Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 700 804 1047
Rank change year-on-year +104 +243 -313
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 197 171 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.17% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.19% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 174 139 157
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,267 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £37,286
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,634 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.52% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,125 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,200 £68,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -2.01%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,739 91,836 153,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.52% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 67,104 57,926 84,939
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 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
England +106 178 £55,000 +5.63% 18
UK excluding London +38 130 £50,000 +17.65% 16
London +109 64 £58,750 -2.08% 5
Work from Home +68 64 £55,000 +10.00% 14
South West +10 36 £65,000 +72.19% 3
North of England +58 32 £42,500 -16.37% 2
South East +13 28 £67,500 +54.29% 4
Scotland -46 14 £50,000 +2.45% 4
Yorkshire +97 12 £55,000 -16.43%
North West +11 12 £37,500 -15.25% 2
East of England -1 11 £50,000 +17.65% 1
North East - 8 £42,500 -
Midlands -9 7 £47,000 +10.59% 2
West Midlands -7 4 £36,750 -13.53% 2
East Midlands -18 3 £52,500 +31.25%
Northern Ireland +27 1 - -
Wales - 1 £37,500 -

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 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 featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 197 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 110 (55.84%) SIEM
3 90 (45.69%) Incident Response
4 75 (38.07%) Azure
5 74 (37.56%) Security Operations
6 73 (37.06%) Firewall
7 70 (35.53%) Microsoft
8 59 (29.95%) Information Security
9 56 (28.43%) NIST
10 55 (27.92%) Vulnerability Management
11 53 (26.90%) CISSP
12 52 (26.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 40 (20.30%) Cloud Security
14 38 (19.29%) Social Skills
15 36 (18.27%) CompTIA Security+
16 35 (17.77%) Degree
17 34 (17.26%) Windows
18 33 (16.75%) Finance
18 33 (16.75%) Cyberattack
18 33 (16.75%) Analytical Skills
19 32 (16.24%) Cyber Threat
20 30 (15.23%) Microsoft 365
20 30 (15.23%) Security Monitoring
21 29 (14.72%) Threat Intelligence
21 29 (14.72%) Management Information System
22 28 (14.21%) Security Architecture
22 28 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
23 27 (13.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
24 26 (13.20%) Risk Management
24 26 (13.20%) CompTIA CySA+

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (3.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.52%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 75 (38.07%) Azure
2 30 (15.23%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (9.64%) AWS
4 9 (4.57%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (3.55%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.05%) SaaS
7 3 (1.52%) IaaS
7 3 (1.52%) PaaS
8 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.51%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 73 (37.06%) Firewall
2 13 (6.60%) Intrusion Detection
3 12 (6.09%) Network Security
4 9 (4.57%) LAN
4 9 (4.57%) WAN
5 7 (3.55%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.52%) Broadband
6 3 (1.52%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.02%) DNS
7 2 (1.02%) VPN
7 2 (1.02%) Wireless
8 1 (0.51%) DHCP
8 1 (0.51%) DKIM
8 1 (0.51%) DMARC
8 1 (0.51%) SSL
General
1 38 (19.29%) Social Skills
2 33 (16.75%) Analytical Skills
2 33 (16.75%) Finance
3 20 (10.15%) Law
4 15 (7.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (6.09%) Retail
6 6 (3.05%) Marketing
7 5 (2.54%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.03%) Banking
9 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.02%) Advertising
10 2 (1.02%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.02%) Publishing
11 1 (0.51%) Police
11 1 (0.51%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 33 (16.75%) Cyberattack
2 32 (16.24%) Cyber Threat
3 29 (14.72%) Management Information System
4 18 (9.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 18 (9.14%) Security Operations Centre
5 13 (6.60%) Cyber Defence
6 11 (5.58%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (4.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 7 (3.55%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (3.55%) Operational Technology
9 6 (3.05%) IoT
10 5 (2.54%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (2.03%) Insider Threat
12 3 (1.52%) CSOC
12 3 (1.52%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (1.02%) Data Centre
13 2 (1.02%) Digital Media
13 2 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 34 (17.26%) Windows
2 15 (7.61%) Linux
3 11 (5.58%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.03%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.51%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 110 (55.84%) SIEM
3 90 (45.69%) Incident Response
4 74 (37.56%) Security Operations
5 59 (29.95%) Information Security
6 55 (27.92%) Vulnerability Management
7 40 (20.30%) Cloud Security
8 30 (15.23%) Security Monitoring
9 29 (14.72%) Threat Intelligence
10 28 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (14.21%) Security Architecture
11 27 (13.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 26 (13.20%) Risk Management
13 24 (12.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 23 (11.68%) Penetration Testing
14 23 (11.68%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 22 (11.17%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 20 (10.15%) Incident Management
17 19 (9.64%) Data Protection
17 19 (9.64%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.09%) Python
2 8 (4.06%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.54%) Bash
4 4 (2.03%) C++
5 2 (1.02%) SQL
6 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 53 (26.90%) CISSP
2 36 (18.27%) CompTIA Security+
3 35 (17.77%) Degree
4 26 (13.20%) CompTIA CySA+
5 20 (10.15%) CISM
6 17 (8.63%) CISA
7 16 (8.12%) CCSP
7 16 (8.12%) CEH
7 16 (8.12%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (6.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 13 (6.60%) Security Cleared
9 12 (6.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 12 (6.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 11 (5.58%) GIAC
10 11 (5.58%) Network+ Certification
11 10 (5.08%) Master's Degree
12 9 (4.57%) SSCP
13 8 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (3.05%) GCIH
15 5 (2.54%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (28.43%) NIST
2 52 (26.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (10.15%) GDPR
3 20 (10.15%) NCSC
4 19 (9.64%) PCI DSS
5 18 (9.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (7.11%) GRC
7 9 (4.57%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.54%) ISO 22301
9 3 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.52%) QA
10 2 (1.02%) ISO 31000
10 2 (1.02%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.51%) COBIT
11 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (10.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (6.60%) CSIRT
2 12 (6.09%) CASB
3 11 (5.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.54%) Nessus
5 4 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.02%) QRadar
Vendors
1 70 (35.53%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.55%) Splunk
3 6 (3.05%) Intel
3 6 (3.05%) Qualys
4 5 (2.54%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.02%) BT
5 2 (1.02%) Cisco
5 2 (1.02%) Darktrace
5 2 (1.02%) Facebook
5 2 (1.02%) IBM
5 2 (1.02%) Sun
6 1 (0.51%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.51%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.51%) VMware