Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > England

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 690 754 1017
Rank change year-on-year +64 +263 -305
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 175 147 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.17% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.19% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 156 123 132
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,410 £32,649
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £37,883
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £59,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,800 £68,403
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in England.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +97 62 £62,500 +4.17% 7
South East +8 34 £67,500 +22.73% 2
South West +1 31 £65,000 -0.29% 4
North of England +51 30 £42,500 -20.29% 2
North West +1 12 £37,500 -23.86% 2
Yorkshire +69 11 £57,500 -8.00%
East of England -5 11 £50,000 +17.65%
North East - 7 £42,500 -
Midlands -24 6 £52,500 +23.53% 2
East Midlands -19 3 £52,500 +31.25%
West Midlands -24 3 £39,250 -7.65% 2
Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Cybersecurity 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 England region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 175 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 99 (56.57%) SIEM
3 89 (50.86%) Incident Response
4 62 (35.43%) Information Security
5 61 (34.86%) Microsoft
6 59 (33.71%) Security Operations
7 58 (33.14%) Azure
8 55 (31.43%) Firewall
9 52 (29.71%) Vulnerability Management
10 46 (26.29%) NIST
11 44 (25.14%) CISSP
12 42 (24.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 37 (21.14%) Social Skills
13 37 (21.14%) Analytical Skills
14 36 (20.57%) Finance
15 33 (18.86%) Degree
15 33 (18.86%) Cloud Security
16 31 (17.71%) Management Information System
16 31 (17.71%) Threat Intelligence
17 30 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
17 30 (17.14%) Risk Management
17 30 (17.14%) Windows
18 29 (16.57%) Security Monitoring
18 29 (16.57%) Cyberattack
19 27 (15.43%) Cyber Threat
20 26 (14.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
20 26 (14.86%) Security Architecture
20 26 (14.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
21 21 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
21 21 (12.00%) CompTIA Security+

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 7 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.57%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 58 (33.14%) Azure
2 21 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (7.43%) AWS
4 6 (3.43%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.29%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.14%) GCP
7 1 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 55 (31.43%) Firewall
2 13 (7.43%) Network Security
3 10 (5.71%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (5.71%) Wireshark
4 8 (4.57%) LAN
4 8 (4.57%) WAN
5 4 (2.29%) SSL
6 3 (1.71%) Broadband
6 3 (1.71%) DNS
6 3 (1.71%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.57%) DHCP
7 1 (0.57%) DKIM
7 1 (0.57%) DMARC
7 1 (0.57%) HTTP
7 1 (0.57%) NGFW
7 1 (0.57%) SMTP
7 1 (0.57%) VPN
General
1 37 (21.14%) Analytical Skills
1 37 (21.14%) Social Skills
2 36 (20.57%) Finance
3 18 (10.29%) Law
4 12 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (6.86%) Retail
5 6 (3.43%) Marketing
6 4 (2.29%) Banking
6 4 (2.29%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.71%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.71%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.14%) Advertising
8 2 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.14%) Publishing
9 1 (0.57%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.57%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 31 (17.71%) Management Information System
2 29 (16.57%) Cyberattack
3 27 (15.43%) Cyber Threat
4 19 (10.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 19 (10.86%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (8.00%) Cyber Defence
6 11 (6.29%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (4.57%) Insider Threat
8 7 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (3.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (2.86%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (2.29%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.71%) CSOC
12 3 (1.71%) IoT
13 2 (1.14%) Digital Media
13 2 (1.14%) Operational Technology
13 2 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
14 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
14 1 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
14 1 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 30 (17.14%) Windows
2 16 (9.14%) Linux
3 7 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.29%) Unix
4 4 (2.29%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.57%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 99 (56.57%) SIEM
3 89 (50.86%) Incident Response
4 62 (35.43%) Information Security
5 59 (33.71%) Security Operations
6 52 (29.71%) Vulnerability Management
7 33 (18.86%) Cloud Security
8 31 (17.71%) Threat Intelligence
9 30 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (17.14%) Risk Management
10 29 (16.57%) Security Monitoring
11 26 (14.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 26 (14.86%) Security Architecture
11 26 (14.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 21 (12.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 20 (11.43%) Incident Management
13 20 (11.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 19 (10.86%) Data Protection
15 17 (9.71%) Data Loss Prevention
16 15 (8.57%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.29%) Python
2 7 (4.00%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.86%) Bash
4 3 (1.71%) C++
5 1 (0.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (25.14%) CISSP
2 33 (18.86%) Degree
3 21 (12.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 18 (10.29%) CompTIA CySA+
5 16 (9.14%) CISA
5 16 (9.14%) CISM
6 14 (8.00%) Security Cleared
7 13 (7.43%) CEH
8 11 (6.29%) CCSP
8 11 (6.29%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (6.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 10 (5.71%) Master's Degree
10 9 (5.14%) GCIH
11 8 (4.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 8 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (4.00%) GIAC
13 6 (3.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 6 (3.43%) GCFA
13 6 (3.43%) GCIA
14 5 (2.86%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (26.29%) NIST
2 42 (24.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (11.43%) NCSC
4 19 (10.86%) GDPR
4 19 (10.86%) PCI DSS
5 16 (9.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (8.57%) GRC
7 4 (2.29%) COBIT
8 3 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.71%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.14%) ISO 31000
9 2 (1.14%) ISO 9001
9 2 (1.14%) QA
10 1 (0.57%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.57%) PMO
10 1 (0.57%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (7.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (7.43%) CSIRT
2 12 (6.86%) CASB
3 5 (2.86%) Nessus
4 4 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 61 (34.86%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.00%) Intel
2 7 (4.00%) Splunk
3 6 (3.43%) Qualys
4 5 (2.86%) BT
4 5 (2.86%) Cisco
4 5 (2.86%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.29%) VMware
6 2 (1.14%) Darktrace
6 2 (1.14%) Facebook
6 2 (1.14%) IBM
7 1 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.57%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.57%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.57%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.57%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.57%) SonicWALL
7 1 (0.57%) Sun
7 1 (0.57%) Zscaler