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 24 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
24 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 341 308
Rank change year-on-year +25 -33 +135
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 53 128 187
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.35% 0.64% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.66% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 46 79 167
10th Percentile £41,000 £37,700 £40,200
25th Percentile £43,872 £45,000 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £57,375 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,550 £80,000
UK median annual salary £51,058 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.90% +9.09% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 14,156 19,346 20,399
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 96.51% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 9,046 12,165 16,676
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -1.64% -2.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.52% -4.17% -

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025, 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 38 (71.70%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (60.38%) Incident Response
3 24 (45.28%) Information Security
4 22 (41.51%) Vulnerability Management
5 21 (39.62%) Security Operations
6 20 (37.74%) CISSP
7 17 (32.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (32.08%) NIST
7 17 (32.08%) SIEM
8 16 (30.19%) Azure
9 15 (28.30%) Microsoft
10 14 (26.42%) Firewall
11 13 (24.53%) CompTIA Security+
12 12 (22.64%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (20.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 11 (20.75%) Windows
14 10 (18.87%) ITIL
14 10 (18.87%) Penetration Testing
15 9 (16.98%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (16.98%) CISM
15 9 (16.98%) Cyber Essentials
15 9 (16.98%) Degree
15 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
15 9 (16.98%) Security Monitoring
15 9 (16.98%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 8 (15.09%) Computer Science
16 8 (15.09%) Linux
16 8 (15.09%) Security Cleared
16 8 (15.09%) Tenable
17 7 (13.21%) AWS

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 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 16 (30.19%) Azure
2 9 (16.98%) Azure Sentinel
3 7 (13.21%) AWS
4 4 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (5.66%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (5.66%) SaaS
6 2 (3.77%) GCP
6 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (26.42%) Firewall
2 6 (11.32%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (9.43%) Network Security
4 4 (7.55%) VPN
4 4 (7.55%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.89%) Broadband
5 1 (1.89%) DHCP
5 1 (1.89%) DNS
5 1 (1.89%) NGFW
5 1 (1.89%) SAN
5 1 (1.89%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 20 (37.74%) Social Skills
2 14 (26.42%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.32%) Finance
4 5 (9.43%) Retail
5 4 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (7.55%) Law
6 3 (5.66%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.77%) Legal
8 1 (1.89%) Advertising
8 1 (1.89%) Digital Health
8 1 (1.89%) Local Government
8 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) SLSA
2 1 (1.89%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (24.53%) Security Posture
2 10 (18.87%) Management Information System
3 8 (15.09%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (11.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 6 (11.32%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (5.66%) Operational Technology
6 2 (3.77%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (3.77%) Cyberattack
6 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.77%) SCADA
6 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (20.75%) Windows
2 8 (15.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (71.70%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (60.38%) Incident Response
3 24 (45.28%) Information Security
4 22 (41.51%) Vulnerability Management
5 21 (39.62%) Security Operations
6 17 (32.08%) SIEM
7 12 (22.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (20.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (18.87%) ITIL
9 10 (18.87%) Penetration Testing
10 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (16.98%) Security Monitoring
10 9 (16.98%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 8 (15.09%) Computer Science
12 6 (11.32%) Cyber Resilience
12 6 (11.32%) Data Security
12 6 (11.32%) Kalman Filter
12 6 (11.32%) Threat Detection
12 6 (11.32%) Threat Intelligence
12 6 (11.32%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 20 (37.74%) CISSP
2 13 (24.53%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (16.98%) CISM
3 9 (16.98%) Degree
4 8 (15.09%) Security Cleared
5 7 (13.21%) SC Cleared
6 6 (11.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (11.32%) CEH
6 6 (11.32%) CISA
6 6 (11.32%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (9.43%) CompTIA CySA+
7 5 (9.43%) GIAC
8 4 (7.55%) DBS Check
8 4 (7.55%) GCFA
8 4 (7.55%) GCIA
8 4 (7.55%) GCIH
8 4 (7.55%) GSEC
8 4 (7.55%) SSCP
9 3 (5.66%) AWS Certification
9 3 (5.66%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (32.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 17 (32.08%) NIST
2 9 (16.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (13.21%) GDPR
4 6 (11.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (9.43%) GRC
6 4 (7.55%) PCI DSS
7 3 (5.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (5.66%) SOC 2
8 2 (3.77%) SLA
9 1 (1.89%) COBIT
9 1 (1.89%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.89%) NIST 800
9 1 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (3.77%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Nessus
1 4 (7.55%) QRadar
2 2 (3.77%) ZENworks
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.89%) Nmap
Vendors
1 15 (28.30%) Microsoft
2 8 (15.09%) Tenable
3 7 (13.21%) Splunk
4 2 (3.77%) Google
4 2 (3.77%) Meraki
4 2 (3.77%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.89%) AlienVault
5 1 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.89%) LogRhythm
5 1 (1.89%) VMware
23 hybrid/remote Security Analyst jobs