Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 653 634 763
Rank change year-on-year -19 +129 -167
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 126 83 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.15% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.17% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 108 72 87
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,025 £31,475
25th Percentile £42,547 £37,529 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% +3.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £69,063 £63,750 £57,000
90th Percentile £75,750 £79,125 £67,165
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -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 74,927 49,444 72,458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 88.83% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 29,284 42,904
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%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +7 34 £67,500 +22.73% 2
South West -4 31 £65,000 -21.57% 3
North of England +41 29 £42,500 -27.66% 2
Scotland -57 13 £50,000 +5.02% 2
Yorkshire +68 11 £57,500 -8.00%
North West -3 11 £37,500 -23.86% 2
East of England -15 10 £47,500 +11.76% 2
Midlands -42 7 £52,500 +23.53% 1
North East - 7 £42,500 -
West Midlands -19 4 £39,250 -7.65% 1
East Midlands -35 3 £52,500 +7.69%
Northern Ireland +14 1 - -
Wales - 1 £37,500 -
Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 UK excluding London region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 126 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (48.41%) SIEM
3 48 (38.10%) Incident Response
4 41 (32.54%) Vulnerability Management
4 41 (32.54%) Azure
4 41 (32.54%) Microsoft
5 40 (31.75%) Firewall
6 37 (29.37%) Security Operations
7 35 (27.78%) CISSP
8 33 (26.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 31 (24.60%) Information Security
10 29 (23.02%) NIST
11 27 (21.43%) Cloud Security
11 27 (21.43%) Social Skills
11 27 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
12 25 (19.84%) Degree
13 23 (18.25%) CompTIA Security+
14 21 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
15 20 (15.87%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 19 (15.08%) Security Operations Centre
17 18 (14.29%) Security Architecture
17 18 (14.29%) Risk Management
18 17 (13.49%) Windows
19 16 (12.70%) Finance
19 16 (12.70%) Management Information System
19 16 (12.70%) Security Cleared
20 15 (11.90%) GDPR
21 14 (11.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
21 14 (11.11%) Law
22 13 (10.32%) Disaster Recovery

Cybersecurity 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:

Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 41 (32.54%) Azure
2 10 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (6.35%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (4.76%) AWS
4 6 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.38%) IaaS
5 3 (2.38%) PaaS
5 3 (2.38%) SaaS
6 2 (1.59%) GCP
7 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 40 (31.75%) Firewall
2 8 (6.35%) Network Security
3 5 (3.97%) LAN
3 5 (3.97%) WAN
4 3 (2.38%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.59%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.59%) NGFW
6 1 (0.79%) DNS
6 1 (0.79%) HTTP
6 1 (0.79%) SMTP
6 1 (0.79%) VPN
General
1 27 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
1 27 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.70%) Finance
3 14 (11.11%) Law
4 12 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (7.94%) Retail
6 6 (4.76%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.38%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.38%) Banking
7 3 (2.38%) Marketing
8 2 (1.59%) Publishing
9 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.08%) Security Operations Centre
2 16 (12.70%) Management Information System
3 13 (10.32%) Cyberattack
4 12 (9.52%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (8.73%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (5.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (4.76%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (3.97%) Insider Threat
8 5 (3.97%) Operational Technology
9 4 (3.17%) IoT
10 3 (2.38%) CSOC
10 3 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 1 (0.79%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.49%) Windows
2 7 (5.56%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.97%) Linux
4 4 (3.17%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.79%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (48.41%) SIEM
3 48 (38.10%) Incident Response
4 41 (32.54%) Vulnerability Management
5 37 (29.37%) Security Operations
6 31 (24.60%) Information Security
7 27 (21.43%) Cloud Security
8 21 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (15.87%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 18 (14.29%) Risk Management
10 18 (14.29%) Security Architecture
11 14 (11.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 13 (10.32%) Data Protection
12 13 (10.32%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (10.32%) Penetration Testing
12 13 (10.32%) Threat Intelligence
13 11 (8.73%) Network Monitoring
13 11 (8.73%) Security Monitoring
14 10 (7.94%) Incident Management
14 10 (7.94%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.17%) Python
2 2 (1.59%) Bash
2 2 (1.59%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.79%) C++
3 1 (0.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (27.78%) CISSP
2 25 (19.84%) Degree
3 23 (18.25%) CompTIA Security+
4 16 (12.70%) Security Cleared
5 12 (9.52%) CISM
6 11 (8.73%) CEH
6 11 (8.73%) CompTIA CySA+
7 10 (7.94%) Master's Degree
8 9 (7.14%) SSCP
9 8 (6.35%) CISA
10 6 (4.76%) GIAC
10 6 (4.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (3.17%) OSCP
12 4 (3.17%) SC Cleared
13 3 (2.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (2.38%) CCSP
13 3 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (1.59%) CISMP
14 2 (1.59%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (26.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (23.02%) NIST
3 15 (11.90%) GDPR
4 13 (10.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (10.32%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.97%) GRC
5 5 (3.97%) ISO 22301
6 3 (2.38%) NCSC
7 2 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.59%) QA
8 1 (0.79%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (7.14%) CASB
2 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.97%) Nessus
3 4 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.38%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 41 (32.54%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.97%) BT
2 5 (3.97%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.17%) Intel
3 4 (3.17%) Splunk
4 2 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (1.59%) Facebook
4 2 (1.59%) Fortinet
4 2 (1.59%) Palo Alto
4 2 (1.59%) SonicWALL
4 2 (1.59%) Zscaler
5 1 (0.79%) Darktrace
5 1 (0.79%) Sun