Security Analyst Jobs in the North West

Security Analyst
England > North West

The median Security Analyst salary in the North West is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 254 241 244
Rank change year-on-year -13 +3 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 59 49 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.52% 0.68% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.75% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 51 38 53
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,600 -
25th Percentile £42,250 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.88%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £55,900 £62,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 10,836 6,498 9,523
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 89.52% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,080 3,977 5,427
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the North West

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the North West.

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the North West

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the North West

Security Analyst
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Manchester +33 41 £45,000 - 7
Merseyside -3 9 £47,000 -5.05% 1
Cheshire -11 6 £39,500 -57.30%
Cumbria -14 2 - -
Security Analyst
England

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 across the North West region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 35 (59.32%) Information Security
2 28 (47.46%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (33.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (27.12%) SIEM
4 16 (27.12%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (27.12%) Cloud Security
5 14 (23.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (22.03%) CISSP
6 13 (22.03%) Social Skills
7 11 (18.64%) Incident Response
8 10 (16.95%) Penetration Testing
9 9 (15.25%) DNS
9 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
9 9 (15.25%) Risk Assessment
9 9 (15.25%) Azure
9 9 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (15.25%) GRC
10 8 (13.56%) Application Security
10 8 (13.56%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (13.56%) DKIM
10 8 (13.56%) DMARC
10 8 (13.56%) Law
11 7 (11.86%) Internet
11 7 (11.86%) Degree
11 7 (11.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (11.86%) CASB
11 7 (11.86%) Cyberattack
11 7 (11.86%) SOAR
11 7 (11.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 7 (11.86%) Vulnerability Remediation

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 16 (27.12%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (15.25%) Azure
3 2 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.39%) OCI
4 1 (1.69%) AWS
4 1 (1.69%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.69%) IaaS
4 1 (1.69%) PaaS
4 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.25%) DNS
2 8 (13.56%) DKIM
2 8 (13.56%) DMARC
3 7 (11.86%) Internet
4 6 (10.17%) Firewall
5 3 (5.08%) Network Security
6 2 (3.39%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.69%) HTTP
7 1 (1.69%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.69%) SMTP
7 1 (1.69%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.69%) WAN
General
1 13 (22.03%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (13.56%) Law
4 5 (8.47%) Legal
5 3 (5.08%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) ADO
1 2 (3.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.56%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (11.86%) Cyberattack
3 4 (6.78%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (6.78%) Security Posture
4 3 (5.08%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.39%) Life Science
5 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.69%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.39%) Windows
2 1 (1.69%) Linux
2 1 (1.69%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (1.69%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (59.32%) Information Security
2 28 (47.46%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (27.12%) Cloud Security
3 16 (27.12%) SIEM
4 11 (18.64%) Incident Response
5 10 (16.95%) Penetration Testing
6 9 (15.25%) Risk Assessment
7 8 (13.56%) Application Security
8 7 (11.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 7 (11.86%) SOAR
8 7 (11.86%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 6 (10.17%) Business Continuity
9 6 (10.17%) ISMS
9 6 (10.17%) Threat Detection
9 6 (10.17%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (8.47%) Business Continuity Planning
10 5 (8.47%) Contingency Planning
10 5 (8.47%) Security Monitoring
10 5 (8.47%) Security Operations
10 5 (8.47%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.17%) C#
1 6 (10.17%) Java
2 3 (5.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (22.03%) CISSP
2 7 (11.86%) Degree
3 6 (10.17%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (8.47%) CEH
4 5 (8.47%) CISM
5 2 (3.39%) CISA
5 2 (3.39%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.39%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.69%) GIAC
6 1 (1.69%) GSEC
6 1 (1.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (33.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (23.73%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (15.25%) GRC
4 7 (11.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (8.47%) GDPR
5 5 (8.47%) NIST
6 4 (6.78%) NCSC
6 4 (6.78%) PCI DSS
7 2 (3.39%) ITGC
7 2 (3.39%) TickIT
8 1 (1.69%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.69%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (11.86%) CASB
2 1 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.78%) Fortinet
3 3 (5.08%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (5.08%) Palo Alto
3 3 (5.08%) SonicWALL
3 3 (5.08%) Splunk
4 2 (3.39%) Oracle
5 1 (1.69%) Qualys