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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 667 776 991
Rank change year-on-year +109 +215 -296
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 173 149 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.17% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.18% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 156 122 136
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,463 £33,243
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £37,286
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% +14.21% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,850 £67,013
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% +12.63% -

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 81,786 81,001 131,568
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 91.55% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 60,839 51,644 75,317
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £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 20 May 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 20 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
London +92 63 £55,000 -8.33% 8
South West +9 33 £65,000 +72.19% 2
North of England +57 31 £42,500 -16.37% 2
South East +21 29 £67,500 +37.76% 5
North West +4 12 £37,500 -23.86% 2
Yorkshire +90 11 £57,500 -12.64%
East of England +1 11 £50,000 +17.65%
North East - 8 £42,500 -
Midlands -22 6 £49,750 +17.06% 2
West Midlands -1 3 £42,000 -1.18% 2
East Midlands -19 3 £52,500 +31.25%
Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 across the England region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 173 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 104 (60.12%) SIEM
3 84 (48.55%) Incident Response
4 63 (36.42%) Security Operations
5 61 (35.26%) Microsoft
6 60 (34.68%) Firewall
7 59 (34.10%) Azure
7 59 (34.10%) Information Security
8 48 (27.75%) NIST
9 47 (27.17%) Vulnerability Management
10 46 (26.59%) CISSP
11 41 (23.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 35 (20.23%) Social Skills
13 34 (19.65%) Analytical Skills
14 33 (19.08%) Degree
14 33 (19.08%) Finance
15 32 (18.50%) Cloud Security
16 30 (17.34%) Management Information System
17 29 (16.76%) Cyber Threat
17 29 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
17 29 (16.76%) Security Monitoring
18 28 (16.18%) Cyberattack
18 28 (16.18%) Windows
19 27 (15.61%) Threat Intelligence
20 26 (15.03%) Risk Management
20 26 (15.03%) Security Architecture
21 25 (14.45%) Vulnerability Assessment
22 24 (13.87%) CompTIA Security+
23 22 (12.72%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
23 22 (12.72%) CompTIA CySA+

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 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.73%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 59 (34.10%) Azure
2 21 (12.14%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (9.83%) AWS
4 6 (3.47%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.31%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (1.73%) SaaS
7 1 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.58%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 60 (34.68%) Firewall
2 12 (6.94%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (6.36%) Network Security
4 8 (4.62%) Wireshark
5 7 (4.05%) LAN
5 7 (4.05%) WAN
6 3 (1.73%) Broadband
7 2 (1.16%) DNS
7 2 (1.16%) SSL
7 2 (1.16%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.58%) DHCP
8 1 (0.58%) DKIM
8 1 (0.58%) DMARC
8 1 (0.58%) VPN
General
1 35 (20.23%) Social Skills
2 34 (19.65%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (19.08%) Finance
4 19 (10.98%) Law
5 13 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (6.94%) Retail
7 6 (3.47%) Marketing
8 4 (2.31%) Banking
9 3 (1.73%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.73%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.73%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.16%) Advertising
10 2 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.16%) Publishing
11 1 (0.58%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 30 (17.34%) Management Information System
2 29 (16.76%) Cyber Threat
3 28 (16.18%) Cyberattack
4 18 (10.40%) Security Operations Centre
5 17 (9.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 13 (7.51%) Cyber Defence
7 11 (6.36%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (4.05%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (4.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (3.47%) Insider Threat
10 5 (2.89%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (2.31%) IoT
12 3 (1.73%) CSOC
12 3 (1.73%) Operational Technology
12 3 (1.73%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (1.16%) Data Centre
13 2 (1.16%) Digital Media
13 2 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
14 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 28 (16.18%) Windows
2 15 (8.67%) Linux
3 8 (4.62%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.31%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.16%) Unix
6 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.58%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 104 (60.12%) SIEM
3 84 (48.55%) Incident Response
4 63 (36.42%) Security Operations
5 59 (34.10%) Information Security
6 47 (27.17%) Vulnerability Management
7 32 (18.50%) Cloud Security
8 29 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (16.76%) Security Monitoring
9 27 (15.61%) Threat Intelligence
10 26 (15.03%) Risk Management
10 26 (15.03%) Security Architecture
11 25 (14.45%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 22 (12.72%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 21 (12.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 19 (10.98%) Data Protection
14 19 (10.98%) Incident Management
14 19 (10.98%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 17 (9.83%) Penetration Testing
16 15 (8.67%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.36%) Python
2 7 (4.05%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.89%) Bash
4 3 (1.73%) C++
5 1 (0.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (26.59%) CISSP
2 33 (19.08%) Degree
3 24 (13.87%) CompTIA Security+
4 22 (12.72%) CompTIA CySA+
5 17 (9.83%) CISA
6 16 (9.25%) CISM
7 14 (8.09%) CCSP
7 14 (8.09%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (6.94%) CEH
8 12 (6.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 12 (6.94%) Security Cleared
9 11 (6.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 10 (5.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 10 (5.78%) Master's Degree
11 8 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (4.05%) GCIH
12 7 (4.05%) GIAC
12 7 (4.05%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (2.89%) SSCP
14 4 (2.31%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (27.75%) NIST
2 41 (23.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (11.56%) NCSC
4 19 (10.98%) PCI DSS
5 18 (10.40%) GDPR
6 16 (9.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (8.09%) GRC
8 7 (4.05%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (1.16%) COBIT
10 2 (1.16%) ISO 31000
10 2 (1.16%) ISO 9001
10 2 (1.16%) QA
11 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (8.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (7.51%) CSIRT
2 12 (6.94%) CASB
3 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.89%) Nessus
4 4 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.16%) QRadar
Vendors
1 61 (35.26%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.05%) Intel
2 7 (4.05%) Splunk
3 6 (3.47%) Qualys
4 5 (2.89%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.73%) BT
5 3 (1.73%) Cisco
6 2 (1.16%) Darktrace
6 2 (1.16%) Facebook
6 2 (1.16%) IBM
6 2 (1.16%) Sun
6 2 (1.16%) VMware
7 1 (0.58%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.58%) Rapid7