Security Analyst Jobs

Security Analyst
UK

The median Security Analyst salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 443 428 442
Rank change year-on-year -15 +14 +113
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 293 599 613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.55% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.58% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 164 489 492
10th Percentile £40,900 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £72,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% +7.78%

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 50,341 104,123 84,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.94% 94.77% 91.19%
Number of salaries quoted 26,498 73,470 54,978
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,850 £38,603 £45,000
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%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the UK

Security 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 Security Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 -22 275 £55,000 +4.76% 150
UK excluding London +40 183 £50,000 +5.26% 138
London -12 93 £63,000 -6.67% 47
Midlands +102 81 £45,000 -5.26% 22
Work from Home +23 71 £55,000 - 69
West Midlands +78 51 £48,500 +11.49% 16
South East +37 45 £54,500 +3.81% 41
East Midlands +57 30 £40,750 -22.38% 6
North of England -7 21 £55,000 +22.22% 26
Scotland +102 14 £55,000 +10.00% 25
South West +81 12 £47,500 -5.00% 7
North West -19 12 £55,000 +22.22% 12
East of England +34 9 £47,500 +7.95% 15
Yorkshire +46 8 £51,250 -2.38% 9
Wales +41 1 £55,000 +33.33% 6
North East +33 1 £52,500 +31.25% 5

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 2025, 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 Security Analyst in the job title.

1 223 (76.11%) Cybersecurity
2 165 (56.31%) Information Security
3 129 (44.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 125 (42.66%) CISSP
5 113 (38.57%) Risk Management
5 113 (38.57%) NIST
6 111 (37.88%) Incident Response
7 106 (36.18%) Degree
8 92 (31.40%) CISM
9 90 (30.72%) SIEM
10 86 (29.35%) Social Skills
11 82 (27.99%) Firewall
12 80 (27.30%) Microsoft
13 73 (24.91%) Security Operations
14 63 (21.50%) Security Testing
15 62 (21.16%) Cyber Resilience
16 60 (20.48%) Project Management
16 60 (20.48%) BPSS Clearance
17 59 (20.14%) JSP 440
17 59 (20.14%) RMADS
17 59 (20.14%) CESG Certified Professional
18 55 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
18 55 (18.77%) Finance
18 55 (18.77%) Analytical Skills
19 54 (18.43%) Azure
20 51 (17.41%) Windows
21 49 (16.72%) Vulnerability Management
22 46 (15.70%) Security Posture
23 44 (15.02%) CompTIA Security+
24 42 (14.33%) Vulnerability Assessment

