Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 696 808 1055
Rank change year-on-year +112 +247 -338
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 196 169 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.17% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.19% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 173 139 155
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,267 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +12.63% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,200 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -1.16% -9.47%

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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £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%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 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 +116 177 £55,000 +1.38% 13
UK excluding London +21 129 £50,000 +17.65% 13
London +94 64 £57,500 -4.17% 4
Work from Home +65 63 £55,000 +8.23% 12
South West +7 35 £65,000 +72.19% 2
North of England +73 31 £42,500 -16.37% 2
South East +12 29 £67,500 +37.76% 4
Scotland -55 14 £50,000 +2.45% 3
North West +10 12 £37,500 -23.86% 2
Yorkshire +91 11 £57,500 -12.64%
East of England -1 11 £50,000 +17.65%
North East - 8 £42,500 -
Midlands -23 7 £47,000 +10.59% 2
West Midlands -1 4 £36,750 -13.53% 2
East Midlands -9 3 £52,500 +31.25%
Northern Ireland +18 1 - -
Wales - 1 £37,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 196 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 109 (55.61%) SIEM
3 91 (46.43%) Incident Response
4 74 (37.76%) Azure
5 72 (36.73%) Security Operations
6 70 (35.71%) Microsoft
7 69 (35.20%) Firewall
8 60 (30.61%) Information Security
9 55 (28.06%) Vulnerability Management
9 55 (28.06%) NIST
10 52 (26.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 51 (26.02%) CISSP
12 39 (19.90%) Cloud Security
13 38 (19.39%) Social Skills
14 36 (18.37%) Degree
15 35 (17.86%) Finance
16 34 (17.35%) Analytical Skills
17 33 (16.84%) Cyberattack
17 33 (16.84%) CompTIA Security+
17 33 (16.84%) Windows
18 31 (15.82%) Management Information System
19 30 (15.31%) Security Monitoring
19 30 (15.31%) Cyber Threat
20 29 (14.80%) Microsoft 365
20 29 (14.80%) Threat Intelligence
20 29 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
21 28 (14.29%) Security Architecture
22 27 (13.78%) Risk Management
22 27 (13.78%) Vulnerability Assessment
23 24 (12.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence

Cybersecurity 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.53%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 74 (37.76%) Azure
2 29 (14.80%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (8.67%) AWS
4 9 (4.59%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (3.57%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.06%) SaaS
7 3 (1.53%) IaaS
7 3 (1.53%) PaaS
8 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.51%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 69 (35.20%) Firewall
2 12 (6.12%) Intrusion Detection
2 12 (6.12%) Network Security
3 9 (4.59%) LAN
3 9 (4.59%) WAN
4 8 (4.08%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.53%) Broadband
6 2 (1.02%) DNS
6 2 (1.02%) SSL
6 2 (1.02%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.02%) Wireless
7 1 (0.51%) DHCP
7 1 (0.51%) DKIM
7 1 (0.51%) DMARC
7 1 (0.51%) VPN
General
1 38 (19.39%) Social Skills
2 35 (17.86%) Finance
3 34 (17.35%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.20%) Law
5 15 (7.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (6.12%) Retail
7 6 (3.06%) Marketing
8 5 (2.55%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.04%) Banking
10 3 (1.53%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.53%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.02%) Advertising
11 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.02%) Publishing
12 1 (0.51%) Police
12 1 (0.51%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 33 (16.84%) Cyberattack
2 31 (15.82%) Management Information System
3 30 (15.31%) Cyber Threat
4 19 (9.69%) Security Operations Centre
5 18 (9.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 13 (6.63%) Cyber Defence
7 11 (5.61%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (3.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 7 (3.57%) Operational Technology
9 6 (3.06%) Insider Threat
9 6 (3.06%) IoT
10 5 (2.55%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (1.53%) CSOC
11 3 (1.53%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (1.02%) Data Centre
12 2 (1.02%) Digital Media
12 2 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
13 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 33 (16.84%) Windows
2 15 (7.65%) Linux
3 10 (5.10%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.04%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.02%) Unix
6 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.51%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 109 (55.61%) SIEM
3 91 (46.43%) Incident Response
4 72 (36.73%) Security Operations
5 60 (30.61%) Information Security
6 55 (28.06%) Vulnerability Management
7 39 (19.90%) Cloud Security
8 30 (15.31%) Security Monitoring
9 29 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (14.80%) Threat Intelligence
10 28 (14.29%) Security Architecture
11 27 (13.78%) Risk Management
11 27 (13.78%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 24 (12.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 23 (11.73%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 22 (11.22%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 21 (10.71%) Penetration Testing
16 20 (10.20%) Incident Management
17 19 (9.69%) Data Protection
17 19 (9.69%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.12%) Python
2 8 (4.08%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.55%) Bash
4 4 (2.04%) C++
5 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (26.02%) CISSP
2 36 (18.37%) Degree
3 33 (16.84%) CompTIA Security+
4 24 (12.24%) CompTIA CySA+
5 20 (10.20%) CISM
6 17 (8.67%) CISA
7 15 (7.65%) CEH
8 14 (7.14%) CCSP
8 14 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (7.14%) Security Cleared
9 12 (6.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 11 (5.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 10 (5.10%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 10 (5.10%) GIAC
11 10 (5.10%) Master's Degree
12 9 (4.59%) Network+ Certification
12 9 (4.59%) SSCP
13 8 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (3.57%) GCIH
15 5 (2.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (28.06%) NIST
2 52 (26.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (10.20%) GDPR
3 20 (10.20%) NCSC
4 19 (9.69%) PCI DSS
5 18 (9.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (7.14%) GRC
7 7 (3.57%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.55%) ISO 22301
9 3 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (1.02%) COBIT
10 2 (1.02%) ISO 31000
10 2 (1.02%) ISO 9001
10 2 (1.02%) QA
11 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (9.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (6.63%) CSIRT
2 12 (6.12%) CASB
3 10 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.55%) Nessus
5 4 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.02%) QRadar
Vendors
1 70 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.57%) Intel
2 7 (3.57%) Splunk
3 6 (3.06%) Qualys
4 5 (2.55%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.53%) BT
5 3 (1.53%) Cisco
6 2 (1.02%) Darktrace
6 2 (1.02%) Facebook
6 2 (1.02%) IBM
6 2 (1.02%) Sun
6 2 (1.02%) VMware
7 1 (0.51%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.51%) Rapid7