Security Analyst Jobs in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst salary in England is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 406 445 531
Rank change year-on-year +39 +86 -70
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 550 543 886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.58% 0.66% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.72% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 454 440 549
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £33,986
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £73,330
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 89,103 75,397 137,915
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 91.21% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 65,080 49,497 75,489
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
London +41 221 £67,500 +22.73% 21
North of England +41 105 £45,000 -5.26% 15
South East +15 99 £52,500 +5.53% 22
North West +2 60 £45,000 -9.09% 8
Midlands -51 56 £47,500 -5.00% 7
South West -7 49 £50,000 -9.09% 9
West Midlands -38 32 £43,500 -13.00% 6
Yorkshire +49 24 £56,250 +40.63% 7
East Midlands -25 24 £52,500 +5.00% 1
North East - 21 £40,000 -
East of England -22 17 £47,500 +5.56% 4
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 England region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 328 (59.64%) Cybersecurity
2 321 (58.36%) Information Security
3 214 (38.91%) SIEM
4 175 (31.82%) Firewall
5 174 (31.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 159 (28.91%) Microsoft
6 159 (28.91%) Incident Response
7 143 (26.00%) Azure
8 140 (25.45%) Security Operations
9 139 (25.27%) CISSP
10 114 (20.73%) NIST
11 111 (20.18%) Finance
12 106 (19.27%) Vulnerability Management
13 103 (18.73%) Social Skills
14 101 (18.36%) Risk Management
15 98 (17.82%) Microsoft 365
16 97 (17.64%) Analytical Skills
17 95 (17.27%) Cloud Security
17 95 (17.27%) Management Information System
18 89 (16.18%) Incident Management
19 79 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
20 78 (14.18%) Cyber Essentials
21 72 (13.09%) Windows
22 68 (12.36%) CISM
22 68 (12.36%) GRC
23 65 (11.82%) CISA
24 64 (11.64%) Cyberattack
25 63 (11.45%) Degree
26 62 (11.27%) Law
27 53 (9.64%) Threat Intelligence

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.45%) Skype for Business
2 6 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 143 (26.00%) Azure
2 98 (17.82%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (8.91%) AWS
4 16 (2.91%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.36%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (0.91%) GCP
7 4 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.55%) SaaS
9 2 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.36%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.36%) OCI
10 1 (0.18%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.18%) Google Drive
10 1 (0.18%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.18%) IaaS
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.18%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 175 (31.82%) Firewall
2 41 (7.45%) Intrusion Detection
2 41 (7.45%) Network Security
3 36 (6.55%) DNS
4 25 (4.55%) WAN
5 24 (4.36%) LAN
6 23 (4.18%) Internet
7 20 (3.64%) VoIP
8 18 (3.27%) SSL
9 17 (3.09%) DKIM
9 17 (3.09%) DMARC
9 17 (3.09%) VPN
10 16 (2.91%) TCP/IP
11 11 (2.00%) Wireless
12 10 (1.82%) Wireshark
13 9 (1.64%) SD-WAN
14 8 (1.45%) BGP
14 8 (1.45%) Reverse Proxy
14 8 (1.45%) Skype
14 8 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.36%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (1.82%) Burp Suite
1 10 (1.82%) Metasploit
General
1 111 (20.18%) Finance
2 103 (18.73%) Social Skills
3 97 (17.64%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (11.27%) Law
5 30 (5.45%) Legal
5 30 (5.45%) Retail
6 18 (3.27%) Banking
7 12 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (1.82%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.64%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.09%) Marketing
11 5 (0.91%) Advertising
11 5 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.73%) Automotive
12 4 (0.73%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.55%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.55%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.36%) Cyber-Physical System
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.00%) REST
2 10 (1.82%) 802.1X
3 8 (1.45%) SAML
4 2 (0.36%) ADO
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.36%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.18%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 95 (17.27%) Management Information System
2 64 (11.64%) Cyberattack
3 45 (8.18%) Security Operations Centre
4 42 (7.64%) Cyber Threat
5 26 (4.73%) Security Posture
6 24 (4.36%) Cyber Defence
7 19 (3.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 16 (2.91%) Onboarding
9 14 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.82%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.64%) Cyber Security Posture
11 9 (1.64%) IoT
12 8 (1.45%) Client/Server
12 8 (1.45%) Insider Threat
12 8 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
13 7 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.27%) Operational Technology
14 6 (1.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 6 (1.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 72 (13.09%) Windows
2 32 (5.82%) Linux
3 19 (3.45%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.45%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.91%) Unix
6 2 (0.36%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (59.64%) Cybersecurity
2 321 (58.36%) Information Security
3 214 (38.91%) SIEM
4 159 (28.91%) Incident Response
5 140 (25.45%) Security Operations
6 106 (19.27%) Vulnerability Management
7 101 (18.36%) Risk Management
8 95 (17.27%) Cloud Security
9 89 (16.18%) Incident Management
10 79 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
11 53 (9.64%) Threat Intelligence
11 53 (9.64%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 52 (9.45%) Risk Assessment
13 50 (9.09%) Security Management
14 48 (8.73%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 48 (8.73%) Security Monitoring
15 45 (8.18%) Data Loss Prevention
15 45 (8.18%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 43 (7.82%) Penetration Testing
16 43 (7.82%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 20 (3.64%) PowerShell
2 19 (3.45%) Python
3 9 (1.64%) Bash
4 8 (1.45%) Java
5 6 (1.09%) C#
6 3 (0.55%) C++
7 1 (0.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 139 (25.27%) CISSP
2 68 (12.36%) CISM
3 65 (11.82%) CISA
4 63 (11.45%) Degree
5 41 (7.45%) CompTIA Security+
6 37 (6.73%) Security Cleared
7 34 (6.18%) CompTIA CySA+
8 26 (4.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 23 (4.18%) CEH
10 19 (3.45%) CCSP
10 19 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (3.27%) GIAC
12 17 (3.09%) CRISC
13 16 (2.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 16 (2.91%) Master's Degree
14 12 (2.18%) DV Cleared
15 10 (1.82%) GCIH
15 10 (1.82%) OSCP
16 8 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (31.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 114 (20.73%) NIST
3 78 (14.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 68 (12.36%) GRC
5 50 (9.09%) GDPR
6 44 (8.00%) PCI DSS
7 35 (6.36%) NCSC
8 31 (5.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (2.18%) COBIT
10 8 (1.45%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.91%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.91%) ISO 31000
11 5 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.73%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.73%) SLA
13 3 (0.55%) TickIT
14 2 (0.36%) GLBA
14 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.36%) ITGC
14 2 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 52 (9.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (4.91%) CASB
2 17 (3.09%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (2.18%) CSIRT
4 10 (1.82%) Nmap
5 7 (1.27%) Nessus
6 6 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.91%) WSUS
8 2 (0.36%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.36%) QRadar
9 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 159 (28.91%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.36%) CrowdStrike
3 16 (2.91%) Cisco
4 11 (2.00%) Qualys
4 11 (2.00%) Splunk
5 10 (1.82%) Rapid7
6 8 (1.45%) CheckPoint
6 8 (1.45%) Intel
6 8 (1.45%) Ribbon
7 7 (1.27%) Proofpoint
8 6 (1.09%) Palo Alto
9 5 (0.91%) BT
9 5 (0.91%) IBM
9 5 (0.91%) ServiceNow
9 5 (0.91%) VMware
10 4 (0.73%) Varonis
11 3 (0.55%) Darktrace
11 3 (0.55%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.36%) Oracle
12 2 (0.36%) SonicWALL