Senior IT Security Analyst Jobs

Senior IT Security Analyst
UK

The median Senior IT Security Analyst salary in the UK is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 860 985 1190
Rank change year-on-year +125 +205 -303
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Security Analyst 34 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.004% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.004% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 19 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,019 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £44,293 -
Median % change year-on-year +63.68% - -
75th Percentile £78,125 £47,034 -
90th Percentile £81,500 £47,313 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £44,293 -
% change year-on-year +1.60% - -

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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +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 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Senior IT Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Security Analyst in the UK

Senior IT Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior IT Security Analyst in the UK

Senior IT Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Security Analyst over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Security Analyst in the UK

Senior IT Security Analyst
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Security Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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 +140 33 £58,750 +32.64% 3
London - 24 £72,500 - 1
Work from Home +108 9 £72,500 -
UK excluding London +11 9 £45,000 +1.60%
South West -13 9 £45,000 +1.60%

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Senior IT 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 IT Security Analyst in the job title.

1 32 (94.12%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (91.18%) Microsoft
3 24 (70.59%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (70.59%) Incident Response
4 23 (67.65%) CISSP
5 22 (64.71%) SIEM
6 17 (50.00%) Security Operations
7 16 (47.06%) Finance
8 15 (44.12%) Change Management
8 15 (44.12%) Firewall
8 15 (44.12%) Security Management
8 15 (44.12%) Threat Detection
8 15 (44.12%) Privileged Access Management
8 15 (44.12%) Application Security
8 15 (44.12%) Incident Management
8 15 (44.12%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 10 (29.41%) Information Security
10 9 (26.47%) Active Directory
10 9 (26.47%) Windows
10 9 (26.47%) Azure
10 9 (26.47%) Vulnerability Management
10 9 (26.47%) Cyberattack
10 9 (26.47%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 8 (23.53%) Network Monitoring
11 8 (23.53%) CompTIA CySA+
11 8 (23.53%) Master's Degree
11 8 (23.53%) Security Operations Centre
11 8 (23.53%) Retail
11 8 (23.53%) Degree
12 7 (20.59%) Data Protection Act

Senior IT 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 24 (70.59%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (26.47%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 15 (44.12%) Firewall
General
1 16 (47.06%) Finance
2 8 (23.53%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (26.47%) Cyberattack
2 8 (23.53%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (20.59%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (26.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (94.12%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (70.59%) Incident Response
3 22 (64.71%) SIEM
4 17 (50.00%) Security Operations
5 15 (44.12%) Application Security
5 15 (44.12%) Change Management
5 15 (44.12%) Incident Management
5 15 (44.12%) Privileged Access Management
5 15 (44.12%) Security Management
5 15 (44.12%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 15 (44.12%) Threat Detection
6 10 (29.41%) Information Security
7 9 (26.47%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (26.47%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 8 (23.53%) Network Monitoring
9 7 (20.59%) Cloud Security
9 7 (20.59%) Data Loss Prevention
9 7 (20.59%) Data Protection
9 7 (20.59%) E-Commerce
9 7 (20.59%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (67.65%) CISSP
2 8 (23.53%) CompTIA CySA+
2 8 (23.53%) Degree
2 8 (23.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) GDPR
1 7 (20.59%) NIST
1 7 (20.59%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (26.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (20.59%) CASB
Vendors
1 31 (91.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.65%) CrowdStrike