Security Analyst Jobs in West Yorkshire

Security Analyst
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Security Analyst salary in West Yorkshire is £55,000 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 142 212 235
Rank change year-on-year +70 +23 -66
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 22 17 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.70% 0.36% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.39% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 21 12 3
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,081 £35,700
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +19.05% -6.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,156 £47,125
90th Percentile - £57,262 £48,100
Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +43.75% -27.27% +29.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 3,033 4,379 4,689
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.44% 92.80% 97.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,206 2,219 3,111
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,523 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.62% +0.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,548 £86,000 £82,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £49,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +5.26%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in West Yorkshire

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in West Yorkshire

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

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

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in West Yorkshire

Security Analyst
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds +48 17 £58,750 +17.50% 6
Halifax +64 3 £49,000 -5.10%
Batley - 1 £37,500 -
Security Analyst
Yorkshire

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

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 Yorkshire region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (77.27%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (68.18%) SIEM
3 11 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (45.45%) Information Security
4 10 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (40.91%) Incident Response
6 7 (31.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (31.82%) Azure
6 7 (31.82%) GDPR
7 6 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (27.27%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
7 6 (27.27%) PCI DSS
7 6 (27.27%) Degree
7 6 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (27.27%) Law
8 5 (22.73%) Data Security
8 5 (22.73%) Nessus
8 5 (22.73%) SSCP
8 5 (22.73%) AWS
8 5 (22.73%) Security Operations
8 5 (22.73%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (22.73%) ServiceNow
8 5 (22.73%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (18.18%) Cloud Security
9 4 (18.18%) GRC
9 4 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
10 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
10 3 (13.64%) Firewall

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 7 (31.82%) Azure
2 5 (22.73%) AWS
3 4 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.55%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Firewall
1 3 (13.64%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.55%) LAN
3 1 (4.55%) Network Security
3 1 (4.55%) VPN
3 1 (4.55%) WAN
General
1 11 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Law
2 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Retail
3 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
3 3 (13.64%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.55%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.55%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (68.18%) SIEM
3 10 (45.45%) Information Security
3 10 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (40.91%) Incident Response
5 6 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (22.73%) Data Security
6 5 (22.73%) Security Operations
7 4 (18.18%) Cloud Security
8 3 (13.64%) Fintech
8 3 (13.64%) Malware Detection/Protection
8 3 (13.64%) Regulatory Compliance
8 3 (13.64%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
8 3 (13.64%) Threat Intelligence
9 2 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 2 (9.09%) GAP Analysis
9 2 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
9 2 (9.09%) Incident Management
9 2 (9.09%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) Python
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) CompTIA Security+
1 6 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (27.27%) Degree
2 5 (22.73%) SSCP
3 1 (4.55%) CISA
3 1 (4.55%) CISM
3 1 (4.55%) CISSP
3 1 (4.55%) CRISC
3 1 (4.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) GDPR
1 7 (31.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (27.27%) PCI DSS
3 5 (22.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (18.18%) GRC
5 2 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (9.09%) NCSC
5 2 (9.09%) QA
6 1 (4.55%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) Nessus
2 1 (4.55%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) ServiceNow
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Splunk