Senior Security Analyst Job Trends

Senior Security Analyst
UK

The median Senior Security Analyst salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 620 647 660
Rank change year-on-year +27 +13 +269
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 30 60 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.051% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.12% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 26 29 54
10th Percentile £48,165 £48,389 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £54,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,520
Median % change year-on-year - -0.79% +4.83%
75th Percentile £79,375 £87,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 53,595 50,414 50,501
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 92.94% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 33,001 26,357 38,868
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,199 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,458 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Security Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Security Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Analyst over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 5 January 2026. 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 +47 30 £65,000 - 5
UK excluding London +47 20 £65,000 - 5
South East +20 12 £67,500 +3.85% 3
Work from Home +53 10 £60,000 -7.69% 3
London +29 10 £80,000 +23.08% 1
Midlands +20 6 £52,029 -47.97% 1
West Midlands +19 3 £55,000 -45.00% 1
East Midlands - 3 £51,058 -
North of England +25 2 £65,000 +13.04%
Yorkshire - 2 £65,000 -

Senior Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 January 2026, Senior Security Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (56.67%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 12 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (40.00%) SIEM
3 12 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 11 (36.67%) CISSP
4 11 (36.67%) Incident Response
4 11 (36.67%) Information Security
4 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
5 9 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (30.00%) GDPR
5 9 (30.00%) NIST
6 8 (26.67%) Azure
6 8 (26.67%) Mentoring
7 7 (23.33%) Tenable
8 6 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (20.00%) Firewall
8 6 (20.00%) Splunk
8 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 5 (16.67%) CISM
9 5 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 5 (16.67%) GRC
9 5 (16.67%) Nessus
9 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
9 5 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 4 (13.33%) AWS

Senior Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (10.00%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 8 (26.67%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (13.33%) AWS
4 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.33%) GCP
5 1 (3.33%) Mimecast
5 1 (3.33%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) Firewall
2 4 (13.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.33%) Broadband
3 1 (3.33%) DKIM
3 1 (3.33%) DMARC
3 1 (3.33%) Network Security
3 1 (3.33%) VPN
3 1 (3.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.33%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (20.00%) Finance
4 3 (10.00%) Retail
5 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Front Office
5 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 11 (36.67%) Security Posture
2 5 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (13.33%) Insider Threat
4 2 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.67%) Operational Technology
4 2 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (3.33%) Cyberattack
5 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.33%) PKI
5 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Linux
1 1 (3.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (56.67%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 12 (40.00%) SIEM
3 12 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 11 (36.67%) Incident Response
4 11 (36.67%) Information Security
5 9 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (26.67%) Mentoring
7 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 5 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
8 5 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 4 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
9 4 (13.33%) GAP Analysis
9 4 (13.33%) Information Security Management
9 4 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
9 4 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) Bash
1 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (36.67%) CISSP
2 5 (16.67%) CISM
2 5 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (13.33%) Degree
4 3 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (10.00%) AWS Certification
4 3 (10.00%) CGEIT
4 3 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (10.00%) CRISC
4 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.33%) CCSAM
5 1 (3.33%) CHECK Team Leader
5 1 (3.33%) CHECK Team Member
5 1 (3.33%) CISA
5 1 (3.33%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (3.33%) CREST Certified
5 1 (3.33%) GCIH
5 1 (3.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (3.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (30.00%) GDPR
2 9 (30.00%) NIST
3 5 (16.67%) GRC
4 3 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.33%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Nessus
2 4 (13.33%) CSIRT
3 1 (3.33%) Nmap
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) Tenable
3 6 (20.00%) Splunk
4 3 (10.00%) SAP
4 3 (10.00%) ServiceNow