Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in England

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > England

The median Senior Cybersecurity Analyst salary in England is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 825 886 1159
Rank change year-on-year +61 +273 -285
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst 40 15 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.044% 0.018% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.020% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 39 13 17
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,695 £38,010
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,477 £39,510
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £42,436
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +17.83% -19.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £83,250 £86,100 £57,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £55,500 £42,436
% change year-on-year +26.13% +30.79% -19.17%

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 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £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%

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Senior Cybersecurity 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 Senior Cybersecurity Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
South West - 21 £70,000 -
London +111 8 £76,250 +44.55% 1
South East +1 8 £67,500 +12.50% 1
East of England -2 2 £38,750 -13.89%
North of England - 1 £50,000 -
North West - 1 £50,000 -
Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Senior Cybersecurity 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 Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 40 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (47.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 17 (42.50%) SIEM
3 17 (42.50%) Microsoft
3 17 (42.50%) Incident Response
4 12 (30.00%) Security Architecture
4 12 (30.00%) Security Operations
5 11 (27.50%) Cloud Security
6 10 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (25.00%) CISSP
6 10 (25.00%) Law
6 10 (25.00%) Information Security
7 9 (22.50%) Retail
7 9 (22.50%) Finance
7 9 (22.50%) Windows
7 9 (22.50%) NIST
7 9 (22.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 8 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
8 8 (20.00%) Master's Degree
8 8 (20.00%) Degree
9 7 (17.50%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (17.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 7 (17.50%) Network Monitoring
9 7 (17.50%) Data Protection
9 7 (17.50%) PCI DSS
9 7 (17.50%) Azure
9 7 (17.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (17.50%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (17.50%) E-Commerce
9 7 (17.50%) Data Loss Prevention

Senior Cybersecurity 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (17.50%) Azure
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) Firewall
1 2 (5.00%) Network Security
General
1 10 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 10 (25.00%) Law
2 9 (22.50%) Finance
2 9 (22.50%) Retail
3 6 (15.00%) Marketing
4 5 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 4 (10.00%) Banking
6 2 (5.00%) Advertising
6 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Data Protection Act
1 7 (17.50%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (7.50%) Cyberattack
4 2 (5.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (5.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (22.50%) Windows
2 4 (10.00%) Linux
3 2 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (47.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 17 (42.50%) Incident Response
3 17 (42.50%) SIEM
4 12 (30.00%) Security Architecture
4 12 (30.00%) Security Operations
5 11 (27.50%) Cloud Security
6 10 (25.00%) Information Security
7 9 (22.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 7 (17.50%) Data Loss Prevention
8 7 (17.50%) Data Protection
8 7 (17.50%) E-Commerce
8 7 (17.50%) Network Monitoring
8 7 (17.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 6 (15.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 5 (12.50%) Malware Detection/Protection
10 5 (12.50%) Mentoring
11 4 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (10.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) C++
1 2 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) CISSP
2 8 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 8 (20.00%) Degree
2 8 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 4 (10.00%) GIAC
4 2 (5.00%) CCSA
4 2 (5.00%) CEH
4 2 (5.00%) CISA
4 2 (5.00%) CISM
4 2 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (5.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (22.50%) NIST
2 7 (17.50%) GDPR
2 7 (17.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (17.50%) PCI DSS
3 6 (15.00%) GRC
4 2 (5.00%) ISO 9001
5 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) CASB
2 4 (10.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 17 (42.50%) Microsoft