Information Analyst Jobs in Scotland

Information Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Information Analyst salary in Scotland is £37,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 278 217
Rank change year-on-year +120 -61 +30
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Analyst 2 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.067% 0.12% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.12% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - - £52,500
25th Percentile £34,500 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £47,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.28% -24.80% +108.33%
75th Percentile £39,500 - £68,750
90th Percentile - - £72,500
UK median annual salary £63,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +5.00% +9.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,603 6,503 4,120
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.65% 96.93% 89.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,270 2,621 2,224
10th Percentile £29,450 £27,750 £31,569
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £62,875 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Information Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Analyst in Scotland

Information Analyst
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Information Analyst in Scotland

Information Analyst
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh - 2 £37,000 - 7
Information Analyst
UK

Information Analyst Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Information 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 Scotland region featuring Information Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) GCIA
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) SSCP
2 1 (50.00%) Qualys
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Splunk
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 22301
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture

Information Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) GCIA
1 1 (50.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 22301
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (50.00%) Qualys
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk