Hybrid/Remote Security Analyst Job Trends

Security Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £53,292 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
20 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 350 342
Rank change year-on-year +48 -8 +105
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 84 88 211
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.51% 0.57% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.59% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 53 51 201
10th Percentile £41,500 £40,001 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,165 £47,059 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,292 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.18% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - £77,750 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% +3.77%

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 15,365 14,803 26,503
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 95.47% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 10,276 9,043 22,191
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,030 £33,516
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,231 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £96,938 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 20 February 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 20 February 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 46 (54.76%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (40.48%) CISSP
4 33 (39.29%) Information Security
5 29 (34.52%) Incident Response
5 29 (34.52%) NIST
6 25 (29.76%) Security Operations
7 24 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (23.81%) Security Cleared
9 19 (22.62%) CompTIA Security+
9 19 (22.62%) SC Cleared
9 19 (22.62%) SIEM
10 18 (21.43%) PCI DSS
11 15 (17.86%) Degree
11 15 (17.86%) DV Cleared
11 15 (17.86%) Risk Management
12 14 (16.67%) Azure
12 14 (16.67%) Computer Science
12 14 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
13 13 (15.48%) AWS
13 13 (15.48%) CISA
13 13 (15.48%) CISM
13 13 (15.48%) GRC
14 12 (14.29%) Firewall
14 12 (14.29%) Microsoft
14 12 (14.29%) SOC 2
14 12 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
15 11 (13.10%) Risk Assessment
16 10 (11.90%) GDPR

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 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (16.67%) Azure
2 13 (15.48%) AWS
3 9 (10.71%) SaaS
4 7 (8.33%) GCP
5 5 (5.95%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.19%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.29%) Firewall
2 6 (7.14%) Network Security
3 4 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (3.57%) SCCP
5 1 (1.19%) Broadband
5 1 (1.19%) VPN
5 1 (1.19%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.19%) Power BI
General
1 27 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 23 (27.38%) Retail
3 17 (20.24%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (10.71%) Banking
5 9 (10.71%) Law
6 8 (9.52%) Finance
7 7 (8.33%) Back Office
7 7 (8.33%) Financial Institution
7 7 (8.33%) Legal
8 6 (7.14%) Aviation
9 2 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.19%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.38%) SLSA
2 1 (1.19%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 13 (15.48%) Security Posture
3 9 (10.71%) Cyber Defence
4 7 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (5.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 5 (5.95%) Operational Technology
7 4 (4.76%) Onboarding
8 3 (3.57%) Cloud Native
8 3 (3.57%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (1.19%) CSOC
10 1 (1.19%) Cyberattack
10 1 (1.19%) Data Centre
10 1 (1.19%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.71%) Windows
2 7 (8.33%) Linux
3 3 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (54.76%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (39.29%) Information Security
3 29 (34.52%) Incident Response
4 25 (29.76%) Security Operations
5 24 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (22.62%) SIEM
8 15 (17.86%) Risk Management
9 14 (16.67%) Computer Science
10 12 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
11 11 (13.10%) Risk Assessment
12 10 (11.90%) Root Cause Analysis
13 9 (10.71%) Agile
14 8 (9.52%) ITIL
14 8 (9.52%) Process Improvement
15 7 (8.33%) Compliance Management
15 7 (8.33%) Kalman Filter
15 7 (8.33%) Security Architecture
15 7 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
15 7 (8.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (40.48%) CISSP
2 20 (23.81%) Security Cleared
3 19 (22.62%) CompTIA Security+
3 19 (22.62%) SC Cleared
4 15 (17.86%) Degree
4 15 (17.86%) DV Cleared
5 13 (15.48%) CISA
5 13 (15.48%) CISM
6 9 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (10.71%) CRISC
7 8 (9.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 8 (9.52%) SSCP
8 5 (5.95%) CCSP
8 5 (5.95%) CEH
9 4 (4.76%) DBS Check
9 4 (4.76%) GIAC
10 3 (3.57%) GCIA
10 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (3.57%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (34.52%) NIST
3 18 (21.43%) PCI DSS
4 14 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (15.48%) GRC
6 12 (14.29%) SOC 2
7 10 (11.90%) GDPR
8 4 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (3.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (2.38%) Data Quality
10 2 (2.38%) NCSC
10 2 (2.38%) SLA
11 1 (1.19%) HIPAA
11 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (1.19%) NIST 800
11 1 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.57%) Docker
2 3 (3.57%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.57%) Ansible
1 3 (3.57%) CSIRT
1 3 (3.57%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.57%) SCCM
1 3 (3.57%) Terraform
2 1 (1.19%) Nessus
2 1 (1.19%) Nmap
2 1 (1.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.14%) Google
3 5 (5.95%) Tenable
4 4 (4.76%) Splunk
5 3 (3.57%) Palo Alto
5 3 (3.57%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.57%) VMware
6 1 (1.19%) AlienVault
6 1 (1.19%) LogRhythm
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