Security Operations Analyst Jobs in the South East

Security Operations Analyst
England > South East

The median Security Operations Analyst salary in the South East is £60,000 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 397 373 499
Rank change year-on-year -24 +126 -101
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 7 4 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.038% 0.030% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.034% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile - - £33,350
25th Percentile £57,500 £41,250 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% +10.39% -42.96%
75th Percentile £62,500 £43,750 £43,875
90th Percentile - - £46,050
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +22.34%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,582 11,899 20,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 89.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,383 7,812 12,372
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Security Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Analyst in the South East

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Analyst in the South East.

Salary trend for Security Operations Analyst in the South East

Security Operations Analyst
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Kent - 5 £60,000 - 2
Middlesex - 2 - - 1
Security Operations Analyst
England

Security Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Security Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
3 4 (57.14%) Windows
3 4 (57.14%) Linux
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (57.14%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (57.14%) Asset Management
4 2 (28.57%) Data Management
4 2 (28.57%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
4 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
4 2 (28.57%) Qualys
4 2 (28.57%) OWASP
4 2 (28.57%) AWS
4 2 (28.57%) SIEM
4 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 2 (28.57%) User Experience
4 2 (28.57%) Malware Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto
4 2 (28.57%) Power BI
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
4 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (28.57%) Remediation Plan
4 2 (28.57%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
4 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Transfer

Security Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (57.14%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (28.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (57.14%) Asset Management
3 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (28.57%) Data Management
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (28.57%) Malware Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) OWASP
3 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
3 2 (28.57%) Remediation Plan
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) SIEM
3 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISA
1 2 (28.57%) CISM
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
1 2 (28.57%) CompTIA CySA+
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) IBM
2 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto
2 2 (28.57%) Qualys