Information Security Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Information Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Security Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £47,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 658 635 630
Rank change year-on-year -23 -5 -9
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 117 119 248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.20% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.23% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 109 99 82
10th Percentile £40,250 £38,750 £33,775
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +11.11% -4.67%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -2.44%

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 70,239 51,739 70,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 89.07% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 49,597 29,705 42,866
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +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%

Information Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Information Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Security 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 Information Security Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
North of England +50 41 £47,000 -5.05% 3
South East +2 37 £52,500 +6.06% 4
North West +10 32 £45,625 -7.83% 2
Midlands -13 18 £52,500 - 3
East Midlands - 16 £52,500 - 1
South West -25 9 £43,500 -8.42%
Yorkshire +77 8 £50,000 - 1
Scotland -51 8 £47,000 -24.80%
East of England -2 4 £43,000 -31.20%
West Midlands -14 2 £42,000 -20.00% 2
North East -6 1 - -
Information Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Information 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 UK excluding London region featuring Information Security Analyst in the job title.

1 117 (100.00%) Information Security
2 56 (47.86%) Azure
3 51 (43.59%) Cloud Security
4 50 (42.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 43 (36.75%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (34.19%) SIEM
7 30 (25.64%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 29 (24.79%) DKIM
8 29 (24.79%) DMARC
8 29 (24.79%) DNS
9 27 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
10 25 (21.37%) Cyberattack
10 25 (21.37%) CASB
10 25 (21.37%) Internet
10 25 (21.37%) SOAR
10 25 (21.37%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 23 (19.66%) Analytical Skills
12 21 (17.95%) PCI DSS
13 20 (17.09%) CISSP
13 20 (17.09%) Cyber Essentials
14 19 (16.24%) Risk Management
14 19 (16.24%) ISMS
15 18 (15.38%) GRC
16 17 (14.53%) GDPR
16 17 (14.53%) Management Information System
17 16 (13.68%) Risk Assessment
17 16 (13.68%) NIST
18 14 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
18 14 (11.97%) Microsoft
18 14 (11.97%) Incident Management

Information Security 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:

Cloud Services
1 56 (47.86%) Azure
2 43 (36.75%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (11.11%) AWS
4 3 (2.56%) GCP
5 1 (0.85%) IaaS
5 1 (0.85%) PaaS
5 1 (0.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (24.79%) DKIM
1 29 (24.79%) DMARC
1 29 (24.79%) DNS
2 25 (21.37%) Internet
3 13 (11.11%) Firewall
4 4 (3.42%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (2.56%) Network Security
General
1 23 (19.66%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (8.55%) Social Skills
3 8 (6.84%) Law
4 6 (5.13%) Retail
5 4 (3.42%) Legal
6 3 (2.56%) Automotive
6 3 (2.56%) Finance
7 2 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 25 (21.37%) Cyberattack
2 17 (14.53%) Management Information System
3 7 (5.98%) Security Posture
4 6 (5.13%) Onboarding
4 6 (5.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 3 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.56%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (100.00%) Information Security
2 51 (43.59%) Cloud Security
3 40 (34.19%) SIEM
4 30 (25.64%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 27 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (21.37%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 25 (21.37%) SOAR
7 19 (16.24%) ISMS
7 19 (16.24%) Risk Management
8 16 (13.68%) Risk Assessment
9 14 (11.97%) Incident Management
9 14 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (11.11%) Internal Audit
11 11 (9.40%) GAP Analysis
12 10 (8.55%) Security Monitoring
13 9 (7.69%) Business Continuity
13 9 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
13 9 (7.69%) Incident Response
13 9 (7.69%) Time Management
14 8 (6.84%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (17.09%) CISSP
2 9 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 9 (7.69%) CCSP
2 9 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (6.84%) CISM
3 8 (6.84%) Degree
4 6 (5.13%) CCSK
4 6 (5.13%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (4.27%) Azure Certification
6 4 (3.42%) CISA
7 3 (2.56%) CRISC
7 3 (2.56%) Security Cleared
8 2 (1.71%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (42.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (17.95%) PCI DSS
3 20 (17.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (15.38%) GRC
5 17 (14.53%) GDPR
6 16 (13.68%) NIST
7 9 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (6.84%) NCSC
9 3 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (2.56%) TickIT
10 2 (1.71%) COBIT
10 2 (1.71%) ISO 22301
10 2 (1.71%) ISO 31000
10 2 (1.71%) ISO 9001
10 2 (1.71%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Systems Management
1 25 (21.37%) CASB
2 2 (1.71%) Nessus
Vendors
1 14 (11.97%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.69%) Cisco
3 7 (5.98%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (5.98%) Proofpoint
3 7 (5.98%) Rapid7
4 3 (2.56%) Qualys