Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs

The median annual salary for a Cybersecurity Analyst was £55,000 in advertised job vacancies during the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Cybersecurity Analyst UK
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	794	836	921
Rank change year-on-year	+42	+85
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst	80	99	42
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.090%	0.10%	0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.094%	0.10%	0.040%
Number of salaries quoted	67	73	40
Median salary	£55,000	£50,000	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+10.00%	+11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than	£37,000	£26,500	£33,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£76,500	£57,500
UK excluding London median salary	£56,250	£50,000	£45,000
% change year-on-year	+12.50%	+11.11%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles UK
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	85316	94967	105722
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	95.94%	96.52%	96.57%
Number of salaries quoted	69638	80091	87142
Median salary	£47,000	£47,000	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+4.44%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£27,500	£26,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£70,000	£72,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+2.40%	+3.75%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised that featured Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Top 30 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 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+27	77	£55,000	+10.00%	12
London	+35	38	£55,000	-9.09%	6
South East	+27	22	£70,000	+27.27%	2
Oxfordshire	+2	14	£70,000	+16.66%
Banbury	-7	9	£70,000	+107.40%
South West	-11	7	£36,500	-27.00%	1
Bristol	-	7	£36,500	-	1
Berkshire	+30	5	£37,000	-26.00%
Uxbridge	-	5	£50,000	-
City of London	-	5	£57,500	-
Newbury	-	5	£37,000	-
Hampshire	+16	3	£70,000	+7.69%	2
North West	-35	3	£51,250	+28.12%
East Midlands	-	3	£82,500	-
Northamptonshire	-	3	£82,500	-
West Midlands	+12	2	£27,500	-40.54%	1
Yorkshire	+1	2	£55,000	+161.90%	1
Manchester	-32	2	£45,000	+12.50%
Basingstoke	+2	1	£60,000	-6.97%	1
Northampton	-	1	-	-
Cheshire	-	1	£57,500	-
Stoke-on-Trent	-	1	£27,500	-
Canary Wharf	-	1	£52,500	-
South Wales	-	1	£44,000	-
Birmingham	-	1	-	-
Staffordshire	-	1	£27,500	-
Cardiff	-	1	£44,000	-
Glasgow	-	1	-	-
Wales	-	1	£44,000	-
Scotland	-	1	-	-

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, Cybersecurity Analyst job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1	206 (100.00%)	Cybersecurity
2	89 (43.20%)	Firewall
3	83 (40.29%)	SIEM
4	75 (36.41%)	Information Security
5	70 (33.98%)	CISSP
6	68 (33.01%)	Windows
7	65 (31.55%)	Network Security
8	63 (30.58%)	SANS
9	62 (30.10%)	CISM
10	52 (25.24%)	Penetration Testing
11	50 (24.27%)	Security Operations
12	49 (23.79%)	Vulnerability Management
13	47 (22.82%)	ISO/IEC 27001
14	46 (22.33%)	Intrusion Detection
14	46 (22.33%)	Computer Science

15	45 (21.84%)	ITIL
16	44 (21.36%)	SQL
16	44 (21.36%)	GCIH
17	43 (20.87%)	GIAC
18	41 (19.90%)	GCIA
19	40 (19.42%)	Ethical Hacking
20	39 (18.93%)	TCP/IP
21	37 (17.96%)	Analytics
22	35 (16.99%)	Degree
22	35 (16.99%)	Finance
23	34 (16.50%)	Cisco
24	33 (16.02%)	Linux
24	33 (16.02%)	Computer Security
25	31 (15.05%)	Host Intrusion Detection System
26	30 (14.56%)	PCI DSS

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	1 (0.49%)	Elasticsearch
1	1 (0.49%)	MS Exchange

Cloud Services
1	4 (1.94%)	IaaS
1	4 (1.94%)	SaaS
2	1 (0.49%)	Amazon AWS
2	1 (0.49%)	Microsoft Azure
2	1 (0.49%)	PaaS

Communications & Networking
1	89 (43.20%)	Firewall
2	65 (31.55%)	Network Security
3	46 (22.33%)	Intrusion Detection
4	39 (18.93%)	TCP/IP
5	19 (9.22%)	HTTP
5	19 (9.22%)	VPN
6	17 (8.25%)	LAN
6	17 (8.25%)	WAN
7	15 (7.28%)	HTTPS
8	14 (6.80%)	DNS
8	14 (6.80%)	Internet
9	12 (5.83%)	Cisco ASA
9	12 (5.83%)	DHCP
10	8 (3.88%)	Software-Defined Networking
11	7 (3.40%)	Wireless
12	6 (2.91%)	SSL
13	4 (1.94%)	FTP
13	4 (1.94%)	SAN
13	4 (1.94%)	SSH
13	4 (1.94%)	Telnet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	6 (2.91%)	Big Data
2	1 (0.49%)	Maltego

Development Applications
1	2 (0.97%)	Sonatype Nexus

General
1	35 (16.99%)	Finance
2	30 (14.56%)	Legal
3	19 (9.22%)	Telecoms
4	16 (7.77%)	Banking
4	16 (7.77%)	Dutch Language
4	16 (7.77%)	French Language
4	16 (7.77%)	German Language
4	16 (7.77%)	Italian Language
4	16 (7.77%)	Spanish Language
5	7 (3.40%)	Military
6	5 (2.43%)	Automotive
6	5 (2.43%)	Marketing
7	2 (0.97%)	Retail
8	1 (0.49%)	Financial Institution
8	1 (0.49%)	Law
8	1 (0.49%)	Manufacturing

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	7 (3.40%)	HTML
2	6 (2.91%)	Web Services
3	2 (0.97%)	Middleware
4	1 (0.49%)	.NET
4	1 (0.49%)	ASP.NET
4	1 (0.49%)	Elastic Stack
4	1 (0.49%)	Velocity

