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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 691 703 824
Rank change year-on-year +12 +121 -163
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 67 47 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.094% 0.079% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.089% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 57 32 28
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,500 £41,383
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £43,250
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 67,966 52,773 69,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 89.23% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 47,979 30,132 42,817
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 20 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 20 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 +2 27 £70,000 +58.04% 1
South East +26 15 £67,500 - 2
Midlands -2 9 £52,500 -4.55% 1
East Midlands -12 7 £52,500 -
North of England +22 6 £53,750 +7.50% 4
Scotland -68 6 £50,000 -4.76% 2
North West -7 5 £50,000 - 1
East of England +7 4 £38,750 -13.89%
West Midlands +12 2 £52,500 -4.55% 1
Yorkshire +75 1 £63,500 +27.00% 3
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 20 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 50 (74.63%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (44.78%) Information Security
3 25 (37.31%) SIEM
4 23 (34.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 23 (34.33%) Microsoft
5 21 (31.34%) Azure
6 19 (28.36%) Security Operations
6 19 (28.36%) Cloud Security
7 16 (23.88%) CISSP
7 16 (23.88%) Incident Response
8 14 (20.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (20.90%) Security Architecture
9 12 (17.91%) Firewall
10 11 (16.42%) Finance
10 11 (16.42%) Law
10 11 (16.42%) CompTIA Security+
10 11 (16.42%) GDPR
10 11 (16.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (14.93%) CompTIA CySA+
11 10 (14.93%) Security Operations Centre
11 10 (14.93%) NIST
11 10 (14.93%) Degree
12 9 (13.43%) PCI DSS
12 9 (13.43%) Risk Management
12 9 (13.43%) Windows
12 9 (13.43%) Data Loss Prevention
12 9 (13.43%) Mentoring
12 9 (13.43%) Security Posture
13 8 (11.94%) Network Monitoring
13 8 (11.94%) Master's Degree

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 21 (31.34%) Azure
2 6 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.97%) 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 11 (16.42%) Finance
1 11 (16.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 11 (16.42%) Law
2 8 (11.94%) Retail
3 3 (4.48%) Banking
3 3 (4.48%) Marketing
3 3 (4.48%) Social Skills
4 2 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
5 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 9 (13.43%) Windows
2 4 (5.97%) Linux
3 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (74.63%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (44.78%) Information Security
3 25 (37.31%) SIEM
4 23 (34.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 19 (28.36%) Cloud Security
5 19 (28.36%) Security Operations
6 16 (23.88%) Incident Response
7 14 (20.90%) Security Architecture
8 9 (13.43%) Data Loss Prevention
8 9 (13.43%) Mentoring
8 9 (13.43%) Risk Management
9 8 (11.94%) Data Protection
9 8 (11.94%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (11.94%) Network Monitoring
10 7 (10.45%) E-Commerce
10 7 (10.45%) ERD
10 7 (10.45%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 5 (7.46%) Business Continuity
11 5 (7.46%) Malware Detection/Protection
11 5 (7.46%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 16 (23.88%) CISSP
2 11 (16.42%) CompTIA Security+
3 10 (14.93%) CompTIA CySA+
3 10 (14.93%) Degree
4 8 (11.94%) CISM
4 8 (11.94%) Master's Degree
5 4 (5.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (5.97%) CCSP
5 4 (5.97%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.97%) SSCP
6 3 (4.48%) CEH
6 3 (4.48%) GIAC
7 2 (2.99%) CISA
8 1 (1.49%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (20.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (16.42%) GDPR
3 10 (14.93%) NIST
4 9 (13.43%) PCI DSS
5 6 (8.96%) GRC
6 4 (5.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (5.97%) ISO 22301
7 2 (2.99%) COBIT
8 1 (1.49%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (10.45%) CASB
2 3 (4.48%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (34.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.45%) CrowdStrike
2 7 (10.45%) Proofpoint
2 7 (10.45%) Rapid7
3 4 (5.97%) Cisco