Security Analyst Jobs in the Midlands

Security Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Security Analyst salary in the Midlands is £47,500 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 273 241 266
Rank change year-on-year -32 +25 -66
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 54 73 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.41% 0.85% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.95% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 43 55 57
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,823 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,286
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +17.65% -13.71%
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile - £67,650 £62,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 12,357 7,658 10,690
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 89.51% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 9,004 4,510 7,073
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,650
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,250 £67,425 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the Midlands

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the Midlands

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the Midlands

Security Analyst
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -42 30 £43,500 -13.00% 6
East Midlands -9 24 £52,500 +23.53% 1
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 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 Midlands region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 37 (68.52%) Information Security
2 34 (62.96%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (40.74%) Security Operations
4 21 (38.89%) Vulnerability Management
5 14 (25.93%) Microsoft
5 14 (25.93%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 14 (25.93%) Threat Intelligence
6 13 (24.07%) NIST
6 13 (24.07%) Azure
6 13 (24.07%) SIEM
6 13 (24.07%) Firewall
6 13 (24.07%) Risk Management
7 11 (20.37%) GDPR
8 10 (18.52%) Social Skills
9 9 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
9 9 (16.67%) Finance
9 9 (16.67%) Windows
9 9 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (16.67%) Security Posture
10 8 (14.81%) Retail
10 8 (14.81%) Linux
10 8 (14.81%) VPN
10 8 (14.81%) CISM
10 8 (14.81%) Cyberattack
10 8 (14.81%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (12.96%) Proofpoint
11 7 (12.96%) Rapid7
11 7 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (12.96%) CISSP
11 7 (12.96%) CEH

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (24.07%) Azure
2 3 (5.56%) AWS
2 3 (5.56%) GCP
3 2 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.85%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 13 (24.07%) Firewall
2 8 (14.81%) VPN
3 5 (9.26%) Network Security
4 2 (3.70%) 5G
5 1 (1.85%) 802.11
5 1 (1.85%) Bluetooth
5 1 (1.85%) NGFW
5 1 (1.85%) ZigBee
General
1 10 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.67%) Finance
3 8 (14.81%) Retail
4 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.41%) Automotive
5 3 (5.56%) Aerospace
5 3 (5.56%) Banking
6 2 (3.70%) Electronics
6 2 (3.70%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.85%) Advertising
7 1 (1.85%) Cyber-Physical System
7 1 (1.85%) Law
7 1 (1.85%) Legal
7 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
1 9 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 8 (14.81%) Cyberattack
3 6 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.56%) CSOC
4 3 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.85%) CAN bus
6 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.85%) IoT
6 1 (1.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.67%) Windows
2 8 (14.81%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (68.52%) Information Security
2 34 (62.96%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (40.74%) Security Operations
4 21 (38.89%) Vulnerability Management
5 14 (25.93%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 14 (25.93%) Threat Intelligence
6 13 (24.07%) Risk Management
6 13 (24.07%) SIEM
7 7 (12.96%) ERD
7 7 (12.96%) Incident Response
7 7 (12.96%) Penetration Testing
7 7 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (9.26%) Business Continuity
8 5 (9.26%) Identity Access Management
9 4 (7.41%) ITIL
9 4 (7.41%) Process Improvement
9 4 (7.41%) Security Architecture
9 4 (7.41%) Security Testing
9 4 (7.41%) Time Management
9 4 (7.41%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 8 (14.81%) CISM
2 7 (12.96%) CEH
2 7 (12.96%) CISSP
2 7 (12.96%) DV Cleared
2 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
3 5 (9.26%) OSCP
4 3 (5.56%) CRISC
5 2 (3.70%) CISA
5 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.70%) Degree
5 2 (3.70%) GIAC
6 1 (1.85%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.85%) ECSA
6 1 (1.85%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (24.07%) NIST
2 11 (20.37%) GDPR
3 9 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (9.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (9.26%) PCI DSS
5 3 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (3.70%) GRC
7 1 (1.85%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.85%) TickIT
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.81%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (12.96%) Proofpoint
3 7 (12.96%) Rapid7
4 2 (3.70%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.85%) Sun
5 1 (1.85%) Zscaler