Cyber security analyst: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Cyber security professionals (SOC 2135)
About £42,674 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +0.3% on last year
£4,614 a month About £3,556 a month after tax 42 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £49,836 in 2021 to £55,373 in 2026 (+11%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | £33,470 | £49,836 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | £34,966 | £45,694 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £35,818 | £45,546 | x | x |
| 2024 | £30,925 | £35,306 | £48,583 | £63,275 | x |
| 2025 | £33,010 | £42,822 | £55,180 | £73,093 | x |
| 2026 | £35,843 | £45,758 | £55,373 | £74,299 | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £55,373 a year and half earn more. That is 35% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £45,758 and £74,299; one in ten earns less than £35,843.
Ranked by median, it is number 44 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£65,522) is well above the median: a minority in this job earn much more than most.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,556 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,418 in Scotland.
The median for men is £55,998 and for women £49,207, a gap of 12% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £35,843 | £2,987 |
| 20th | £42,726 | £3,560 |
| 25th (P25) | £45,758 | £3,813 |
| 30th | £47,206 | £3,934 |
| 40th | £52,018 | £4,335 |
| Median (50th) | £55,373 | £4,614 |
| 60th | £63,360 | £5,280 |
| 70th | £70,549 | £5,879 |
| 75th (P75) | £74,299 | £6,192 |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £55,998 | £66,850 | 35 |
| Women | £49,207 | £58,766 | 7 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £42,674 | £3,556 |
| Scotland | £41,016 | £3,418 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £55,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 61 job titles to SOC 2135 Cyber security professionals. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- AI red teamer
- AI security engineer
- Computer forensic investigator
- Computer security consultant
- Cyber incident response manager
- Cyber intelligence analyst
- Cyber intelligence specialist
- Cyber security analyst
- Cyber security and information assurance consultant
- Cyber security and IT auditor
- Cyber security architect
- Cyber security auditor
- Cyber security consultant
- Cyber security engineer
- Cyber security governance specialist
- Cyber security incident responder
- Cyber security manager
- Cyber security operations specialist
- Cyber security risk and governance manager
- Cyber security specialist
- Cyber threat hunter
- Cyber threat intelligence analyst
- Data protection manager
- Data security manager
- Digital forensic investigator
- Ethical hacker
- Forensic computer analyst
- Incident response and security operations consultant
- Incident response and security operations manager
- Incident response lead
- Information and cyber security risk manager
- Information assurance security manager
- Information security analyst
- Information security consultant
- Information security manager
- Information security officer
- Information security risk manager
- IT network security officer
- IT risk analyst
- IT risk manager
- IT security analyst
- IT security consultant
- IT security manager
- IT security officer
- Network security analyst
- Network security consultant
- Network security engineer
- Penetration tester
- Risk and assurance security specialist
- Security analyst
- Security and information officer
- Security architect
- Security auditor
- Security engineer
- Security manager
- Security operations and incident response consultant
- Security operations and incident response manager
- Security operations centre analyst
- Soc analyst
- Technical security consultant
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.