Cybersecurity Analyst Job Trends

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 600 703
Rank change year-on-year +428 +103 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 1,109 68 193
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.19% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 0.17% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 150 57 166
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,150 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,438 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.05%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 87,667 39,868 102,544
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 89.44% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 60,134 22,590 73,956
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,501 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.54%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Top 18 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 16 June 2026. 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
UK excluding London +384 1,006 £50,000 - 79
England +396 970 £55,000 - 78
North of England +178 275 £50,000 +14.94% 16
Midlands +154 237 £50,000 +26.58% 6
South East +142 197 £45,000 -17.43% 26
Yorkshire +86 153 £35,000 -9.09% 4
East Midlands +84 146 £50,000 +33.33% 4
South West +45 110 £45,000 -18.18% 12
London +47 93 £70,000 +2.19% 9
West Midlands +65 91 £45,500 -9.00% 2
North West +90 89 £55,000 - 8
East of England +46 69 £60,000 +26.32% 13
Scotland +59 64 - - 3
Work from Home +39 60 £52,896 -2.94% 58
Wales - 48 - - 3
North East -12 33 £46,500 -11.43% 4
Northern Ireland - 16 - - 2
Isle of Man - 3 £45,000 -

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 June 2026, Cybersecurity 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 featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 1,109 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 952 (85.84%) Microsoft
3 915 (82.51%) CompTIA Security+
4 902 (81.33%) Azure
4 902 (81.33%) Mentoring
5 897 (80.88%) CompTIA CySA+
6 881 (79.44%) Azure Certification
6 881 (79.44%) ForeScout
7 79 (7.12%) Security Operations
8 77 (6.94%) SIEM
9 75 (6.76%) Incident Response
10 49 (4.42%) NIST
11 47 (4.24%) Security Cleared
12 44 (3.97%) SC Cleared
12 44 (3.97%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 43 (3.88%) Continuous Improvement
14 42 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 42 (3.79%) Vulnerability Management
15 35 (3.16%) Threat Intelligence
16 33 (2.98%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 33 (2.98%) Information Security
17 31 (2.80%) Firewall
17 31 (2.80%) Linux
18 30 (2.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
19 29 (2.61%) Cloud Security
20 28 (2.52%) Problem-Solving
21 27 (2.43%) Python
21 27 (2.43%) Root Cause Analysis
22 26 (2.34%) PowerShell
22 26 (2.34%) SOAR

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.090%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 902 (81.33%) Azure
2 22 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (1.80%) Microsoft Purview
4 14 (1.26%) Power Platform
5 13 (1.17%) AWS
6 11 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (0.54%) GCP
8 5 (0.45%) Cloudflare
8 5 (0.45%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.27%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.18%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.18%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.090%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.090%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.090%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.80%) Firewall
2 18 (1.62%) Network Security
3 17 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.44%) Cisco Nexus
5 12 (1.08%) LAN
5 12 (1.08%) WAN
6 8 (0.72%) Internet
7 7 (0.63%) DNS
7 7 (0.63%) SSL
8 3 (0.27%) NGFW
8 3 (0.27%) SCCP
9 1 (0.090%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.090%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.26%) Power BI
2 4 (0.36%) Tableau
General
1 935 (84.31%) Social Skills
2 62 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (2.07%) Aviation
4 21 (1.89%) Retail
5 19 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (1.44%) Finance
7 12 (1.08%) Law
8 6 (0.54%) Public Sector
9 4 (0.36%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.27%) Games
11 2 (0.18%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.18%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.090%) Legal
12 1 (0.090%) Military
12 1 (0.090%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 43 (3.88%) Security Posture
2 42 (3.79%) Cyber Defence
3 34 (3.07%) Security Operations Centre
4 21 (1.89%) CSOC
5 18 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (0.99%) Operational Technology
7 8 (0.72%) Management Information System
7 8 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (0.63%) Cloud Native
9 6 (0.54%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.45%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (0.36%) Cyberattack
11 4 (0.36%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.36%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.18%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.18%) SCADA
13 1 (0.090%) Cloud Security Posture
13 1 (0.090%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.80%) Linux
2 26 (2.34%) Windows
3 4 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,109 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 902 (81.33%) Mentoring
3 79 (7.12%) Security Operations
4 77 (6.94%) SIEM
5 75 (6.76%) Incident Response
6 44 (3.97%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 43 (3.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (3.79%) Vulnerability Management
9 35 (3.16%) Threat Intelligence
10 33 (2.98%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 33 (2.98%) Information Security
11 30 (2.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 29 (2.61%) Cloud Security
13 28 (2.52%) Problem-Solving
14 27 (2.43%) Root Cause Analysis
15 26 (2.34%) SOAR
16 24 (2.16%) Agile
16 24 (2.16%) Process Improvement
17 22 (1.98%) Patch Management
18 21 (1.89%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (2.43%) Python
2 26 (2.34%) PowerShell
3 15 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (0.36%) Bash
5 2 (0.18%) C#
5 2 (0.18%) Go
5 2 (0.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 915 (82.51%) CompTIA Security+
2 897 (80.88%) CompTIA CySA+
3 881 (79.44%) Azure Certification
4 47 (4.24%) Security Cleared
5 44 (3.97%) SC Cleared
6 22 (1.98%) CISSP
7 20 (1.80%) GIAC
8 17 (1.53%) Degree
8 17 (1.53%) SSCP
9 16 (1.44%) SANS
10 11 (0.99%) CISM
11 7 (0.63%) CEH
12 6 (0.54%) CISA
12 6 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (0.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 5 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.27%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (4.42%) NIST
2 42 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (1.71%) GRC
4 15 (1.35%) GDPR
5 11 (0.99%) PCI DSS
6 9 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.63%) NCSC
8 4 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 4 (0.36%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.27%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.18%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.18%) SLA
11 1 (0.090%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.090%) IASME
System Software
1 9 (0.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.27%) Docker
2 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (0.45%) CSIRT
1 5 (0.45%) Graylog
2 3 (0.27%) Ansible
2 3 (0.27%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.27%) SCCM
2 3 (0.27%) Terraform
3 1 (0.090%) Kibana
3 1 (0.090%) QRadar
Vendors
1 952 (85.84%) Microsoft
2 881 (79.44%) ForeScout
3 18 (1.62%) Palo Alto
3 18 (1.62%) Qualys
4 17 (1.53%) Cisco
5 16 (1.44%) Aruba
6 6 (0.54%) Google
7 4 (0.36%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.27%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.27%) Tenable
8 3 (0.27%) VMware
9 2 (0.18%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.18%) Splunk
9 2 (0.18%) Tanium
10 1 (0.090%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.090%) Proofpoint
10 1 (0.090%) Zscaler