Security Operations Analyst Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Operations Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 546 523
Rank change year-on-year +37 -23 +244
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 6 21 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.056% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.060% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 14
10th Percentile £53,875 £41,625 £37,000
25th Percentile £57,813 £55,809 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £61,313 - £63,750
90th Percentile £63,675 - -
UK median annual salary £61,750 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.00% -3.85%

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 37,904 34,869 29,181
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 93.17% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 22,945 17,378 22,098
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Security Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Security Operations Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Security Operations 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 Operations Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
North of England +4 3 £63,500 -2.31%
Yorkshire -9 2 - -
East of England - 2 £60,000 - 1
West Midlands +26 1 £52,500 +21.39%
Midlands +23 1 £52,500 +21.39%
North West +23 1 £63,500 -
Security Operations Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Security Operations 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 Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) ISMS
3 2 (33.33%) Network Security
3 2 (33.33%) NIST
3 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Validation
3 2 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) AWS
4 1 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (16.67%) GDPR
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (16.67%) Patch Management

Security Operations 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Elasticsearch
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (66.67%) Operational Technology
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (33.33%) SCADA
3 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (16.67%) Smart Energy
4 1 (16.67%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) ISMS
2 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (16.67%) Security Management
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS