Information Security Analyst Jobs in London

Information Security Analyst
England > London

The median Information Security Analyst salary in London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 450 547
Rank change year-on-year +73 +97 +226
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 24 55 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.19% 0.23% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.25% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 20 53 77
10th Percentile £60,600 £52,500 £44,750
25th Percentile £62,250 £62,500 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £72,188 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,500 £86,000
England median annual salary £63,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +5.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,643 22,208 32,345
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.16% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,236 16,616 23,854
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Information Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Analyst in London

Information Security Analyst
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Information Security Analyst in London

Information Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Analyst in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security Analyst in London

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, 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 London region featuring Information Security Analyst in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Information Security
2 20 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (70.83%) Social Skills
4 15 (62.50%) Risk Management
5 14 (58.33%) Incident Response
6 13 (54.17%) Data Loss Prevention
6 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
6 13 (54.17%) SIEM
7 11 (45.83%) Information Security Management
7 11 (45.83%) Security Management
7 11 (45.83%) NIST
8 10 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (33.33%) Management Information System
9 8 (33.33%) Windows
10 7 (29.17%) Linux
10 7 (29.17%) Finance
10 7 (29.17%) VMware
10 7 (29.17%) GCIA
10 7 (29.17%) GCIH
10 7 (29.17%) GCFA
10 7 (29.17%) Wireshark
10 7 (29.17%) ISMS
10 7 (29.17%) Banking
10 7 (29.17%) Burp Suite
10 7 (29.17%) Threat Modelling
10 7 (29.17%) Azure
10 7 (29.17%) Vulnerability Management
10 7 (29.17%) Security Monitoring
10 7 (29.17%) Organisational Skills

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) Azure
2 6 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) Wireshark
2 6 (25.00%) Firewall
2 6 (25.00%) VPN
3 2 (8.33%) DKIM
3 2 (8.33%) DMARC
Development Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Burp Suite
General
1 17 (70.83%) Social Skills
2 10 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (29.17%) Banking
3 7 (29.17%) Finance
3 7 (29.17%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (20.83%) Law
4 5 (20.83%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 7 (29.17%) Security Posture
3 6 (25.00%) PKI
4 4 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) Windows
2 7 (29.17%) Linux
3 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Information Security
2 20 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (62.50%) Risk Management
4 14 (58.33%) Incident Response
5 13 (54.17%) Data Loss Prevention
5 13 (54.17%) SIEM
6 11 (45.83%) Information Security Management
6 11 (45.83%) Security Management
7 7 (29.17%) Due Diligence
7 7 (29.17%) ISMS
7 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (29.17%) Regulatory Compliance
7 7 (29.17%) Security Monitoring
7 7 (29.17%) Threat Modelling
7 7 (29.17%) Vulnerability Management
8 6 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 6 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
9 4 (16.67%) OWASP
10 2 (8.33%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) GCFA
1 7 (29.17%) GCIA
1 7 (29.17%) GCIH
2 4 (16.67%) CISM
2 4 (16.67%) CISSP
2 4 (16.67%) CRISC
2 4 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (45.83%) NIST
2 10 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (16.67%) GDPR
4 4 (16.67%) GRC
4 4 (16.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 7 (29.17%) VMware
3 6 (25.00%) Citrix