Miscellaneous
1	46 (22.33%)	Computer Science
2	25 (12.14%)	Security Operations Centre
3	18 (8.74%)	Field-Programmable Gate Array
4	17 (8.25%)	Cyber Attack
5	16 (7.77%)	Analytical Skills
5	16 (7.77%)	Cyber Kill Chain
6	14 (6.80%)	Management Information System
7	13 (6.31%)	Smartphone
8	9 (4.37%)	Cyberthreat
9	8 (3.88%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
10	6 (2.91%)	Data Centre
11	3 (1.46%)	Fintech
11	3 (1.46%)	SCADA
12	2 (0.97%)	BYOD
12	2 (0.97%)	Data Protection Act
12	2 (0.97%)	Linux Command Line
12	2 (0.97%)	PKI
13	1 (0.49%)	Cyber Defence
13	1 (0.49%)	Public Cloud
13	1 (0.49%)	Virtual Team

Operating Systems
1	68 (33.01%)	Windows
2	33 (16.02%)	Linux
3	23 (11.17%)	Unix
4	20 (9.71%)	VxWorks
5	14 (6.80%)	Android
6	12 (5.83%)	Windows Server
7	8 (3.88%)	Windows Server 2003
7	8 (3.88%)	Windows Server 2008
8	5 (2.43%)	Windows 7
8	5 (2.43%)	Windows Server 2012
9	1 (0.49%)	Apple iOS

Processes & Methodologies
1	206 (100.00%)	Cybersecurity
2	83 (40.29%)	SIEM
3	75 (36.41%)	Information Security
4	52 (25.24%)	Penetration Testing
5	50 (24.27%)	Security Operations
6	49 (23.79%)	Vulnerability Management
7	45 (21.84%)	ITIL
8	40 (19.42%)	Ethical Hacking
9	37 (17.96%)	Analytics
10	33 (16.02%)	Computer Security
11	29 (14.08%)	Vulnerability Scanning
12	27 (13.11%)	Computer Forensics
13	25 (12.14%)	Cyber Threat Intelligence
13	25 (12.14%)	Malware Analysis
13	25 (12.14%)	Threat Intelligence
14	24 (11.65%)	Forensic Analysis
15	23 (11.17%)	E-Discovery
15	23 (11.17%)	Threat Detection
16	21 (10.19%)	Network Design
17	20 (9.71%)	Source Code Analysis

Programming Languages
1	44 (21.36%)	SQL
2	27 (13.11%)	Java
3	22 (10.68%)	C
4	21 (10.19%)	Python
5	20 (9.71%)	C++
6	8 (3.88%)	C#
6	8 (3.88%)	JavaScript
7	1 (0.49%)	PHP
7	1 (0.49%)	PowerShell

Qualifications
1	70 (33.98%)	CISSP
2	63 (30.58%)	SANS
3	62 (30.10%)	CISM
4	44 (21.36%)	GCIH
5	43 (20.87%)	GIAC
6	41 (19.90%)	GCIA
7	35 (16.99%)	Degree
8	28 (13.59%)	CNA
8	28 (13.59%)	Network+ Certification
8	28 (13.59%)	Novell Certification
9	27 (13.11%)	Security Cleared
10	23 (11.17%)	Computer Science Degree
11	22 (10.68%)	DV Cleared
12	18 (8.74%)	CCNP
12	18 (8.74%)	Cisco Certification
13	12 (5.83%)	CompTIA Security+
13	12 (5.83%)	CREST Certified
13	12 (5.83%)	Security+ Certification
14	10 (4.85%)	CEH
15	9 (4.37%)	CISA

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	47 (22.82%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	30 (14.56%)	PCI DSS
3	11 (5.34%)	NIST 800
4	9 (4.37%)	Cyber Essentials
5	5 (2.43%)	Cyber Essentials PLUS
5	5 (2.43%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6	4 (1.94%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
7	3 (1.46%)	SLA
8	1 (0.49%)	COBIT
8	1 (0.49%)	GDPR
8	1 (0.49%)	HMG Security Policy Framework

System Software
1	21 (10.19%)	Active Directory
2	16 (7.77%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	12 (5.83%)	vSphere
4	7 (3.40%)	VMware ESXi
5	6 (2.91%)	Virtual Machines
6	4 (1.94%)	Hyper-V
6	4 (1.94%)	Snort

Systems Management
1	31 (15.05%)	Host Intrusion Detection System
2	23 (11.17%)	CSIRT
3	6 (2.91%)	McAfee ePO
4	3 (1.46%)	Nessus
4	3 (1.46%)	Network Intrusion Detection System
5	2 (0.97%)	Computer Emergency Response Teams
6	1 (0.49%)	Computer Incident Response Team
6	1 (0.49%)	EnCase
6	1 (0.49%)	FTK
6	1 (0.49%)	QRadar
6	1 (0.49%)	RSA enVision

Vendors
1	34 (16.50%)	Cisco
2	22 (10.68%)	Sun
3	19 (9.22%)	CheckPoint
4	17 (8.25%)	Qualys
4	17 (8.25%)	Splunk
5	16 (7.77%)	ArcSight
5	16 (7.77%)	Microsoft
5	16 (7.77%)	VMware
6	14 (6.80%)	Dell
7	12 (5.83%)	Palo Alto
8	11 (5.34%)	FireEye
9	8 (3.88%)	McAfee
9	8 (3.88%)	SonicWALL
10	7 (3.40%)	Blue Coat
11	4 (1.94%)	LogRhythm
12	3 (1.46%)	Citrix
13	2 (0.97%)	Google
13	2 (0.97%)	IBM
13	2 (0.97%)	Intel
13	2 (0.97%)	Symantec