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 to 28 November 2023.

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

6 months to
28 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 340 490 483
Rank change year-on-year +150 -7 -72
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 469 807 800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 0.64% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 0.67% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 410 613 539
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,650 £32,200
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +6.12% -2.00%
75th Percentile £66,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 51,902 119,603 122,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.53% 95.33% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 37,937 74,977 83,259
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

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 28 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Top 17 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 28 November 2023. 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 +141 401 £55,000 +3.77% 109
UK excluding London +111 284 £50,000 +11.11% 81
Work from Home +127 189 £57,500 +9.52% 43
London +150 170 £62,500 +4.17% 32
North of England +74 82 £52,500 +16.67% 20
South East +139 74 £50,000 +5.26% 20
Yorkshire +113 48 £57,500 +15.00% 6
Midlands +85 38 £52,500 +12.90% 10
North West +39 32 £47,500 +5.56% 8
Scotland +41 31 £48,805 +21.56% 6
West Midlands +78 29 £51,000 +8.51% 6
South West +54 25 £47,500 -5.00% 16
Wales +12 18 £45,000 +14.65%
East of England +92 11 £47,500 +8.57% 8
East Midlands +43 8 £61,250 +48.48% 4
Northern Ireland +31 5 £42,500 +6.25% 2
North East +38 2 £38,750 -42.59% 6

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

For the 6 months to 28 November 2023, 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.

1 305 (65.03%) Cybersecurity
2 256 (54.58%) Information Security
3 169 (36.03%) SIEM
4 155 (33.05%) Firewall
5 151 (32.20%) Security Operations
6 144 (30.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 140 (29.85%) Finance
8 120 (25.59%) NIST
9 112 (23.88%) Incident Response
10 107 (22.81%) Social Skills
11 95 (20.26%) CISSP
12 90 (19.19%) Network Security
13 85 (18.12%) Degree
14 83 (17.70%) Azure
14 83 (17.70%) Vulnerability Management
15 74 (15.78%) Microsoft
16 70 (14.93%) Risk Management
17 67 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
18 65 (13.86%) Management Information System
19 63 (13.43%) Cloud Security
20 60 (12.79%) Security Monitoring
21 57 (12.15%) Security Management
22 56 (11.94%) Data Loss Prevention
23 55 (11.73%) CompTIA Security+
23 55 (11.73%) Incident Management
24 54 (11.51%) Cyber Essentials
25 53 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
25 53 (11.30%) CEH
25 53 (11.30%) CISM
26 52 (11.09%) Active Directory

