Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
England > London

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in London is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 437 528 859
Rank change year-on-year +91 +331 -287
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 62 79 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.26% 0.25% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.26% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 55 68 47
10th Percentile £45,650 £41,188 £34,024
25th Percentile £52,250 £48,438 £39,510
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +26.32% -20.83%
75th Percentile £72,500 £62,500 £63,125
90th Percentile £81,250 £79,300 £66,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -5.47%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 22,868 30,463 70,595
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 95.03% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 16,938 22,839 34,712
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London +52 11 £58,500 +14.15%
North London - 2 £50,000 -
East London - 1 £39,000 -
Cybersecurity Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 London region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 62 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (70.97%) Incident Response
3 41 (66.13%) SIEM
4 30 (48.39%) Information Security
5 28 (45.16%) Security Operations
6 24 (38.71%) Microsoft
7 23 (37.10%) Finance
7 23 (37.10%) Azure
7 23 (37.10%) NIST
8 22 (35.48%) Firewall
9 19 (30.65%) Security Monitoring
10 18 (29.03%) Threat Intelligence
10 18 (29.03%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 18 (29.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 18 (29.03%) Cyberattack
10 18 (29.03%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 17 (27.42%) Vulnerability Management
11 17 (27.42%) Windows
11 17 (27.42%) NCSC
12 16 (25.81%) Cyber Threat
13 15 (24.19%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (24.19%) Management Information System
14 14 (22.58%) Risk Management
14 14 (22.58%) CISSP
15 13 (20.97%) Social Skills
16 12 (19.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 12 (19.35%) Data Security
17 11 (17.74%) Linux
17 11 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
17 11 (17.74%) Degree

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (11.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (37.10%) Azure
2 15 (24.19%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (11.29%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (35.48%) Firewall
2 10 (16.13%) Wireshark
3 8 (12.90%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (9.68%) Network Security
5 4 (6.45%) LAN
5 4 (6.45%) SSL
5 4 (6.45%) WAN
6 3 (4.84%) Broadband
7 2 (3.23%) DNS
8 1 (1.61%) DHCP
8 1 (1.61%) DKIM
8 1 (1.61%) DMARC
General
1 23 (37.10%) Finance
2 13 (20.97%) Social Skills
3 11 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.84%) Financial Institution
4 3 (4.84%) Marketing
5 2 (3.23%) Advertising
5 2 (3.23%) Law
5 2 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.23%) Retail
6 1 (1.61%) Banking
6 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 18 (29.03%) Cyberattack
2 16 (25.81%) Cyber Threat
3 15 (24.19%) Management Information System
4 12 (19.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 10 (16.13%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (6.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (4.84%) Insider Threat
7 3 (4.84%) Security Posture
8 2 (3.23%) Digital Media
9 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (27.42%) Windows
2 11 (17.74%) Linux
3 4 (6.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (70.97%) Incident Response
3 41 (66.13%) SIEM
4 30 (48.39%) Information Security
5 28 (45.16%) Security Operations
6 19 (30.65%) Security Monitoring
7 18 (29.03%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 18 (29.03%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 18 (29.03%) Threat Intelligence
8 17 (27.42%) Vulnerability Management
9 14 (22.58%) Risk Management
10 12 (19.35%) Data Security
11 10 (16.13%) Attack Monitoring
11 10 (16.13%) Incident Management
11 10 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (14.52%) Cloud Security
13 8 (12.90%) Computer Science
13 8 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (12.90%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
13 8 (12.90%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.29%) Python
2 5 (8.06%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.84%) Bash
4 2 (3.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 14 (22.58%) CISSP
2 11 (17.74%) Degree
3 9 (14.52%) GCIH
4 8 (12.90%) CCSP
4 8 (12.90%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (11.29%) CISA
5 7 (11.29%) CISM
5 7 (11.29%) CompTIA CySA+
6 6 (9.68%) GCFA
6 6 (9.68%) GCIA
7 5 (8.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (8.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (6.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 3 (4.84%) CEH
9 3 (4.84%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (4.84%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (4.84%) OSCP
10 2 (3.23%) CCSA
10 2 (3.23%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (37.10%) NIST
2 18 (29.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (27.42%) NCSC
4 10 (16.13%) GRC
5 6 (9.68%) GDPR
5 6 (9.68%) PCI DSS
6 4 (6.45%) COBIT
7 3 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (4.84%) SOC 2
8 2 (3.23%) ISO 31000
8 2 (3.23%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.61%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (6.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (16.13%) CSIRT
2 3 (4.84%) CASB
3 2 (3.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 24 (38.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.68%) Qualys
3 5 (8.06%) Cisco
4 4 (6.45%) Splunk
4 4 (6.45%) VMware
5 3 (4.84%) Intel
6 2 (3.23%) IBM
7 1 (1.61%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.61%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.61%) Rapid7