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 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 782 868 1174
Rank change year-on-year +86 +306 -301
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 125 79 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.083% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.091% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 86 51 58
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,019 £39,290
25th Percentile £51,250 £44,238 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £52,806
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -5.31% -3.99%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £82,500 £67,875
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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

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 1 June 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 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
England +97 114 £70,000 +40.00% 20
UK excluding London -15 66 £57,500 +15.00% 10
London +147 53 £77,500 +24.00% 9
Work from Home +45 29 £77,500 +47.62% 10
South West -3 26 £70,000 +58.04%
South East +7 15 £67,500 +12.50% 4
Midlands -11 8 £52,500 -4.55% 1
North of England +21 7 £53,750 +7.50% 3
East Midlands -12 7 £52,500 -
North West -10 6 £50,000 - 1
Scotland -69 6 £50,000 -4.76% 1
East of England 0 4 £38,750 -13.89% 1
Yorkshire +57 1 £63,500 +27.00% 2
West Midlands -18 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 84 (67.20%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (46.40%) Microsoft
3 55 (44.00%) Information Security
4 50 (40.00%) SIEM
4 50 (40.00%) Incident Response
5 39 (31.20%) CISSP
5 39 (31.20%) Security Operations
6 36 (28.80%) Finance
7 35 (28.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 34 (27.20%) Azure
9 32 (25.60%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (24.80%) Firewall
11 24 (19.20%) Incident Management
11 24 (19.20%) Application Security
12 23 (18.40%) Change Management
13 21 (16.80%) Windows
13 21 (16.80%) Cloud Security
14 20 (16.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 19 (15.20%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
16 18 (14.40%) NIST
16 18 (14.40%) Threat Detection
16 18 (14.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
17 17 (13.60%) Security Management
18 16 (12.80%) OWASP
19 15 (12.00%) Security Architecture
19 15 (12.00%) CISM
19 15 (12.00%) Data Loss Prevention
19 15 (12.00%) Privileged Access Management
19 15 (12.00%) CompTIA CySA+
20 14 (11.20%) Cyberattack

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 34 (27.20%) Azure
2 32 (25.60%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (8.80%) AWS
4 7 (5.60%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.20%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.20%) OCI
6 2 (1.60%) IaaS
6 2 (1.60%) PaaS
6 2 (1.60%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (24.80%) Firewall
2 7 (5.60%) Intrusion Detection
2 7 (5.60%) VoIP
3 3 (2.40%) Network Security
4 1 (0.80%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.60%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (8.00%) Burp Suite
1 10 (8.00%) Metasploit
General
1 36 (28.80%) Finance
2 11 (8.80%) Retail
2 11 (8.80%) Social Skills
3 10 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (8.00%) Law
4 6 (4.80%) Marketing
5 4 (3.20%) Banking
6 3 (2.40%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.60%) Advertising
7 2 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.80%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.80%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.20%) Cyberattack
1 14 (11.20%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (9.60%) Management Information System
3 9 (7.20%) Security Posture
4 7 (5.60%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (4.80%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (3.20%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (1.60%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.80%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.80%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (16.80%) Windows
2 5 (4.00%) Linux
3 2 (1.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (67.20%) Cybersecurity
2 55 (44.00%) Information Security
3 50 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 50 (40.00%) SIEM
4 39 (31.20%) Security Operations
5 35 (28.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 24 (19.20%) Application Security
6 24 (19.20%) Incident Management
7 23 (18.40%) Change Management
8 21 (16.80%) Cloud Security
9 20 (16.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 19 (15.20%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 18 (14.40%) Threat Detection
12 17 (13.60%) Security Management
13 16 (12.80%) OWASP
14 15 (12.00%) Data Loss Prevention
14 15 (12.00%) Privileged Access Management
14 15 (12.00%) Security Architecture
15 13 (10.40%) Mentoring
16 10 (8.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.80%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.60%) C++
2 2 (1.60%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (31.20%) CISSP
2 15 (12.00%) CISM
2 15 (12.00%) CompTIA CySA+
3 11 (8.80%) Degree
4 10 (8.00%) CISA
4 10 (8.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 8 (6.40%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (3.20%) CCSP
6 4 (3.20%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.20%) GIAC
6 4 (3.20%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.20%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.20%) SSCP
7 2 (1.60%) CCSA
7 2 (1.60%) CEH
7 2 (1.60%) SANS
8 1 (0.80%) CRISC
8 1 (0.80%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (14.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 18 (14.40%) NIST
2 12 (9.60%) GRC
3 11 (8.80%) GDPR
4 9 (7.20%) PCI DSS
5 5 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (3.20%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.60%) COBIT
7 2 (1.60%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.80%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (9.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (8.00%) Nmap
2 7 (5.60%) CASB
3 4 (3.20%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 58 (46.40%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.40%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (5.60%) Proofpoint
3 7 (5.60%) Rapid7
4 4 (3.20%) Cisco
4 4 (3.20%) Oracle
5 1 (0.80%) Darktrace