IT Security Analyst Jobs

IT Security Analyst
UK

The median IT Security Analyst salary in the UK is £46,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 706 798 859
Rank change year-on-year +92 +61 +245
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 23 85 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.085% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.090% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 17 68 84
10th Percentile £41,750 £40,875 -
25th Percentile £43,358 £45,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £55,000 £44,293
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% +24.17% -23.63%
75th Percentile £60,000 £76,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £67,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,250
% change year-on-year - +6.51% -29.58%

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 50,837 94,491 90,806
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 94.69% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 27,317 67,546 57,366
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%

IT Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Analyst in the UK

IT Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Security Analyst in the UK

IT Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Analyst over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Security Analyst in the UK

IT Security Analyst
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +70 23 £46,000 -16.36% 9
London +70 16 £55,000 -18.52% 7
UK excluding London +161 7 £45,000 - 3
Work from Home +108 5 £45,000 -25.00% 6
South East +88 4 £45,000 +7.14% 1
Midlands +63 2 £44,810 +49.37% 1
West Midlands +47 2 £44,810 +49.37% 1
South West +99 1 £45,000 - 1

IT Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, IT Security 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 IT Security Analyst in the job title.

1 16 (69.57%) Security Operations
2 13 (56.52%) Information Security
3 11 (47.83%) Firewall
4 10 (43.48%) Microsoft
4 10 (43.48%) Degree
4 10 (43.48%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (39.13%) Incident Response
5 9 (39.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (34.78%) Penetration Testing
7 7 (30.43%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 6 (26.09%) SIEM
8 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
8 6 (26.09%) Data Encryption
9 5 (21.74%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (21.74%) GRC
9 5 (21.74%) Azure
9 5 (21.74%) Windows
10 4 (17.39%) Network Architecture
10 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
10 4 (17.39%) Risk Analysis
10 4 (17.39%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 3 (13.04%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (13.04%) SOAR
11 3 (13.04%) NIST
11 3 (13.04%) Threat Intelligence
11 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (13.04%) Vulnerability Management
11 3 (13.04%) Performance Metrics

IT Security 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 2 (8.70%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (21.74%) Azure
3 3 (13.04%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
3 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 11 (47.83%) Firewall
2 3 (13.04%) Network Security
3 2 (8.70%) DNS
3 2 (8.70%) HTTP
3 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
3 2 (8.70%) VPN
General
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Law
3 3 (13.04%) Legal
4 2 (8.70%) Finance
4 2 (8.70%) Police
4 2 (8.70%) Retail
5 1 (4.35%) Advertising
5 1 (4.35%) Banking
5 1 (4.35%) International Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (13.04%) Security Posture
3 2 (8.70%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.35%) Housing Association
4 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (69.57%) Security Operations
2 13 (56.52%) Information Security
3 10 (43.48%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (39.13%) Incident Response
5 8 (34.78%) Penetration Testing
6 7 (30.43%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 6 (26.09%) Data Encryption
7 6 (26.09%) SIEM
8 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
8 4 (17.39%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 4 (17.39%) Network Architecture
8 4 (17.39%) Risk Analysis
9 3 (13.04%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 3 (13.04%) Ethical Hacking
9 3 (13.04%) Performance Metrics
9 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
9 3 (13.04%) SOAR
9 3 (13.04%) Threat Intelligence
9 3 (13.04%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) CISSP
3 2 (8.70%) CCDA
3 2 (8.70%) CCNA
3 2 (8.70%) CCNP
3 2 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.70%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (8.70%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (8.70%) MCSD
3 2 (8.70%) MCSE
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (39.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (21.74%) GRC
3 3 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (13.04%) NIST
4 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (8.70%) ISO 9001
4 2 (8.70%) PCI DSS
4 2 (8.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
1 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Cisco
3 1 (4.35%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (4.35%) Qualys
3 1 (4.35%) Reuters
3 1 (4.35%) Splunk
3 1 (4.35%) Temenos
3 1 (4.35%) Tenable
3 1 (4.35%) VMware