Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 703 782 1045
Rank change year-on-year +79 +263 -312
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 193 170 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.17% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.19% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 171 140 153
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,813 £59,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £67,055
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -1.16% -9.47%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 95,626 90,111 157,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.48% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 68,292 56,801 84,606
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in the UK

Cybersecurity Analyst
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 23 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
England +122 174 £55,000 - 16
UK excluding London +54 127 £50,000 +17.65% 13
London +101 62 £60,000 - 5
Work from Home +51 61 £55,000 +5.63% 11
South West +15 33 £65,000 +36.84% 2
South East +21 31 £67,500 +22.73% 3
North of England +59 30 £42,500 -16.37% 3
Scotland -51 14 £50,000 +5.02% 1
North West +6 12 £37,500 -23.86% 3
Yorkshire +89 11 £57,500 -12.64%
East of England +3 11 £50,000 +17.65% 1
North East - 7 £42,500 -
Midlands -24 6 £49,750 +17.06% 2
West Midlands -6 3 £42,000 -1.18% 2
East Midlands -7 3 £52,500 +31.25%
Northern Ireland +23 1 - -
Wales - 1 £37,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 193 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 106 (54.92%) SIEM
3 92 (47.67%) Incident Response
4 71 (36.79%) Azure
5 69 (35.75%) Microsoft
6 67 (34.72%) Security Operations
7 66 (34.20%) Firewall
8 61 (31.61%) Information Security
9 54 (27.98%) Vulnerability Management
9 54 (27.98%) NIST
10 52 (26.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 51 (26.42%) CISSP
12 39 (20.21%) Social Skills
13 37 (19.17%) Cloud Security
13 37 (19.17%) Finance
14 36 (18.65%) Degree
15 35 (18.13%) Analytical Skills
16 34 (17.62%) Cyberattack
17 32 (16.58%) Windows
18 31 (16.06%) Management Information System
19 30 (15.54%) CompTIA Security+
20 29 (15.03%) Security Monitoring
20 29 (15.03%) Threat Intelligence
20 29 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
20 29 (15.03%) Cyber Threat
20 29 (15.03%) Risk Management
21 27 (13.99%) Vulnerability Assessment
21 27 (13.99%) Security Architecture
22 26 (13.47%) Microsoft 365
23 24 (12.44%) Cyber Threat Intelligence

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (3.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.04%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 71 (36.79%) Azure
2 26 (13.47%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (7.77%) AWS
4 8 (4.15%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (3.11%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.59%) SaaS
7 3 (1.55%) IaaS
7 3 (1.55%) PaaS
8 2 (1.04%) GCP
9 1 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 66 (34.20%) Firewall
2 13 (6.74%) Network Security
3 11 (5.70%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (4.66%) LAN
4 9 (4.66%) WAN
4 9 (4.66%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.55%) Broadband
5 3 (1.55%) SSL
6 2 (1.04%) DNS
6 2 (1.04%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.04%) Wireless
7 1 (0.52%) DHCP
7 1 (0.52%) DKIM
7 1 (0.52%) DMARC
7 1 (0.52%) VPN
General
1 39 (20.21%) Social Skills
2 37 (19.17%) Finance
3 35 (18.13%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.84%) Law
5 14 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (6.22%) Retail
7 6 (3.11%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.11%) Marketing
8 4 (2.07%) Banking
9 3 (1.55%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.55%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.04%) Advertising
10 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.04%) Publishing
11 1 (0.52%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 34 (17.62%) Cyberattack
2 31 (16.06%) Management Information System
3 29 (15.03%) Cyber Threat
4 19 (9.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 18 (9.33%) Security Operations Centre
6 14 (7.25%) Cyber Defence
7 11 (5.70%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (3.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (3.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (3.11%) Insider Threat
9 6 (3.11%) Operational Technology
10 5 (2.59%) Cyber Security Posture
10 5 (2.59%) IoT
11 3 (1.55%) CSOC
11 3 (1.55%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (1.04%) Data Centre
12 2 (1.04%) Digital Media
12 2 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
13 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 32 (16.58%) Windows
2 16 (8.29%) Linux
3 8 (4.15%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.07%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.55%) Unix
6 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.52%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 106 (54.92%) SIEM
3 92 (47.67%) Incident Response
4 67 (34.72%) Security Operations
5 61 (31.61%) Information Security
6 54 (27.98%) Vulnerability Management
7 37 (19.17%) Cloud Security
8 29 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (15.03%) Risk Management
8 29 (15.03%) Security Monitoring
8 29 (15.03%) Threat Intelligence
9 27 (13.99%) Security Architecture
9 27 (13.99%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 24 (12.44%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 23 (11.92%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 22 (11.40%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 20 (10.36%) Penetration Testing
14 19 (9.84%) Data Protection
14 19 (9.84%) Disaster Recovery
14 19 (9.84%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.22%) Python
2 8 (4.15%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.59%) Bash
4 4 (2.07%) C++
5 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (26.42%) CISSP
2 36 (18.65%) Degree
3 30 (15.54%) CompTIA Security+
4 22 (11.40%) CompTIA CySA+
5 20 (10.36%) CISM
6 17 (8.81%) CISA
7 14 (7.25%) CEH
8 13 (6.74%) CCSP
8 13 (6.74%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (6.74%) Security Cleared
9 12 (6.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 10 (5.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 10 (5.18%) Master's Degree
11 9 (4.66%) SSCP
12 8 (4.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 8 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (4.15%) GCIH
12 8 (4.15%) GIAC
13 7 (3.63%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (2.59%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (27.98%) NIST
2 52 (26.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (10.36%) GDPR
3 20 (10.36%) NCSC
4 19 (9.84%) PCI DSS
5 17 (8.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (7.25%) GRC
7 5 (2.59%) ISO 22301
7 5 (2.59%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.55%) COBIT
8 3 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.04%) ISO 31000
9 2 (1.04%) ISO 9001
9 2 (1.04%) QA
10 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (7.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (6.74%) CSIRT
2 12 (6.22%) CASB
3 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.59%) Nessus
5 4 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.04%) QRadar
Vendors
1 69 (35.75%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.15%) Splunk
3 7 (3.63%) Intel
4 6 (3.11%) Qualys
5 5 (2.59%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.07%) Cisco
7 3 (1.55%) BT
7 3 (1.55%) VMware
8 2 (1.04%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.04%) Facebook
8 2 (1.04%) IBM
8 2 (1.04%) Sun
9 1 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.52%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.52%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.52%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.52%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.52%) SonicWALL