Senior Security Analyst Jobs in England

Senior Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Senior Security Analyst salary in England is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 743 817 1111
Rank change year-on-year +74 +294 -266
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 118 56 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.068% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.074% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 80 42 52
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,477 £39,510
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £51,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.59% -2.38% -6.67%
75th Percentile £78,125 £65,938 £61,250
90th Percentile £113,250 £82,500 £68,625
UK median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +40.00% -4.76% -4.55%

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 88,935 75,643 138,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 91.23% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 65,011 49,623 75,965
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £45,000 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £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 Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in England

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Analyst in England

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Analyst in England

Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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 +110 56 £77,500 +24.00% 5
South West -11 25 £70,000 +58.04%
South East +8 16 £67,500 +12.50% 4
North of England +3 8 £53,750 +7.50% 2
Midlands -37 8 £52,500 -4.55% 1
North West -12 7 £50,000 -
East Midlands -27 7 £52,500 -8.70%
East of England -10 4 £38,750 -13.89% 1
Yorkshire +63 1 £63,500 +27.00% 2
West Midlands -9 1 - - 1
Senior Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 75 (63.56%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (50.85%) Information Security
3 57 (48.31%) Microsoft
4 51 (43.22%) Incident Response
5 50 (42.37%) SIEM
6 40 (33.90%) Finance
7 39 (33.05%) CISSP
8 33 (27.97%) Vulnerability Management
9 32 (27.12%) Security Operations
10 29 (24.58%) Firewall
11 28 (23.73%) Incident Management
11 28 (23.73%) Azure
12 27 (22.88%) Microsoft 365
12 27 (22.88%) Change Management
13 24 (20.34%) Application Security
14 20 (16.95%) OWASP
15 19 (16.10%) Data Loss Prevention
15 19 (16.10%) Cloud Security
15 19 (16.10%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
15 19 (16.10%) CompTIA CySA+
15 19 (16.10%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 18 (15.25%) Threat Detection
16 18 (15.25%) Security Operations Centre
16 18 (15.25%) Windows
17 17 (14.41%) Security Management
17 17 (14.41%) Mentoring
18 16 (13.56%) Management Information System
19 15 (12.71%) CISM
19 15 (12.71%) AWS
19 15 (12.71%) Privileged Access Management

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 28 (23.73%) Azure
2 27 (22.88%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (12.71%) AWS
4 11 (9.32%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (24.58%) Firewall
2 11 (9.32%) Intrusion Detection
2 11 (9.32%) VoIP
3 3 (2.54%) Network Security
4 1 (0.85%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.32%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (8.47%) Burp Suite
1 10 (8.47%) Metasploit
General
1 40 (33.90%) Finance
2 11 (9.32%) Retail
3 10 (8.47%) Social Skills
4 9 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (7.63%) Law
5 6 (5.08%) Marketing
6 4 (3.39%) Banking
7 3 (2.54%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.69%) Advertising
8 2 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.32%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.25%) Security Operations Centre
2 16 (13.56%) Management Information System
3 11 (9.32%) Cyberattack
4 10 (8.47%) Cyber Defence
5 9 (7.63%) Security Posture
6 7 (5.93%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (3.39%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.69%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.85%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.85%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.25%) Windows
2 5 (4.24%) Linux
3 2 (1.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (63.56%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (50.85%) Information Security
3 51 (43.22%) Incident Response
4 50 (42.37%) SIEM
5 33 (27.97%) Vulnerability Management
6 32 (27.12%) Security Operations
7 28 (23.73%) Incident Management
8 27 (22.88%) Change Management
9 24 (20.34%) Application Security
10 20 (16.95%) OWASP
11 19 (16.10%) Cloud Security
11 19 (16.10%) Data Loss Prevention
11 19 (16.10%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 19 (16.10%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 18 (15.25%) Threat Detection
13 17 (14.41%) Mentoring
13 17 (14.41%) Security Management
14 15 (12.71%) Privileged Access Management
15 14 (11.86%) Security Architecture
16 11 (9.32%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.08%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.69%) C++
2 2 (1.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (33.05%) CISSP
2 19 (16.10%) CompTIA CySA+
3 15 (12.71%) CISM
4 14 (11.86%) CISA
5 9 (7.63%) Degree
6 8 (6.78%) Master's Degree
7 6 (5.08%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (3.39%) CCSP
8 4 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.39%) GIAC
9 2 (1.69%) CCSA
9 2 (1.69%) CEH
9 2 (1.69%) SANS
10 1 (0.85%) CRISC
10 1 (0.85%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.71%) NIST
2 13 (11.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (9.32%) GRC
4 9 (7.63%) GDPR
4 9 (7.63%) PCI DSS
5 6 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.69%) COBIT
6 2 (1.69%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (9.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (8.47%) Nmap
2 7 (5.93%) CASB
3 4 (3.39%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 57 (48.31%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.02%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (5.93%) Proofpoint
3 7 (5.93%) Rapid7
4 4 (3.39%) Cisco
5 1 (0.85%) Darktrace