Security Analyst Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 October 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 442 380
Rank change year-on-year +213 -62 -74
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 643 108 269
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.74% 0.31% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.35% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 276 87 154
10th Percentile £31,900 £36,250 £38,880
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £65,100 £65,175
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +3.19%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 80,366 31,085 50,041
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 89.49% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 55,521 17,305 27,963
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £39,235
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -7.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £54,824 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.71% -0.32% -8.33%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Security Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

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 Security Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 October 2026. 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
North of England +93 179 £52,500 +16.67% 88
South East +68 161 £55,000 +1.85% 52
Midlands +48 139 £52,500 +16.67% 35
North West +52 96 £50,000 +11.11% 60
East Midlands +42 93 £55,000 +46.67% 22
Yorkshire +24 74 £55,000 +38.36% 17
South West -19 59 £57,500 +27.78% 20
East of England +12 52 £42,250 -11.05% 13
West Midlands -16 46 £50,000 +1.52% 13
Wales -42 24 £45,000 +8.43% 3
Scotland +17 23 £65,000 +15.04% 34
Northern Ireland - 12 - - 6
North East -55 9 - - 11
Security Analyst
UK

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 October 2026, 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 Security Analyst in the job title.

1 484 (75.27%) Cybersecurity
2 288 (44.79%) Microsoft
3 248 (38.57%) Azure
4 245 (38.10%) CompTIA CySA+
5 242 (37.64%) CompTIA Security+
6 241 (37.48%) Mentoring
7 216 (33.59%) Azure Certification
7 216 (33.59%) ForeScout
8 123 (19.13%) SIEM
9 119 (18.51%) Information Security
9 119 (18.51%) Security Operations
10 102 (15.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 94 (14.62%) Incident Response
12 93 (14.46%) Vulnerability Management
13 73 (11.35%) Security Cleared
14 56 (8.71%) Problem-Solving
15 50 (7.78%) SC Cleared
16 49 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
16 49 (7.62%) Firewall
17 46 (7.15%) Threat Detection
18 44 (6.84%) NIST
19 42 (6.53%) AWS
20 38 (5.91%) Degree
21 37 (5.75%) Incident Management
22 36 (5.60%) Vulnerability Remediation
23 35 (5.44%) Windows
24 34 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
25 33 (5.13%) Cisco
26 32 (4.98%) Cyber Essentials
27 31 (4.82%) Data Security

