Security Analyst Jobs in the North West

Security Analyst
England > North West

The median Security Analyst salary in the North West is £45,000 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 243 240 235
Rank change year-on-year -3 -5 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 60 51 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.56% 0.69% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.77% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 53 38 53
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,600 -
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.88%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £59,750 £55,900 £62,500
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
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 10,164 6,599 9,230
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.53% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,697 4,001 5,389
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,138 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,351 £40,834 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £81,250
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the North West

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the North West

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the North West

Security Analyst
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the North West 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
Manchester +33 39 £45,000 - 10
Merseyside -2 12 £47,000 -5.05% 1
Cheshire -11 6 £39,500 -57.30%
Cumbria -8 2 - -
Security Analyst
England

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

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 North West region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 39 (65.00%) Information Security
2 28 (46.67%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (33.33%) SIEM
4 19 (31.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (31.67%) Cloud Security
5 14 (23.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (21.67%) Azure
6 13 (21.67%) Social Skills
7 12 (20.00%) DNS
8 11 (18.33%) Microsoft
8 11 (18.33%) CISSP
8 11 (18.33%) DKIM
8 11 (18.33%) DMARC
8 11 (18.33%) Incident Response
9 10 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 9 (15.00%) SOAR
10 9 (15.00%) GRC
10 9 (15.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 9 (15.00%) CASB
10 9 (15.00%) Cyberattack
10 9 (15.00%) Internet
10 9 (15.00%) Law
10 9 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
10 9 (15.00%) Risk Assessment
11 8 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (13.33%) Application Security
12 7 (11.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (11.67%) Degree

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (1.67%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 20 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (21.67%) Azure
3 2 (3.33%) OCI
3 2 (3.33%) SaaS
4 1 (1.67%) AWS
4 1 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.67%) IaaS
4 1 (1.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (20.00%) DNS
2 11 (18.33%) DKIM
2 11 (18.33%) DMARC
3 9 (15.00%) Internet
4 5 (8.33%) Firewall
5 3 (5.00%) Network Security
6 2 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.67%) HTTP
7 1 (1.67%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.67%) SMTP
7 1 (1.67%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.67%) WAN
General
1 13 (21.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.00%) Law
3 8 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.33%) Legal
5 1 (1.67%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.67%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.00%) Cyberattack
2 8 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (6.67%) Security Posture
4 3 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.33%) Life Science
5 2 (3.33%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.67%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.33%) Windows
2 1 (1.67%) Linux
2 1 (1.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (1.67%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (65.00%) Information Security
2 28 (46.67%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (33.33%) SIEM
4 19 (31.67%) Cloud Security
5 11 (18.33%) Incident Response
6 10 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 9 (15.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 9 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
7 9 (15.00%) Risk Assessment
7 9 (15.00%) SOAR
8 8 (13.33%) Application Security
9 6 (10.00%) ISMS
9 6 (10.00%) Security Operations
9 6 (10.00%) Threat Detection
9 6 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (8.33%) Business Continuity
10 5 (8.33%) Data Security
10 5 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (8.33%) Incident Management
10 5 (8.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.33%) C#
1 5 (8.33%) Java
2 3 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (18.33%) CISSP
2 7 (11.67%) Degree
3 6 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (8.33%) CEH
4 5 (8.33%) CISM
5 2 (3.33%) CISA
5 2 (3.33%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.33%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.67%) GIAC
6 1 (1.67%) GSEC
6 1 (1.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (31.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (23.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (15.00%) GRC
4 7 (11.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (8.33%) GDPR
5 5 (8.33%) NIST
5 5 (8.33%) PCI DSS
6 4 (6.67%) NCSC
7 2 (3.33%) ITGC
7 2 (3.33%) TickIT
8 1 (1.67%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.67%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (3.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (15.00%) CASB
2 1 (1.67%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (18.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.33%) Fortinet
2 2 (3.33%) Oracle
3 1 (1.67%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (1.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (1.67%) Qualys
3 1 (1.67%) SonicWALL
3 1 (1.67%) Splunk