Security Analyst Jobs in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst salary in England is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 403 451 517
Rank change year-on-year +48 +66 -70
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 534 552 863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.62% 0.62% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.68% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 464 439 545
10th Percentile £36,975 £36,250 £33,986
25th Percentile £44,688 £42,000 £39,510
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £73,540
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,789 81,044 130,352
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.54% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,868 51,693 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,525 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +67 216 £65,700 +9.50% 30
North of England +61 103 £45,000 -3.23% 24
South East +4 90 £50,000 +1.01% 20
North West +11 58 £45,000 -8.16% 9
Midlands -19 53 £47,500 -5.00% 9
South West +19 51 £55,000 +12.82% 7
West Midlands -15 30 £42,000 -16.00% 8
Yorkshire +69 24 £57,500 +43.75% 15
East Midlands -2 23 £52,500 +31.25% 1
North East +18 21 £40,000 -
East of England -10 19 £47,500 +8.57% 2
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 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 England region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 331 (61.99%) Cybersecurity
2 310 (58.05%) Information Security
3 216 (40.45%) SIEM
4 177 (33.15%) Firewall
5 167 (31.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 155 (29.03%) Azure
7 154 (28.84%) Microsoft
8 148 (27.72%) Incident Response
9 139 (26.03%) Security Operations
10 135 (25.28%) CISSP
11 117 (21.91%) NIST
12 106 (19.85%) Microsoft 365
13 101 (18.91%) Vulnerability Management
13 101 (18.91%) Finance
14 97 (18.16%) Social Skills
15 96 (17.98%) Cloud Security
16 95 (17.79%) Risk Management
17 89 (16.67%) Management Information System
17 89 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
18 78 (14.61%) Incident Management
19 75 (14.04%) Cyber Essentials
20 72 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
21 68 (12.73%) GRC
21 68 (12.73%) Windows
22 67 (12.55%) Law
23 64 (11.99%) Degree
23 64 (11.99%) Cyberattack
24 61 (11.42%) CISM
25 59 (11.05%) CISA
26 56 (10.49%) Active Directory

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (1.50%) Skype for Business
2 3 (0.56%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 155 (29.03%) Azure
2 106 (19.85%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (8.61%) AWS
4 17 (3.18%) Entra ID
5 5 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (0.94%) SaaS
6 4 (0.75%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.56%) GCP
8 2 (0.37%) OCI
9 1 (0.19%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.19%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.19%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.19%) IaaS
9 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.19%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 177 (33.15%) Firewall
2 42 (7.87%) DNS
3 40 (7.49%) Network Security
4 35 (6.55%) Intrusion Detection
5 26 (4.87%) Internet
6 23 (4.31%) DKIM
6 23 (4.31%) DMARC
6 23 (4.31%) WAN
7 22 (4.12%) LAN
8 17 (3.18%) TCP/IP
8 17 (3.18%) VPN
9 15 (2.81%) SSL
10 11 (2.06%) VoIP
10 11 (2.06%) Wireless
11 9 (1.69%) SD-WAN
12 8 (1.50%) BGP
12 8 (1.50%) MPLS
12 8 (1.50%) OSPF
12 8 (1.50%) Skype
12 8 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (1.87%) Burp Suite
1 10 (1.87%) Metasploit
General
1 101 (18.91%) Finance
2 97 (18.16%) Social Skills
3 89 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (12.55%) Law
5 30 (5.62%) Legal
5 30 (5.62%) Retail
6 18 (3.37%) Banking
7 15 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (1.87%) Public Sector
9 9 (1.69%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.12%) Marketing
11 5 (0.94%) Advertising
11 5 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.75%) Automotive
12 4 (0.75%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.56%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.56%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.37%) Cyber-Physical System
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.06%) REST
