Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 634 688 731
Rank change year-on-year +54 +43 -146
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 127 82 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.16% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 114 65 91
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,850 £31,475
25th Percentile £42,512 £37,463 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -1.16% -9.47%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £74,250 £67,500 £65,275
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 68,862 52,395 69,656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.16% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 48,635 29,827 42,609
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
South West +15 33 £65,000 +36.84% 3
South East +21 31 £67,500 +22.73% 6
North of England +59 30 £42,500 -16.37% 3
Scotland -51 14 £50,000 +5.02% 2
North West +6 12 £37,500 -23.86% 3
Yorkshire +89 11 £57,500 -12.64%
East of England +3 11 £50,000 +17.65% 1
North East - 7 £42,500 -
Midlands -24 6 £49,750 +17.06% 2
West Midlands -6 3 £42,000 -1.18% 2
East Midlands -7 3 £52,500 +31.25%
Northern Ireland +23 1 - -
Wales - 1 £37,500 - 1
Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 127 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (49.61%) SIEM
3 48 (37.80%) Incident Response
4 45 (35.43%) Azure
5 43 (33.86%) Microsoft
6 41 (32.28%) Firewall
7 39 (30.71%) Vulnerability Management
8 37 (29.13%) Security Operations
9 34 (26.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 34 (26.77%) CISSP
10 30 (23.62%) Information Security
11 29 (22.83%) NIST
11 29 (22.83%) Cloud Security
12 27 (21.26%) Social Skills
13 25 (19.69%) Degree
13 25 (19.69%) Analytical Skills
14 23 (18.11%) CompTIA Security+
15 20 (15.75%) Security Architecture
16 19 (14.96%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 19 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
17 18 (14.17%) Security Operations Centre
17 18 (14.17%) Law
18 17 (13.39%) Risk Management
19 16 (12.60%) Windows
20 15 (11.81%) Management Information System
20 15 (11.81%) Finance
20 15 (11.81%) Vulnerability Scanning
20 15 (11.81%) Cyber Essentials
21 14 (11.02%) GDPR
21 14 (11.02%) Inclusion and Diversity

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 2 (1.57%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 45 (35.43%) Azure
2 12 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (6.30%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (4.72%) AWS
4 6 (4.72%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.94%) SaaS
6 3 (2.36%) IaaS
6 3 (2.36%) PaaS
7 2 (1.57%) GCP
8 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 41 (32.28%) Firewall
2 7 (5.51%) Network Security
3 6 (4.72%) LAN
3 6 (4.72%) WAN
4 2 (1.57%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.57%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.79%) VPN
General
1 27 (21.26%) Social Skills
2 25 (19.69%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (14.17%) Law
4 15 (11.81%) Finance
5 14 (11.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (7.87%) Retail
7 6 (4.72%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.36%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.36%) Banking
8 3 (2.36%) Marketing
9 2 (1.57%) Publishing
10 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.17%) Security Operations Centre
2 15 (11.81%) Management Information System
3 13 (10.24%) Cyberattack
4 11 (8.66%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (8.66%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (5.51%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (4.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (4.72%) Operational Technology
7 5 (3.94%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (3.94%) IoT
8 3 (2.36%) CSOC
8 3 (2.36%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.36%) Insider Threat
9 2 (1.57%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.60%) Windows
2 8 (6.30%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.94%) Linux
4 4 (3.15%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.79%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (49.61%) SIEM
3 48 (37.80%) Incident Response
4 39 (30.71%) Vulnerability Management
5 37 (29.13%) Security Operations
6 30 (23.62%) Information Security
7 29 (22.83%) Cloud Security
8 20 (15.75%) Security Architecture
9 19 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (14.96%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 17 (13.39%) Risk Management
11 15 (11.81%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 14 (11.02%) Disaster Recovery
13 13 (10.24%) Data Protection
14 12 (9.45%) Threat Intelligence
15 11 (8.66%) Network Monitoring
15 11 (8.66%) Penetration Testing
16 10 (7.87%) Incident Management
16 10 (7.87%) Mentoring
16 10 (7.87%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.15%) Python
2 2 (1.57%) Bash
2 2 (1.57%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.79%) C++
3 1 (0.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (26.77%) CISSP
2 25 (19.69%) Degree
3 23 (18.11%) CompTIA Security+
4 13 (10.24%) Security Cleared
5 12 (9.45%) CISM
6 11 (8.66%) CEH
6 11 (8.66%) CompTIA CySA+
7 10 (7.87%) Master's Degree
8 9 (7.09%) CISA
8 9 (7.09%) SSCP
9 7 (5.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 6 (4.72%) GIAC
11 5 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (3.15%) SC Cleared
13 3 (2.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (2.36%) CCSP
13 3 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (1.57%) DBS Check
14 2 (1.57%) DV Cleared
14 2 (1.57%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (26.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (22.83%) NIST
3 15 (11.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (11.02%) GDPR
5 13 (10.24%) PCI DSS
6 5 (3.94%) ISO 22301
7 4 (3.15%) GRC
8 3 (2.36%) NCSC
9 2 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.57%) QA
10 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (7.87%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (7.09%) CASB
2 7 (5.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.94%) Nessus
4 4 (3.15%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.36%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 43 (33.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.94%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.15%) Intel
4 3 (2.36%) BT
4 3 (2.36%) Splunk
5 2 (1.57%) Facebook
5 2 (1.57%) Sun
6 1 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.79%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.79%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.79%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.79%) SonicWALL