Security Analyst Jobs in London

Security Analyst
England > London

The median Security Analyst salary in London is £65,700 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 312 379 627
Rank change year-on-year +67 +248 -211
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 216 254 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.91% 0.75% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 0.79% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 183 220 232
10th Percentile £46,250 £39,813 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,700 £60,000 £57,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.50% +3.90% -0.43%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,250 £80,125 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,313 32,109 66,771
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 95.14% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 16,649 23,746 34,560
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,449 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in London

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in London

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in London

Security Analyst
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the London 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
Central London +93 63 £65,000 +27.45% 2
West London -13 8 £55,000 +57.14% 1
North London - 2 £50,000 -
East London - 1 £39,000 - 3
Security Analyst
England

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

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 London region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 137 (63.43%) Cybersecurity
2 136 (62.96%) Information Security
3 99 (45.83%) SIEM
4 93 (43.06%) Firewall
5 81 (37.50%) Incident Response
6 75 (34.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 73 (33.80%) Security Operations
8 72 (33.33%) Microsoft
9 71 (32.87%) CISSP
9 71 (32.87%) Finance
10 63 (29.17%) NIST
11 48 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
12 45 (20.83%) GRC
13 44 (20.37%) Risk Management
13 44 (20.37%) Incident Management
14 42 (19.44%) Management Information System
15 41 (18.98%) Azure
16 40 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
17 36 (16.67%) CISA
17 36 (16.67%) Law
17 36 (16.67%) Social Skills
18 33 (15.28%) CISM
18 33 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
19 32 (14.81%) Security Management
19 32 (14.81%) Application Security
20 31 (14.35%) Cyber Threat
21 30 (13.89%) Cyberattack
21 30 (13.89%) Security Monitoring
22 29 (13.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
23 28 (12.96%) Risk Assessment

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (3.70%) Skype for Business
2 7 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 48 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (18.98%) Azure
3 21 (9.72%) AWS
4 2 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.93%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.46%) Google Drive
5 1 (0.46%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 93 (43.06%) Firewall
2 22 (10.19%) Intrusion Detection
2 22 (10.19%) Network Security
3 15 (6.94%) DNS
3 15 (6.94%) SSL
3 15 (6.94%) TCP/IP
4 10 (4.63%) LAN
4 10 (4.63%) WAN
5 9 (4.17%) VoIP
6 8 (3.70%) BGP
6 8 (3.70%) Internet
6 8 (3.70%) MPLS
6 8 (3.70%) OSPF
6 8 (3.70%) Reverse Proxy
6 8 (3.70%) SD-WAN
6 8 (3.70%) Skype
6 8 (3.70%) VPN
6 8 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (3.70%) Wireless
6 8 (3.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.93%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (4.63%) Burp Suite
1 10 (4.63%) Metasploit
General
1 71 (32.87%) Finance
2 36 (16.67%) Law
2 36 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 33 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.33%) Legal
5 10 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (4.17%) Banking
7 7 (3.24%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.85%) Retail
9 3 (1.39%) Advertising
9 3 (1.39%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.39%) Marketing
10 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.46%) Cyber-Physical System
11 1 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.09%) REST
2 9 (4.17%) 802.1X
3 8 (3.70%) SAML
4 2 (0.93%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.46%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 42 (19.44%) Management Information System
2 31 (14.35%) Cyber Threat
3 30 (13.89%) Cyberattack
4 14 (6.48%) Security Posture
5 12 (5.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 10 (4.63%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (3.70%) Client/Server
7 8 (3.70%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.85%) Insider Threat
12 3 (1.39%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
13 2 (0.93%) Digital Media
13 2 (0.93%) Public Cloud
13 2 (0.93%) Social Media
14 1 (0.46%) Blog
14 1 (0.46%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 27 (12.50%) Windows
2 12 (5.56%) Linux
3 3 (1.39%) Unix
4 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.46%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (63.43%) Cybersecurity
2 136 (62.96%) Information Security
3 99 (45.83%) SIEM
4 81 (37.50%) Incident Response
5 73 (33.80%) Security Operations
6 44 (20.37%) Incident Management
6 44 (20.37%) Risk Management
7 40 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
8 32 (14.81%) Application Security
8 32 (14.81%) Security Management
9 30 (13.89%) Security Monitoring
10 29 (13.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 28 (12.96%) Risk Assessment
12 23 (10.65%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 23 (10.65%) Threat Intelligence
13 22 (10.19%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
13 22 (10.19%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 21 (9.72%) Threat Detection
15 20 (9.26%) Change Management
16 19 (8.80%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.48%) PowerShell
2 8 (3.70%) Python
3 3 (1.39%) Bash
4 2 (0.93%) C++
4 2 (0.93%) Java
Qualifications
1 71 (32.87%) CISSP
2 36 (16.67%) CISA
3 33 (15.28%) CISM
4 27 (12.50%) Degree
5 18 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 17 (7.87%) CompTIA CySA+
6 17 (7.87%) CompTIA Security+
7 13 (6.02%) CCSP
7 13 (6.02%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (4.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 9 (4.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 9 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (4.17%) CRISC
10 8 (3.70%) CEH
10 8 (3.70%) GCIH
10 8 (3.70%) GIAC
10 8 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (2.78%) ISACA
12 5 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (2.31%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (34.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (29.17%) NIST
3 45 (20.83%) GRC
4 23 (10.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 22 (10.19%) NCSC
6 12 (5.56%) GDPR
6 12 (5.56%) SOC 2
7 10 (4.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (4.17%) PCI DSS
9 8 (3.70%) COBIT
10 3 (1.39%) ISO 22301
10 3 (1.39%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.93%) GLBA
11 2 (0.93%) ISO 31000
11 2 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.46%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.46%) PMBOK
System Software
1 27 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (4.63%) CSIRT
1 10 (4.63%) Nmap
2 8 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.39%) CASB
4 2 (0.93%) QRadar
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 72 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
3 8 (3.70%) CheckPoint
3 8 (3.70%) Ribbon
4 6 (2.78%) Qualys
4 6 (2.78%) Splunk
5 4 (1.85%) Cisco
5 4 (1.85%) IBM
5 4 (1.85%) Varonis
6 3 (1.39%) Intel
7 2 (0.93%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.93%) Rapid7
7 2 (0.93%) VMware
8 1 (0.46%) AlienVault
8 1 (0.46%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.46%) Google
8 1 (0.46%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.46%) Meraki
8 1 (0.46%) Okta