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 8 (1.71%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.64%) IIS
3 1 (0.21%) Confluence
3 1 (0.21%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (0.64%) 1Password
1 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.85%) SAP GRC
2 3 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 83 (17.70%) Azure
2 38 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (7.04%) AWS
4 17 (3.62%) SaaS
5 14 (2.99%) Azure Sentinel
5 14 (2.99%) IaaS
6 5 (1.07%) Entra ID
7 4 (0.85%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.64%) GCP
8 3 (0.64%) GitHub
8 3 (0.64%) Mimecast
8 3 (0.64%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.43%) PaaS
9 2 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 155 (33.05%) Firewall
2 90 (19.19%) Network Security
3 35 (7.46%) Intrusion Detection
4 33 (7.04%) VPN
5 32 (6.82%) LAN
5 32 (6.82%) WAN
6 27 (5.76%) TCP/IP
7 21 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
8 20 (4.26%) Cisco Nexus
9 18 (3.84%) Internet
10 17 (3.62%) Wireless
11 15 (3.20%) NGFW
12 13 (2.77%) DNS
13 6 (1.28%) VoIP
14 4 (0.85%) BGP
14 4 (0.85%) MPLS
14 4 (0.85%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.85%) SMTP
15 3 (0.64%) DMZ
15 3 (0.64%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.85%) MongoDB
1 4 (0.85%) MySQL
1 4 (0.85%) Power BI
2 2 (0.43%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.43%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.21%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (0.64%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.21%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
2 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 140 (29.85%) Finance
2 107 (22.81%) Social Skills
3 53 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (9.38%) Law
5 39 (8.32%) Legal
6 16 (3.41%) Games
7 11 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.13%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.13%) Retail
9 8 (1.71%) Automotive
9 8 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.07%) Banking
12 3 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.64%) Welsh Language
13 2 (0.43%) Local Government
13 2 (0.43%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.43%) Police
14 1 (0.21%) Advertising
14 1 (0.21%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.71%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.07%) HTML
3 2 (0.43%) CSS
4 1 (0.21%) EDI
4 1 (0.21%) HTML5
4 1 (0.21%) React
4 1 (0.21%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 65 (13.86%) Management Information System
2 49 (10.45%) Security Posture
3 38 (8.10%) Cyber Threat
4 32 (6.82%) Security Operations Centre
5 16 (3.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (3.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 13 (2.77%) Cyberattack
7 11 (2.35%) Operational Technology
8 10 (2.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 9 (1.92%) Insider Threat
10 8 (1.71%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.49%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.28%) SCADA
13 5 (1.07%) NHS
14 4 (0.85%) Cybercrime
14 4 (0.85%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.85%) Public Cloud
14 4 (0.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 47 (10.02%) Windows
2 23 (4.90%) Linux
2 23 (4.90%) Unix
3 22 (4.69%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.85%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.43%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.43%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (65.03%) Cybersecurity
2 256 (54.58%) Information Security
3 169 (36.03%) SIEM
4 151 (32.20%) Security Operations
5 112 (23.88%) Incident Response
6 83 (17.70%) Vulnerability Management
7 70 (14.93%) Risk Management
8 67 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
9 63 (13.43%) Cloud Security
10 60 (12.79%) Security Monitoring
11 57 (12.15%) Security Management
12 56 (11.94%) Data Loss Prevention
13 55 (11.73%) Incident Management
14 45 (9.59%) Information Security Management
15 40 (8.53%) Problem-Solving
16 39 (8.32%) Use Case
16 39 (8.32%) Vulnerability Scanning
17 38 (8.10%) Application Security
17 38 (8.10%) Threat Intelligence
18 37 (7.89%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.13%) SQL
2 8 (1.71%) Python
3 5 (1.07%) Bash
3 5 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (0.85%) PHP
5 3 (0.64%) Java
6 2 (0.43%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.43%) Ruby
7 1 (0.21%) C
7 1 (0.21%) Go
7 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 95 (20.26%) CISSP
2 85 (18.12%) Degree
3 55 (11.73%) CompTIA Security+
4 53 (11.30%) CEH
4 53 (11.30%) CISM
5 45 (9.59%) CISA
6 40 (8.53%) Cisco Certification
7 36 (7.68%) Security Cleared
8 33 (7.04%) OSCP
9 30 (6.40%) GCIH
10 27 (5.76%) GCIA
11 26 (5.54%) GIAC
12 25 (5.33%) GCFA
13 24 (5.12%) GREM
13 24 (5.12%) Network+ Certification
14 23 (4.90%) CompTIA CySA+
15 22 (4.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 22 (4.69%) CRISC
16 20 (4.26%) CCSP
17 19 (4.05%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (30.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 120 (25.59%) NIST
3 54 (11.51%) Cyber Essentials
4 51 (10.87%) PCI DSS
5 45 (9.59%) GRC
6 32 (6.82%) GDPR
7 18 (3.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 16 (3.41%) COBIT
9 15 (3.20%) SOC 2
10 9 (1.92%) SLA
11 6 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.85%) IASME
12 4 (0.85%) NCSC
13 3 (0.64%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.64%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.43%) QA
14 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.21%) ISO 31000
15 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 52 (11.09%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.64%) Docker
4 2 (0.43%) VMware Server
5 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.21%) Firmware
5 1 (0.21%) Snort
5 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.21%) vSphere
5 1 (0.21%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (2.99%) CASB
1 14 (2.99%) Nessus
2 7 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.85%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.64%) Ansible
4 3 (0.64%) CSIRT
5 2 (0.43%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (0.43%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.43%) Puppet
5 2 (0.43%) SCCM
5 2 (0.43%) Terraform
6 1 (0.21%) QRadar
Vendors
1 74 (15.78%) Microsoft
2 45 (9.59%) Cisco
3 25 (5.33%) Palo Alto
4 24 (5.12%) Splunk
5 22 (4.69%) Citrix
5 22 (4.69%) VMware
6 14 (2.99%) Acronis
6 14 (2.99%) Symantec
7 12 (2.56%) Aruba
7 12 (2.56%) Qualys
8 9 (1.92%) CheckPoint
9 6 (1.28%) SAP
9 6 (1.28%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.64%) Aerohive Networks
11 3 (0.64%) Apple
11 3 (0.64%) Intel
11 3 (0.64%) Meraki
11 3 (0.64%) Oracle
11 3 (0.64%) Polycom