Security Operations Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Operations Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 752 709 798
Rank change year-on-year -43 +89 -101
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 16 19 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.020% 0.034% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.038% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 14 19 17
10th Percentile - £36,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% +27.78% -2.17%
75th Percentile £52,188 £63,750 £63,000
90th Percentile £61,750 £64,000 £72,400
UK median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -21.74% - +19.79%

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 74,776 49,490 72,464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 88.82% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 52,251 29,308 43,150
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 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +5.94% +6.32%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
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%

Security Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Operations 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 Security Operations Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
West Midlands -2 8 £37,500 -34.78% 1
Midlands -35 8 £37,500 -34.78% 1
South East -5 5 £60,000 +41.18% 4
North of England +9 2 £36,250 -42.00% 4
North West -9 1 £27,500 -26.67% 2
East of England -11 1 £52,500 -4.55% 1
North East - 1 £45,000 -
Security Operations Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, Security Operations 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 Security Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 15 (93.75%) Microsoft
3 12 (75.00%) Firewall
4 11 (68.75%) Windows
4 11 (68.75%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (62.50%) Linux
5 10 (62.50%) Information Security
5 10 (62.50%) Finance
6 9 (56.25%) NIST
7 8 (50.00%) GDPR
7 8 (50.00%) Risk Management
7 8 (50.00%) Retail
7 8 (50.00%) VPN
7 8 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (25.00%) SIEM
9 3 (18.75%) Kalman Filter
9 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
9 3 (18.75%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (18.75%) Data Loss Prevention
9 3 (18.75%) Incident Response
9 3 (18.75%) AWS
10 2 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
10 2 (12.50%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (12.50%) Security Posture
10 2 (12.50%) Remediation Plan
10 2 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (12.50%) Systems Engineering

Security Operations 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 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (75.00%) Firewall
2 8 (50.00%) VPN
3 3 (18.75%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (12.50%) VoIP
5 1 (6.25%) Network Security
5 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
5 1 (6.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 10 (62.50%) Finance
2 8 (50.00%) Retail
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Advertising
4 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Windows
2 10 (62.50%) Linux
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 10 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (62.50%) Information Security
3 8 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 8 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (25.00%) SIEM
5 3 (18.75%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (18.75%) Incident Response
5 3 (18.75%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
6 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
6 2 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (12.50%) Malware Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 2 (12.50%) OWASP
6 2 (12.50%) Problem Management
6 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (12.50%) Remediation Plan
6 2 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
6 2 (12.50%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) CISA
1 2 (12.50%) CISM
1 2 (12.50%) CISSP
1 2 (12.50%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (56.25%) NIST
2 8 (50.00%) GDPR
3 2 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
2 1 (6.25%) IBM
2 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
2 1 (6.25%) Qualys