Security Analyst Jobs in Birmingham

Security Analyst
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Security Analyst salary in Birmingham is £38,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 114 149
Rank change year-on-year -25 +35 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 10 17 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.32% 0.95% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 1.02% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 6 16 28
10th Percentile - £40,375 £35,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £47,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +29.41% -11.46%
75th Percentile £51,250 £62,813 £58,875
90th Percentile £52,125 £67,375 £62,875
West Midlands median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £46,470
% change year-on-year -13.00% +7.60% -7.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,956 1,664 3,017
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 92.81% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,353 1,307 2,255
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +0.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Birmingham

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Security Analyst in Birmingham

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in Birmingham over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in Birmingham

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Security Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (60.00%) Security Operations
3 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 5 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (50.00%) Network Security
3 5 (50.00%) Azure
3 5 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (40.00%) SIEM
5 3 (30.00%) Time Management
5 3 (30.00%) Banking
5 3 (30.00%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (30.00%) Firewall
5 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
5 3 (30.00%) Information Security
5 3 (30.00%) Creative Thinking
5 3 (30.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 2 (20.00%) Offensive Security
6 2 (20.00%) NGFW
6 2 (20.00%) Palo Alto
6 2 (20.00%) Zscaler
6 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
6 2 (20.00%) Windows
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (20.00%) Email Filtering
6 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (20.00%) OSCP
7 1 (10.00%) Data Centre

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Network Security
2 3 (30.00%) Firewall
3 2 (20.00%) NGFW
4 1 (10.00%) 5G
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (60.00%) Security Operations
2 5 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 5 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 5 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (40.00%) SIEM
4 3 (30.00%) Creative Thinking
4 3 (30.00%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (30.00%) Information Security
4 3 (30.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 3 (30.00%) Time Management
5 2 (20.00%) Email Filtering
5 2 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (20.00%) Offensive Security
5 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) OSCP
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (20.00%) Zscaler
3 1 (10.00%) Sun