Security Analyst
UK

The median Security Analyst salary in the UK is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 427 470 543
Rank change year-on-year +43 +73 -76
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 574 625 987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.63% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.69% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 490 488 618
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £33,986
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £38,756
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,425 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £46,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% +0.56%

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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £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%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the UK

Security 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 Security Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +73 528 £52,500 +2.94% 100
UK excluding London -3 343 £47,500 +2.70% 73
London +76 215 £66,600 +11.00% 34
Work from Home +61 202 £55,000 +10.00% 29
North of England +52 103 £45,000 -3.23% 25
South East +20 90 £50,000 +1.01% 25
North West +8 58 £45,000 -8.16% 9
Midlands -28 52 £47,500 -5.00% 11
South West +3 48 £55,000 +12.82% 7
West Midlands -17 29 £42,750 -14.50% 10
Scotland -56 29 £48,507 -2.99% 3
Yorkshire +69 24 £57,500 +43.75% 16
East Midlands -9 23 £52,500 +31.25% 1
North East +19 21 £40,000 -
East of England -6 18 £47,500 +8.57% 2
Wales -8 2 £41,250 +17.86%
Northern Ireland +20 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 352 (61.32%) Cybersecurity
2 321 (55.92%) Information Security
3 231 (40.24%) SIEM
4 182 (31.71%) Firewall
5 181 (31.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 174 (30.31%) Azure
7 164 (28.57%) Microsoft
8 155 (27.00%) Incident Response
9 149 (25.96%) Security Operations
10 143 (24.91%) CISSP
11 126 (21.95%) NIST
12 118 (20.56%) Microsoft 365
13 108 (18.82%) Finance
14 107 (18.64%) Cloud Security
15 105 (18.29%) Vulnerability Management
16 101 (17.60%) Social Skills
17 96 (16.72%) Risk Management
18 92 (16.03%) Analytical Skills
19 90 (15.68%) Management Information System
20 79 (13.76%) Cyberattack
21 77 (13.41%) Incident Management
22 76 (13.24%) Cyber Essentials
23 72 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
24 71 (12.37%) Degree
24 71 (12.37%) Windows
25 70 (12.20%) Law
26 68 (11.85%) CISM
26 68 (11.85%) GRC
27 67 (11.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
28 62 (10.80%) CISA

