Senior Security Analyst Jobs

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 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 687 786 882
Rank change year-on-year +99 +96 +277
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 24 124 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.12% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.13% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 14 89 53
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% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,938 £77,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £67,125 £102,500 £82,500
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 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £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 £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -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.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Analyst over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

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 28 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 +69 23 £57,500 -17.86% 45
UK excluding London +144 17 £57,500 - 43
Work from Home +102 10 £55,000 -29.03% 17
South East +82 7 £62,500 -7.41% 17
London +76 7 £65,000 -16.13% 16
North of England +40 5 £57,500 +6.98% 11
Yorkshire +64 3 £57,500 -9.45% 1
Midlands +54 3 £46,750 -10.95% 3
West Midlands +64 2 £46,750 -10.95% 2
North West -2 2 £55,000 +10.00% 10
Scotland +119 1 - - 4
East of England +40 1 £65,000 +67.74%
East Midlands +33 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 14 (58.33%) Information Security
2 12 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (45.83%) Incident Response
4 10 (41.67%) NIST
4 10 (41.67%) Security Operations
4 10 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (37.50%) CISSP
6 8 (33.33%) CISM
6 8 (33.33%) Network Security
6 8 (33.33%) SIEM
6 8 (33.33%) GRC
7 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
7 7 (29.17%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (29.17%) Firewall
7 7 (29.17%) Risk Management
8 6 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
8 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (20.83%) Splunk
10 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (16.67%) Azure
10 4 (16.67%) PCI DSS
10 4 (16.67%) Incident Management
10 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
10 4 (16.67%) VPN
10 4 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
10 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
10 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (16.67%) GDPR

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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) AWS
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (33.33%) Network Security
2 7 (29.17%) Firewall
3 4 (16.67%) VPN
4 1 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.17%) Metasploit
General
1 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.33%) Finance
5 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.17%) Automotive
5 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.17%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 4 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 2 (8.33%) Insider Threat
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Linux
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Information Security
2 12 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (45.83%) Incident Response
4 10 (41.67%) Security Operations
5 8 (33.33%) SIEM
6 7 (29.17%) Risk Management
6 7 (29.17%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
8 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (16.67%) Incident Management
8 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
8 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (12.50%) Information Security Management
9 3 (12.50%) OWASP
9 3 (12.50%) Security Management
10 2 (8.33%) Agile
10 2 (8.33%) ITIL
10 2 (8.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) CISSP
2 8 (33.33%) CISM
3 3 (12.50%) CRISC
3 3 (12.50%) Degree
3 3 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 2 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (8.33%) CCSP
4 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (8.33%) GCIA
4 2 (8.33%) OSCP
4 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (4.17%) CREST Certified
5 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
5 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) GCIH
5 1 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (41.67%) NIST
2 8 (33.33%) GRC
3 4 (16.67%) GDPR
3 4 (16.67%) PCI DSS
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) CSIRT
1 1 (4.17%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Splunk
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.33%) Tenable
4 1 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (4.17%) Qualys