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (0.47%) IIS
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 248 (38.57%) Azure
2 42 (6.53%) AWS
3 34 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (3.58%) Mimecast
5 21 (3.27%) Azure Sentinel
6 20 (3.11%) Entra ID
7 15 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (0.93%) Cloudflare
9 5 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (0.78%) Power Platform
9 5 (0.78%) SaaS
10 2 (0.31%) Akamai
10 2 (0.31%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.16%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.16%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 49 (7.62%) Firewall
2 26 (4.04%) Wi-Fi
3 23 (3.58%) Cisco Nexus
4 22 (3.42%) WAN
5 21 (3.27%) LAN
6 18 (2.80%) Network Security
7 14 (2.18%) Internet
8 9 (1.40%) DNS
9 8 (1.24%) HTTP
9 8 (1.24%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (1.24%) NGFW
9 8 (1.24%) SSL
10 5 (0.78%) Wireless
11 2 (0.31%) Broadband
11 2 (0.31%) VPN
12 1 (0.16%) DKIM
12 1 (0.16%) DMARC
12 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.78%) Power BI
General
1 285 (44.32%) Social Skills
2 60 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (5.75%) Finance
4 22 (3.42%) Public Sector
5 15 (2.33%) Aerospace
5 15 (2.33%) Law
6 11 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (1.40%) Automotive
7 9 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (0.78%) Retail
9 4 (0.62%) Legal
10 3 (0.47%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.47%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.47%) Marketing
11 2 (0.31%) Aviation
11 2 (0.31%) Back Office
11 2 (0.31%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
1 4 (0.62%) ModSecurity
2 3 (0.47%) JSON
3 2 (0.31%) LDAP
3 2 (0.31%) Regular Expression
3 2 (0.31%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 64 (9.95%) Security Posture
2 48 (7.47%) Cyber Threat
3 24 (3.73%) Security Operations Centre
4 15 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.02%) CSOC
6 10 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.40%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (1.24%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.24%) Operational Technology
9 6 (0.93%) Cyberattack
10 5 (0.78%) Online Gambling
11 4 (0.62%) CESG
11 4 (0.62%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.62%) SCADA
11 4 (0.62%) Social Media
12 3 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.47%) Blog
12 3 (0.47%) Life Science
12 3 (0.47%) Video\Live Streaming
13 2 (0.31%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 35 (5.44%) Windows
2 24 (3.73%) Linux
3 5 (0.78%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.31%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 484 (75.27%) Cybersecurity
2 241 (37.48%) Mentoring
3 123 (19.13%) SIEM
4 119 (18.51%) Information Security
4 119 (18.51%) Security Operations
5 94 (14.62%) Incident Response
6 93 (14.46%) Vulnerability Management
7 56 (8.71%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (7.15%) Threat Detection
10 37 (5.75%) Incident Management
11 36 (5.60%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 31 (4.82%) Data Security
13 30 (4.67%) Penetration Testing
14 27 (4.20%) Risk Management
15 26 (4.04%) Cloud Security
16 25 (3.89%) Vulnerability Scanning
17 24 (3.73%) Disaster Recovery
18 22 (3.42%) Vulnerability Assessment
19 21 (3.27%) Network Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 25 (3.89%) Python
2 23 (3.58%) PowerShell
3 20 (3.11%) Kusto Query Language
4 5 (0.78%) C#
5 4 (0.62%) Bash
6 3 (0.47%) Java
6 3 (0.47%) Objective-C
7 2 (0.31%) Go
8 1 (0.16%) R
8 1 (0.16%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 245 (38.10%) CompTIA CySA+
2 242 (37.64%) CompTIA Security+
3 216 (33.59%) Azure Certification
4 73 (11.35%) Security Cleared
5 50 (7.78%) SC Cleared
6 38 (5.91%) Degree
7 27 (4.20%) CISSP
8 23 (3.58%) DV Cleared
9 18 (2.80%) CISM
10 14 (2.18%) SANS
11 8 (1.24%) SSCP
12 6 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.78%) GCIH
13 5 (0.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 4 (0.62%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.62%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.47%) GCIA
15 3 (0.47%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (15.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (6.84%) NIST
3 32 (4.98%) Cyber Essentials
4 26 (4.04%) GDPR
5 19 (2.95%) PCI DSS
6 16 (2.49%) GRC
7 14 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (1.24%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.62%) NCSC
9 4 (0.62%) QA
9 4 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.47%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.47%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.31%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.16%) IASME
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 18 (2.80%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.31%) NFS
2 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.93%) Graylog
3 5 (0.78%) QRadar
4 4 (0.62%) Nessus
5 3 (0.47%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.31%) Kibana
7 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 288 (44.79%) Microsoft
2 216 (33.59%) ForeScout
3 33 (5.13%) Cisco
4 31 (4.82%) Palo Alto
5 30 (4.67%) Qualys
6 24 (3.73%) Aruba
7 14 (2.18%) Splunk
8 8 (1.24%) Tanium
9 6 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (0.78%) Darktrace
10 5 (0.78%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.62%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.62%) VMware
12 2 (0.31%) AlienVault
12 2 (0.31%) LogRhythm
12 2 (0.31%) Meraki
12 2 (0.31%) RedGate
13 1 (0.16%) Google
13 1 (0.16%) Rapid7
13 1 (0.16%) Zscaler