Security Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 447 432 390
Rank change year-on-year -15 -42 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 352 342 611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.46% 0.61% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.69% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 299 260 322
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £37,339
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,055 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +6.79% -
75th Percentile £58,375 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £66,153
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 73,455 49,555 71,465
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.03% 88.82% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 51,398 29,190 42,725
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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 of England +32 105 £45,000 -3.23% 16
South East +14 97 £50,000 - 23
North West +6 60 £45,000 -9.09% 7
Midlands -31 55 £47,500 -5.00% 9
South West -14 48 £50,000 -9.09% 7
West Midlands -42 31 £43,500 -13.00% 8
Scotland -63 27 £49,254 -1.49% 2
Yorkshire +50 24 £56,250 +40.63% 9
East Midlands -13 24 £52,500 +16.67% 1
North East - 21 £40,000 -
East of England -26 17 £47,500 +5.56% 5
Wales -12 2 £41,250 +17.86%
Northern Ireland +9 1 - -
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 214 (60.80%) Cybersecurity
2 183 (51.99%) Information Security
3 122 (34.66%) SIEM
4 121 (34.38%) Azure
5 109 (30.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 91 (25.85%) Firewall
6 91 (25.85%) Cloud Security
7 86 (24.43%) Microsoft
8 77 (21.88%) Incident Response
9 75 (21.31%) CISSP
10 74 (21.02%) Security Operations
11 69 (19.60%) Vulnerability Management
12 68 (19.32%) Social Skills
13 66 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
14 63 (17.90%) NIST
14 63 (17.90%) Microsoft 365
15 59 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
16 54 (15.34%) Risk Management
17 51 (14.49%) Cyber Essentials
18 48 (13.64%) Management Information System
19 46 (13.07%) Windows
20 42 (11.93%) Cyberattack
21 41 (11.65%) Vulnerability Remediation
22 40 (11.36%) GDPR
22 40 (11.36%) Degree
23 37 (10.51%) PCI DSS
24 36 (10.23%) Penetration Testing
24 36 (10.23%) CISM
24 36 (10.23%) CompTIA Security+
25 35 (9.94%) Security Operations Centre

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 121 (34.38%) Azure
2 63 (17.90%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (7.39%) AWS
4 16 (4.55%) Entra ID
5 8 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (1.42%) GCP
7 4 (1.14%) IaaS
7 4 (1.14%) PaaS
7 4 (1.14%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.14%) SaaS
8 3 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.57%) OCI
10 1 (0.28%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.28%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.28%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 91 (25.85%) Firewall
2 30 (8.52%) DNS
3 24 (6.82%) DKIM
3 24 (6.82%) DMARC
4 22 (6.25%) Internet
5 21 (5.97%) Network Security
6 13 (3.69%) Intrusion Detection
6 13 (3.69%) WAN
7 12 (3.41%) LAN
8 9 (2.56%) VPN
9 3 (0.85%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.85%) Wireless
10 2 (0.57%) 5G
10 2 (0.57%) NGFW
10 2 (0.57%) VoIP
11 1 (0.28%) 802.11
11 1 (0.28%) Bluetooth
11 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.28%) SMTP
11 1 (0.28%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.14%) Power BI
2 2 (0.57%) Tableau
General
1 68 (19.32%) Social Skills
2 66 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (9.66%) Finance
4 26 (7.39%) Law
5 25 (7.10%) Retail
6 13 (3.69%) Manufacturing
7 12 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.13%) Legal
9 9 (2.56%) Banking
10 4 (1.14%) Automotive
11 3 (0.85%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.85%) Marketing
11 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.85%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.57%) Advertising
12 2 (0.57%) Electronics
12 2 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.57%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.57%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.28%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.28%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.64%) Management Information System
2 42 (11.93%) Cyberattack
3 35 (9.94%) Security Operations Centre
4 20 (5.68%) Cyber Threat
5 14 (3.98%) Security Posture
6 13 (3.69%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (3.41%) Operational Technology
8 11 (3.13%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.56%) Cyber Security Posture
9 9 (2.56%) IoT
10 7 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 7 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 5 (1.42%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (1.42%) Insider Threat
13 3 (0.85%) CSOC
13 3 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 3 (0.85%) SCADA
14 2 (0.57%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 46 (13.07%) Windows
2 19 (5.40%) Linux
3 18 (5.11%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.27%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (60.80%) Cybersecurity
2 183 (51.99%) Information Security
3 122 (34.66%) SIEM
4 91 (25.85%) Cloud Security
5 77 (21.88%) Incident Response
6 74 (21.02%) Security Operations
7 69 (19.60%) Vulnerability Management
8 59 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
9 54 (15.34%) Risk Management
10 41 (11.65%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 36 (10.23%) Penetration Testing
12 34 (9.66%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 32 (9.09%) Incident Management
14 29 (8.24%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 29 (8.24%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 27 (7.67%) Security Architecture
16 26 (7.39%) Threat Intelligence
17 24 (6.82%) SOAR
18 23 (6.53%) Internal Audit
18 23 (6.53%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.13%) Python
2 6 (1.70%) Bash
2 6 (1.70%) C#
2 6 (1.70%) Java
2 6 (1.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.28%) C++
3 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (21.31%) CISSP
2 40 (11.36%) Degree
3 36 (10.23%) CISM
3 36 (10.23%) CompTIA Security+
4 33 (9.38%) Security Cleared
5 25 (7.10%) CISA
6 18 (5.11%) CEH
7 14 (3.98%) CompTIA CySA+
8 13 (3.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 13 (3.69%) CCSP
8 13 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (3.41%) DV Cleared
9 12 (3.41%) GIAC
10 11 (3.13%) Master's Degree
11 10 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (2.84%) SSCP
12 9 (2.56%) CRISC
12 9 (2.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 8 (2.27%) Azure Certification
13 8 (2.27%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (30.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (17.90%) NIST
3 51 (14.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 40 (11.36%) GDPR
5 37 (10.51%) PCI DSS
6 22 (6.25%) GRC
7 19 (5.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 15 (4.26%) NCSC
9 8 (2.27%) ISO 22301
10 4 (1.14%) SLA
11 3 (0.85%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.85%) ISO 31000
11 3 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.85%) TickIT
12 2 (0.57%) COBIT
12 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.57%) ITGC
12 2 (0.57%) QA
12 2 (0.57%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 26 (7.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 31 (8.81%) CASB
2 9 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.99%) Nessus
5 5 (1.42%) WSUS
6 3 (0.85%) CSIRT
7 2 (0.57%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 86 (24.43%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.98%) CrowdStrike
3 9 (2.56%) Cisco
4 8 (2.27%) Rapid7
5 7 (1.99%) Proofpoint
5 7 (1.99%) Splunk
6 5 (1.42%) BT
6 5 (1.42%) Intel
6 5 (1.42%) Palo Alto
6 5 (1.42%) Qualys
6 5 (1.42%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.85%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.57%) Facebook
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle
8 2 (0.57%) SonicWALL
8 2 (0.57%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.28%) IBM
9 1 (0.28%) iManage
9 1 (0.28%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.28%) Sun