Senior Security Analyst Jobs in England

Senior Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Senior Security Analyst salary in England is £70,000 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 748 835 1116
Rank change year-on-year +87 +281 -262
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Analyst 115 59 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.072% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.079% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 78 45 53
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,891 £39,510
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £79,375 £66,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £114,750 £82,500 £68,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +40.00% - -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Analyst in England

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Security Analyst in England.

Salary trend for Senior Security Analyst in England

Senior Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Senior Security Analyst in England

Senior Security Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Analyst within the England 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
London +126 55 £77,500 +24.00% 5
South West -20 23 £70,000 +58.04%
South East -13 16 £67,500 +12.50% 6
North of England 0 8 £53,750 +7.50% 3
Midlands -38 8 £52,500 -4.55% 1
East Midlands -24 7 £52,500 -8.70%
North West -28 7 £50,000 -
East of England -9 4 £38,750 -13.89% 1
Yorkshire +60 1 £63,500 +27.00% 3
West Midlands -16 1 - - 1
Senior Security Analyst
UK

Senior Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior Security Analyst in the job title.

1 74 (64.35%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (50.43%) Information Security
3 57 (49.57%) Microsoft
4 51 (44.35%) Incident Response
5 50 (43.48%) SIEM
6 39 (33.91%) CISSP
7 38 (33.04%) Finance
8 32 (27.83%) Security Operations
9 31 (26.96%) Vulnerability Management
10 29 (25.22%) Firewall
11 28 (24.35%) Incident Management
11 28 (24.35%) Azure
12 27 (23.48%) Microsoft 365
12 27 (23.48%) Change Management
13 24 (20.87%) Application Security
14 19 (16.52%) Data Loss Prevention
14 19 (16.52%) Cloud Security
14 19 (16.52%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
14 19 (16.52%) CompTIA CySA+
14 19 (16.52%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 18 (15.65%) Threat Detection
15 18 (15.65%) OWASP
15 18 (15.65%) Security Operations Centre
15 18 (15.65%) Windows
16 17 (14.78%) Security Management
16 17 (14.78%) Mentoring
17 15 (13.04%) AWS
17 15 (13.04%) CISM
17 15 (13.04%) Privileged Access Management
18 14 (12.17%) CISA

Senior Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 28 (24.35%) Azure
2 27 (23.48%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (13.04%) AWS
4 11 (9.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (25.22%) Firewall
2 11 (9.57%) Intrusion Detection
2 11 (9.57%) VoIP
3 3 (2.61%) Network Security
4 1 (0.87%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (8.70%) Burp Suite
1 10 (8.70%) Metasploit
General
1 38 (33.04%) Finance
2 11 (9.57%) Retail
3 10 (8.70%) Social Skills
4 8 (6.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (6.96%) Law
5 6 (5.22%) Marketing
6 4 (3.48%) Banking
7 3 (2.61%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.74%) Advertising
8 2 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.87%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.57%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.65%) Security Operations Centre
2 14 (12.17%) Management Information System
3 11 (9.57%) Cyberattack
4 10 (8.70%) Cyber Defence
5 9 (7.83%) Security Posture
6 7 (6.09%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (3.48%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.74%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.87%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.87%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.65%) Windows
2 5 (4.35%) Linux
3 2 (1.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (64.35%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (50.43%) Information Security
3 51 (44.35%) Incident Response
4 50 (43.48%) SIEM
5 32 (27.83%) Security Operations
6 31 (26.96%) Vulnerability Management
7 28 (24.35%) Incident Management
8 27 (23.48%) Change Management
9 24 (20.87%) Application Security
10 19 (16.52%) Cloud Security
10 19 (16.52%) Data Loss Prevention
10 19 (16.52%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 19 (16.52%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 18 (15.65%) OWASP
11 18 (15.65%) Threat Detection
12 17 (14.78%) Mentoring
12 17 (14.78%) Security Management
13 15 (13.04%) Privileged Access Management
14 13 (11.30%) Security Architecture
15 11 (9.57%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.22%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.74%) C++
2 2 (1.74%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (33.91%) CISSP
2 19 (16.52%) CompTIA CySA+
3 15 (13.04%) CISM
4 14 (12.17%) CISA
5 9 (7.83%) Degree
6 8 (6.96%) Master's Degree
7 6 (5.22%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (3.48%) CCSP
8 4 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.48%) GIAC
9 2 (1.74%) CCSA
9 2 (1.74%) CEH
9 2 (1.74%) SANS
10 1 (0.87%) CRISC
10 1 (0.87%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (11.30%) NIST
2 11 (9.57%) GRC
3 9 (7.83%) GDPR
3 9 (7.83%) PCI DSS
4 6 (5.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.74%) COBIT
5 2 (1.74%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.87%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (9.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (8.70%) Nmap
2 7 (6.09%) CASB
3 4 (3.48%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 57 (49.57%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.30%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (6.09%) Proofpoint
3 7 (6.09%) Rapid7
4 4 (3.48%) Cisco
5 1 (0.87%) Darktrace