Information Security Analyst Job Trends 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 £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 164 150
Rank change year-on-year +34 -14 +97
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 3 5 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.14% 0.18% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.20% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 18
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 £61,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +6.38% +34.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile - £66,000 £71,625
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% - +38.89%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,968 2,505 2,708
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 92.23% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,489 1,663 2,429
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% -2.67%

Information Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Information Security Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Information Security Analyst job vacancy trend in the City of London

Information Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Analyst job vacancies in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Information Security Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) ArcSight
2 2 (66.67%) ArcSight ESM
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CompTIA CySA+
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) GCIH
2 2 (66.67%) GIAC
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (66.67%) ITGC
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (66.67%) Key Management
2 2 (66.67%) LogLogic
2 2 (66.67%) Malware Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) McAfee

Information Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Mimecast
2 1 (33.33%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (33.33%) DKIM
3 1 (33.33%) DMARC
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) PKI
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (66.67%) Key Management
2 2 (66.67%) Malware Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Data Encryption
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) CompTIA CySA+
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) GCIH
1 2 (66.67%) GIAC
1 2 (66.67%) Postgraduate
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) ITGC
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) ArcSight ESM
1 2 (66.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) ArcSight
2 2 (66.67%) LogLogic
2 2 (66.67%) McAfee
2 2 (66.67%) Splunk