Security Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 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 449 421 391
Rank change year-on-year -28 -30 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 352 346 610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.46% 0.61% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.69% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 303 263 321
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £37,286
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £65,275
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 72,397 50,271 70,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.93% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,949 29,577 42,673
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +49 105 £45,000 -3.23% 21
South East +5 96 £50,000 - 24
North West -3 60 £45,000 -9.09% 11
Midlands -31 54 £47,500 -5.00% 7
South West -5 48 £52,500 - 6
West Midlands -38 30 £43,500 -13.00% 6
Scotland -61 28 £48,507 -2.99% 3
Yorkshire +47 24 £57,500 +43.75% 10
East Midlands -7 24 £52,500 +16.67% 1
North East - 21 £40,000 -
East of England -15 18 £47,500 +8.57% 2
Wales -12 2 £41,250 +16.75%
Northern Ireland +8 1 - -
Security Analyst
UK

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 213 (60.51%) Cybersecurity
2 187 (53.13%) Information Security
3 126 (35.80%) Azure
3 126 (35.80%) SIEM
4 108 (30.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 94 (26.70%) Cloud Security
6 90 (25.57%) Firewall
7 87 (24.72%) Microsoft
8 77 (21.88%) Incident Response
9 74 (21.02%) CISSP
10 71 (20.17%) Security Operations
11 68 (19.32%) Vulnerability Management
11 68 (19.32%) Microsoft 365
12 66 (18.75%) Social Skills
13 64 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
14 62 (17.61%) NIST
15 56 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
16 52 (14.77%) Cyber Essentials
16 52 (14.77%) Risk Management
17 49 (13.92%) Management Information System
18 45 (12.78%) Cyberattack
19 44 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
20 42 (11.93%) Windows
21 40 (11.36%) GDPR
22 39 (11.08%) Degree
23 36 (10.23%) PCI DSS
23 36 (10.23%) CISM
24 35 (9.94%) DNS
24 35 (9.94%) CompTIA Security+
25 34 (9.66%) Security Operations Centre

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (0.28%) IIS
1 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 126 (35.80%) Azure
2 68 (19.32%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (7.39%) AWS
4 16 (4.55%) Entra ID
5 8 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (1.42%) GCP
6 5 (1.42%) SaaS
7 4 (1.14%) IaaS
7 4 (1.14%) PaaS
7 4 (1.14%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.57%) OCI
10 1 (0.28%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.28%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.28%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 90 (25.57%) Firewall
2 35 (9.94%) DNS
3 29 (8.24%) DKIM
3 29 (8.24%) DMARC
4 25 (7.10%) Internet
5 21 (5.97%) Network Security
6 13 (3.69%) Intrusion Detection
6 13 (3.69%) WAN
7 12 (3.41%) LAN
8 9 (2.56%) VPN
9 3 (0.85%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.85%) Wireless
10 2 (0.57%) 5G
10 2 (0.57%) VoIP
11 1 (0.28%) 802.11
11 1 (0.28%) HTTP
11 1 (0.28%) NGFW
11 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.28%) SMTP
11 1 (0.28%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.14%) Power BI
2 2 (0.57%) Tableau
General
1 66 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 64 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (9.38%) Finance
4 28 (7.95%) Law
5 25 (7.10%) Retail
6 13 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (3.69%) Manufacturing
7 11 (3.13%) Legal
8 9 (2.56%) Banking
9 4 (1.14%) Automotive
10 3 (0.85%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.85%) Marketing
10 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.85%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.57%) Advertising
11 2 (0.57%) Electronics
11 2 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.57%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.57%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.28%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.28%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 49 (13.92%) Management Information System
2 45 (12.78%) Cyberattack
3 34 (9.66%) Security Operations Centre
4 20 (5.68%) Cyber Threat
5 14 (3.98%) Security Posture
6 13 (3.69%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (3.41%) Operational Technology
8 11 (3.13%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.56%) IoT
10 8 (2.27%) Cyber Security Posture
10 8 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 6 (1.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 5 (1.42%) Cyber Defence
13 5 (1.42%) Insider Threat
14 3 (0.85%) CSOC
14 3 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 3 (0.85%) SCADA
15 2 (0.57%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 42 (11.93%) Windows
2 17 (4.83%) Windows Server
3 16 (4.55%) Linux
4 8 (2.27%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (60.51%) Cybersecurity
2 187 (53.13%) Information Security
3 126 (35.80%) SIEM
4 94 (26.70%) Cloud Security
5 77 (21.88%) Incident Response
6 71 (20.17%) Security Operations
7 68 (19.32%) Vulnerability Management
8 56 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
9 52 (14.77%) Risk Management
10 44 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 34 (9.66%) Penetration Testing
11 34 (9.66%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 32 (9.09%) Incident Management
12 32 (9.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 28 (7.95%) Security Architecture
13 28 (7.95%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 26 (7.39%) SOAR
15 25 (7.10%) Threat Intelligence
16 24 (6.82%) Disaster Recovery
16 24 (6.82%) Internal Audit
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.13%) Python
2 6 (1.70%) Bash
2 6 (1.70%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.42%) C#
3 5 (1.42%) Java
4 1 (0.28%) C++
4 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 74 (21.02%) CISSP
2 39 (11.08%) Degree
3 36 (10.23%) CISM
4 35 (9.94%) CompTIA Security+
5 32 (9.09%) Security Cleared
6 26 (7.39%) CISA
7 18 (5.11%) CEH
8 14 (3.98%) CompTIA CySA+
9 13 (3.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 13 (3.69%) CCSP
9 13 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (3.41%) DV Cleared
10 12 (3.41%) GIAC
11 11 (3.13%) Master's Degree
12 10 (2.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 10 (2.84%) SSCP
13 9 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (2.56%) CRISC
14 8 (2.27%) Azure Certification
15 7 (1.99%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (30.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (17.61%) NIST
3 52 (14.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 40 (11.36%) GDPR
5 36 (10.23%) PCI DSS
6 23 (6.53%) GRC
7 19 (5.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (3.98%) NCSC
9 7 (1.99%) ISO 22301
10 4 (1.14%) SLA
11 3 (0.85%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.85%) TickIT
12 2 (0.57%) COBIT
12 2 (0.57%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.57%) ITGC
12 2 (0.57%) QA
12 2 (0.57%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 24 (6.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 34 (9.66%) CASB
2 9 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.99%) Nessus
5 5 (1.42%) WSUS
6 3 (0.85%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 87 (24.72%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.69%) CrowdStrike
3 9 (2.56%) Cisco
4 8 (2.27%) Rapid7
5 7 (1.99%) Proofpoint
6 6 (1.70%) Splunk
7 5 (1.42%) BT
7 5 (1.42%) Intel
7 5 (1.42%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.14%) Qualys
9 3 (0.85%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.57%) Facebook
10 2 (0.57%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.57%) Oracle
11 1 (0.28%) Darktrace
11 1 (0.28%) iManage
11 1 (0.28%) LogRhythm
11 1 (0.28%) SonicWALL
11 1 (0.28%) Sun
11 1 (0.28%) Zscaler