Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Senior Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 839 957 1217
Rank change year-on-year +118 +260 -321
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst 51 20 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.020% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.022% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 48 17 16
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,010
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,477 £39,510
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £72,188 £77,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £84,300 £58,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +35.00% - -4.76%

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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £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%

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +119 45 £70,000 +50.54% 1
UK excluding London +6 42 £67,500 +35.00% 2
South West - 25 £70,000 -
London +107 9 £75,000 +50.00%
Work from Home +75 8 £75,000 -6.25% 3
South East - 8 £67,500 -
Scotland -60 6 £50,000 -23.08% 1
East of England +3 2 £38,750 -13.89%
North West - 1 £50,000 -
North of England - 1 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 51 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (47.06%) Vulnerability Management
3 22 (43.14%) Incident Response
4 21 (41.18%) Security Operations
4 21 (41.18%) Microsoft
5 17 (33.33%) SIEM
6 16 (31.37%) Azure
6 16 (31.37%) Cloud Security
7 14 (27.45%) Security Architecture
7 14 (27.45%) CISSP
7 14 (27.45%) Windows
8 13 (25.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 12 (23.53%) Law
9 12 (23.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (21.57%) NIST
10 11 (21.57%) Firewall
11 10 (19.61%) Information Security
11 10 (19.61%) Degree
11 10 (19.61%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (17.65%) Retail
12 9 (17.65%) Finance
12 9 (17.65%) GDPR
12 9 (17.65%) CompTIA Security+
12 9 (17.65%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 8 (15.69%) CompTIA CySA+
13 8 (15.69%) Master's Degree
14 7 (13.73%) Data Protection
14 7 (13.73%) PCI DSS
14 7 (13.73%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (13.73%) Network Monitoring

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (31.37%) Azure
2 10 (19.61%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.84%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.92%) AWS
4 2 (3.92%) IaaS
4 2 (3.92%) PaaS
4 2 (3.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (21.57%) Firewall
2 2 (3.92%) Network Security
General
1 12 (23.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 12 (23.53%) Law
2 9 (17.65%) Finance
2 9 (17.65%) Retail
3 6 (11.76%) Marketing
4 5 (9.80%) Social Skills
5 4 (7.84%) Banking
6 2 (3.92%) Advertising
6 2 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Data Protection Act
1 7 (13.73%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (9.80%) Cyberattack
3 4 (7.84%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (3.92%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (27.45%) Windows
2 5 (9.80%) Windows Server
3 4 (7.84%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (47.06%) Vulnerability Management
3 22 (43.14%) Incident Response
4 21 (41.18%) Security Operations
5 17 (33.33%) SIEM
6 16 (31.37%) Cloud Security
7 14 (27.45%) Security Architecture
8 10 (19.61%) Information Security
9 9 (17.65%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 7 (13.73%) Data Loss Prevention
10 7 (13.73%) Data Protection
10 7 (13.73%) E-Commerce
10 7 (13.73%) Network Monitoring
10 7 (13.73%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 6 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
11 6 (11.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 5 (9.80%) Malware Detection/Protection
12 5 (9.80%) Mentoring
13 4 (7.84%) Contingency Planning
13 4 (7.84%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.92%) C++
1 2 (3.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (27.45%) CISSP
2 10 (19.61%) Degree
3 9 (17.65%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (15.69%) CompTIA CySA+
4 8 (15.69%) Master's Degree
5 7 (13.73%) GIAC
6 6 (11.76%) CISM
7 5 (9.80%) CEH
8 4 (7.84%) SSCP
9 3 (5.88%) GSEC
10 2 (3.92%) CCSA
10 2 (3.92%) CISA
10 2 (3.92%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (25.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (21.57%) NIST
3 9 (17.65%) GDPR
4 7 (13.73%) PCI DSS
5 6 (11.76%) GRC
6 4 (7.84%) ISO 22301
7 2 (3.92%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.96%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (13.73%) CASB
2 4 (7.84%) CSIRT
3 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (41.18%) Microsoft