Senior Security Analyst Jobs

Senior Security Analyst
UK

The median Senior Security Analyst salary in the UK is £70,000 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 779 865 1178
Rank change year-on-year +86 +313 -291
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 126 81 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.085% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.094% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 86 53 57
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,019 £39,216
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £66,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £82,000 £68,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -

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%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior 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 +126 115 £70,000 +40.00% 20
UK excluding London -21 66 £57,500 +15.00% 10
London +141 54 £77,500 +24.00% 9
Work from Home +47 29 £77,500 +40.91% 10
South West -5 26 £70,000 +58.04%
South East +2 15 £67,500 +12.50% 4
Midlands -10 8 £52,500 -4.55% 1
North of England +21 7 £53,750 +7.50% 3
East Midlands -10 7 £52,500 -8.70%
North West -18 6 £50,000 - 1
Scotland -71 6 £50,000 -4.76% 1
East of England -4 4 £38,750 -13.89% 1
Yorkshire +55 1 £63,500 +27.00% 2
West Midlands -14 1 - - 1

Senior Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 84 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (46.83%) Microsoft
3 56 (44.44%) Information Security
4 51 (40.48%) SIEM
4 51 (40.48%) Incident Response
5 40 (31.75%) CISSP
5 40 (31.75%) Security Operations
6 37 (29.37%) Finance
7 35 (27.78%) Vulnerability Management
8 34 (26.98%) Azure
9 32 (25.40%) Microsoft 365
9 32 (25.40%) Firewall
10 25 (19.84%) Incident Management
11 24 (19.05%) Change Management
11 24 (19.05%) Application Security
12 21 (16.67%) Cloud Security
12 21 (16.67%) Windows
13 20 (15.87%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 19 (15.08%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
15 18 (14.29%) NIST
15 18 (14.29%) Threat Detection
15 18 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
16 17 (13.49%) OWASP
16 17 (13.49%) Security Management
17 16 (12.70%) CISM
17 16 (12.70%) Data Loss Prevention
17 16 (12.70%) CompTIA CySA+
18 15 (11.90%) Security Operations Centre
18 15 (11.90%) Privileged Access Management
18 15 (11.90%) Security Architecture

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 34 (26.98%) Azure
2 32 (25.40%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (9.52%) AWS
4 8 (6.35%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.17%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.17%) OCI
6 2 (1.59%) IaaS
6 2 (1.59%) PaaS
6 2 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (25.40%) Firewall
2 8 (6.35%) Intrusion Detection
2 8 (6.35%) VoIP
3 3 (2.38%) Network Security
4 1 (0.79%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (7.94%) Burp Suite
1 10 (7.94%) Metasploit
General
1 37 (29.37%) Finance
2 11 (8.73%) Retail
2 11 (8.73%) Social Skills
3 10 (7.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (7.94%) Law
4 6 (4.76%) Marketing
5 4 (3.17%) Banking
6 3 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.59%) Advertising
7 2 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.73%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.90%) Security Operations Centre
2 14 (11.11%) Cyberattack
3 13 (10.32%) Management Information System
4 9 (7.14%) Security Posture
5 7 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
5 7 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (1.59%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.79%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (16.67%) Windows
2 5 (3.97%) Linux
3 2 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (44.44%) Information Security
3 51 (40.48%) Incident Response
3 51 (40.48%) SIEM
4 40 (31.75%) Security Operations
5 35 (27.78%) Vulnerability Management
6 25 (19.84%) Incident Management
7 24 (19.05%) Application Security
7 24 (19.05%) Change Management
8 21 (16.67%) Cloud Security
9 20 (15.87%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 19 (15.08%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 18 (14.29%) Threat Detection
12 17 (13.49%) OWASP
12 17 (13.49%) Security Management
13 16 (12.70%) Data Loss Prevention
14 15 (11.90%) Privileged Access Management
14 15 (11.90%) Security Architecture
15 14 (11.11%) Mentoring
16 10 (7.94%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.76%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.59%) C++
2 2 (1.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 40 (31.75%) CISSP
2 16 (12.70%) CISM
2 16 (12.70%) CompTIA CySA+
3 11 (8.73%) CISA
3 11 (8.73%) Degree
4 10 (7.94%) CompTIA Security+
5 8 (6.35%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (3.17%) CCSP
6 4 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.17%) GIAC
6 4 (3.17%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.17%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.17%) SSCP
7 2 (1.59%) CCSA
7 2 (1.59%) CEH
7 2 (1.59%) SANS
8 1 (0.79%) CRISC
8 1 (0.79%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 18 (14.29%) NIST
2 12 (9.52%) GRC
3 11 (8.73%) GDPR
4 9 (7.14%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (3.17%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.59%) COBIT
7 2 (1.59%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (9.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (7.94%) Nmap
2 7 (5.56%) CASB
3 4 (3.17%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 59 (46.83%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.32%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (5.56%) Proofpoint
3 7 (5.56%) Rapid7
4 4 (3.17%) Cisco
4 4 (3.17%) Oracle
5 1 (0.79%) Darktrace