Senior Security Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Security Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 554 698 709
Rank change year-on-year +144 +11 +133
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 17 67 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.044% 0.091% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.096% 0.096%
Number of salaries quoted 11 56 34
10th Percentile £46,750 £45,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,125 £70,000 £55,938
90th Percentile £66,250 - £61,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.86% +40.00% -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 35,130 69,905 52,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.92% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,680 49,398 29,909
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
South East +82 7 £62,500 -7.41% 10
North of England +40 5 £57,500 +6.98% 6
Yorkshire +64 3 £57,500 -9.45% 1
Midlands +54 3 £46,750 -10.95% 2
West Midlands +64 2 £46,750 -10.95% 1
North West -2 2 £55,000 +10.00% 5
Scotland +119 1 - - 4
East of England +40 1 £65,000 +67.74%
East Midlands +33 1 - - 1
Senior Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Incident Response
1 11 (64.71%) Information Security
2 10 (58.82%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (41.18%) Security Operations
3 7 (41.18%) NIST
4 6 (35.29%) Network Security
4 6 (35.29%) Risk Assessment
4 6 (35.29%) Firewall
4 6 (35.29%) CISSP
5 5 (29.41%) CISM
5 5 (29.41%) SIEM
5 5 (29.41%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (29.41%) GRC
6 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
6 4 (23.53%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (23.53%) Incident Management
6 4 (23.53%) VPN
6 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
6 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
7 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
7 3 (17.65%) Degree
7 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
7 3 (17.65%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
7 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (17.65%) Security Posture

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) Firewall
1 6 (35.29%) Network Security
2 4 (23.53%) VPN
3 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.88%) Automotive
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.88%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
1 4 (23.53%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (17.65%) Security Posture
3 2 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (5.88%) Insider Threat
4 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Incident Response
1 11 (64.71%) Information Security
2 10 (58.82%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (41.18%) Security Operations
4 6 (35.29%) Risk Assessment
5 5 (29.41%) SIEM
5 5 (29.41%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (23.53%) Incident Management
6 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
6 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (17.65%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
7 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (11.76%) Coaching
8 2 (11.76%) ITIL
8 2 (11.76%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 2 (11.76%) Privileged Access Management
8 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (11.76%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) CISSP
2 5 (29.41%) CISM
3 3 (17.65%) Degree
4 2 (11.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (11.76%) CCSP
4 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (11.76%) GCIA
4 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
5 1 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
5 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
5 1 (5.88%) GCIH
5 1 (5.88%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (5.88%) OSCP
5 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.88%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (41.18%) NIST
2 5 (29.41%) GRC
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (5.88%) GDPR
3 1 (5.88%) PCI DSS
3 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Splunk
3 1 (5.88%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.88%) Qualys