Security Operations Analyst Jobs in England

Security Operations Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Operations Analyst salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 824 851 1089
Rank change year-on-year +27 +238 -216
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 39 43 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.052% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.057% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 25 30 28
10th Percentile - £36,250 £37,125
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +22.34%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £70,625
90th Percentile £76,250 £65,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -21.74% - +14.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £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 Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Analyst in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Analyst in England

Security Operations 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 Operations Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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 +92 21 £72,500 +20.83% 3
West Midlands -8 8 £37,500 -34.78% 1
Midlands -35 8 £37,500 -34.78% 1
South East -24 7 £60,000 +41.18% 4
North of England +5 2 £36,250 -42.00% 4
North West -25 1 £27,500 -26.67% 2
South West - 1 £45,000 - 1
North East - 1 £45,000 -
Security Operations Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Security Operations 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 Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 37 (94.87%) Security Operations
2 31 (79.49%) Microsoft
3 23 (58.97%) Firewall
3 23 (58.97%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (56.41%) Windows
5 21 (53.85%) Incident Response
6 20 (51.28%) Information Security
7 19 (48.72%) Security Operations Centre
8 18 (46.15%) SIEM
8 18 (46.15%) Finance
9 15 (38.46%) Linux
10 13 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
10 13 (33.33%) AWS
11 12 (30.77%) CISSP
11 12 (30.77%) CISA
11 12 (30.77%) CISM
12 11 (28.21%) Change Management
12 11 (28.21%) Management Information System
12 11 (28.21%) Service Management
12 11 (28.21%) Active Directory
12 11 (28.21%) Business Intelligence
12 11 (28.21%) VoIP
12 11 (28.21%) Vulnerability Management
12 11 (28.21%) Problem Management
12 11 (28.21%) OWASP
12 11 (28.21%) Incident Management
12 11 (28.21%) CompTIA CySA+
12 11 (28.21%) Systems Engineering
12 11 (28.21%) Power Platform
12 11 (28.21%) Malware Analysis

Security Operations 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:

Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (10.26%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 13 (33.33%) AWS
2 11 (28.21%) Power Platform
3 9 (23.08%) Azure
3 9 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.56%) IaaS
4 1 (2.56%) PaaS
4 1 (2.56%) SaaS
4 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (58.97%) Firewall
2 13 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (28.21%) VoIP
4 9 (23.08%) VPN
5 3 (7.69%) Broadband
6 2 (5.13%) Network Security
6 2 (5.13%) VLAN
6 2 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (28.21%) Power BI
General
1 18 (46.15%) Finance
2 10 (25.64%) Retail
3 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 19 (48.72%) Security Operations Centre
2 11 (28.21%) Management Information System
3 10 (25.64%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (23.08%) Cyberattack
5 3 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (5.13%) Security Posture
7 1 (2.56%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 22 (56.41%) Windows
2 15 (38.46%) Linux
3 3 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (2.56%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (94.87%) Security Operations
2 23 (58.97%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (53.85%) Incident Response
4 20 (51.28%) Information Security
5 18 (46.15%) SIEM
6 11 (28.21%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (28.21%) Change Management
6 11 (28.21%) Data Loss Prevention
6 11 (28.21%) Incident Management
6 11 (28.21%) Kalman Filter
6 11 (28.21%) Malware Analysis
6 11 (28.21%) OWASP
6 11 (28.21%) Problem Management
6 11 (28.21%) Remediation Plan
6 11 (28.21%) Service Management
6 11 (28.21%) Systems Engineering
6 11 (28.21%) Vulnerability Management
7 10 (25.64%) Knowledge Transfer
7 10 (25.64%) Mentoring
7 10 (25.64%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (30.77%) CISA
1 12 (30.77%) CISM
1 12 (30.77%) CISSP
2 11 (28.21%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (5.13%) CEH
4 1 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.56%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.56%) CCSP
4 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.56%) Degree
4 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (23.08%) NIST
2 8 (20.51%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.56%) FedRAMP
System Software
1 11 (28.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (79.49%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.38%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (5.13%) IBM
3 2 (5.13%) Palo Alto
3 2 (5.13%) Qualys
4 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.56%) Meraki