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 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 618 703
Rank change year-on-year +441 +85 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 1,133 63 187
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.15% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 172 55 158
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,350 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £69,350 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

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 92,640 44,062 96,051
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 89.87% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 63,517 25,939 68,728
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 +393 1,026 £50,000 - 33
England +415 990 £55,000 - 31
North of England +194 282 £50,000 +3.09% 10
Midlands +142 235 £50,000 +26.58% 5
South East +139 205 £47,500 -12.84% 7
Yorkshire +96 152 £35,000 -9.09% 4
East Midlands +83 147 £50,000 +33.33% 1
South West +43 113 £45,000 -18.18% 2
London +57 97 £70,000 +21.74% 7
North West - 97 £50,000 - 6
West Midlands +67 88 £35,000 -30.00% 4
East of England +50 69 £60,000 +26.32% 1
Scotland +63 64 - - 1
Work from Home +23 63 £50,000 -8.26% 9
Wales - 52 £46,250 - 7
North East -18 33 £46,500 -15.45% 1
Northern Ireland - 16 - -
Isle of Man - 3 £45,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 11 July 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 1,133 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 963 (85.00%) Microsoft
3 921 (81.29%) CompTIA Security+
4 907 (80.05%) Azure
5 903 (79.70%) Mentoring
6 898 (79.26%) CompTIA CySA+
7 883 (77.93%) Azure Certification
8 881 (77.76%) ForeScout
9 96 (8.47%) SIEM
10 86 (7.59%) Incident Response
11 82 (7.24%) Security Operations
12 59 (5.21%) Vulnerability Management
13 57 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 54 (4.77%) NIST
15 51 (4.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 46 (4.06%) Security Cleared
17 45 (3.97%) Information Security
17 45 (3.97%) SC Cleared
18 43 (3.80%) Continuous Improvement
19 39 (3.44%) Firewall
19 39 (3.44%) Problem-Solving
20 36 (3.18%) Threat Intelligence
21 34 (3.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
21 34 (3.00%) Linux
22 33 (2.91%) Cloud Security
23 31 (2.74%) Vulnerability Assessment
24 30 (2.65%) Penetration Testing
25 27 (2.38%) Python
25 27 (2.38%) Windows
26 26 (2.29%) Qualys

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 (0.088%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.088%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 907 (80.05%) Azure
2 23 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
4 14 (1.24%) Power Platform
5 13 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (0.97%) AWS
7 6 (0.53%) Entra ID
8 5 (0.44%) Cloudflare
8 5 (0.44%) GCP
9 4 (0.35%) Mimecast
10 3 (0.26%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.088%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.088%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.088%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.088%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.44%) Firewall
2 25 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
3 23 (2.03%) Cisco Nexus
4 19 (1.68%) LAN
4 19 (1.68%) WAN
5 15 (1.32%) Network Security
6 12 (1.06%) Internet
7 7 (0.62%) DNS
7 7 (0.62%) SSL
8 4 (0.35%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.26%) NGFW
9 3 (0.26%) Wireless
10 1 (0.088%) DKIM
10 1 (0.088%) DMARC
10 1 (0.088%) SCCP
10 1 (0.088%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.24%) Power BI
2 4 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (0.35%) Burp Suite
General
1 944 (83.32%) Social Skills
2 65 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (1.68%) Aviation
3 19 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (1.59%) Finance
5 17 (1.50%) Retail
6 13 (1.15%) Law
7 10 (0.88%) Public Sector
8 4 (0.35%) Aerospace
8 4 (0.35%) Banking
9 3 (0.26%) Financial Institution
9 3 (0.26%) Games
10 2 (0.18%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.088%) Advertising
11 1 (0.088%) Legal
11 1 (0.088%) Military
11 1 (0.088%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 52 (4.59%) Security Posture
2 39 (3.44%) Cyber Defence
3 33 (2.91%) Security Operations Centre
4 21 (1.85%) CSOC
5 20 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (0.79%) Operational Technology
7 8 (0.71%) Management Information System
7 8 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (0.53%) Data Centre
9 5 (0.44%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.35%) Cyberattack
10 4 (0.35%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.35%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.26%) Cyber Security Posture
12 2 (0.18%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.18%) Cloud Security Posture
12 2 (0.18%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 34 (3.00%) Linux
2 27 (2.38%) Windows
3 4 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.088%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,133 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 903 (79.70%) Mentoring
3 96 (8.47%) SIEM
4 86 (7.59%) Incident Response
5 82 (7.24%) Security Operations
6 59 (5.21%) Vulnerability Management
7 51 (4.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 45 (3.97%) Information Security
9 43 (3.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 39 (3.44%) Problem-Solving
11 36 (3.18%) Threat Intelligence
12 34 (3.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 33 (2.91%) Cloud Security
14 31 (2.74%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 30 (2.65%) Penetration Testing
16 26 (2.29%) Threat Detection
17 24 (2.12%) SOAR
18 23 (2.03%) Root Cause Analysis
18 23 (2.03%) Security Monitoring
19 22 (1.94%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 27 (2.38%) Python
2 25 (2.21%) PowerShell
3 20 (1.77%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (0.35%) Bash
5 2 (0.18%) C#
5 2 (0.18%) Go
5 2 (0.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 921 (81.29%) CompTIA Security+
2 898 (79.26%) CompTIA CySA+
3 883 (77.93%) Azure Certification
4 46 (4.06%) Security Cleared
5 45 (3.97%) SC Cleared
6 25 (2.21%) Degree
7 23 (2.03%) CISSP
8 22 (1.94%) GIAC
9 17 (1.50%) SSCP
10 16 (1.41%) SANS
11 14 (1.24%) CISM
12 7 (0.62%) GCIA
13 6 (0.53%) CEH
13 6 (0.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 5 (0.44%) CISA
14 5 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 4 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.35%) GCFA
15 4 (0.35%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (4.77%) NIST
3 18 (1.59%) GRC
4 14 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (1.24%) GDPR
5 11 (0.97%) PCI DSS
6 8 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (0.62%) NCSC
8 4 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 4 (0.35%) NIST 800
8 4 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.26%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.18%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.18%) SLA
11 1 (0.088%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.088%) IASME
System Software
1 7 (0.62%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.088%) Docker
2 1 (0.088%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.088%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (0.44%) CSIRT
1 5 (0.44%) Graylog
2 2 (0.18%) QRadar
3 1 (0.088%) Ansible
3 1 (0.088%) Kibana
3 1 (0.088%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.088%) SCCM
3 1 (0.088%) Terraform
Vendors
1 963 (85.00%) Microsoft
2 881 (77.76%) ForeScout
3 26 (2.29%) Qualys
4 25 (2.21%) Palo Alto
5 24 (2.12%) Cisco
6 23 (2.03%) Aruba
7 7 (0.62%) Tanium
8 5 (0.44%) VMware
9 4 (0.35%) Google
9 4 (0.35%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.26%) Rapid7
10 3 (0.26%) Splunk
10 3 (0.26%) Tenable
11 2 (0.18%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.18%) Zscaler
12 1 (0.088%) CyberArk
12 1 (0.088%) Netskope
12 1 (0.088%) Proofpoint
12 1 (0.088%) Salesforce