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 to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 692 702 814
Rank change year-on-year +10 +112 -155
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 67 48 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.094% 0.080% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.090% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 59 32 31
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £44,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £55,000 £56,250
90th Percentile - £57,500 £63,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year +40.00% -5.86% -3.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 67,288 53,426 67,910
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.15% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 47,613 30,415 42,495
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 May 2024. 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 West +6 29 £70,000 +58.04% 1
South East +24 15 £67,500 -
Midlands -11 9 £52,500 -4.55%
East Midlands -9 7 £52,500 -
North of England +33 5 £50,000 - 3
Scotland -63 5 £50,000 -4.76% 3
East of England +19 4 £38,750 -13.89% 1
North West -4 4 £50,000 - 1
West Midlands -2 2 £52,500 -4.55%
Yorkshire +81 1 £47,500 -5.00% 2
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 10 May 2024, 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 52 (77.61%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (44.78%) Information Security
3 25 (37.31%) SIEM
4 24 (35.82%) Vulnerability Management
5 22 (32.84%) Azure
5 22 (32.84%) Microsoft
6 19 (28.36%) Security Operations
6 19 (28.36%) Cloud Security
7 17 (25.37%) Incident Response
8 15 (22.39%) CISSP
8 15 (22.39%) Security Architecture
9 12 (17.91%) GDPR
9 12 (17.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (17.91%) Law
9 12 (17.91%) Firewall
10 11 (16.42%) Finance
10 11 (16.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 11 (16.42%) NIST
10 11 (16.42%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (14.93%) Security Operations Centre
11 10 (14.93%) CompTIA CySA+
11 10 (14.93%) Mentoring
11 10 (14.93%) Degree
11 10 (14.93%) Windows
12 9 (13.43%) Risk Management
12 9 (13.43%) PCI DSS
12 9 (13.43%) Data Loss Prevention
12 9 (13.43%) Security Posture
13 8 (11.94%) Master's Degree
13 8 (11.94%) Network Monitoring

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 22 (32.84%) Azure
2 7 (10.45%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.48%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.99%) AWS
4 2 (2.99%) IaaS
4 2 (2.99%) PaaS
4 2 (2.99%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.99%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (17.91%) Firewall
2 2 (2.99%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (2.99%) VoIP
3 1 (1.49%) 5G
3 1 (1.49%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) Power BI
General
1 12 (17.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 12 (17.91%) Law
2 11 (16.42%) Finance
3 8 (11.94%) Retail
4 4 (5.97%) Social Skills
5 3 (4.48%) Banking
5 3 (4.48%) Marketing
6 2 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Legal
7 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.93%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (13.43%) Security Posture
3 7 (10.45%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (5.97%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.99%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (2.99%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.93%) Windows
2 4 (5.97%) Linux
2 4 (5.97%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (77.61%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (44.78%) Information Security
3 25 (37.31%) SIEM
4 24 (35.82%) Vulnerability Management
5 19 (28.36%) Cloud Security
5 19 (28.36%) Security Operations
6 17 (25.37%) Incident Response
7 15 (22.39%) Security Architecture
8 10 (14.93%) Mentoring
9 9 (13.43%) Data Loss Prevention
9 9 (13.43%) Risk Management
10 8 (11.94%) Data Protection
10 8 (11.94%) Network Monitoring
11 7 (10.45%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (10.45%) E-Commerce
11 7 (10.45%) ERD
11 7 (10.45%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 5 (7.46%) Malware Detection/Protection
12 5 (7.46%) Stakeholder Management
13 4 (5.97%) Kalman Filter
Qualifications
1 15 (22.39%) CISSP
2 11 (16.42%) CompTIA Security+
3 10 (14.93%) CompTIA CySA+
3 10 (14.93%) Degree
4 8 (11.94%) Master's Degree
5 7 (10.45%) CISM
6 4 (5.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (5.97%) CCSP
6 4 (5.97%) CEH
6 4 (5.97%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (5.97%) GIAC
7 3 (4.48%) SSCP
8 2 (2.99%) CISA
8 2 (2.99%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.91%) GDPR
2 11 (16.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (16.42%) NIST
3 9 (13.43%) PCI DSS
4 6 (8.96%) GRC
5 5 (7.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (4.48%) ISO 22301
7 2 (2.99%) COBIT
8 1 (1.49%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.99%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (10.45%) CASB
2 3 (4.48%) CSIRT
3 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (32.84%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.45%) CrowdStrike
2 7 (10.45%) Proofpoint
2 7 (10.45%) Rapid7
3 4 (5.97%) Cisco