Security Analyst Jobs in the North of England

Security Analyst
England > North of England

The median Security Analyst salary in the North of England is £45,000 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 292 341 338
Rank change year-on-year +49 -3 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 105 89 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.56% 0.55% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.62% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 92 71 67
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £38,100
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -2.11% +11.76%
75th Percentile £53,125 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £64,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 17,953 14,401 17,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.20% 89.25% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,711 7,947 10,940
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,627 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the North of England

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the North of England

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the North of England

Security Analyst
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of 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
North West +5 60 £45,000 -9.09% 11
Yorkshire +49 24 £57,500 +43.75% 10
North East - 21 £40,000 -
Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 North of England region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 58 (55.24%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (54.29%) Information Security
3 53 (50.48%) SIEM
4 40 (38.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 36 (34.29%) Azure
5 36 (34.29%) Cloud Security
6 32 (30.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 30 (28.57%) Social Skills
7 30 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (22.86%) Firewall
9 22 (20.95%) Incident Response
9 22 (20.95%) Analytical Skills
10 21 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (20.00%) Microsoft
11 20 (19.05%) CISSP
12 19 (18.10%) CompTIA Security+
13 18 (17.14%) Active Directory
14 17 (16.19%) Law
15 16 (15.24%) Management Information System
15 16 (15.24%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 16 (15.24%) Entra ID
16 15 (14.29%) NIST
17 14 (13.33%) GRC
17 14 (13.33%) Windows
18 13 (12.38%) Security Management
18 13 (12.38%) Vulnerability Management
18 13 (12.38%) Degree
18 13 (12.38%) Security Operations
19 12 (11.43%) GDPR
19 12 (11.43%) Cyber Threat

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 1 (0.95%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 36 (34.29%) Azure
2 30 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (15.24%) Entra ID
4 6 (5.71%) AWS
5 4 (3.81%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.90%) OCI
6 2 (1.90%) SaaS
7 1 (0.95%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.95%) IaaS
7 1 (0.95%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (22.86%) Firewall
2 12 (11.43%) DNS
3 11 (10.48%) DKIM
3 11 (10.48%) DMARC
4 9 (8.57%) Internet
4 9 (8.57%) WAN
5 8 (7.62%) LAN
6 5 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (3.81%) Network Security
8 3 (2.86%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.95%) HTTP
9 1 (0.95%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.95%) SMTP
9 1 (0.95%) VPN
General
1 30 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 22 (20.95%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (16.19%) Law
4 10 (9.52%) Legal
5 6 (5.71%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.90%) Finance
8 1 (0.95%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.95%) Retail
8 1 (0.95%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.95%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.24%) Management Information System
2 12 (11.43%) Cyber Threat
3 10 (9.52%) Cyberattack
4 7 (6.67%) IoT
4 7 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (4.76%) Security Posture
6 4 (3.81%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.86%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (2.86%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.90%) Life Science
9 1 (0.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.95%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.33%) Windows
2 10 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 8 (7.62%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.81%) Linux
5 1 (0.95%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.95%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (55.24%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (54.29%) Information Security
3 53 (50.48%) SIEM
4 36 (34.29%) Cloud Security
5 22 (20.95%) Incident Response
6 21 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (15.24%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 13 (12.38%) Security Management
8 13 (12.38%) Security Operations
8 13 (12.38%) Vulnerability Management
9 12 (11.43%) Risk Assessment
9 12 (11.43%) Risk Management
10 11 (10.48%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 10 (9.52%) Data Security
11 10 (9.52%) Document Management
11 10 (9.52%) SOAR
11 10 (9.52%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 9 (8.57%) ISMS
12 9 (8.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 9 (8.57%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.52%) Python
2 6 (5.71%) Bash
2 6 (5.71%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.76%) C#
3 5 (4.76%) Java
4 1 (0.95%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (19.05%) CISSP
2 19 (18.10%) CompTIA Security+
3 13 (12.38%) Degree
4 12 (11.43%) CISA
5 8 (7.62%) CISM
6 7 (6.67%) GIAC
7 6 (5.71%) CISMP
7 6 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (5.71%) SANS
7 6 (5.71%) SSCP
8 5 (4.76%) CEH
9 4 (3.81%) CRISC
10 3 (2.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 2 (1.90%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.90%) GSEC
11 2 (1.90%) Security Cleared
12 1 (0.95%) CCSP
12 1 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.95%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.95%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (38.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (30.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (14.29%) NIST
4 14 (13.33%) GRC
5 12 (11.43%) GDPR
6 11 (10.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 11 (10.48%) PCI DSS
7 6 (5.71%) NCSC
8 2 (1.90%) ITGC
8 2 (1.90%) QA
8 2 (1.90%) TickIT
9 1 (0.95%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.95%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 18 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.95%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (8.57%) CASB
1 9 (8.57%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (4.76%) Nessus
4 1 (0.95%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 21 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.76%) Intel
2 5 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 3 (2.86%) Splunk
4 2 (1.90%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (1.90%) Fortinet
4 2 (1.90%) Oracle
4 2 (1.90%) Qualys
5 1 (0.95%) iManage
5 1 (0.95%) LogRhythm
5 1 (0.95%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.95%) Rapid7
5 1 (0.95%) SonicWALL