Cybersecurity Analyst Job Trends

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the UK is £54,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 October 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 607 583 606
Rank change year-on-year -24 +23 +307
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 64 165 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.24% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.25% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 55 111 130
10th Percentile £33,400 £38,880 £39,475
25th Percentile £40,750 £45,750 £47,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +18.23%
75th Percentile £65,750 £68,750 £65,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £77,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% -13.79% +24.73%

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 43,999 66,430 54,180
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.87% 95.35% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 25,900 38,038 41,924
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,390 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.22% -4.76% -

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 18 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Top 16 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 18 October 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 +24 60 £54,000 -10.00% 47
UK excluding London +18 40 £53,000 +6.00% 34
London +14 21 £57,000 -12.31% 17
Work from Home +24 20 £52,500 -19.23% 31
South East +25 12 £57,750 -3.75% 11
North of England +3 10 £50,500 -8.18% 17
Midlands +39 9 £37,500 -21.05% 3
Yorkshire +10 6 £39,750 -38.85% 3
East Midlands +7 5 £37,500 -21.05%
West Midlands +54 4 £54,000 - 3
South West +46 3 - - 2
Scotland -6 3 £56,500 +2.73% 1
North East +11 2 £55,000 - 1
North West +5 2 £59,250 +28.11% 13
East of England 0 2 £47,500 +5.56% 3
Wales +10 1 £41,500 +2.15%

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

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, 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 64 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (56.25%) Incident Response
3 34 (53.13%) SIEM
4 28 (43.75%) Security Operations
5 20 (31.25%) Firewall
6 18 (28.13%) Microsoft
7 17 (26.56%) Azure
8 16 (25.00%) Information Security
9 15 (23.44%) Security Cleared
10 14 (21.88%) SC Cleared
11 13 (20.31%) Degree
11 13 (20.31%) Vulnerability Management
12 12 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 12 (18.75%) Windows
13 11 (17.19%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 11 (17.19%) Intrusion Detection
13 11 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
13 11 (17.19%) Threat Intelligence
14 10 (15.63%) NIST
14 10 (15.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 9 (14.06%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (14.06%) CompTIA Security+
15 9 (14.06%) Incident Management
15 9 (14.06%) Mentoring
16 8 (12.50%) CISSP
16 8 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
16 8 (12.50%) Network Security
16 8 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
16 8 (12.50%) Threat Detection
16 8 (12.50%) Use Case

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 17 (26.56%) Azure
2 9 (14.06%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.69%) AWS
5 2 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.13%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.56%) GCP
6 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (31.25%) Firewall
2 11 (17.19%) Intrusion Detection
3 8 (12.50%) Network Security
4 2 (3.13%) DHCP
4 2 (3.13%) DNS
4 2 (3.13%) NGFW
4 2 (3.13%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.56%) Broadband
5 1 (1.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
General
1 27 (42.19%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.31%) Finance
3 12 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.25%) Financial Institution
4 4 (6.25%) Law
5 3 (4.69%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 24 (37.50%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (14.06%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (14.06%) Security Posture
3 5 (7.81%) Insider Threat
4 3 (4.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.69%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (4.69%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.69%) Operational Technology
4 3 (4.69%) PKI
4 3 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (3.13%) SCADA
6 1 (1.56%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.56%) PMI
6 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.56%) Smart Energy
6 1 (1.56%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 12 (18.75%) Windows
2 7 (10.94%) Linux
3 1 (1.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (56.25%) Incident Response
3 34 (53.13%) SIEM
4 28 (43.75%) Security Operations
5 16 (25.00%) Information Security
6 13 (20.31%) Vulnerability Management
7 11 (17.19%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 11 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (17.19%) Threat Intelligence
8 10 (15.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 9 (14.06%) Incident Management
9 9 (14.06%) Mentoring
10 8 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
10 8 (12.50%) Threat Detection
10 8 (12.50%) Use Case
11 7 (10.94%) Computer Science
11 7 (10.94%) Open Source
12 6 (9.38%) Data Protection
12 6 (9.38%) Event Correlation
12 6 (9.38%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.94%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (3.13%) Bash
2 2 (3.13%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (23.44%) Security Cleared
2 14 (21.88%) SC Cleared
3 13 (20.31%) Degree
4 9 (14.06%) CompTIA Security+
5 8 (12.50%) CISSP
6 6 (9.38%) DV Cleared
7 5 (7.81%) CISM
7 5 (7.81%) CompTIA CySA+
8 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (4.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (4.69%) GSEC
10 2 (3.13%) CEH
10 2 (3.13%) CGEIT
10 2 (3.13%) CRISC
10 2 (3.13%) GCIH
11 1 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (1.56%) CISA
11 1 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (1.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (15.63%) NIST
3 6 (9.38%) GDPR
4 5 (7.81%) GRC
5 4 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
7 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.56%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (10.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (7.81%) CSIRT
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.56%) Nmap
3 1 (1.56%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 18 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.38%) ArcSight
2 6 (9.38%) Splunk
3 4 (6.25%) Tenable
4 3 (4.69%) VMware
5 2 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (3.13%) SAP
5 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.56%) AlienVault
6 1 (1.56%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.56%) Meraki
6 1 (1.56%) Qualys
6 1 (1.56%) Zscaler