Principal Security Analyst Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Principal Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Principal Security Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 567 -
Rank change year-on-year +58 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Security Analyst 2 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.013% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.014% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 - -

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 37,941 35,613 26,716
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 93.47% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 23,032 17,911 20,287
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,160
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Principal Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Principal Security Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Principal Security Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Principal Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Principal Security Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Principal Security Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Principal 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 Principal Security Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
West Midlands +29 2 £65,000 - 1
Midlands +12 2 £65,000 - 1
Principal Security Analyst
UK

Principal Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, Principal Security Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Principal Security Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Trend Analysis

Principal Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Law
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Trend Analysis