Information Analyst Job Trends

Information Analyst
UK

The median Information Analyst salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2026.

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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 625 591 695
Rank change year-on-year -34 +104 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Analyst 88 55 190
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.097% 0.13% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.14% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 65 44 171
10th Percentile £35,500 £40,778 £40,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.35% +19.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £63,375
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year - +17.02% -5.05%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 84,643 39,171 91,241
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.16% 89.53% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 55,266 23,359 67,069
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +10.37% -12.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Information Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Information Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Information Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Information Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Information Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Information Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Analyst over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 10 May 2026. 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
England +2 87 £55,000 -12.70% 13
UK excluding London -16 70 £55,000 - 13
Work from Home +23 27 £52,500 -11.02% 9
North of England -37 26 £55,000 -4.35% 7
Midlands +2 22 £53,750 +34.38% 2
West Midlands -8 21 £55,000 +37.50% 2
London -7 18 £73,750 +13.46% 3
North West +8 15 £55,000 -6.38% 6
South East -20 11 £55,000 +18.92% 1
Yorkshire -52 11 £55,000 -4.35% 1
East of England - 8 £60,000 -
South West -54 2 £28,000 -34.12%
East Midlands -29 1 £35,000 -36.36%
Wales - 1 - - 3

Information Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 2026, Information 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 featuring Information Analyst in the job title.

1 76 (86.36%) Information Security
2 40 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (31.82%) CISSP
4 25 (28.41%) NIST
4 25 (28.41%) SIEM
5 24 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (23.86%) Risk Management
6 21 (23.86%) Security Operations
7 20 (22.73%) CISM
7 20 (22.73%) CompTIA Security+
7 20 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (19.32%) GDPR
9 16 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (15.91%) Microsoft
11 13 (14.77%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (13.64%) SOC 2
13 11 (12.50%) Degree
14 10 (11.36%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 9 (10.23%) AWS
15 9 (10.23%) PCI DSS
15 9 (10.23%) Penetration Testing
15 9 (10.23%) Risk Assessment
16 8 (9.09%) Azure
16 8 (9.09%) CRISC
16 8 (9.09%) Due Diligence
16 8 (9.09%) GRC
16 8 (9.09%) Incident Response
16 8 (9.09%) Information Governance
16 8 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 8 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management

Information Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.23%) AWS
2 8 (9.09%) Azure
3 7 (7.95%) SaaS
4 5 (5.68%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (3.41%) GCP
7 1 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.14%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.14%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.14%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.95%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (3.41%) Firewall
3 1 (1.14%) DKIM
3 1 (1.14%) DMARC
3 1 (1.14%) Network Security
3 1 (1.14%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.14%) VPN
General
1 17 (19.32%) Finance
2 16 (18.18%) Retail
3 15 (17.05%) Legal
4 14 (15.91%) Social Skills
5 13 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (11.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (11.36%) Law
7 9 (10.23%) Banking
8 7 (7.95%) Back Office
8 7 (7.95%) Financial Institution
9 6 (6.82%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.14%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.14%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.82%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.82%) Life Science
3 5 (5.68%) Security Posture
4 4 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.41%) Operational Technology
5 3 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.27%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.27%) PKI
7 1 (1.14%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.27%) Linux
1 2 (2.27%) Unix
1 2 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (86.36%) Information Security
2 25 (28.41%) SIEM
3 24 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
4 21 (23.86%) Risk Management
4 21 (23.86%) Security Operations
5 20 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (11.36%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 9 (10.23%) Penetration Testing
8 9 (10.23%) Risk Assessment
9 8 (9.09%) Due Diligence
9 8 (9.09%) Incident Response
9 8 (9.09%) Information Governance
9 8 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
10 7 (7.95%) Cloud Security
10 7 (7.95%) Compliance Management
10 7 (7.95%) Computer Science
10 7 (7.95%) Time Management
11 6 (6.82%) ISMS
Qualifications
1 28 (31.82%) CISSP
2 20 (22.73%) CISM
2 20 (22.73%) CompTIA Security+
3 11 (12.50%) Degree
4 8 (9.09%) CRISC
5 7 (7.95%) CISA
5 7 (7.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (7.95%) SC Cleared
5 7 (7.95%) Security Cleared
6 4 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (3.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (3.41%) CCSP
7 3 (3.41%) CEH
7 3 (3.41%) GCIH
8 2 (2.27%) CISMP
8 2 (2.27%) SANS
9 1 (1.14%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.14%) CCNA
9 1 (1.14%) GIAC
9 1 (1.14%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (28.41%) NIST
3 17 (19.32%) GDPR
4 13 (14.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (13.64%) SOC 2
6 9 (10.23%) PCI DSS
7 8 (9.09%) GRC
8 3 (3.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (3.41%) HIPAA
8 3 (3.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (1.14%) Accessibility
10 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (1.14%) ITGC
10 1 (1.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (1.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.14%) ArcSight ESM
1 1 (1.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 14 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.55%) Tenable
3 1 (1.14%) ArcSight
3 1 (1.14%) iManage
3 1 (1.14%) LogLogic
3 1 (1.14%) McAfee
3 1 (1.14%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.14%) Splunk