Security Operations Analyst Jobs in the North of England

Security Operations Analyst
England > North of England

The median Security Operations Analyst salary in the North of England is £36,250 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 389 418 416
Rank change year-on-year +29 -2 -58
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 2 6 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.011% 0.037% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.042% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £27,875 £33,653 £36,875
25th Percentile £30,313 £36,250 £37,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £50,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +21.21% -8.33%
75th Percentile £42,813 £63,750 £45,313
90th Percentile £45,625 - £46,625
England median annual salary £44,250 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -23.04% - +22.34%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 18,018 14,359 17,754
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.21% 89.34% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 13,757 7,992 10,930
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Security Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Security Operations Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Analyst in the North of England

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Analyst in the North of England.

Salary trend for Security Operations Analyst in the North of England

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Analyst in the North of England

Security Operations Analyst
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Analyst within the North of England 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
North West -14 1 £27,500 -26.67% 3
North East - 1 £45,000 -
Security Operations Analyst
England

Security Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Security Operations 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 North of England region featuring Security Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (50.00%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence

Security Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet