Security Analyst Jobs

Security Analyst
UK

The median Security Analyst salary in the UK is £52,500 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 430 455 554
Rank change year-on-year +25 +99 -90
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 590 620 1,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.65% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.72% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 491 491 618
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £33,915
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £38,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.15% +3.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the UK

Security Analyst
Top 17 Job Locations

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 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
England +67 544 £52,500 +2.94% 91
UK excluding London -28 352 £47,500 +2.15% 63
London +79 220 £65,700 +18.38% 25
Work from Home +24 200 £55,000 +10.00% 32
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 Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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 featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 352 (59.66%) Cybersecurity
2 332 (56.27%) Information Security
3 232 (39.32%) SIEM
4 189 (32.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 183 (31.02%) Firewall
6 169 (28.64%) Microsoft
6 169 (28.64%) Azure
7 166 (28.14%) Incident Response
8 151 (25.59%) Security Operations
9 146 (24.75%) CISSP
10 124 (21.02%) NIST
11 117 (19.83%) Microsoft 365
12 113 (19.15%) Finance
13 110 (18.64%) Vulnerability Management
14 109 (18.47%) Cloud Security
15 103 (17.46%) Social Skills
16 98 (16.61%) Risk Management
17 96 (16.27%) Management Information System
17 96 (16.27%) Analytical Skills
18 86 (14.58%) Incident Management
19 80 (13.56%) Cyberattack
20 79 (13.39%) Cyber Essentials
21 76 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
22 73 (12.37%) CISM
23 72 (12.20%) Windows
24 71 (12.03%) GRC
25 68 (11.53%) Vulnerability Remediation
25 68 (11.53%) Law
25 68 (11.53%) Degree
26 67 (11.36%) CISA

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (1.36%) Skype for Business
2 1 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 169 (28.64%) Azure
2 117 (19.83%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (8.14%) AWS
4 16 (2.71%) Entra ID
5 12 (2.03%) Power Platform
6 8 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (1.02%) OCI
7 6 (1.02%) SaaS
8 5 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (0.85%) GCP
9 4 (0.68%) IaaS
9 4 (0.68%) PaaS
10 1 (0.17%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.17%) Google Drive
10 1 (0.17%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.17%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 183 (31.02%) Firewall
2 49 (8.31%) DNS
3 42 (7.12%) Network Security
4 39 (6.61%) Intrusion Detection
5 33 (5.59%) Internet
6 30 (5.08%) DKIM
6 30 (5.08%) DMARC
7 25 (4.24%) WAN
8 24 (4.07%) LAN
9 17 (2.88%) SSL
9 17 (2.88%) VoIP
9 17 (2.88%) VPN
10 16 (2.71%) TCP/IP
11 13 (2.20%) Wireless
12 10 (1.69%) Wireshark
13 9 (1.53%) SD-WAN
14 8 (1.36%) MPLS
14 8 (1.36%) OSPF
14 8 (1.36%) Reverse Proxy
14 8 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.03%) Power BI
2 2 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (1.69%) Burp Suite
1 10 (1.69%) Metasploit
General
1 113 (19.15%) Finance
2 103 (17.46%) Social Skills
3 96 (16.27%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (11.53%) Law
5 30 (5.08%) Legal
5 30 (5.08%) Retail
6 18 (3.05%) Banking
7 14 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.37%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.53%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.02%) Marketing
11 5 (0.85%) Advertising
11 5 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.68%) Automotive
12 4 (0.68%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.51%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.51%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.86%) REST
2 10 (1.69%) 802.1X
3 8 (1.36%) SAML
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.34%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.17%) ADO
5 1 (0.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 96 (16.27%) Management Information System
2 80 (13.56%) Cyberattack
3 46 (7.80%) Cyber Threat
4 42 (7.12%) Security Operations Centre
5 26 (4.41%) Security Posture
6 21 (3.56%) Cyber Defence
6 21 (3.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 16 (2.71%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (2.37%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (2.03%) Operational Technology
11 10 (1.69%) Data Centre
11 10 (1.69%) IoT
12 8 (1.36%) Client/Server
12 8 (1.36%) Cyber Security Posture
12 8 (1.36%) Insider Threat
12 8 (1.36%) Video Conferencing
13 7 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 6 (1.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 72 (12.20%) Windows
2 29 (4.92%) Linux
3 18 (3.05%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.36%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.68%) Unix
6 2 (0.34%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (59.66%) Cybersecurity
2 332 (56.27%) Information Security
3 232 (39.32%) SIEM
4 166 (28.14%) Incident Response
5 151 (25.59%) Security Operations
6 110 (18.64%) Vulnerability Management
7 109 (18.47%) Cloud Security
8 98 (16.61%) Risk Management
9 86 (14.58%) Incident Management
10 76 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
11 68 (11.53%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 59 (10.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 52 (8.81%) Threat Intelligence
14 50 (8.47%) Penetration Testing
14 50 (8.47%) Risk Assessment
14 50 (8.47%) Security Management
15 49 (8.31%) Security Monitoring
16 47 (7.97%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
17 45 (7.63%) Vulnerability Scanning
18 42 (7.12%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 22 (3.73%) PowerShell
2 20 (3.39%) Python
3 9 (1.53%) Bash
4 7 (1.19%) Java
5 5 (0.85%) C#
6 4 (0.68%) C++
6 4 (0.68%) R
7 1 (0.17%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 146 (24.75%) CISSP
2 73 (12.37%) CISM
3 68 (11.53%) Degree
4 67 (11.36%) CISA
5 49 (8.31%) CompTIA Security+
6 41 (6.95%) Security Cleared
7 35 (5.93%) CompTIA CySA+
8 28 (4.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 24 (4.07%) CEH
10 21 (3.56%) CCSP
10 21 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
11 20 (3.39%) Master's Degree
12 19 (3.22%) GIAC
13 18 (3.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 18 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
14 17 (2.88%) CRISC
15 12 (2.03%) DV Cleared
16 10 (1.69%) OSCP
16 10 (1.69%) SC Cleared
16 10 (1.69%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (32.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 124 (21.02%) NIST
3 79 (13.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 71 (12.03%) GRC
5 53 (8.98%) GDPR
6 45 (7.63%) PCI DSS
7 36 (6.10%) NCSC
8 30 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 11 (1.86%) COBIT
10 10 (1.69%) SOC 2
11 9 (1.53%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.85%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.68%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.68%) ISO 31000
13 4 (0.68%) SLA
14 3 (0.51%) TickIT
15 2 (0.34%) GLBA
15 2 (0.34%) ITGC
15 2 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 53 (8.98%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (6.27%) CASB
2 17 (2.88%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (2.20%) CSIRT
4 10 (1.69%) Nmap
5 8 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (1.19%) Nessus
7 5 (0.85%) WSUS
8 2 (0.34%) QRadar
9 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 169 (28.64%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.90%) CrowdStrike
3 15 (2.54%) Cisco
4 12 (2.03%) Qualys
5 10 (1.69%) Rapid7
5 10 (1.69%) Splunk
6 8 (1.36%) CheckPoint
6 8 (1.36%) Intel
6 8 (1.36%) Ribbon
7 7 (1.19%) Proofpoint
8 6 (1.02%) Oracle
9 5 (0.85%) BT
9 5 (0.85%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.68%) IBM
10 4 (0.68%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.68%) Varonis
10 4 (0.68%) VMware
11 3 (0.51%) Darktrace
12 2 (0.34%) LogRhythm
12 2 (0.34%) OneTrust