2 10 (1.87%) 802.1X
3 8 (1.50%) SAML
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.37%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.19%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 89 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 64 (11.99%) Cyberattack
3 49 (9.18%) Cyber Threat
4 37 (6.93%) Security Operations Centre
5 26 (4.87%) Security Posture
6 17 (3.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 15 (2.81%) Cyber Defence
7 15 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (2.62%) Onboarding
9 13 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (2.06%) Data Centre
11 10 (1.87%) IoT
12 8 (1.50%) Client/Server
12 8 (1.50%) Cyber Security Posture
12 8 (1.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 8 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
13 7 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.31%) Insider Threat
13 7 (1.31%) Operational Technology
14 6 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 68 (12.73%) Windows
2 28 (5.24%) Linux
3 21 (3.93%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.50%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.56%) Unix
6 2 (0.37%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (61.99%) Cybersecurity
2 310 (58.05%) Information Security
3 216 (40.45%) SIEM
4 148 (27.72%) Incident Response
5 139 (26.03%) Security Operations
6 101 (18.91%) Vulnerability Management
7 96 (17.98%) Cloud Security
8 95 (17.79%) Risk Management
9 78 (14.61%) Incident Management
10 72 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
11 55 (10.30%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 50 (9.36%) Security Management
13 49 (9.18%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 49 (9.18%) Risk Assessment
13 49 (9.18%) Security Monitoring
14 48 (8.99%) Threat Intelligence
15 46 (8.61%) Vulnerability Scanning
16 45 (8.43%) Penetration Testing
17 43 (8.05%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 42 (7.87%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 20 (3.75%) PowerShell
2 19 (3.56%) Python
3 9 (1.69%) Bash
4 5 (0.94%) Java
5 3 (0.56%) C#
5 3 (0.56%) C++
6 1 (0.19%) SQL
Qualifications
1 135 (25.28%) CISSP
2 64 (11.99%) Degree
3 61 (11.42%) CISM
4 59 (11.05%) CISA
5 47 (8.80%) CompTIA Security+
6 36 (6.74%) Security Cleared
7 31 (5.81%) CompTIA CySA+
8 28 (5.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 25 (4.68%) CCSP
9 25 (4.68%) CEH
9 25 (4.68%) Cisco Certification
10 22 (4.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 20 (3.75%) GIAC
12 18 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (3.37%) CRISC
13 16 (3.00%) Master's Degree
14 12 (2.25%) DV Cleared
15 10 (1.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 9 (1.69%) Azure Certification
16 9 (1.69%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (31.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 117 (21.91%) NIST
3 75 (14.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 68 (12.73%) GRC
5 49 (9.18%) GDPR
6 45 (8.43%) PCI DSS
7 35 (6.55%) NCSC
8 29 (5.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 14 (2.62%) SOC 2
10 10 (1.87%) COBIT
11 5 (0.94%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.75%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.56%) ISO 31000
13 3 (0.56%) SLA
13 3 (0.56%) TickIT
14 2 (0.37%) GLBA
14 2 (0.37%) ITGC
14 2 (0.37%) QA
15 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 56 (10.49%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (5.62%) CASB
2 17 (3.18%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (2.43%) CSIRT
4 10 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.87%) Nmap
5 6 (1.12%) Nessus
6 5 (0.94%) WSUS
7 2 (0.37%) QRadar
8 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 154 (28.84%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.56%) CrowdStrike
3 13 (2.43%) Cisco
4 12 (2.25%) Splunk
5 10 (1.87%) Qualys
5 10 (1.87%) Rapid7
6 8 (1.50%) CheckPoint
6 8 (1.50%) Intel
6 8 (1.50%) Ribbon
7 7 (1.31%) Proofpoint
8 5 (0.94%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.75%) IBM
9 4 (0.75%) Varonis
10 3 (0.56%) BT
10 3 (0.56%) Darktrace
10 3 (0.56%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.37%) LogRhythm
11 2 (0.37%) OneTrust
11 2 (0.37%) Sun
11 2 (0.37%) VMware