Security Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 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 442 439 387
Rank change year-on-year -3 -52 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 343 343 616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.48% 0.58% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.65% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 303 252 332
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% +0.56%
75th Percentile £57,750 £55,279 £60,000
90th Percentile £69,750 £64,875 £63,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +8.25%

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%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Security 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 Security 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
North of England +52 103 £45,000 -3.23% 25
South East +20 90 £50,000 +1.01% 22
North West +8 58 £45,000 -8.16% 9
Midlands -28 52 £47,500 -5.00% 10
South West +3 48 £55,000 +12.82% 6
West Midlands -17 29 £42,750 -14.50% 9
Scotland -56 29 £48,507 -2.99% 4
Yorkshire +69 24 £57,500 +43.75% 16
East Midlands -9 23 £52,500 +31.25% 1
North East +19 21 £40,000 -
East of England -6 18 £47,500 +8.57% 2
Wales -8 2 £41,250 +17.86%
Northern Ireland +20 1 - -
Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 211 (61.52%) Cybersecurity
2 183 (53.35%) Information Security
3 129 (37.61%) Azure
4 128 (37.32%) SIEM
5 105 (30.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 94 (27.41%) Cloud Security
7 90 (26.24%) Firewall
8 86 (25.07%) Microsoft
9 72 (20.99%) Incident Response
10 71 (20.70%) CISSP
10 71 (20.70%) Security Operations
11 69 (20.12%) Microsoft 365
12 66 (19.24%) Vulnerability Management
13 65 (18.95%) Social Skills
14 62 (18.08%) NIST
15 59 (17.20%) Analytical Skills
16 53 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
16 53 (15.45%) Cyber Essentials
17 52 (15.16%) Risk Management
18 48 (13.99%) Management Information System
19 45 (13.12%) Cyberattack
20 43 (12.54%) Windows
20 43 (12.54%) Vulnerability Remediation
21 40 (11.66%) Degree
22 39 (11.37%) GDPR
23 36 (10.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
23 36 (10.50%) PCI DSS
24 35 (10.20%) DNS
24 35 (10.20%) CISM
24 35 (10.20%) CASB

Security 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 (0.87%) IIS
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 129 (37.61%) Azure
2 69 (20.12%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (7.29%) AWS
4 16 (4.66%) Entra ID
5 8 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (2.04%) SaaS
7 4 (1.17%) IaaS
7 4 (1.17%) PaaS
7 4 (1.17%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.87%) GCP
9 2 (0.58%) OCI
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 90 (26.24%) Firewall
2 35 (10.20%) DNS
3 30 (8.75%) DKIM
3 30 (8.75%) DMARC
4 26 (7.58%) Internet
5 19 (5.54%) Network Security
6 15 (4.37%) WAN
7 14 (4.08%) LAN
8 13 (3.79%) Intrusion Detection
9 9 (2.62%) VPN
10 3 (0.87%) Wireless
11 2 (0.58%) 5G
11 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.58%) VoIP
12 1 (0.29%) 802.11
12 1 (0.29%) Bluetooth
12 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.29%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.17%) Power BI
2 2 (0.58%) Tableau
General
1 65 (18.95%) Social Skills
2 59 (17.20%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (9.33%) Finance
4 30 (8.75%) Law
5 25 (7.29%) Retail
6 14 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (3.50%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.21%) Legal
9 9 (2.62%) Banking
10 4 (1.17%) Automotive
11 3 (0.87%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.87%) Marketing
11 3 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.87%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.58%) Advertising
12 2 (0.58%) Electronics
12 2 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.58%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.58%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.29%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.99%) Management Information System
2 45 (13.12%) Cyberattack
3 33 (9.62%) Security Operations Centre
4 19 (5.54%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (3.79%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (3.79%) Operational Technology
6 12 (3.50%) Security Posture
7 11 (3.21%) IoT
7 11 (3.21%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.33%) Cyber Security Posture
8 8 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 5 (1.46%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (1.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 3 (0.87%) CSOC
12 3 (0.87%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.87%) Insider Threat
12 3 (0.87%) SCADA
13 2 (0.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 43 (12.54%) Windows
2 19 (5.54%) Windows Server
3 16 (4.66%) Linux
4 8 (2.33%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (61.52%) Cybersecurity
2 183 (53.35%) Information Security
3 128 (37.32%) SIEM
4 94 (27.41%) Cloud Security
5 72 (20.99%) Incident Response
6 71 (20.70%) Security Operations
7 66 (19.24%) Vulnerability Management
8 53 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
9 52 (15.16%) Risk Management
10 43 (12.54%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 36 (10.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 32 (9.33%) Incident Management
12 32 (9.33%) Penetration Testing
13 31 (9.04%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 29 (8.45%) Security Architecture
15 27 (7.87%) SOAR
15 27 (7.87%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 25 (7.29%) Internal Audit
17 24 (7.00%) Disaster Recovery
17 24 (7.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.21%) Python
2 6 (1.75%) Bash
2 6 (1.75%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.87%) C#
3 3 (0.87%) Java
4 1 (0.29%) C++
4 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 71 (20.70%) CISSP
2 40 (11.66%) Degree
3 35 (10.20%) CISM
4 34 (9.91%) CompTIA Security+
5 30 (8.75%) Security Cleared
6 26 (7.58%) CISA
7 17 (4.96%) CEH
8 14 (4.08%) CompTIA CySA+
9 12 (3.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 12 (3.50%) CCSP
9 12 (3.50%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (3.50%) DV Cleared
9 12 (3.50%) GIAC
10 11 (3.21%) Master's Degree
11 10 (2.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 10 (2.92%) SSCP
12 9 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (2.62%) CRISC
13 8 (2.33%) Azure Certification
14 6 (1.75%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (30.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (18.08%) NIST
3 53 (15.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 39 (11.37%) GDPR
5 36 (10.50%) PCI DSS
6 23 (6.71%) GRC
7 19 (5.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 13 (3.79%) NCSC
9 6 (1.75%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.87%) SLA
10 3 (0.87%) TickIT
11 2 (0.58%) COBIT
11 2 (0.58%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.58%) ITGC
11 2 (0.58%) QA
11 2 (0.58%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.29%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 27 (7.87%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 35 (10.20%) CASB
2 11 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.75%) Nessus
5 5 (1.46%) WSUS
6 3 (0.87%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 86 (25.07%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.92%) CrowdStrike
3 9 (2.62%) Cisco
4 8 (2.33%) Rapid7
5 7 (2.04%) Proofpoint
6 5 (1.46%) Intel
6 5 (1.46%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.46%) Splunk
7 3 (0.87%) BT
7 3 (0.87%) Qualys
8 2 (0.58%) Facebook
8 2 (0.58%) Oracle
8 2 (0.58%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.58%) Sun
9 1 (0.29%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.29%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.29%) iManage
9 1 (0.29%) LogRhythm