Hiring outlook, remote working rates, and which companies are actively recruiting.
Cybersecurity Analyst hiring in the UK is being driven by UK financial services firms expanding security operations under FCA and PRA scrutiny, with demand concentrated in the South East, with a growing footprint in Leeds and Bristol. GCHQ / NCSC and HSBC are among the more consistent UK hirers, and post-Brexit visa sponsorship routes have made it easier for UK employers to hire senior Cloud security talent from overseas when the domestic pipeline of experienced practitioners runs short.
Share of United Kingdom Cybersecurity Analyst roles advertising remote or hybrid working.
We will publish a year-on-year pay change for Cybersecurity Analyst in United Kingdom once a comparable annual benchmark is available.
Strongest in: Telecoms and defence-adjacent security functions, led by employers such as GCHQ / NCSC and HSBC
Cybersecurity Analyst hiring in the UK is being driven by UK financial services firms expanding security operations under FCA and PRA scrutiny, with demand concentrated in the South East, with a growing footprint in Leeds and Bristol. GCHQ / NCSC and HSBC are among the more consistent UK hirers, and post-Brexit visa sponsorship routes have made it easier for UK employers to hire senior Cloud security talent from overseas when the domestic pipeline of experienced practitioners runs short.
Who companies hire: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent certifications provide the standard entry path. Network fundamentals and OS knowledge are the technical prerequisites.
Salary premium over the United Kingdom median for Cybersecurity Analysts who list these skills.
Companies with consistent or active Cybersecurity Analyst hiring in United Kingdom.
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Very strongly, and growing. Regulatory requirements are the primary driver. NIS2 has created mandatory security hiring that is not discretionary in the way tech product hiring is. Combined with the continued rise in sophisticated attacks on Irish organisations, security analyst demand is among the most robust in the Irish tech market.
The Big Four consulting firms, Accenture, Deloitte, PwC, and EY, hire the highest volume of security analysts in Ireland for their managed security services practices. Financial institutions, AIB, Bank of Ireland, and Mastercard, hire for their internal security operations centres. Stripe has a dedicated security team. NCSIRT, the national computer security incident response team, is a smaller but prestigious employer.
Around 62%, lower than most technical roles. The in-person requirement stems from two sources: physical security and compliance needs at regulated employers, and incident response work that requires secure, dedicated facilities. Threat intelligence and SIEM analysis roles have the highest remote rates within the security function. SOC analyst roles at financial institutions are the most likely to require on-site working.
CompTIA Security+ for entry level. CISSP for senior analysts moving toward leadership. OSCP for offensive security roles. CEH is widely recognised but less practically demanding than OSCP. For cloud security, AWS Security Specialty and AZ-500 (Microsoft Azure Security) are increasingly requested. GDPR and data protection knowledge is a bonus for analysts working in the financial services or healthcare sectors.