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 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 396 463 524
Rank change year-on-year +67 +61 -72
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 544 546 880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.60% 0.65% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.71% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 459 441 544
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £34,065
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,500 £39,750
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 £73,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -

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 86,435 76,952 135,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.31% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 63,785 50,234 75,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £81,250 £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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +79 220 £65,700 +18.38% 24
North of England +49 105 £45,000 -3.23% 21
South East +5 96 £50,000 - 24
North West -3 60 £45,000 -9.09% 11
Midlands -31 54 £47,500 -5.00% 7
South West -5 48 £52,500 - 6
West Midlands -38 30 £43,500 -13.00% 6
Yorkshire +47 24 £57,500 +43.75% 10
East Midlands -7 24 £52,500 +16.67% 1
North East - 21 £40,000 -
East of England -15 18 £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 2 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 England region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 328 (60.29%) Cybersecurity
2 320 (58.82%) Information Security
3 216 (39.71%) SIEM
4 175 (32.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 175 (32.17%) Firewall
5 158 (29.04%) Microsoft
6 156 (28.68%) Incident Response
7 148 (27.21%) Azure
8 138 (25.37%) CISSP
9 136 (25.00%) Security Operations
10 115 (21.14%) NIST
11 106 (19.49%) Finance
12 105 (19.30%) Vulnerability Management
13 102 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
14 99 (18.20%) Social Skills
15 97 (17.83%) Cloud Security
15 97 (17.83%) Risk Management
16 95 (17.46%) Management Information System
17 93 (17.10%) Analytical Skills
18 85 (15.63%) Incident Management
19 78 (14.34%) Cyber Essentials
20 75 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
21 71 (13.05%) GRC
22 67 (12.32%) Windows
23 66 (12.13%) CISM
24 65 (11.95%) Cyberattack
25 64 (11.76%) CISA
25 64 (11.76%) Law
26 61 (11.21%) Degree
27 56 (10.29%) Vulnerability Remediation

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 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (1.47%) Skype for Business
2 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 148 (27.21%) Azure
2 102 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (8.82%) AWS
4 16 (2.94%) Entra ID
5 10 (1.84%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (0.92%) GCP
7 4 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.55%) SaaS
9 2 (0.37%) OCI
10 1 (0.18%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.18%) Google Drive
10 1 (0.18%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.18%) IaaS
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.18%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.18%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 175 (32.17%) Firewall
2 41 (7.54%) DNS
2 41 (7.54%) Network Security
3 39 (7.17%) Intrusion Detection
4 25 (4.60%) Internet
5 24 (4.41%) WAN
6 23 (4.23%) LAN
7 22 (4.04%) DKIM
7 22 (4.04%) DMARC
8 17 (3.13%) SSL
8 17 (3.13%) VoIP
8 17 (3.13%) VPN
9 16 (2.94%) TCP/IP
10 11 (2.02%) Wireless
11 10 (1.84%) Wireshark
12 9 (1.65%) SD-WAN
13 8 (1.47%) MPLS
13 8 (1.47%) Reverse Proxy
13 8 (1.47%) Skype
13 8 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.84%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (1.84%) Burp Suite
1 10 (1.84%) Metasploit
General
1 106 (19.49%) Finance
2 99 (18.20%) Social Skills
3 93 (17.10%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (11.76%) Law
5 30 (5.51%) Legal
5 30 (5.51%) Retail
6 18 (3.31%) Banking
7 13 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (1.84%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.65%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.10%) Marketing
11 5 (0.92%) Advertising
11 5 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.74%) Automotive
12 4 (0.74%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.55%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.55%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.37%) Cyber-Physical System
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.02%) REST
2 10 (1.84%) 802.1X
3 8 (1.47%) SAML
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.37%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.18%) ADO
5 1 (0.18%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 95 (17.46%) Management Information System
2 65 (11.95%) Cyberattack
3 45 (8.27%) Cyber Threat
4 41 (7.54%) Security Operations Centre
5 26 (4.78%) Security Posture
6 21 (3.86%) Cyber Defence
7 19 (3.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 16 (2.94%) Onboarding
9 15 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (2.57%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.84%) Data Centre
12 9 (1.65%) IoT
13 8 (1.47%) Client/Server
13 8 (1.47%) Cyber Security Posture
13 8 (1.47%) Insider Threat
13 8 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
14 7 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (1.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 7 (1.29%) Operational Technology
15 6 (1.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 67 (12.32%) Windows
2 28 (5.15%) Linux
3 18 (3.31%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.47%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.74%) Unix
6 2 (0.37%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (60.29%) Cybersecurity
2 320 (58.82%) Information Security
3 216 (39.71%) SIEM
4 156 (28.68%) Incident Response
5 136 (25.00%) Security Operations
6 105 (19.30%) Vulnerability Management
7 97 (17.83%) Cloud Security
7 97 (17.83%) Risk Management
8 85 (15.63%) Incident Management
9 75 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
10 56 (10.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 51 (9.38%) Threat Intelligence
12 50 (9.19%) Risk Assessment
13 49 (9.01%) Security Management
14 48 (8.82%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 48 (8.82%) Security Monitoring
15 46 (8.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 44 (8.09%) Vulnerability Scanning
17 43 (7.90%) Penetration Testing
18 41 (7.54%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 20 (3.68%) PowerShell
2 19 (3.49%) Python
3 9 (1.65%) Bash
4 7 (1.29%) Java
5 5 (0.92%) C#
6 3 (0.55%) C++
7 1 (0.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 138 (25.37%) CISSP
2 66 (12.13%) CISM
3 64 (11.76%) CISA
4 61 (11.21%) Degree
5 42 (7.72%) CompTIA Security+
6 36 (6.62%) Security Cleared
7 33 (6.07%) CompTIA CySA+
8 28 (5.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 23 (4.23%) CEH
10 21 (3.86%) CCSP
10 21 (3.86%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (3.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 18 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (3.31%) GIAC
12 17 (3.13%) CRISC
13 16 (2.94%) Master's Degree
14 12 (2.21%) DV Cleared
15 9 (1.65%) GCIH
15 9 (1.65%) OSCP
16 8 (1.47%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (32.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 115 (21.14%) NIST
3 78 (14.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 71 (13.05%) GRC
5 51 (9.38%) GDPR
6 45 (8.27%) PCI DSS
7 36 (6.62%) NCSC
8 30 (5.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 11 (2.02%) COBIT
10 10 (1.84%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.92%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.74%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.74%) ISO 31000
12 4 (0.74%) SLA
13 3 (0.55%) TickIT
14 2 (0.37%) GLBA
14 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.37%) ITGC
14 2 (0.37%) QA
System Software
1 50 (9.19%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (5.33%) CASB
2 17 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (2.39%) CSIRT
4 10 (1.84%) Nmap
5 7 (1.29%) Nessus
6 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.92%) WSUS
8 2 (0.37%) QRadar
9 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 158 (29.04%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.04%) CrowdStrike
3 15 (2.76%) Cisco
4 11 (2.02%) Qualys
5 10 (1.84%) Rapid7
5 10 (1.84%) Splunk
6 8 (1.47%) CheckPoint
6 8 (1.47%) Intel
6 8 (1.47%) Ribbon
7 7 (1.29%) Proofpoint
8 5 (0.92%) BT
8 5 (0.92%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.74%) IBM
9 4 (0.74%) Palo Alto
9 4 (0.74%) Varonis
9 4 (0.74%) VMware
10 3 (0.55%) Darktrace
11 2 (0.37%) LogRhythm
11 2 (0.37%) OneTrust
11 2 (0.37%) Oracle