Senior Security Analyst Jobs

Senior Security Analyst
UK

The median Senior Security Analyst salary in the UK is £70,000 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 762 897 1162
Rank change year-on-year +135 +265 -281
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 122 78 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.078% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.086% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 90 50 55
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,667 £39,069
25th Percentile £51,250 £43,477 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -5.86% -3.43%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,938 £61,250
90th Percentile £101,250 £82,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Senior Security Analyst in the UK

Senior Security Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Analyst within the UK 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
England +144 111 £70,000 +40.00% 16
UK excluding London +12 67 £57,500 +15.00% 9
London +137 49 £77,500 +26.53% 8
Work from Home +85 29 £77,500 +55.00% 9
South West +2 27 £70,000 +58.04%
South East +26 15 £67,500 - 2
Midlands -2 9 £52,500 -4.55% 1
East Midlands -12 7 £52,500 -
North of England +22 6 £53,750 +7.50% 4
Scotland -68 6 £50,000 -4.76% 2
North West -7 5 £50,000 - 1
East of England +7 4 £38,750 -13.89%
West Midlands +12 2 £52,500 -4.55% 1
Yorkshire +75 1 £63,500 +27.00% 3

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Senior 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 featuring Senior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 88 (72.13%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (43.44%) Microsoft
3 50 (40.98%) Information Security
4 47 (38.52%) Incident Response
5 46 (37.70%) SIEM
6 37 (30.33%) Vulnerability Management
7 36 (29.51%) Azure
7 36 (29.51%) Security Operations
8 34 (27.87%) CISSP
9 33 (27.05%) Finance
9 33 (27.05%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (22.13%) Firewall
11 24 (19.67%) Application Security
12 22 (18.03%) Cloud Security
12 22 (18.03%) Windows
13 20 (16.39%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 19 (15.57%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
14 19 (15.57%) Incident Management
15 18 (14.75%) Change Management
15 18 (14.75%) Security Management
15 18 (14.75%) NIST
15 18 (14.75%) Threat Detection
16 17 (13.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
17 16 (13.11%) Security Architecture
18 15 (12.30%) Privileged Access Management
19 14 (11.48%) Cyberattack
20 13 (10.66%) CrowdStrike
20 13 (10.66%) GRC
20 13 (10.66%) Active Directory
21 11 (9.02%) REST

Senior Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 36 (29.51%) Azure
2 33 (27.05%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (5.74%) AWS
4 4 (3.28%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (3.28%) OCI
5 2 (1.64%) IaaS
5 2 (1.64%) PaaS
5 2 (1.64%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (22.13%) Firewall
2 4 (3.28%) Network Security
3 2 (1.64%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (1.64%) VoIP
4 1 (0.82%) 5G
4 1 (0.82%) DNS
4 1 (0.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (8.20%) Burp Suite
1 10 (8.20%) Metasploit
General
1 33 (27.05%) Finance
2 11 (9.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 11 (9.02%) Law
2 11 (9.02%) Retail
2 11 (9.02%) Social Skills
3 6 (4.92%) Marketing
4 4 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.28%) Banking
5 2 (1.64%) Advertising
5 2 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.82%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.02%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.48%) Cyberattack
2 11 (9.02%) Security Operations Centre
3 10 (8.20%) Security Posture
4 7 (5.74%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (5.74%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.64%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (1.64%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.82%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.82%) Insider Threat
7 1 (0.82%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (18.03%) Windows
2 5 (4.10%) Linux
3 3 (2.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (72.13%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (40.98%) Information Security
3 47 (38.52%) Incident Response
4 46 (37.70%) SIEM
5 37 (30.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 36 (29.51%) Security Operations
7 24 (19.67%) Application Security
8 22 (18.03%) Cloud Security
9 20 (16.39%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 19 (15.57%) Incident Management
10 19 (15.57%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 18 (14.75%) Change Management
11 18 (14.75%) Security Management
11 18 (14.75%) Threat Detection
12 16 (13.11%) Security Architecture
13 15 (12.30%) Privileged Access Management
14 11 (9.02%) Data Loss Prevention
14 11 (9.02%) OWASP
14 11 (9.02%) Risk Management
15 10 (8.20%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.92%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.64%) C++
2 2 (1.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (27.87%) CISSP
2 11 (9.02%) CompTIA Security+
2 11 (9.02%) Degree
3 10 (8.20%) CISM
3 10 (8.20%) CompTIA CySA+
4 8 (6.56%) Master's Degree
5 5 (4.10%) CISA
5 5 (4.10%) GIAC
6 4 (3.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (3.28%) CCSP
6 4 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.28%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.28%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.28%) SSCP
7 3 (2.46%) CEH
8 2 (1.64%) CCSA
8 2 (1.64%) SANS
9 1 (0.82%) CRISC
9 1 (0.82%) GSEC
9 1 (0.82%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (14.75%) NIST
2 17 (13.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (10.66%) GRC
4 11 (9.02%) GDPR
5 9 (7.38%) PCI DSS
6 4 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (3.28%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.64%) COBIT
7 2 (1.64%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.82%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (10.66%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (8.20%) Nmap
2 7 (5.74%) CASB
3 4 (3.28%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 53 (43.44%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.66%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (5.74%) Proofpoint
3 7 (5.74%) Rapid7
4 4 (3.28%) Cisco
4 4 (3.28%) Oracle
5 1 (0.82%) Darktrace
5 1 (0.82%) Splunk