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 4 June 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 357 394
Rank change year-on-year +68 +37 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 133 73 197
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.69% 0.49% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.53% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 81 48 181
10th Percentile - £37,275 £40,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +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 18,122 13,651 32,214
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 91.95% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 13,260 8,425 25,464
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,242
Median % change year-on-year - +8.61% -11.61%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 86 (64.66%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (32.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (30.08%) Information Security
4 36 (27.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (25.56%) NIST
6 33 (24.81%) Risk Management
6 33 (24.81%) Security Operations
7 29 (21.80%) CISSP
8 28 (21.05%) Incident Response
9 27 (20.30%) Network Security
10 25 (18.80%) Agile
10 25 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
11 24 (18.05%) SIEM
12 22 (16.54%) Process Improvement
13 21 (15.79%) Vulnerability Management
14 20 (15.04%) Microsoft
15 19 (14.29%) Degree
15 19 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 19 (14.29%) Project Management
16 18 (13.53%) CompTIA Security+
16 18 (13.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 17 (12.78%) Security Cleared
18 16 (12.03%) Computer Science
18 16 (12.03%) Computer Science Degree
18 16 (12.03%) Firewall
18 16 (12.03%) SC Cleared
19 15 (11.28%) CISM
19 15 (11.28%) PCI DSS
20 14 (10.53%) GRC
21 13 (9.77%) Active Directory

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 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.27%) Azure
1 11 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (6.77%) AWS
3 8 (6.02%) GCP
4 7 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.51%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (4.51%) SaaS
6 4 (3.01%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.26%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.50%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.75%) IaaS
9 1 (0.75%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (20.30%) Network Security
2 16 (12.03%) Firewall
3 4 (3.01%) NGFW
4 3 (2.26%) DNS
4 3 (2.26%) SCCP
5 2 (1.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.50%) SSL
5 2 (1.50%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.75%) Broadband
6 1 (0.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.26%) Power BI
2 4 (3.01%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.75%) JIRA
General
1 32 (24.06%) Retail
2 29 (21.80%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (18.05%) Social Skills
4 23 (17.29%) Aviation
5 14 (10.53%) Finance
6 12 (9.02%) Law
7 8 (6.02%) Banking
7 8 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (5.26%) Legal
9 6 (4.51%) Back Office
9 6 (4.51%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.50%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.29%) Cyber Defence
2 22 (16.54%) Security Posture
3 14 (10.53%) Management Information System
4 9 (6.77%) Cloud Native
5 7 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (4.51%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (4.51%) Data Centre
7 5 (3.76%) Operational Technology
8 4 (3.01%) Product Ownership
9 3 (2.26%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (2.26%) Driving Licence
9 3 (2.26%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.50%) CSOC
10 2 (1.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.75%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.75%) Cloud Security Posture
11 1 (0.75%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.52%) Windows
2 8 (6.02%) Linux
3 3 (2.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (64.66%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (30.08%) Information Security
3 36 (27.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 33 (24.81%) Risk Management
4 33 (24.81%) Security Operations
5 28 (21.05%) Incident Response
6 25 (18.80%) Agile
6 25 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (18.05%) SIEM
8 22 (16.54%) Process Improvement
9 21 (15.79%) Vulnerability Management
10 19 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 19 (14.29%) Project Management
11 18 (13.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 16 (12.03%) Computer Science
13 13 (9.77%) Application Security
14 11 (8.27%) Secure Coding
15 10 (7.52%) SDLC
15 10 (7.52%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 9 (6.77%) Blue Team
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.27%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.02%) Python
3 5 (3.76%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (3.01%) C#
4 4 (3.01%) Java
5 2 (1.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (21.80%) CISSP
2 19 (14.29%) Degree
3 18 (13.53%) CompTIA Security+
4 17 (12.78%) Security Cleared
5 16 (12.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (12.03%) SC Cleared
6 15 (11.28%) CISM
7 12 (9.02%) CISA
8 11 (8.27%) DV Cleared
9 7 (5.26%) CEH
10 6 (4.51%) CRISC
10 6 (4.51%) SSCP
11 5 (3.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 4 (3.01%) GIAC
12 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (2.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (2.26%) CCSP
13 3 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (2.26%) CompTIA CySA+
13 3 (2.26%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (32.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (25.56%) NIST
3 15 (11.28%) PCI DSS
4 14 (10.53%) GRC
5 12 (9.02%) GDPR
6 11 (8.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (8.27%) SOC 2
7 7 (5.26%) NCSC
8 4 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 4 (3.01%) NIST 800
8 4 (3.01%) QA
9 3 (2.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (2.26%) Data Quality
9 3 (2.26%) HIPAA
9 3 (2.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (1.50%) Accessibility
10 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 13 (9.77%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.26%) Docker
2 3 (2.26%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.01%) CSIRT
1 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (3.01%) SCCM
2 3 (2.26%) Ansible
2 3 (2.26%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.26%) Terraform
3 2 (1.50%) Graylog
Vendors
1 20 (15.04%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.76%) Google
3 3 (2.26%) Palo Alto
3 3 (2.26%) Qualys
3 3 (2.26%) Salesforce
3 3 (2.26%) VMware
4 2 (1.50%) Aruba
4 2 (1.50%) Cisco
4 2 (1.50%) Rapid7
4 2 (1.50%) Tenable
5 1 (0.75%) CrowdStrike