Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 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 632 671 739
Rank change year-on-year +39 +68 -167
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 126 79 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.15% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 113 62 92
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,300 £31,578
25th Percentile £41,000 £37,510 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -1.16% -9.47%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £74,500 £67,500 £65,123
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% +12.63% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,966 52,773 69,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 89.23% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 47,979 30,132 42,817
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £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 £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London 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
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
Scotland -57 14 £50,000 +2.45% 1
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%
Northern Ireland +28 1 - -
Wales - 1 £37,500 -
Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

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

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 UK excluding London region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 126 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 64 (50.79%) SIEM
3 46 (36.51%) Incident Response
4 45 (35.71%) Azure
5 43 (34.13%) Microsoft
6 40 (31.75%) Firewall
7 39 (30.95%) Vulnerability Management
8 37 (29.37%) Security Operations
9 34 (26.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 32 (25.40%) CISSP
11 30 (23.81%) Information Security
12 29 (23.02%) NIST
12 29 (23.02%) Cloud Security
13 26 (20.63%) Social Skills
14 25 (19.84%) Degree
15 24 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
16 22 (17.46%) CompTIA Security+
17 20 (15.87%) Security Architecture
18 19 (15.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
18 19 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
19 18 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
19 18 (14.29%) Law
20 16 (12.70%) Risk Management
20 16 (12.70%) Windows
20 16 (12.70%) Vulnerability Scanning
20 16 (12.70%) Cyber Essentials
21 15 (11.90%) Management Information System
22 14 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
22 14 (11.11%) Finance
22 14 (11.11%) GDPR

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 3 (2.38%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 45 (35.71%) Azure
2 12 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (6.35%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (4.76%) AWS
4 6 (4.76%) Entra ID
4 6 (4.76%) SaaS
5 3 (2.38%) IaaS
5 3 (2.38%) PaaS
6 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 40 (31.75%) Firewall
2 7 (5.56%) LAN
2 7 (5.56%) WAN
3 6 (4.76%) Network Security
4 2 (1.59%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.59%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.79%) VPN
General
1 26 (20.63%) Social Skills
2 24 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (14.29%) Law
4 14 (11.11%) Finance
4 14 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (7.94%) Retail
6 5 (3.97%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.38%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.38%) Banking
7 3 (2.38%) Marketing
8 2 (1.59%) Publishing
9 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
2 15 (11.90%) Management Information System
3 13 (10.32%) Cyberattack
4 11 (8.73%) Data Protection Act
5 10 (7.94%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (5.56%) Operational Technology
7 6 (4.76%) IoT
8 5 (3.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 5 (3.97%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (2.38%) CSOC
9 3 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (2.38%) Insider Threat
10 2 (1.59%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.70%) Windows
2 8 (6.35%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.97%) Linux
4 4 (3.17%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.79%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 64 (50.79%) SIEM
3 46 (36.51%) Incident Response
4 39 (30.95%) Vulnerability Management
5 37 (29.37%) Security Operations
6 30 (23.81%) Information Security
7 29 (23.02%) Cloud Security
8 20 (15.87%) Security Architecture
9 19 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (15.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 16 (12.70%) Risk Management
10 16 (12.70%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 14 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (10.32%) Data Protection
13 12 (9.52%) Threat Intelligence
14 11 (8.73%) Network Monitoring
15 10 (7.94%) Data Loss Prevention
15 10 (7.94%) Mentoring
15 10 (7.94%) Penetration Testing
15 10 (7.94%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.17%) Python
2 2 (1.59%) Bash
2 2 (1.59%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.79%) C++
3 1 (0.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (25.40%) CISSP
2 25 (19.84%) Degree
3 22 (17.46%) CompTIA Security+
4 13 (10.32%) Security Cleared
5 12 (9.52%) CISM
6 11 (8.73%) CompTIA CySA+
7 10 (7.94%) CEH
7 10 (7.94%) Master's Degree
8 9 (7.14%) CISA
8 9 (7.14%) SSCP
9 7 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 6 (4.76%) GIAC
11 5 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (3.17%) SC Cleared
13 2 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (1.59%) CISMP
13 2 (1.59%) DBS Check
13 2 (1.59%) DV Cleared
13 2 (1.59%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (26.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (23.02%) NIST
3 16 (12.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (11.11%) GDPR
5 13 (10.32%) PCI DSS
6 5 (3.97%) ISO 22301
7 4 (3.17%) GRC
8 3 (2.38%) NCSC
9 2 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.59%) QA
10 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (8.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (7.14%) CASB
2 8 (6.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.97%) Nessus
4 4 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.38%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 43 (34.13%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.97%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.17%) Intel
4 3 (2.38%) BT
5 2 (1.59%) Facebook
5 2 (1.59%) Splunk
5 2 (1.59%) Sun
6 1 (0.79%) Darktrace