Security Analyst Jobs in the North of England

Security Analyst
England > North of England

The median Security Analyst salary in the North of England is £45,000 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 281 333 336
Rank change year-on-year +52 +3 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 103 87 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.58% 0.52% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.58% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 90 70 66
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,465 £36,875
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,375 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -2.11% +11.76%
75th Percentile £52,188 £53,750 £57,188
90th Percentile £62,500 £57,750 £62,500
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
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 16,792 15,127 17,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 89.57% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12,971 8,097 11,000
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
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 the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the North of England

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the North of England

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the North of England

Security 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 Security Analyst within the North of England 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
North West +8 58 £45,000 -8.16% 9
Yorkshire +69 24 £57,500 +43.75% 16
North East +19 21 £40,000 -
Security Analyst
England

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

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 North of England region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 59 (57.28%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (55.34%) Information Security
3 55 (53.40%) SIEM
4 38 (36.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (36.89%) Azure
5 35 (33.98%) Cloud Security
6 33 (32.04%) Cyber Essentials
7 31 (30.10%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (29.13%) Social Skills
9 24 (23.30%) Firewall
10 22 (21.36%) Microsoft
11 20 (19.42%) Active Directory
11 20 (19.42%) Incident Response
12 19 (18.45%) Analytical Skills
13 18 (17.48%) CISSP
13 18 (17.48%) Law
13 18 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (17.48%) CompTIA Security+
14 17 (16.50%) Management Information System
14 17 (16.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 16 (15.53%) Entra ID
16 15 (14.56%) Security Operations
16 15 (14.56%) NIST
17 14 (13.59%) GRC
17 14 (13.59%) Vulnerability Management
17 14 (13.59%) Degree
17 14 (13.59%) Windows
18 13 (12.62%) Security Management
19 12 (11.65%) Risk Assessment
19 12 (11.65%) Risk Management

Security 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 3 (2.91%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 38 (36.89%) Azure
2 31 (30.10%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (15.53%) Entra ID
4 6 (5.83%) AWS
5 4 (3.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.88%) SaaS
6 2 (1.94%) OCI
7 1 (0.97%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (0.97%) IaaS
7 1 (0.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (23.30%) Firewall
2 12 (11.65%) DKIM
2 12 (11.65%) DMARC
2 12 (11.65%) DNS
3 10 (9.71%) Internet
3 10 (9.71%) WAN
4 9 (8.74%) LAN
5 5 (4.85%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (3.88%) Network Security
7 2 (1.94%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.97%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.97%) VPN
General
1 30 (29.13%) Social Skills
2 19 (18.45%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (17.48%) Law
4 10 (9.71%) Legal
5 6 (5.83%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.97%) Finance
7 1 (0.97%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.97%) Retail
7 1 (0.97%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.94%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.50%) Management Information System
2 12 (11.65%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (10.68%) Cyberattack
4 8 (7.77%) IoT
5 7 (6.80%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.91%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (2.91%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.91%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.94%) Life Science
9 2 (1.94%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.59%) Windows
2 10 (9.71%) Windows Server
3 8 (7.77%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.88%) Linux
5 1 (0.97%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.97%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (57.28%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (55.34%) Information Security
3 55 (53.40%) SIEM
4 35 (33.98%) Cloud Security
5 20 (19.42%) Incident Response
6 18 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (16.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 15 (14.56%) Security Operations
9 14 (13.59%) Vulnerability Management
10 13 (12.62%) Security Management
11 12 (11.65%) Risk Assessment
11 12 (11.65%) Risk Management
11 12 (11.65%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 11 (10.68%) Kalman Filter
12 11 (10.68%) SOAR
12 11 (10.68%) Web Filtering
13 10 (9.71%) Data Security
13 10 (9.71%) Document Management
13 10 (9.71%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 9 (8.74%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.71%) Python
2 6 (5.83%) Bash
2 6 (5.83%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.91%) C#
3 3 (2.91%) Java
4 1 (0.97%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (17.48%) CISSP
1 18 (17.48%) CompTIA Security+
2 14 (13.59%) Degree
3 12 (11.65%) CISA
4 7 (6.80%) CISM
5 6 (5.83%) CISMP
5 6 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (5.83%) GIAC
5 6 (5.83%) SANS
5 6 (5.83%) SSCP
6 4 (3.88%) CEH
6 4 (3.88%) CRISC
7 3 (2.91%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (2.91%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.97%) CCSP
8 1 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.97%) GSEC
8 1 (0.97%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (36.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (32.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (14.56%) NIST
4 14 (13.59%) GRC
5 12 (11.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 11 (10.68%) GDPR
6 11 (10.68%) PCI DSS
7 6 (5.83%) NCSC
8 2 (1.94%) ITGC
8 2 (1.94%) QA
8 2 (1.94%) TickIT
9 1 (0.97%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 20 (19.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.97%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (9.71%) CASB
2 9 (8.74%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (6.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (4.85%) Nessus
5 1 (0.97%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 22 (21.36%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.85%) Intel
2 5 (4.85%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.94%) Oracle
3 2 (1.94%) Qualys
3 2 (1.94%) Splunk
4 1 (0.97%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.97%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.97%) iManage
4 1 (0.97%) LogRhythm
4 1 (0.97%) Rapid7