Security Analyst Jobs in the South East

Security Analyst
England > South East

The median Security Analyst salary in the South East is £50,000 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 305 310 347
Rank change year-on-year +5 +37 -50
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 96 80 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.54% 0.58% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.65% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 83 67 129
10th Percentile £39,104 £41,150 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £36,021
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -9.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £65,000
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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 16,826 12,386 19,920
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 89.99% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 11,952 7,966 12,353
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the South East

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the South East.

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the South East

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the South East

Security Analyst
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the South East 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
Thames Valley +24 31 £46,625 +13.79% 6
Berkshire +37 24 £47,000 +14.70% 1
Hampshire -31 22 £52,500 +16.67% 7
Kent -6 18 £48,750 -2.50% 6
Surrey -17 13 £80,000 +52.38% 1
Buckinghamshire -22 5 £47,500 +5.56% 2
West Sussex +24 2 £37,500 -30.88%
Middlesex - 2 - - 1
Oxfordshire - 2 £28,000 - 3
East Sussex +18 1 £55,000 +33.33% 3
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 55 (57.29%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (51.04%) Information Security
3 45 (46.88%) Azure
4 31 (32.29%) SIEM
5 29 (30.21%) Incident Response
6 26 (27.08%) Cloud Security
6 26 (27.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (27.08%) Microsoft
7 24 (25.00%) Firewall
8 22 (22.92%) Incident Management
9 21 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
10 20 (20.83%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 18 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (17.71%) Management Information System
13 16 (16.67%) Finance
14 15 (15.63%) DNS
14 15 (15.63%) Cyberattack
14 15 (15.63%) Vulnerability Management
15 14 (14.58%) Security Monitoring
15 14 (14.58%) Mentoring
16 13 (13.54%) Security Cleared
16 13 (13.54%) Windows
16 13 (13.54%) Vulnerability Assessment
17 12 (12.50%) Risk Management
17 12 (12.50%) Time Management
17 12 (12.50%) Security Operations
17 12 (12.50%) Social Skills
18 11 (11.46%) MITRE ATT&CK
18 11 (11.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 45 (46.88%) Azure
2 21 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (10.42%) AWS
4 2 (2.08%) GCP
4 2 (2.08%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 24 (25.00%) Firewall
2 15 (15.63%) DNS
3 11 (11.46%) Network Security
4 10 (10.42%) DKIM
4 10 (10.42%) DMARC
5 8 (8.33%) Internet
6 7 (7.29%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (3.13%) LAN
7 3 (3.13%) WAN
7 3 (3.13%) Wireless
8 2 (2.08%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.08%) Power BI
General
1 20 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (16.67%) Finance
3 12 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 6 (6.25%) Banking
5 3 (3.13%) Marketing
6 2 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.08%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.08%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.71%) Management Information System
2 15 (15.63%) Cyberattack
3 8 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (7.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (6.25%) Operational Technology
6 5 (5.21%) Insider Threat
7 4 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (2.08%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (13.54%) Windows
2 5 (5.21%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (57.29%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (51.04%) Information Security
3 31 (32.29%) SIEM
4 29 (30.21%) Incident Response
5 26 (27.08%) Cloud Security
6 22 (22.92%) Incident Management
7 20 (20.83%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 18 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (15.63%) Vulnerability Management
10 14 (14.58%) Mentoring
10 14 (14.58%) Security Monitoring
11 13 (13.54%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 12 (12.50%) Risk Management
12 12 (12.50%) Security Operations
12 12 (12.50%) Time Management
13 11 (11.46%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 9 (9.38%) Internal Audit
14 9 (9.38%) Penetration Testing
14 9 (9.38%) Security Architecture
15 8 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.04%) C++
1 1 (1.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (13.54%) Security Cleared
2 11 (11.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 11 (11.46%) CCSP
2 11 (11.46%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (11.46%) CISSP
3 8 (8.33%) Azure Certification
3 8 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 7 (7.29%) Degree
5 4 (4.17%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.13%) AWS Certification
6 3 (3.13%) CEH
6 3 (3.13%) MCP
6 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.08%) CISA
7 2 (2.08%) CISM
7 2 (2.08%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (2.08%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.08%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.04%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (27.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (8.33%) NCSC
2 8 (8.33%) NIST
3 7 (7.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (4.17%) GRC
6 3 (3.13%) SLA
7 2 (2.08%) GDPR
7 2 (2.08%) ISO 22301
7 2 (2.08%) ISO 31000
7 2 (2.08%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.04%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (5.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (8.33%) CASB
2 5 (5.21%) WSUS
3 3 (3.13%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.08%) Nessus
Vendors
1 26 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.38%) Cisco
3 5 (5.21%) BT
4 3 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (2.08%) Facebook
5 2 (2.08%) Qualys