Information Security Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Information Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Security Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £46,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 650 640
Rank change year-on-year +100 -10 -5
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 21 115 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.054% 0.16% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.16% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 16 109 99
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £39,405 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £47,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £57,813 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £57,500
UK median annual salary £61,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.14% +5.00% -

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 35,130 69,905 52,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.92% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,680 49,398 29,909
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -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 Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Information Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Security 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 Security Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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 +7 7 £55,000 +17.02% 64
South East +61 6 £47,500 -9.52% 52
Midlands +46 4 £40,000 -23.81% 38
North West -27 4 £50,000 +9.59% 43
Yorkshire +57 3 £57,500 +15.00% 16
Scotland +118 2 £37,000 -21.28% 14
South West +111 2 £42,500 -2.30% 18
West Midlands +64 2 £40,000 -4.76% 19
East Midlands +25 2 £55,000 +4.76% 17
Information Security Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 UK excluding London region featuring Information Security Analyst in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Information Security
2 16 (76.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (52.38%) NIST
4 10 (47.62%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (38.10%) Incident Response
5 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
5 8 (38.10%) Management Information System
6 7 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
6 7 (33.33%) GRC
7 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (28.57%) Incident Management
7 6 (28.57%) Risk Management
7 6 (28.57%) CISSP
8 5 (23.81%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (23.81%) PCI DSS
8 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 4 (19.05%) Azure
9 4 (19.05%) CISM
9 4 (19.05%) Finance
9 4 (19.05%) Business Continuity
9 4 (19.05%) Security Posture
10 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
10 3 (14.29%) GDPR
10 3 (14.29%) Firewall
10 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (14.29%) Security Architecture
10 3 (14.29%) Security Operations

Information Security 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Firewall
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Finance
4 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (9.52%) Legal
5 2 (9.52%) Retail
6 1 (4.76%) Advertising
6 1 (4.76%) Automotive
6 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Law
6 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Management Information System
2 4 (19.05%) Security Posture
3 2 (9.52%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.76%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.76%) Insider Threat
4 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Information Security
2 10 (47.62%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (38.10%) Incident Response
4 7 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
5 6 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 6 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (23.81%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (19.05%) Business Continuity
7 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (14.29%) Security Architecture
8 3 (14.29%) Security Operations
8 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 2 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (9.52%) Due Diligence
9 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
9 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (9.52%) Threat Management
9 2 (9.52%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) CISSP
2 4 (19.05%) CISM
3 1 (4.76%) CCSK
3 1 (4.76%) CEH
3 1 (4.76%) CISA
3 1 (4.76%) CISMP
3 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.76%) GCIA
3 1 (4.76%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (76.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (52.38%) NIST
3 7 (33.33%) GRC
4 5 (23.81%) PCI DSS
5 3 (14.29%) GDPR
6 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (4.76%) ISO 22301
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (4.76%) Qualys
1 1 (4.76%) Splunk