Security Analyst Jobs in the South East

Security Analyst
England > South East

The median Security Analyst salary in the South East is £50,000 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 311 315 328
Rank change year-on-year +4 +13 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 90 82 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.53% 0.57% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.63% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 82 65 139
10th Percentile £40,125 - £32,500
25th Percentile £42,137 £41,250 £36,021
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +7.61% -3.16%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £64,000
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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,863 12,953 19,286
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 90.32% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11,342 8,193 12,383
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the South East

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the South East.

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the South East

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the South East

Security Analyst
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the South East 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
Thames Valley +34 27 £47,000 +14.70% 7
Berkshire +34 20 £47,000 +14.70% 5
Hampshire -28 20 £52,500 +16.67% 6
Kent -1 18 £48,750 -2.50%
Surrey -12 13 £80,000 +52.38% 1
Buckinghamshire -15 5 £47,500 +5.56% 1
West Sussex +30 3 £40,000 -40.07%
Middlesex - 2 - - 1
Oxfordshire - 2 £28,000 - 1
East Sussex +17 1 £55,000 +33.33% 3
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 50 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (52.22%) Information Security
3 44 (48.89%) Azure
4 30 (33.33%) SIEM
5 26 (28.89%) Microsoft
5 26 (28.89%) Cloud Security
6 25 (27.78%) Incident Response
6 25 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 22 (24.44%) Firewall
8 21 (23.33%) Incident Management
8 21 (23.33%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (21.11%) Analytical Skills
9 19 (21.11%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 18 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (17.78%) Finance
12 15 (16.67%) Management Information System
12 15 (16.67%) DNS
12 15 (16.67%) Cyberattack
13 14 (15.56%) Security Monitoring
13 14 (15.56%) Mentoring
13 14 (15.56%) Windows
14 13 (14.44%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 12 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
15 12 (13.33%) Time Management
16 11 (12.22%) Security Cleared
16 11 (12.22%) Risk Management
16 11 (12.22%) Social Skills
17 10 (11.11%) CCSP
17 10 (11.11%) CISSP
17 10 (11.11%) Cisco Certification

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 44 (48.89%) Azure
2 21 (23.33%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (11.11%) AWS
4 2 (2.22%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (24.44%) Firewall
2 15 (16.67%) DNS
3 10 (11.11%) DKIM
3 10 (11.11%) DMARC
4 9 (10.00%) Network Security
5 8 (8.89%) Internet
6 7 (7.78%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (3.33%) LAN
7 3 (3.33%) WAN
7 3 (3.33%) Wireless
8 2 (2.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.22%) Power BI
General
1 19 (21.11%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (17.78%) Finance
3 11 (12.22%) Social Skills
4 6 (6.67%) Banking
5 3 (3.33%) Marketing
6 2 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.22%) Publishing
7 1 (1.11%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.67%) Cyberattack
1 15 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (5.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 5 (5.56%) Operational Technology
4 3 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (3.33%) Insider Threat
4 3 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.22%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 14 (15.56%) Windows
2 6 (6.67%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (52.22%) Information Security
3 30 (33.33%) SIEM
4 26 (28.89%) Cloud Security
5 25 (27.78%) Incident Response
6 21 (23.33%) Incident Management
7 19 (21.11%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 18 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (15.56%) Mentoring
9 14 (15.56%) Security Monitoring
10 13 (14.44%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 12 (13.33%) Time Management
11 12 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
12 11 (12.22%) Risk Management
13 10 (11.11%) Security Operations
14 9 (10.00%) Internal Audit
14 9 (10.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 9 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
14 9 (10.00%) Security Architecture
15 8 (8.89%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.11%) C++
1 1 (1.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (12.22%) Security Cleared
2 10 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 10 (11.11%) CCSP
2 10 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (11.11%) CISSP
3 8 (8.89%) Azure Certification
4 7 (7.78%) CompTIA Security+
4 7 (7.78%) Degree
5 3 (3.33%) AWS Certification
5 3 (3.33%) MCP
5 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.33%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.22%) CEH
6 2 (2.22%) CISA
6 2 (2.22%) CISM
6 2 (2.22%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (2.22%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.22%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.11%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (8.89%) NIST
3 7 (7.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (7.78%) NCSC
4 6 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (3.33%) GRC
6 2 (2.22%) GDPR
6 2 (2.22%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.22%) SLA
7 1 (1.11%) ISO 22301
7 1 (1.11%) ISO 31000
7 1 (1.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (8.89%) CASB
2 5 (5.56%) WSUS
3 3 (3.33%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.11%) Nessus
Vendors
1 26 (28.89%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.00%) Cisco
3 3 (3.33%) BT
4 2 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (2.22%) Facebook
5 1 (1.11%) Qualys