Senior Security Analyst
UK
The median Senior Security Analyst salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 684 | 789 | 872 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +105 | +83 | +284 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst | 24 | 125 | 81 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.044% | 0.12% | 0.083% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.048% | 0.13% | 0.091% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 14 | 89 | 52 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,725 | £45,000 | £42,019 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £51,250 | £43,477 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £70,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.86% | +40.00% | -5.31% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,938 | £77,500 | £65,313 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,125 | £102,500 | £82,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,500 | £57,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +15.00% | -4.76% |
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 | 49,581 | 97,268 | 88,998 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.39% | 94.79% | 91.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,819 | 69,389 | 56,377 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,875 | £38,500 | £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 | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Security Analyst.
Senior Security Analyst
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Analyst over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.
Senior Security Analyst
Top 13 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 29 May 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 | +85 | 23 | £57,500 | -17.86% | 33 |
| UK excluding London | +145 | 17 | £57,500 | - | 24 |
| Work from Home | +99 | 10 | £55,000 | -29.03% | 12 |
| South East | +91 | 7 | £62,500 | -7.41% | 12 |
| London | +55 | 7 | £65,000 | -16.13% | 15 |
| North of England | +43 | 5 | £57,500 | +6.98% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +60 | 3 | £57,500 | -9.45% | 1 |
| Midlands | +54 | 3 | £46,750 | -10.95% | 2 |
| West Midlands | +56 | 2 | £46,750 | -10.95% | 1 |
| North West | +4 | 2 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 4 |
| Scotland | +119 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| East of England | +38 | 1 | £65,000 | +67.74% | |
| East Midlands | +28 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Senior Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst in the job title.
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Senior 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: