Senior Security Analyst Jobs

Senior Security Analyst
UK

The median Senior Security Analyst salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 778 835 1178
Rank change year-on-year +57 +343 -275
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 126 84 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.091% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.100% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 83 57 59
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,019 £38,775
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £40,973
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £66,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £81,000 £67,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Analyst over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +87 115 £70,000 +33.33% 18
UK excluding London -38 65 £55,000 +10.00% 12
London +126 55 £77,500 +24.00% 5
Work from Home +29 30 £77,500 +40.91% 8
South West -20 23 £70,000 +58.04%
South East -13 16 £67,500 +12.50% 6
North of England 0 8 £53,750 +7.50% 3
Midlands -38 8 £52,500 -4.55% 1
East Midlands -24 7 £52,500 -8.70%
North West -28 7 £50,000 -
Scotland -70 6 £50,000 -4.76% 1
East of England -9 4 £38,750 -13.89% 1
Yorkshire +60 1 £63,500 +27.00% 3
West Midlands -16 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 81 (64.29%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (49.21%) Microsoft
3 58 (46.03%) Information Security
4 54 (42.86%) SIEM
4 54 (42.86%) Incident Response
5 43 (34.13%) CISSP
5 43 (34.13%) Security Operations
6 38 (30.16%) Finance
7 35 (27.78%) Firewall
7 35 (27.78%) Azure
8 33 (26.19%) Vulnerability Management
9 32 (25.40%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (22.22%) Incident Management
11 27 (21.43%) Change Management
12 24 (19.05%) Application Security
13 21 (16.67%) Windows
13 21 (16.67%) Cloud Security
14 20 (15.87%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 19 (15.08%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
15 19 (15.08%) CompTIA CySA+
15 19 (15.08%) Data Loss Prevention
15 19 (15.08%) CISM
15 19 (15.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
16 18 (14.29%) OWASP
16 18 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
16 18 (14.29%) Threat Detection
17 17 (13.49%) Mentoring
17 17 (13.49%) Security Management
18 15 (11.90%) AWS
18 15 (11.90%) Privileged Access Management

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 35 (27.78%) Azure
2 32 (25.40%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (11.90%) AWS
4 11 (8.73%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.17%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.17%) OCI
6 2 (1.59%) IaaS
6 2 (1.59%) PaaS
6 2 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (27.78%) Firewall
2 11 (8.73%) Intrusion Detection
2 11 (8.73%) VoIP
3 3 (2.38%) Network Security
4 1 (0.79%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.73%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (7.94%) Burp Suite
1 10 (7.94%) Metasploit
General
1 38 (30.16%) Finance
2 11 (8.73%) Retail
3 10 (7.94%) Social Skills
4 8 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (6.35%) Law
5 6 (4.76%) Marketing
6 4 (3.17%) Banking
7 3 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.59%) Advertising
8 2 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.73%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
2 14 (11.11%) Cyberattack
2 14 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 10 (7.94%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (7.14%) Security Posture
5 7 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (1.59%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.79%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (16.67%) Windows
2 5 (3.97%) Linux
3 2 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (64.29%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (46.03%) Information Security
3 54 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 54 (42.86%) SIEM
4 43 (34.13%) Security Operations
5 33 (26.19%) Vulnerability Management
6 28 (22.22%) Incident Management
7 27 (21.43%) Change Management
8 24 (19.05%) Application Security
9 21 (16.67%) Cloud Security
10 20 (15.87%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 19 (15.08%) Data Loss Prevention
11 19 (15.08%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
12 18 (14.29%) OWASP
12 18 (14.29%) Threat Detection
13 17 (13.49%) Mentoring
13 17 (13.49%) Security Management
14 15 (11.90%) Privileged Access Management
15 13 (10.32%) Security Architecture
16 11 (8.73%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.76%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.59%) C++
2 2 (1.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 43 (34.13%) CISSP
2 19 (15.08%) CISM
2 19 (15.08%) CompTIA CySA+
3 14 (11.11%) CISA
4 11 (8.73%) Degree
5 10 (7.94%) CompTIA Security+
6 8 (6.35%) Master's Degree
7 4 (3.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (3.17%) CCSP
7 4 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.17%) GIAC
7 4 (3.17%) SC Cleared
7 4 (3.17%) Security Cleared
7 4 (3.17%) SSCP
8 2 (1.59%) CCSA
8 2 (1.59%) CEH
8 2 (1.59%) SANS
9 1 (0.79%) CRISC
9 1 (0.79%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (11.90%) NIST
3 11 (8.73%) GDPR
3 11 (8.73%) GRC
4 9 (7.14%) PCI DSS
5 6 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (3.17%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.59%) COBIT
7 2 (1.59%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (9.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (7.94%) Nmap
2 7 (5.56%) CASB
3 4 (3.17%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 62 (49.21%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.32%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (5.56%) Proofpoint
3 7 (5.56%) Rapid7
4 4 (3.17%) Cisco
4 4 (3.17%) Oracle
5 1 (0.79%) Darktrace