Hybrid/Remote Security Analyst Job Trends

Security Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 362 341
Rank change year-on-year +30 -21 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 135 52 140
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.54% 0.32% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.34% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 66 45 92
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,600 £40,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £62,313 £60,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £70,000 £80,900
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,250
% change year-on-year +10.00% -12.66% +7.01%

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 23,475 15,383 20,576
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 93.25% 96.64%
Number of salaries quoted 16,102 8,694 12,681
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.81% -2.73% -8.33%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 97 (71.85%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (45.93%) Information Security
3 58 (42.96%) Incident Response
4 54 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 51 (37.78%) SIEM
6 50 (37.04%) Security Operations
7 47 (34.81%) Vulnerability Management
8 44 (32.59%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (30.37%) NIST
10 39 (28.89%) Microsoft
11 30 (22.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 27 (20.00%) Firewall
13 24 (17.78%) AWS
13 24 (17.78%) Azure
13 24 (17.78%) CISSP
13 24 (17.78%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (16.30%) Cloud Security
15 21 (15.56%) Degree
16 20 (14.81%) Windows
17 19 (14.07%) CISM
17 19 (14.07%) Risk Management
18 16 (11.85%) Active Directory
18 16 (11.85%) Cyber Resilience
18 16 (11.85%) Microsoft 365
18 16 (11.85%) Python
19 15 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
19 15 (11.11%) GCP
19 15 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
20 14 (10.37%) Agile
20 14 (10.37%) Kusto Query Language

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.48%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (17.78%) AWS
1 24 (17.78%) Azure
2 16 (11.85%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
3 15 (11.11%) GCP
4 13 (9.63%) SaaS
5 11 (8.15%) Entra ID
6 6 (4.44%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.48%) Akamai
8 2 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.48%) Cloudflare
8 2 (1.48%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.74%) IaaS
9 1 (0.74%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (20.00%) Firewall
2 13 (9.63%) Network Security
3 8 (5.93%) HTTP
3 8 (5.93%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (4.44%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (2.96%) DNS
5 4 (2.96%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (2.96%) NGFW
6 3 (2.22%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.48%) Broadband
7 2 (1.48%) LAN
7 2 (1.48%) SSL
7 2 (1.48%) VPN
7 2 (1.48%) WAN
8 1 (0.74%) DKIM
8 1 (0.74%) DMARC
8 1 (0.74%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.44%) Power BI
2 4 (2.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.96%) Jenkins
1 4 (2.96%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.74%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.74%) JIRA
2 1 (0.74%) Metasploit
General
1 48 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 40 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (21.48%) Retail
4 20 (14.81%) Finance
5 19 (14.07%) Law
6 18 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (10.37%) Banking
8 13 (9.63%) Aviation
9 6 (4.44%) Public Sector
10 5 (3.70%) Back Office
10 5 (3.70%) Legal
11 4 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (2.22%) Financial Institution
12 3 (2.22%) Games
12 3 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.74%) Advertising
13 1 (0.74%) Local Government
13 1 (0.74%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Graph
1 4 (2.96%) Terraform
2 3 (2.22%) JSON
3 2 (1.48%) LDAP
3 2 (1.48%) Regular Expression
3 2 (1.48%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (25.19%) Security Posture
2 22 (16.30%) Cyber Threat
3 17 (12.59%) Cyber Defence
4 15 (11.11%) Management Information System
5 10 (7.41%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (6.67%) Operational Technology
7 6 (4.44%) Cloud Native
8 5 (3.70%) CSOC
8 5 (3.70%) Data Centre
9 3 (2.22%) Blog
9 3 (2.22%) Onboarding
9 3 (2.22%) Online Gambling
9 3 (2.22%) SCADA
9 3 (2.22%) Video\Live Streaming
10 2 (1.48%) AI Agents
10 2 (1.48%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (1.48%) Cyberattack
10 2 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.48%) IoT
11 1 (0.74%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.81%) Windows
2 12 (8.89%) Linux
3 6 (4.44%) Apple iOS
3 6 (4.44%) macOS
4 2 (1.48%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.74%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (71.85%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (45.93%) Information Security
3 58 (42.96%) Incident Response
4 51 (37.78%) SIEM
5 50 (37.04%) Security Operations
6 47 (34.81%) Vulnerability Management
7 44 (32.59%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (22.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 24 (17.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (16.30%) Cloud Security
11 19 (14.07%) Risk Management
12 16 (11.85%) Cyber Resilience
13 15 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
14 14 (10.37%) Agile
15 13 (9.63%) Mentoring
15 13 (9.63%) Process Improvement
15 13 (9.63%) Project Management
15 13 (9.63%) Security Monitoring
15 13 (9.63%) SOAR
15 13 (9.63%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.85%) Python
2 14 (10.37%) Kusto Query Language
3 13 (9.63%) PowerShell
4 10 (7.41%) Bash
4 10 (7.41%) Go
5 4 (2.96%) Java
6 3 (2.22%) Objective-C
7 2 (1.48%) SQL
8 1 (0.74%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (17.78%) CISSP
2 21 (15.56%) Degree
3 19 (14.07%) CISM
4 13 (9.63%) GIAC
5 12 (8.89%) CompTIA Security+
6 11 (8.15%) Security Cleared
7 8 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (5.19%) CISA
8 7 (5.19%) SC Cleared
9 6 (4.44%) AWS Certification
9 6 (4.44%) GCFA
10 5 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (2.96%) CompTIA CySA+
11 4 (2.96%) CRISC
12 3 (2.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (2.22%) CASP
12 3 (2.22%) CCSP
12 3 (2.22%) CEH
12 3 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (30.37%) NIST
3 14 (10.37%) PCI DSS
4 12 (8.89%) GRC
5 11 (8.15%) GDPR
6 10 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (6.67%) SOC 2
8 7 (5.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (5.19%) NCSC
9 4 (2.96%) Accessibility
9 4 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 4 (2.96%) NIST 800
10 2 (1.48%) HIPAA
10 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.74%) COBIT
11 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.74%) SOC 1
System Software
1 16 (11.85%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.44%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.96%) Docker
4 2 (1.48%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.48%) NFS
4 2 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (5.93%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.22%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (1.48%) Graylog
5 1 (0.74%) Nessus
5 1 (0.74%) Nmap
5 1 (0.74%) OpenVAS
5 1 (0.74%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (28.89%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.89%) Qualys
3 8 (5.93%) Cisco
3 8 (5.93%) Palo Alto
3 8 (5.93%) Tanium
4 7 (5.19%) Google
5 6 (4.44%) Aruba
5 6 (4.44%) CrowdStrike
5 6 (4.44%) Splunk
6 4 (2.96%) VMware
7 2 (1.48%) AlienVault
7 2 (1.48%) Intel
7 2 (1.48%) LogRhythm
7 2 (1.48%) Meraki
7 2 (1.48%) Rapid7
7 2 (1.48%) Tenable
8 1 (0.74%) Arqiva
8 1 (0.74%) Netskope
8 1 (0.74%) Zscaler