Security Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 384 441 426
Rank change year-on-year +57 -15 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 201 348 340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.50% 0.49% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.51% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 75 309 249
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,929 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +2.15% +3.33%
75th Percentile £59,750 £58,000 £55,122
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £64,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% +5.00% -4.76%

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 36,142 67,932 52,599
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.86% 89.20%
Number of salaries quoted 18,697 47,996 30,020
10th Percentile £26,987 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,320 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.37% -12.50% -

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst 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 19 May 2025.

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 19 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 +116 102 £44,810 -5.66% 17
West Midlands +80 68 £44,810 +6.69% 7
South East +47 42 £51,750 +3.50% 51
East Midlands +36 34 £46,250 -11.90% 10
North of England -38 21 £57,500 +27.78% 30
North West -48 15 £55,000 +22.22% 16
Scotland +104 14 £55,000 +13.39% 22
South West +66 11 £47,500 -13.64% 8
East of England +30 10 £47,500 - 17
Yorkshire +45 6 £57,500 - 10
Wales +37 1 £55,000 +33.33%
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, 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 Security Analyst in the job title.

1 155 (77.11%) Cybersecurity
2 143 (71.14%) Information Security
3 127 (63.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 120 (59.70%) NIST
5 117 (58.21%) Risk Management
6 110 (54.73%) CISSP
7 105 (52.24%) Degree
8 103 (51.24%) CISM
9 92 (45.77%) Security Testing
10 88 (43.78%) Cyber Resilience
11 87 (43.28%) BPSS Clearance
11 87 (43.28%) CESG Certified Professional
11 87 (43.28%) JSP 440
11 87 (43.28%) RMADS
11 87 (43.28%) Project Management
12 43 (21.39%) Social Skills
12 43 (21.39%) Incident Response
13 32 (15.92%) Microsoft
14 30 (14.93%) SIEM
15 29 (14.43%) Security Operations
15 29 (14.43%) Firewall
15 29 (14.43%) Security Posture
16 25 (12.44%) Azure
17 24 (11.94%) Vulnerability Management
17 24 (11.94%) Management Information System
18 23 (11.44%) Risk Assessment
18 23 (11.44%) Analytical Skills
19 21 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
19 21 (10.45%) Incident Management
20 20 (9.95%) Stakeholder Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.00%) IBM Domino
3 1 (0.50%) Confluence
3 1 (0.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) SAP GRC
1 1 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (12.44%) Azure
2 14 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (5.47%) AWS
4 9 (4.48%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.49%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.49%) GCP
7 3 (1.49%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.49%) SaaS
8 1 (0.50%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.50%) Datadog
8 1 (0.50%) IaaS
8 1 (0.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (14.43%) Firewall
2 15 (7.46%) Network Security
3 9 (4.48%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.48%) DNS
5 6 (2.99%) VPN
6 5 (2.49%) DHCP
6 5 (2.49%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (2.49%) NGFW
7 4 (1.99%) LAN
7 4 (1.99%) WAN
8 3 (1.49%) HTTP
8 3 (1.49%) SMTP
9 2 (1.00%) Internet
9 2 (1.00%) VLAN
9 2 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.50%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.00%) GitLab
1 2 (1.00%) JIRA
2 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.50%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.50%) Metasploit
General
1 43 (21.39%) Social Skills
2 23 (11.44%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (9.45%) Finance
4 12 (5.97%) Legal
5 6 (2.99%) Retail
6 3 (1.49%) Aerospace
6 3 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (1.49%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.00%) Police
7 2 (1.00%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.50%) Advertising
8 1 (0.50%) Automotive
8 1 (0.50%) Aviation
8 1 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.50%) Law
8 1 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.50%) EDI
1 1 (0.50%) LDAP
1 1 (0.50%) Regular Expression
1 1 (0.50%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.43%) Security Posture
2 24 (11.94%) Management Information System
3 15 (7.46%) Security Operations Centre
4 12 (5.97%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.49%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (2.49%) Cyberattack
5 5 (2.49%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.49%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.00%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (1.00%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.00%) Insider Threat
7 2 (1.00%) SCADA
7 2 (1.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.50%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.50%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.50%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.96%) Windows
2 8 (3.98%) Linux
3 2 (1.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (77.11%) Cybersecurity
2 143 (71.14%) Information Security
3 117 (58.21%) Risk Management
4 92 (45.77%) Security Testing
5 88 (43.78%) Cyber Resilience
6 87 (43.28%) Project Management
7 43 (21.39%) Incident Response
8 30 (14.93%) SIEM
9 29 (14.43%) Security Operations
10 24 (11.94%) Vulnerability Management
11 23 (11.44%) Risk Assessment
12 21 (10.45%) Incident Management
12 21 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
13 20 (9.95%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (8.96%) Regulatory Compliance
15 13 (6.47%) Computer Science
16 12 (5.97%) Mentoring
17 11 (5.47%) Coaching
18 10 (4.98%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.48%) Kusto Query Language
2 6 (2.99%) R
3 4 (1.99%) SQL
4 3 (1.49%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.49%) Python
5 2 (1.00%) Bash
6 1 (0.50%) C#
6 1 (0.50%) C++
6 1 (0.50%) Go
6 1 (0.50%) Java
6 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.50%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 110 (54.73%) CISSP
2 105 (52.24%) Degree
3 103 (51.24%) CISM
4 87 (43.28%) BPSS Clearance
4 87 (43.28%) CESG Certified Professional
5 13 (6.47%) Security Cleared
6 9 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (3.98%) CEH
7 8 (3.98%) SC Cleared
8 7 (3.48%) DV Cleared
9 6 (2.99%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (2.99%) CRISC
10 4 (1.99%) CISA
10 4 (1.99%) CompTIA CySA+
10 4 (1.99%) GCIH
11 3 (1.49%) CCSK
11 3 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.49%) GCIA
11 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (63.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 120 (59.70%) NIST
3 87 (43.28%) JSP 440
3 87 (43.28%) RMADS
4 15 (7.46%) GDPR
5 13 (6.47%) GRC
5 13 (6.47%) PCI DSS
6 7 (3.48%) Accessibility
7 6 (2.99%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (1.49%) NCSC
10 3 (1.49%) SLA
11 2 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (1.00%) ISO 9001
11 2 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (1.00%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.50%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.50%) QA
System Software
1 11 (5.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.50%) Snort
2 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.49%) Nessus
1 3 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.00%) QRadar
3 1 (0.50%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.50%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 32 (15.92%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.49%) Splunk
3 4 (1.99%) Qualys
4 3 (1.49%) Tenable
5 2 (1.00%) ArcSight
5 2 (1.00%) Cisco
5 2 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.00%) SAP
6 1 (0.50%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.50%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.50%) IBM
6 1 (0.50%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.50%) McAfee
6 1 (0.50%) Symantec
6 1 (0.50%) VMware