IT Security Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Security Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 734 703 755
Rank change year-on-year -31 +52 -148
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 24 61 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.034% 0.098% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 24 39 86
10th Percentile £31,175 £32,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -31.67% +41.18%
75th Percentile - £51,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £44,147 £58,000
% change year-on-year +24.59% -23.89% +28.89%

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 66,438 55,416 67,544
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.30% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,143 31,373 42,828
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,368
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,725 £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 £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

IT Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IT Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Security 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 IT Security Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 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 -12 11 £45,000 +1.60% 2
South East +17 6 £42,000 -20.00%
West Midlands +13 3 £30,000 -29.41%
Midlands +2 3 £30,000 -29.41%
North of England +38 2 £38,750 -3.13% 1
Scotland -59 2 £43,750 - 1
North West +11 1 £37,500 - 1
North East - 1 £40,000 -
IT Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, IT 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Security Analyst in the job title.

1 21 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (79.17%) Microsoft
3 18 (75.00%) Information Security
4 17 (70.83%) SIEM
5 16 (66.67%) Security Operations
6 14 (58.33%) Degree
7 13 (54.17%) Vulnerability Management
8 11 (45.83%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 11 (45.83%) Network Monitoring
8 11 (45.83%) CISSP
8 11 (45.83%) Security Operations Centre
8 11 (45.83%) CASB
8 11 (45.83%) NIST
8 11 (45.83%) CompTIA CySA+
8 11 (45.83%) Cloud Security
9 10 (41.67%) Master's Degree
9 10 (41.67%) Retail
10 9 (37.50%) Data Protection
10 9 (37.50%) PCI DSS
10 9 (37.50%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (37.50%) E-Commerce
10 9 (37.50%) Data Loss Prevention
10 9 (37.50%) GDPR
11 8 (33.33%) Management Information System
11 8 (33.33%) Azure
12 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
13 6 (25.00%) Banking
14 5 (20.83%) Windows
14 5 (20.83%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 5 (20.83%) Threat Intelligence

IT Security 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (12.50%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) Firewall
2 3 (12.50%) LAN
2 3 (12.50%) Network Security
2 3 (12.50%) WAN
2 3 (12.50%) Wireless
3 1 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 10 (41.67%) Retail
2 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 6 (25.00%) Banking
4 3 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Law
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 11 (45.83%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (37.50%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (33.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.17%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (75.00%) Information Security
3 17 (70.83%) SIEM
4 16 (66.67%) Security Operations
5 13 (54.17%) Vulnerability Management
6 11 (45.83%) Cloud Security
6 11 (45.83%) Network Monitoring
6 11 (45.83%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 9 (37.50%) Data Loss Prevention
7 9 (37.50%) Data Protection
7 9 (37.50%) E-Commerce
8 5 (20.83%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 5 (20.83%) Threat Intelligence
9 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (12.50%) Creative Thinking
10 3 (12.50%) Customer Service
10 3 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
10 3 (12.50%) Incident Response
10 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
10 3 (12.50%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 14 (58.33%) Degree
2 11 (45.83%) CISSP
2 11 (45.83%) CompTIA CySA+
3 10 (41.67%) Master's Degree
4 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (12.50%) AWS Certification
5 3 (12.50%) Azure Certification
5 3 (12.50%) MCP
6 2 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (4.17%) MCSE
7 1 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (45.83%) NIST
2 9 (37.50%) GDPR
2 9 (37.50%) PCI DSS
3 3 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 11 (45.83%) CASB
Vendors
1 19 (79.17%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Citrix
2 1 (4.17%) ConnectWise
2 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
2 1 (4.17%) Rapid7