Information Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Information Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 553 639 596
Rank change year-on-year +86 -43 -8
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Analyst 24 132 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.061% 0.18% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.19% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 17 119 114
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,200 £38,500
25th Percentile £40,040 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -5.05% +16.47%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £57,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,540 70,800 51,694
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 94.95% 89.10%
Number of salaries quoted 17,956 49,914 29,611
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Information Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Information Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
North of England +14 9 £55,000 +18.92% 67
South East +57 6 £47,500 -9.52% 64
North West -19 6 £50,000 +9.59% 44
Midlands +70 4 £40,000 -20.00% 49
South West +95 3 £45,000 +3.45% 23
Yorkshire +51 3 £57,500 +17.35% 16
Scotland +112 2 £37,000 -21.28% 23
West Midlands +59 2 £40,000 +26.98% 23
East Midlands +29 2 £55,000 +4.76% 23
Information Analyst
UK

Information Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 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 UK excluding London region featuring Information Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (91.67%) Information Security
2 17 (70.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (45.83%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (45.83%) NIST
4 9 (37.50%) Management Information System
5 8 (33.33%) Incident Response
5 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 7 (29.17%) GRC
6 7 (29.17%) Risk Assessment
7 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (25.00%) Risk Management
7 6 (25.00%) CISSP
7 6 (25.00%) Incident Management
7 6 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (20.83%) Security Posture
8 5 (20.83%) PCI DSS
8 5 (20.83%) Finance
8 5 (20.83%) Business Continuity
9 4 (16.67%) CISM
9 4 (16.67%) Azure
9 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 3 (12.50%) GDPR
10 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
10 3 (12.50%) Security Operations
10 3 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (12.50%) Security Architecture
10 3 (12.50%) Firewall

Information Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.17%) AWS
3 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Relational Database
1 2 (8.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Finance
4 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.33%) Advertising
5 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (8.33%) Legal
5 2 (8.33%) Retail
6 1 (4.17%) Automotive
6 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Law
6 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (20.83%) Security Posture
3 2 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.17%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.17%) Insider Threat
4 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Linux
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (91.67%) Information Security
2 11 (45.83%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 7 (29.17%) Risk Assessment
5 6 (25.00%) Incident Management
5 6 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (20.83%) Business Continuity
7 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (12.50%) Security Architecture
8 3 (12.50%) Security Operations
8 3 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 2 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (8.33%) Mathematics
9 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
9 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) CISSP
2 4 (16.67%) CISM
3 2 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (4.17%) CCSK
4 1 (4.17%) CEH
4 1 (4.17%) CISA
4 1 (4.17%) CISMP
4 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.17%) GCIA
4 1 (4.17%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (70.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (45.83%) NIST
3 7 (29.17%) GRC
4 5 (20.83%) PCI DSS
5 3 (12.50%) GDPR
6 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (4.17%) ISO 22301
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (4.17%) Qualys
1 1 (4.17%) Splunk