Security 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 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (1.39%) Skype for Business
2 3 (0.52%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 174 (30.31%) Azure
2 118 (20.56%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (8.01%) AWS
4 16 (2.79%) Entra ID
5 8 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (1.39%) SaaS
6 6 (1.05%) OCI
6 6 (1.05%) Power Platform
7 5 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.70%) IaaS
8 4 (0.70%) PaaS
9 3 (0.52%) GCP
10 1 (0.17%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.17%) Google Drive
10 1 (0.17%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 182 (31.71%) Firewall
2 50 (8.71%) DNS
3 41 (7.14%) Network Security
4 35 (6.10%) Intrusion Detection
5 34 (5.92%) Internet
6 31 (5.40%) DKIM
6 31 (5.40%) DMARC
7 25 (4.36%) WAN
8 24 (4.18%) LAN
9 17 (2.96%) TCP/IP
9 17 (2.96%) VPN
10 15 (2.61%) SSL
11 13 (2.26%) Wireless
12 11 (1.92%) VoIP
13 9 (1.57%) SD-WAN
14 8 (1.39%) MPLS
14 8 (1.39%) Reverse Proxy
14 8 (1.39%) Skype
14 8 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (1.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.05%) Power BI
2 2 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (1.74%) Burp Suite
1 10 (1.74%) Metasploit
General
1 108 (18.82%) Finance
2 101 (17.60%) Social Skills
3 92 (16.03%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (12.20%) Law
5 30 (5.23%) Retail
6 29 (5.05%) Legal
7 18 (3.14%) Banking
8 15 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.26%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.57%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.05%) Marketing
13 5 (0.87%) Advertising
13 5 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.70%) Automotive
14 4 (0.70%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.52%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.52%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.92%) REST
2 10 (1.74%) 802.1X
3 8 (1.39%) SAML
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.35%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 90 (15.68%) Management Information System
2 79 (13.76%) Cyberattack
3 50 (8.71%) Cyber Threat
4 36 (6.27%) Security Operations Centre
5 26 (4.53%) Security Posture
6 18 (3.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 15 (2.61%) Cyber Defence
7 15 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (2.44%) Onboarding
9 13 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (2.26%) Operational Technology
10 12 (2.09%) IoT
11 11 (1.92%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.39%) Client/Server
12 8 (1.39%) Cyber Security Posture
12 8 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 8 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
13 7 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.22%) Insider Threat
14 6 (1.05%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 71 (12.37%) Windows
2 28 (4.88%) Linux
3 19 (3.31%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.39%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.52%) Unix
6 2 (0.35%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (61.32%) Cybersecurity
2 321 (55.92%) Information Security
3 231 (40.24%) SIEM
4 155 (27.00%) Incident Response
5 149 (25.96%) Security Operations
6 107 (18.64%) Cloud Security
7 105 (18.29%) Vulnerability Management
8 96 (16.72%) Risk Management
9 77 (13.41%) Incident Management
10 72 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
11 67 (11.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 60 (10.45%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 52 (9.06%) Penetration Testing
14 51 (8.89%) Security Management
15 50 (8.71%) Security Monitoring
16 49 (8.54%) Risk Assessment
17 48 (8.36%) Vulnerability Scanning
18 46 (8.01%) Threat Intelligence
19 42 (7.32%) Security Architecture
20 41 (7.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 22 (3.83%) PowerShell
2 20 (3.48%) Python
3 9 (1.57%) Bash
4 5 (0.87%) Java
5 4 (0.70%) C++
5 4 (0.70%) R
6 3 (0.52%) C#
7 1 (0.17%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 143 (24.91%) CISSP
2 71 (12.37%) Degree
3 68 (11.85%) CISM
4 62 (10.80%) CISA
5 52 (9.06%) CompTIA Security+
6 39 (6.79%) Security Cleared
7 33 (5.75%) CompTIA CySA+
8 28 (4.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 25 (4.36%) CCSP
9 25 (4.36%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (4.18%) CEH
11 22 (3.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 20 (3.48%) Master's Degree
13 19 (3.31%) GIAC
14 18 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
14 18 (3.14%) CRISC
15 12 (2.09%) DV Cleared
16 10 (1.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 10 (1.74%) Network+ Certification
16 10 (1.74%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (31.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 126 (21.95%) NIST
3 76 (13.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 68 (11.85%) GRC
5 51 (8.89%) GDPR
6 45 (7.84%) PCI DSS
7 35 (6.10%) NCSC
8 29 (5.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 14 (2.44%) SOC 2
10 10 (1.74%) COBIT
11 9 (1.57%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.87%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.52%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.52%) ISO 31000
13 3 (0.52%) SLA
13 3 (0.52%) TickIT
14 2 (0.35%) GLBA
14 2 (0.35%) ITGC
14 2 (0.35%) QA
System Software
1 55 (9.58%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (6.62%) CASB
2 17 (2.96%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (2.26%) CSIRT
4 11 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.74%) Nmap
6 6 (1.05%) Nessus
7 5 (0.87%) WSUS
8 2 (0.35%) QRadar
9 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 164 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.48%) CrowdStrike
3 13 (2.26%) Cisco
4 11 (1.92%) Qualys
4 11 (1.92%) Splunk
5 10 (1.74%) Rapid7
6 8 (1.39%) CheckPoint
6 8 (1.39%) Intel
6 8 (1.39%) Ribbon
7 7 (1.22%) Proofpoint
8 6 (1.05%) Oracle
9 5 (0.87%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.70%) IBM
10 4 (0.70%) Varonis
11 3 (0.52%) BT
11 3 (0.52%) Darktrace
11 3 (0.52%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.35%) LogRhythm
12 2 (0.35%) OneTrust
12 2 (0.35%) VMware