Hybrid/Remote Security Analyst Job Trends

Security Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 April 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 325 365
Rank change year-on-year +31 +40 +85
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 100 69 206
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.58% 0.54% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.57% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 64 43 193
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,400 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,875 £51,250 £42,547
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,125 £66,250
90th Percentile - £77,500 £77,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 16,148 12,068 30,158
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 93.94% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,600 8,956 24,621
10th Percentile £31,750 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +7.21% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Security Analyst' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Security Analyst job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Security Analyst
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Security Analyst job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Security Analyst job vacancies

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Security Analyst over the 6 months to 8 April 2026.

Security Analyst salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 8 April 2026, 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 58 (58.00%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (34.00%) Information Security
3 33 (33.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 31 (31.00%) CISSP
5 27 (27.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (25.00%) NIST
7 24 (24.00%) Incident Response
7 24 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (22.00%) Risk Management
9 20 (20.00%) Security Operations
10 19 (19.00%) Network Security
10 19 (19.00%) PCI DSS
10 19 (19.00%) SC Cleared
10 19 (19.00%) Security Cleared
11 18 (18.00%) CompTIA Security+
12 17 (17.00%) SIEM
13 16 (16.00%) Degree
14 15 (15.00%) Computer Science
15 14 (14.00%) DV Cleared
16 13 (13.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 12 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials
17 12 (12.00%) Firewall
17 12 (12.00%) SOC 2
18 11 (11.00%) Agile
18 11 (11.00%) AWS
18 11 (11.00%) Azure
18 11 (11.00%) CISA
18 11 (11.00%) CISM
18 11 (11.00%) GDPR
18 11 (11.00%) GRC

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.00%) AWS
1 11 (11.00%) Azure
2 7 (7.00%) SaaS
3 5 (5.00%) GCP
3 5 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.00%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (3.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (3.00%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (3.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (19.00%) Network Security
2 12 (12.00%) Firewall
3 4 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (3.00%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.00%) Power BI
General
1 23 (23.00%) Retail
1 23 (23.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (19.00%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (10.00%) Aviation
4 9 (9.00%) Banking
4 9 (9.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (9.00%) Law
5 8 (8.00%) Finance
6 7 (7.00%) Back Office
6 7 (7.00%) Financial Institution
7 5 (5.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.00%) Security Posture
2 13 (13.00%) Management Information System
3 9 (9.00%) Cyber Defence
4 7 (7.00%) Cloud Native
5 5 (5.00%) Operational Technology
6 4 (4.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (4.00%) Product Ownership
7 3 (3.00%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (3.00%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (2.00%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.00%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.00%) CSOC
9 1 (1.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.00%) Linux
2 8 (8.00%) Windows
3 3 (3.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (58.00%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (34.00%) Information Security
3 27 (27.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (24.00%) Incident Response
4 24 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (22.00%) Risk Management
6 20 (20.00%) Security Operations
7 17 (17.00%) SIEM
8 15 (15.00%) Computer Science
9 13 (13.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 11 (11.00%) Agile
11 10 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
11 10 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
12 9 (9.00%) Application Security
12 9 (9.00%) Process Improvement
12 9 (9.00%) SDLC
12 9 (9.00%) Secure Coding
12 9 (9.00%) Vulnerability Management
13 8 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 7 (7.00%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.00%) C#
2 2 (2.00%) Java
2 2 (2.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (31.00%) CISSP
2 19 (19.00%) SC Cleared
2 19 (19.00%) Security Cleared
3 18 (18.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 16 (16.00%) Degree
5 14 (14.00%) DV Cleared
6 11 (11.00%) CISA
6 11 (11.00%) CISM
7 10 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (9.00%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (8.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (7.00%) CRISC
10 7 (7.00%) SSCP
11 6 (6.00%) CEH
12 5 (5.00%) CCSP
13 4 (4.00%) DBS Check
14 3 (3.00%) AWS Certification
14 3 (3.00%) GIAC
14 3 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (3.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (33.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (25.00%) NIST
3 19 (19.00%) PCI DSS
4 12 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (12.00%) SOC 2
5 11 (11.00%) GDPR
5 11 (11.00%) GRC
6 3 (3.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (3.00%) Data Quality
6 3 (3.00%) HIPAA
6 3 (3.00%) NCSC
6 3 (3.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.00%) Docker
2 3 (3.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.00%) CSIRT
2 3 (3.00%) Ansible
2 3 (3.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.00%) SCCM
2 3 (3.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (9.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.00%) Google
3 3 (3.00%) Palo Alto
3 3 (3.00%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.00%) Tenable
3 3 (3.00%) VMware
4 2 (2.00%) Splunk