55,000 -16.43% 2
North West +3 12 £37,500 -21.05% 3
East of England +21 11 £50,000 +17.65% 3
Scotland -55 10 £50,000 - 2
Midlands -6 8 £44,750 +5.29% 2
North East - 8 £42,500 -
West Midlands +26 5 £42,000 -4.00% 2
East Midlands -15 3 £52,500 +35.48%
Northern Ireland +22 1 - -
Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 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 UK excluding London region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 123 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (51.22%) SIEM
3 45 (36.59%) Azure
4 42 (34.15%) Firewall
4 42 (34.15%) Incident Response
5 38 (30.89%) Microsoft
6 35 (28.46%) Security Operations
6 35 (28.46%) Vulnerability Management
7 34 (27.64%) Information Security
8 31 (25.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 30 (24.39%) CISSP
10 29 (23.58%) NIST
10 29 (23.58%) Cloud Security
11 24 (19.51%) Social Skills
12 23 (18.70%) CompTIA Security+
12 23 (18.70%) Degree
12 23 (18.70%) Analytical Skills
13 21 (17.07%) Security Architecture
13 21 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
14 19 (15.45%) Law
14 19 (15.45%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 18 (14.63%) Windows
16 17 (13.82%) Cyber Essentials
17 15 (12.20%) Threat Intelligence
17 15 (12.20%) Security Operations Centre
17 15 (12.20%) Active Directory
17 15 (12.20%) Vulnerability Scanning
18 14 (11.38%) Risk Management
18 14 (11.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 13 (10.57%) GDPR

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (2.44%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 45 (36.59%) Azure
2 13 (10.57%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (6.50%) AWS
4 7 (5.69%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (5.69%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.88%) SaaS
6 3 (2.44%) IaaS
7 2 (1.63%) PaaS
8 1 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.81%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 42 (34.15%) Firewall
2 8 (6.50%) LAN
2 8 (6.50%) WAN
3 6 (4.88%) Network Security
4 4 (3.25%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (2.44%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.63%) VPN
General
1 24 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 23 (18.70%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (15.45%) Law
4 14 (11.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (8.94%) Finance
6 9 (7.32%) Retail
7 5 (4.07%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.44%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.44%) Banking
8 3 (2.44%) Marketing
9 2 (1.63%) Publishing
10 1 (0.81%) Police
10 1 (0.81%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.20%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (9.76%) Cyber Threat
2 12 (9.76%) Cyberattack
3 11 (8.94%) Management Information System
4 10 (8.13%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (5.69%) Operational Technology
6 6 (4.88%) IoT
7 5 (4.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (4.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 5 (4.07%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (2.44%) CSOC
8 3 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.63%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (14.63%) Windows
2 10 (8.13%) Windows Server
3 6 (4.88%) Linux
4 4 (3.25%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.81%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (51.22%) SIEM
3 42 (34.15%) Incident Response
4 35 (28.46%) Security Operations
4 35 (28.46%) Vulnerability Management
5 34 (27.64%) Information Security
6 29 (23.58%) Cloud Security
7 21 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (17.07%) Security Architecture
8 19 (15.45%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 15 (12.20%) Threat Intelligence
9 15 (12.20%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 14 (11.38%) Risk Management
11 13 (10.57%) Data Protection
12 12 (9.76%) Incident Management
12 12 (9.76%) Penetration Testing
12 12 (9.76%) Security Monitoring
13 11 (8.94%) Disaster Recovery
13 11 (8.94%) Kalman Filter
14 10 (8.13%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.25%) Python
2 2 (1.63%) Bash
2 2 (1.63%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.63%) SQL
3 1 (0.81%) C++
Qualifications
1 30 (24.39%) CISSP
2 23 (18.70%) CompTIA Security+
2 23 (18.70%) Degree
3 12 (9.76%) CompTIA CySA+
4 11 (8.94%) CEH
5 10 (8.13%) CISM
5 10 (8.13%) Security Cleared
6 9 (7.32%) CISA
6 9 (7.32%) Master's Degree
7 7 (5.69%) GIAC
7 7 (5.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 7 (5.69%) SSCP
8 5 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (3.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (3.25%) CCSP
9 4 (3.25%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (3.25%) SC Cleared
10 3 (2.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (2.44%) GSEC
11 2 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (25.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (23.58%) NIST
3 17 (13.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (10.57%) GDPR
5 12 (9.76%) PCI DSS
6 4 (3.25%) GRC
7 3 (2.44%) ISO 22301
7 3 (2.44%) NCSC
7 3 (2.44%) QA
8 2 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.63%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (12.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (6.50%) CASB
3 5 (4.07%) Nessus
4 4 (3.25%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.44%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 38 (30.89%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.07%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.25%) Intel
4 2 (1.63%) Facebook
4 2 (1.63%) Splunk
4 2 (1.63%) Sun
5 1 (0.81%) Darktrace