Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Senior Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the UK is £68,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 860 958 1213
Rank change year-on-year +98 +255 -318
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst 50 21 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.020% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.022% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 48 18 17
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,010
25th Percentile £49,375 £43,477 £39,510
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £70,313 £75,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,850 £58,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +42.11% -5.00% -4.76%

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 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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 +133 46 £70,000 +50.54% 2
UK excluding London +22 40 £67,500 +42.11% 4
South West - 25 £70,000 -
London +124 10 £75,000 +50.00%
Work from Home +79 8 £75,000 +20.00%
South East - 7 £67,500 - 1
Scotland -63 4 £50,000 -23.08% 2
East of England +15 2 £38,750 -13.89% 1
North of England - 2 £48,750 -
Yorkshire - 1 £47,500 -
North West - 1 £50,000 -

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Senior Cybersecurity 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 Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 50 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 22 (44.00%) Incident Response
4 20 (40.00%) Security Operations
5 18 (36.00%) Cloud Security
6 17 (34.00%) Microsoft
7 16 (32.00%) SIEM
7 16 (32.00%) Azure
8 15 (30.00%) Windows
9 14 (28.00%) Security Architecture
10 12 (24.00%) CISSP
10 12 (24.00%) Law
10 12 (24.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (24.00%) NIST
11 11 (22.00%) Information Security
11 11 (22.00%) Firewall
11 11 (22.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 10 (20.00%) Degree
12 10 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (20.00%) GDPR
13 9 (18.00%) CompTIA Security+
13 9 (18.00%) Retail
13 9 (18.00%) GIAC
14 8 (16.00%) Finance
14 8 (16.00%) Data Protection
14 8 (16.00%) Master's Degree
14 8 (16.00%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (16.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 7 (14.00%) Data Loss Prevention
15 7 (14.00%) CASB

Senior Cybersecurity 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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (32.00%) Azure
2 10 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.00%) AWS
3 2 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (4.00%) IaaS
3 2 (4.00%) PaaS
3 2 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (22.00%) Firewall
2 2 (4.00%) Network Security
General
1 12 (24.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 12 (24.00%) Law
2 9 (18.00%) Retail
3 8 (16.00%) Finance
4 6 (12.00%) Marketing
4 6 (12.00%) Social Skills
5 4 (8.00%) Banking
6 2 (4.00%) Advertising
6 2 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Data Protection Act
1 7 (14.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (8.00%) Cyberattack
3 3 (6.00%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (4.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (30.00%) Windows
2 7 (14.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (8.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 22 (44.00%) Incident Response
4 20 (40.00%) Security Operations
5 18 (36.00%) Cloud Security
6 16 (32.00%) SIEM
7 14 (28.00%) Security Architecture
8 11 (22.00%) Information Security
9 8 (16.00%) Data Protection
9 8 (16.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 7 (14.00%) Data Loss Prevention
10 7 (14.00%) E-Commerce
10 7 (14.00%) Network Monitoring
10 7 (14.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 6 (12.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 5 (10.00%) Kalman Filter
12 5 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
12 5 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (10.00%) Project Delivery
12 5 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.00%) C++
1 2 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (24.00%) CISSP
2 10 (20.00%) Degree
3 9 (18.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (18.00%) GIAC
4 8 (16.00%) CompTIA CySA+
4 8 (16.00%) Master's Degree
5 7 (14.00%) CEH
6 5 (10.00%) GSEC
7 4 (8.00%) CISM
8 2 (4.00%) CCSA
8 2 (4.00%) CISA
8 2 (4.00%) SANS
8 2 (4.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (24.00%) NIST
2 11 (22.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (20.00%) GDPR
4 7 (14.00%) PCI DSS
5 6 (12.00%) GRC
6 2 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (4.00%) ISO 22301
6 2 (4.00%) ISO 9001
7 1 (2.00%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (14.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (14.00%) CASB
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (8.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 17 (34.00%) Microsoft