Security Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Security Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £43,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 190 221
Rank change year-on-year -38 +31 -53
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 30 58 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.37% 1.00% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 1.11% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 23 51 39
10th Percentile £29,350 £38,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,750 £60,250
90th Percentile £52,650 £66,000 £64,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,595 5,244 7,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 89.96% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 5,608 3,236 4,815
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,453
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,756
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the West Midlands

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the West Midlands

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the West Midlands

Security Analyst
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Staffordshire -18 11 £37,500 -34.78% 3
Birmingham -29 9 £38,500 -30.00% 2
Solihull -7 7 £50,000 +17.65%
Warwickshire +23 2 £54,000 +20.00%
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
3 14 (46.67%) Information Security
3 14 (46.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 13 (43.33%) Firewall
5 12 (40.00%) Risk Management
6 9 (30.00%) Finance
6 9 (30.00%) Windows
6 9 (30.00%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (30.00%) GDPR
6 9 (30.00%) NIST
7 8 (26.67%) Social Skills
7 8 (26.67%) Linux
7 8 (26.67%) VPN
7 8 (26.67%) Retail
8 7 (23.33%) DV Cleared
8 7 (23.33%) Security Cleared
9 6 (20.00%) SIEM
9 6 (20.00%) Azure
10 5 (16.67%) Network Security
10 5 (16.67%) Management Information System
10 5 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
11 4 (13.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 4 (13.33%) Threat Intelligence
11 4 (13.33%) Time Management
11 4 (13.33%) CISM
12 3 (10.00%) CISSP
12 3 (10.00%) Banking
12 3 (10.00%) PCI DSS

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 13 (43.33%) Firewall
2 8 (26.67%) VPN
3 5 (16.67%) Network Security
4 2 (6.67%) 5G
5 1 (3.33%) 802.11
5 1 (3.33%) Bluetooth
5 1 (3.33%) NGFW
5 1 (3.33%) ZigBee
General
1 9 (30.00%) Finance
2 8 (26.67%) Retail
2 8 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Banking
4 2 (6.67%) Electronics
4 2 (6.67%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Automotive
5 1 (3.33%) Cyber-Physical System
5 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (30.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.67%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.33%) CAN bus
4 1 (3.33%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.33%) IoT
4 1 (3.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (30.00%) Windows
2 8 (26.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 14 (46.67%) Information Security
3 14 (46.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 12 (40.00%) Risk Management
5 6 (20.00%) SIEM
6 5 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (13.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 4 (13.33%) Threat Intelligence
7 4 (13.33%) Time Management
8 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (10.00%) Creative Thinking
8 3 (10.00%) Incident Response
8 3 (10.00%) Kalman Filter
8 3 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (10.00%) Threat Analysis
8 3 (10.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 2 (6.67%) Computer Science
9 2 (6.67%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) DV Cleared
1 7 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.33%) CISM
3 3 (10.00%) CEH
3 3 (10.00%) CISSP
3 3 (10.00%) CRISC
4 2 (6.67%) CISA
4 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.67%) Degree
4 2 (6.67%) GIAC
5 1 (3.33%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (3.33%) ECSA
5 1 (3.33%) GPEN
5 1 (3.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (30.00%) GDPR
1 9 (30.00%) NIST
2 3 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (10.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.33%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.33%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.33%) Sun
3 1 (3.33%) Zscaler