Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 624 702 811
Rank change year-on-year +78 +109 +201
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 82 199 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.20% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.21% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 68 175 138
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £37,203
25th Percentile £52,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,067
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +5.63% +9.61%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £63,438
90th Percentile £92,500 £77,500 £79,300
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,375 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +8.75% +17.65% -5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 49,511 93,886 92,389
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 94.63% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 27,626 67,255 58,266
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
England +53 75 £60,000 +9.09% 47
UK excluding London +92 36 £54,375 +8.75% 32
London +77 32 £75,000 +27.66% 25
Work from Home +115 24 £55,000 - 34
South East +83 10 £51,750 -23.33% 17
Scotland +115 6 £55,000 +10.00% 3
East of England +35 6 £47,500 -5.00% 5
South West +76 5 £55,000 -15.38% 1
North of England +35 5 £46,000 +8.24% 5
North West -5 5 £46,000 +22.67% 1
Midlands +62 4 £50,000 +6.38% 3
West Midlands +60 4 £50,000 +36.05% 2

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Cybersecurity 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 featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 82 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 55 (67.07%) SIEM
3 46 (56.10%) Incident Response
4 42 (51.22%) Firewall
5 41 (50.00%) Information Security
6 36 (43.90%) Windows
6 36 (43.90%) Vulnerability Management
7 29 (35.37%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (35.37%) Security Operations
8 27 (32.93%) NIST
8 27 (32.93%) Azure
9 23 (28.05%) Degree
9 23 (28.05%) CISSP
9 23 (28.05%) Analytical Skills
10 22 (26.83%) Microsoft
11 21 (25.61%) VMware
11 21 (25.61%) Azure Sentinel
12 20 (24.39%) Social Skills
12 20 (24.39%) CISM
12 20 (24.39%) Microsoft 365
13 19 (23.17%) Security Posture
14 18 (21.95%) Linux
15 17 (20.73%) Intrusion Detection
15 17 (20.73%) CompTIA Security+
16 16 (19.51%) Cyber Threat
16 16 (19.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
17 15 (18.29%) Network Security
17 15 (18.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
17 15 (18.29%) Finance
17 15 (18.29%) Data Loss Prevention

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (6.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.44%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 27 (32.93%) Azure
2 21 (25.61%) Azure Sentinel
3 20 (24.39%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (6.10%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (4.88%) AWS
6 2 (2.44%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.44%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.44%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.22%) Azure Stack
7 1 (1.22%) GCP
7 1 (1.22%) IaaS
7 1 (1.22%) PaaS
7 1 (1.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (51.22%) Firewall
2 17 (20.73%) Intrusion Detection
3 15 (18.29%) Network Security
4 9 (10.98%) DNS
5 8 (9.76%) Wireshark
6 6 (7.32%) TCP/IP
7 4 (4.88%) DHCP
7 4 (4.88%) NGFW
8 3 (3.66%) VPN
9 2 (2.44%) HTTP
9 2 (2.44%) LAN
9 2 (2.44%) SMTP
9 2 (2.44%) VLAN
9 2 (2.44%) WAN
9 2 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (1.22%) Internet
10 1 (1.22%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (8.54%) Burp Suite
2 2 (2.44%) Bitbucket
2 2 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 23 (28.05%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 15 (18.29%) Finance
4 11 (13.41%) Banking
5 3 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.66%) Legal
6 2 (2.44%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.44%) Military
6 2 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.44%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.22%) Aviation
7 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.44%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 19 (23.17%) Security Posture
2 16 (19.51%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (13.41%) Management Information System
4 9 (10.98%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (6.10%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (6.10%) Cyberattack
6 3 (3.66%) CSOC
6 3 (3.66%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (3.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.44%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (2.44%) Insider Threat
7 2 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.22%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.22%) PKI
8 1 (1.22%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 36 (43.90%) Windows
2 18 (21.95%) Linux
3 5 (6.10%) Windows 10
3 5 (6.10%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 55 (67.07%) SIEM
3 46 (56.10%) Incident Response
4 41 (50.00%) Information Security
5 36 (43.90%) Vulnerability Management
6 29 (35.37%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (35.37%) Security Operations
7 15 (18.29%) Data Loss Prevention
7 15 (18.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 13 (15.85%) Security Monitoring
9 12 (14.63%) Penetration Testing
9 12 (14.63%) Project Delivery
10 11 (13.41%) Application Security
10 11 (13.41%) Regulatory Compliance
11 9 (10.98%) Task Automation
12 8 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (9.76%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 8 (9.76%) Data Security
12 8 (9.76%) Incident Management
12 8 (9.76%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.76%) PowerShell
2 7 (8.54%) Kusto Query Language
3 6 (7.32%) Bash
3 6 (7.32%) Python
4 2 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (28.05%) CISSP
1 23 (28.05%) Degree
2 20 (24.39%) CISM
3 17 (20.73%) CompTIA Security+
4 14 (17.07%) GCIH
5 10 (12.20%) Security Cleared
6 9 (10.98%) CEH
7 8 (9.76%) GCIA
7 8 (9.76%) SC Cleared
8 7 (8.54%) GCFA
8 7 (8.54%) SSCP
9 6 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (6.10%) CCSP
10 5 (6.10%) CISA
10 5 (6.10%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (6.10%) OSCP
11 4 (4.88%) DV Cleared
12 2 (2.44%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (2.44%) DBS Check
12 2 (2.44%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (32.93%) NIST
2 16 (19.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (17.07%) GDPR
4 7 (8.54%) Accessibility
5 6 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (7.32%) NCSC
6 5 (6.10%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.22%) GRC
8 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.22%) QA
System Software
1 11 (13.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.22%) Snort
2 1 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (15.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.32%) CSIRT
3 4 (4.88%) CASB
4 2 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (26.83%) Microsoft
2 21 (25.61%) VMware
3 14 (17.07%) Tenable
4 5 (6.10%) LogRhythm
4 5 (6.10%) Splunk
5 4 (4.88%) Qualys
6 3 (3.66%) ArcSight
6 3 (3.66%) CheckPoint
7 2 (2.44%) Atlassian
7 2 (2.44%) Symantec
8 1 (1.22%) Exabeam