Information Security Analyst Jobs in the City of London

Information Security Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Information Security Analyst salary in the City of London is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 219 259
Rank change year-on-year +56 +40 -32
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 15 14 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.45% 0.29% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.30% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 14 13 18
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,225 £50,575
25th Percentile £62,500 £43,125 £52,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -20.63% -3.08%
75th Percentile £68,750 £53,500 £75,625
90th Percentile £77,500 £63,500 £78,250
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -33.33% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 City of London with a recognized job title 3,219 4,624 6,707
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.80% 96.53% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,579 3,901 5,616
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,193 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

Information Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Analyst in the City of London

Information Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Analyst in the City of London.

Salary trend for Information Security Analyst in the City of London

Information Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security Analyst in the City of London

Information Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Information 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 City of London region featuring Information Security Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Information Security
2 13 (86.67%) CISA
3 10 (66.67%) Risk Management
4 9 (60.00%) CISSP
5 8 (53.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (53.33%) NIST
5 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
6 7 (46.67%) GRC
7 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (40.00%) Security Operations
7 6 (40.00%) Degree
7 6 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
7 6 (40.00%) Finance
7 6 (40.00%) Incident Response
7 6 (40.00%) Security Posture
8 5 (33.33%) CISM
8 5 (33.33%) Incident Management
8 5 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
8 5 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
9 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (26.67%) CRISC
9 4 (26.67%) ISACA
10 3 (20.00%) SIEM
10 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 3 (20.00%) Benchmarking
11 2 (13.33%) Project Management
11 2 (13.33%) Firewall
11 2 (13.33%) Legal

Information Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 5 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (6.67%) Anti-Spyware
3 1 (6.67%) e-Learning
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Information Security
2 10 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 6 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 6 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
3 6 (40.00%) Security Operations
4 5 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
4 5 (33.33%) Incident Management
4 5 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
5 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (20.00%) Benchmarking
6 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (20.00%) SIEM
6 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 2 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
7 2 (13.33%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (13.33%) Project Management
7 2 (13.33%) Time Management
7 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
8 1 (6.67%) Communications Security
8 1 (6.67%) Computer Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Bash
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (86.67%) CISA
2 9 (60.00%) CISSP
3 6 (40.00%) Degree
4 5 (33.33%) CISM
5 4 (26.67%) CRISC
5 4 (26.67%) ISACA
6 2 (13.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (6.67%) GCIA
7 1 (6.67%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (53.33%) NIST
2 7 (46.67%) GRC
3 2 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (6.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft