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 leading to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 563 737 705
Rank change year-on-year +174 -32 +60
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 7 22 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.018% 0.031% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.032% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7 22 42
10th Percentile £43,015 £29,850 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,358 £40,313 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year - +6.51% -29.58%
75th Percentile £46,880 - £52,500
90th Percentile £48,600 £49,500 £58,250
UK median annual salary £45,500 £55,000 £44,293
% change year-on-year -17.27% +24.17% -23.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 35,007 68,127 52,446
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 94.86% 89.18%
Number of salaries quoted 17,566 48,111 29,896
10th Percentile £26,875 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,438
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -6.43% +6.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

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
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 23 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
Midlands +73 4 £44,905 +49.68% 2
West Midlands +69 4 £44,905 +49.68% 2
South East +91 2 £45,000 +7.14%
South West +95 1 £45,000 -
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 23 May 2025, 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 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) Information Security
2 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (42.86%) Security Posture
3 2 (28.57%) Network Security
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (28.57%) Police
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 2 (28.57%) ITSM
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) MCSD
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
3 2 (28.57%) MCSE
3 2 (28.57%) ISO 9001
3 2 (28.57%) SLA
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) CCNP
3 2 (28.57%) CCNA
3 2 (28.57%) CCDA

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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
General
1 2 (28.57%) Police
1 2 (28.57%) Retail
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Advertising
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Security Posture
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Information Security
2 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) ITSM
2 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
2 2 (28.57%) Service Management
2 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 1 (14.29%) Culture Change
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CCDA
1 2 (28.57%) CCNA
1 2 (28.57%) CCNP
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (28.57%) MCSD
1 2 (28.57%) MCSE
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) ISO 9001
2 2 (28.57%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft