Security Analyst Jobs in London

Security Analyst
England > London

The median Security Analyst salary in London is £66,600 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 309 385 639
Rank change year-on-year +76 +254 -230
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 215 254 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.91% 0.75% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 0.79% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 182 220 234
10th Percentile £46,250 £39,813 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,600 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.00% +3.45% +0.43%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £68,438
90th Percentile £82,375 £80,125 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,286 32,090 67,502
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 95.14% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 16,616 23,723 34,810
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,444 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in London

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in London

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in London

Security Analyst
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Central London +94 62 £65,000 +27.45% 2
West London -12 8 £55,000 +57.14% 1
North London - 2 £50,000 -
East London - 1 £39,000 - 5
Security Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 London region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 136 (63.26%) Information Security
1 136 (63.26%) Cybersecurity
2 99 (46.05%) SIEM
3 92 (42.79%) Firewall
4 80 (37.21%) Incident Response
5 75 (34.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 72 (33.49%) Microsoft
6 72 (33.49%) Security Operations
7 71 (33.02%) CISSP
7 71 (33.02%) Finance
8 63 (29.30%) NIST
9 47 (21.86%) Microsoft 365
10 45 (20.93%) GRC
11 44 (20.47%) Risk Management
11 44 (20.47%) Incident Management
12 42 (19.53%) Management Information System
13 40 (18.60%) Azure
14 39 (18.14%) Vulnerability Management
15 36 (16.74%) CISA
15 36 (16.74%) Law
15 36 (16.74%) Social Skills
16 33 (15.35%) CISM
16 33 (15.35%) Analytical Skills
17 32 (14.88%) Security Management
17 32 (14.88%) Application Security
18 31 (14.42%) Cyber Threat
19 30 (13.95%) Cyberattack
19 30 (13.95%) Security Monitoring
20 29 (13.49%) MITRE ATT&CK
21 28 (13.02%) Risk Assessment

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (3.72%) Skype for Business
2 7 (3.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 47 (21.86%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (18.60%) Azure
3 21 (9.77%) AWS
4 2 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.93%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.47%) Google Drive
5 1 (0.47%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 92 (42.79%) Firewall
2 22 (10.23%) Intrusion Detection
2 22 (10.23%) Network Security
3 15 (6.98%) DNS
3 15 (6.98%) SSL
3 15 (6.98%) TCP/IP
4 10 (4.65%) LAN
4 10 (4.65%) WAN
5 9 (4.19%) VoIP
6 8 (3.72%) BGP
6 8 (3.72%) Internet
6 8 (3.72%) MPLS
6 8 (3.72%) OSPF
6 8 (3.72%) Reverse Proxy
6 8 (3.72%) SD-WAN
6 8 (3.72%) Skype
6 8 (3.72%) VPN
6 8 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (3.72%) Wireless
6 8 (3.72%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.93%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (4.65%) Burp Suite
1 10 (4.65%) Metasploit
General
1 71 (33.02%) Finance
2 36 (16.74%) Law
2 36 (16.74%) Social Skills
3 33 (15.35%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.37%) Legal
5 10 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (4.19%) Banking
7 7 (3.26%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.86%) Retail
9 3 (1.40%) Advertising
9 3 (1.40%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.40%) Marketing
10 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Cyber-Physical System
11 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.12%) REST
2 9 (4.19%) 802.1X
3 8 (3.72%) SAML
4 2 (0.93%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.47%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 42 (19.53%) Management Information System
2 31 (14.42%) Cyber Threat
3 30 (13.95%) Cyberattack
4 14 (6.51%) Security Posture
5 12 (5.58%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 10 (4.65%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (3.72%) Client/Server
7 8 (3.72%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.72%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.86%) Insider Threat
12 3 (1.40%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.40%) Security Operations Centre
13 2 (0.93%) Digital Media
13 2 (0.93%) Public Cloud
13 2 (0.93%) Social Media
14 1 (0.47%) CAN bus
14 1 (0.47%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 26 (12.09%) Windows
2 12 (5.58%) Linux
3 3 (1.40%) Unix
4 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (63.26%) Cybersecurity
1 136 (63.26%) Information Security
2 99 (46.05%) SIEM
3 80 (37.21%) Incident Response
4 72 (33.49%) Security Operations
5 44 (20.47%) Incident Management
5 44 (20.47%) Risk Management
6 39 (18.14%) Vulnerability Management
7 32 (14.88%) Application Security
7 32 (14.88%) Security Management
8 30 (13.95%) Security Monitoring
9 29 (13.49%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 28 (13.02%) Risk Assessment
11 22 (10.23%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 22 (10.23%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 22 (10.23%) Threat Intelligence
11 22 (10.23%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 21 (9.77%) Threat Detection
13 20 (9.30%) Change Management
14 19 (8.84%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.51%) PowerShell
2 8 (3.72%) Python
3 3 (1.40%) Bash
4 2 (0.93%) C++
4 2 (0.93%) Java
Qualifications
1 71 (33.02%) CISSP
2 36 (16.74%) CISA
3 33 (15.35%) CISM
4 27 (12.56%) Degree
5 18 (8.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 17 (7.91%) CompTIA CySA+
7 16 (7.44%) CompTIA Security+
8 13 (6.05%) CCSP
8 13 (6.05%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (4.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 9 (4.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 9 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (4.19%) CRISC
11 8 (3.72%) GCIH
11 8 (3.72%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (3.26%) CEH
12 7 (3.26%) GIAC
13 6 (2.79%) ISACA
14 5 (2.33%) Master's Degree
14 5 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (34.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (29.30%) NIST
3 45 (20.93%) GRC
4 23 (10.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 22 (10.23%) NCSC
6 12 (5.58%) GDPR
6 12 (5.58%) SOC 2
7 10 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (4.19%) PCI DSS
9 8 (3.72%) COBIT
10 3 (1.40%) ISO 22301
10 3 (1.40%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.93%) GLBA
11 2 (0.93%) ISO 31000
11 2 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.47%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.47%) PMBOK
System Software
1 26 (12.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (4.65%) CSIRT
1 10 (4.65%) Nmap
2 8 (3.72%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.40%) CASB
4 2 (0.93%) QRadar
Vendors
1 72 (33.49%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.19%) CrowdStrike
3 8 (3.72%) CheckPoint
3 8 (3.72%) Ribbon
4 6 (2.79%) Qualys
4 6 (2.79%) Splunk
5 4 (1.86%) Cisco
5 4 (1.86%) IBM
5 4 (1.86%) Varonis
6 3 (1.40%) Intel
7 2 (0.93%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.93%) Rapid7
7 2 (0.93%) VMware
8 1 (0.47%) AlienVault
8 1 (0.47%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.47%) Google
8 1 (0.47%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.47%) Meraki
8 1 (0.47%) Okta