Junior Security Analyst Jobs

Junior Security Analyst
UK

The median Junior Security Analyst salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 702 889 916
Rank change year-on-year +187 +27 +344
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Security Analyst 7 19 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.017% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.018% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 6
10th Percentile - £27,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £28,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £30,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -25.93% +5.19%
75th Percentile £65,000 £36,375 £46,563
90th Percentile - £37,250 £47,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £30,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year - -20.00% -2.60%

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 50,720 106,014 82,989
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.74% 94.81% 91.13%
Number of salaries quoted 26,910 74,937 54,295
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,734 £44,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.37%

Junior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Security Analyst in the UK

Junior Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Junior Security Analyst in the UK

Junior Security Analyst
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Security Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 22 June 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 +168 7 £60,000 +100.00% 6
London +116 6 £60,000 +64.38% 4
Work from Home +119 5 - - 2
UK excluding London +184 1 - - 4
South East +94 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 22 June 2025, Junior 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 Junior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
2 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 6 (85.71%) Python
2 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 6 (85.71%) OSCP
2 6 (85.71%) Incident Response
3 5 (71.43%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (71.43%) Hedge funds
3 5 (71.43%) SIEM
3 5 (71.43%) SANS
3 5 (71.43%) CompTIA Security+
3 5 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (71.43%) CEH
3 5 (71.43%) GCIA
3 5 (71.43%) GCIH
3 5 (71.43%) CISSP
3 5 (71.43%) SAN
3 5 (71.43%) Firewall
3 5 (71.43%) Windows
3 5 (71.43%) Podcast
4 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
5 1 (14.29%) Red Team
5 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Checkmarx
5 1 (14.29%) Application Security
5 1 (14.29%) Offensive Security

Junior 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
1 5 (71.43%) SAN
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Burp Suite
1 1 (14.29%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Hedge funds
1 5 (71.43%) Podcast
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) Incident Response
3 5 (71.43%) SIEM
4 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Application Security
5 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) DevOps
5 1 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security
5 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 1 (14.29%) Offensive Security
5 1 (14.29%) Red Team
5 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
1 6 (85.71%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
1 6 (85.71%) OSCP
2 5 (71.43%) CEH
2 5 (71.43%) CISSP
2 5 (71.43%) CompTIA Security+
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (71.43%) GCIA
2 5 (71.43%) GCIH
2 5 (71.43%) SANS
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (14.29%) Checkmarx