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 7 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.05%) Temenos T24
2 3 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.34%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 54 (18.43%) Azure
2 41 (13.99%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (7.51%) Azure Sentinel
4 19 (6.48%) AWS
5 10 (3.41%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.37%) Cloudflare
7 4 (1.37%) Datadog
7 4 (1.37%) GCP
7 4 (1.37%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.37%) SaaS
8 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.68%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.34%) IaaS
10 1 (0.34%) PaaS
10 1 (0.34%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 82 (27.99%) Firewall
2 33 (11.26%) Network Security
3 19 (6.48%) Intrusion Detection
4 15 (5.12%) TCP/IP
5 14 (4.78%) VPN
6 12 (4.10%) DNS
7 7 (2.39%) SAN
8 6 (2.05%) Wireshark
9 5 (1.71%) DHCP
9 5 (1.71%) HTTP
9 5 (1.71%) NGFW
10 4 (1.37%) IPsec
10 4 (1.37%) SSL
11 3 (1.02%) Internet
11 3 (1.02%) LAN
11 3 (1.02%) SMTP
11 3 (1.02%) WAN
12 2 (0.68%) DKIM
12 2 (0.68%) DMARC
13 1 (0.34%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.37%) Power BI
2 2 (0.68%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 8 (2.73%) Burp Suite
2 4 (1.37%) JIRA
3 2 (0.68%) GitLab
3 2 (0.68%) Metasploit
General
1 86 (29.35%) Social Skills
2 55 (18.77%) Analytical Skills
2 55 (18.77%) Finance
3 14 (4.78%) Legal
4 13 (4.44%) Banking
5 12 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (2.73%) Law
6 8 (2.73%) Retail
7 6 (2.05%) International Banking
8 5 (1.71%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Advertising
11 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.68%) Military
11 2 (0.68%) Police
12 1 (0.34%) Automotive
12 1 (0.34%) Local Government
12 1 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (0.68%) SAP Basis
2 1 (0.34%) EDI
2 1 (0.34%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 46 (15.70%) Security Posture
2 41 (13.99%) Management Information System
3 28 (9.56%) Security Operations Centre
4 20 (6.83%) Cyber Threat
5 15 (5.12%) Hedge funds
6 11 (3.75%) Cyber Defence
7 9 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.73%) Cyberattack
8 8 (2.73%) PKI
9 6 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.05%) Podcast
10 4 (1.37%) Insider Threat
11 3 (1.02%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.02%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.68%) Cyber Security Posture
12 2 (0.68%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 1 (0.34%) Cloud Security Posture
13 1 (0.34%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 51 (17.41%) Windows
2 18 (6.14%) Linux
3 8 (2.73%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (76.11%) Cybersecurity
2 165 (56.31%) Information Security
3 113 (38.57%) Risk Management
4 111 (37.88%) Incident Response
5 90 (30.72%) SIEM
6 73 (24.91%) Security Operations
7 63 (21.50%) Security Testing
8 62 (21.16%) Cyber Resilience
9 60 (20.48%) Project Management
10 55 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
11 49 (16.72%) Vulnerability Management
12 42 (14.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 30 (10.24%) Continuous Improvement
14 29 (9.90%) Threat Intelligence
15 28 (9.56%) Risk Assessment
16 27 (9.22%) Regulatory Compliance
17 26 (8.87%) Computer Science
17 26 (8.87%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 23 (7.85%) Penetration Testing
19 22 (7.51%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (7.85%) PowerShell
2 22 (7.51%) Python
3 9 (3.07%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (2.05%) R
5 4 (1.37%) Bash
6 2 (0.68%) SQL
7 1 (0.34%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 125 (42.66%) CISSP
2 106 (36.18%) Degree
3 92 (31.40%) CISM
4 60 (20.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 59 (20.14%) CESG Certified Professional
6 44 (15.02%) CompTIA Security+
7 31 (10.58%) CEH
8 27 (9.22%) GCIH
9 25 (8.53%) GCIA
10 24 (8.19%) OSCP
11 20 (6.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (5.46%) Security Cleared
13 12 (4.10%) SC Cleared
14 11 (3.75%) CompTIA CySA+
15 9 (3.07%) DV Cleared
15 9 (3.07%) SANS
16 7 (2.39%) CISA
16 7 (2.39%) CRISC
16 7 (2.39%) GIAC
16 7 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (44.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 113 (38.57%) NIST
3 59 (20.14%) JSP 440
3 59 (20.14%) RMADS
4 23 (7.85%) PCI DSS
5 20 (6.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (6.14%) GDPR
7 13 (4.44%) GRC
8 10 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (3.41%) NCSC
9 8 (2.73%) Accessibility
10 6 (2.05%) SOC 2
11 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (1.02%) SLA
12 2 (0.68%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.34%) COBIT
13 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
System Software
1 19 (6.48%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.05%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.34%) Snort
Systems Management
1 14 (4.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.05%) SCCM
3 4 (1.37%) Nessus
4 2 (0.68%) CSIRT
4 2 (0.68%) QRadar
4 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.34%) CASB
5 1 (0.34%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 80 (27.30%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.17%) VMware
3 14 (4.78%) Tenable
4 13 (4.44%) Splunk
5 12 (4.10%) CrowdStrike
6 7 (2.39%) Citrix
7 6 (2.05%) Reuters
7 6 (2.05%) Temenos
8 5 (1.71%) Qualys
9 4 (1.37%) ArcSight
10 3 (1.02%) Cisco
10 3 (1.02%) LogRhythm
10 3 (1.02%) SAP
11 2 (0.68%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.34%) Checkmarx
12 1 (0.34%) Darktrace
12 1 (0.34%) IBM
12 1 (0.34%) McAfee