Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in the North of England

Cybersecurity Analyst
England > North of England

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the North of England is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 367 418 454
Rank change year-on-year +51 +36 -95
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 30 12 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.16% 0.074% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.083% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 26 8 8
10th Percentile £35,375 £43,750 £35,550
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,313 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £53,317 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.29% +12.25% +35.71%
75th Percentile £59,688 £63,750 £57,813
90th Percentile £62,500 £68,625 £71,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 17,953 14,401 17,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.20% 89.25% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,711 7,947 10,940
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,627 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the North of England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the North of England.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the North of England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the North of England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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 West +1 12 £37,500 -23.86% 2
Yorkshire +69 11 £57,500 -8.00%
North East - 7 £42,500 -
Cybersecurity Analyst
England

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Cybersecurity 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 North of England region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 30 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (83.33%) SIEM
3 12 (40.00%) Azure
3 12 (40.00%) Firewall
3 12 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 11 (36.67%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (33.33%) Incident Response
6 9 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 9 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (30.00%) Degree
7 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
7 8 (26.67%) CISSP
8 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
8 7 (23.33%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
8 7 (23.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (23.33%) Cloud Security
9 6 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
9 6 (20.00%) Entra ID
9 6 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (20.00%) Security Operations
9 6 (20.00%) Windows
9 6 (20.00%) Law
10 5 (16.67%) SSCP
10 5 (16.67%) Nessus
10 5 (16.67%) CEH
10 5 (16.67%) Web Filtering
10 5 (16.67%) Security Monitoring

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 1 (3.33%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 12 (40.00%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (13.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.33%) AWS
5 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (40.00%) Firewall
2 4 (13.33%) LAN
2 4 (13.33%) WAN
3 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.33%) DNS
4 1 (3.33%) HTTP
4 1 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.33%) SMTP
4 1 (3.33%) VPN
General
1 11 (36.67%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.00%) Law
4 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.33%) Finance
5 1 (3.33%) Retail
5 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (13.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 4 (13.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (10.00%) IoT
4 1 (3.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (3.33%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (3.33%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Windows
2 4 (13.33%) Windows 10
2 4 (13.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.67%) Linux
4 1 (3.33%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (83.33%) SIEM
3 10 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 9 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 9 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (23.33%) Cloud Security
5 7 (23.33%) Penetration Testing
6 6 (20.00%) Security Operations
6 6 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 5 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
7 5 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
7 5 (16.67%) Web Filtering
8 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (13.33%) Document Management
8 4 (13.33%) Email Filtering
8 4 (13.33%) Security Management
8 4 (13.33%) Threat Detection
8 4 (13.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 4 (13.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) Python
2 2 (6.67%) Bash
2 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 9 (30.00%) Degree
3 8 (26.67%) CISSP
4 5 (16.67%) CEH
4 5 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (16.67%) SSCP
5 3 (10.00%) GIAC
6 2 (6.67%) CISA
6 2 (6.67%) CISMP
6 2 (6.67%) SANS
7 1 (3.33%) CISM
7 1 (3.33%) GSEC
7 1 (3.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (23.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (16.67%) NIST
4 2 (6.67%) QA
5 1 (3.33%) GDPR
5 1 (3.33%) HIPAA
5 1 (3.33%) NCSC
5 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Nessus
2 4 (13.33%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 4 (13.33%) Intel
4 2 (6.67%) Splunk
5 1 (3.33%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (3.33%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.33%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.33%) SonicWALL