Information Analyst Job Trends

Information Analyst
UK

The median Information Analyst salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 October 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 698 634 635
Rank change year-on-year -64 +1 -33
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Analyst 114 38 128
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.097% 0.077% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.086% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 57 27 92
10th Percentile £45,450 £36,650 £38,100
25th Percentile £55,000 £42,075 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,400 £75,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% - -9.09%

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 109,200 44,128 68,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 89.77% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 74,173 25,691 39,257
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% -2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.22% -8.50% -4.76%

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 12 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Top 15 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 12 October 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 -85 91 £72,500 +31.82% 62
UK excluding London -90 73 £60,000 +33.33% 48
North of England -24 37 £75,000 +66.67% 14
Work from Home -26 37 £57,500 +15.00% 37
North West +3 36 £75,000 +66.67% 13
London -50 30 £75,000 +20.00% 21
Midlands -34 12 £60,000 +9.09% 7
West Midlands - 11 £60,000 - 5
Wales - 7 - - 2
South East -51 6 £45,750 +1.67% 6
Scotland +8 5 - - 11
South West -74 4 £28,000 -23.60% 2
East of England -37 2 £50,000 - 3
East Midlands -31 1 £52,000 -5.45% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £55,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 12 October 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 77 (67.54%) Information Security
2 36 (31.58%) Security Operations
3 33 (28.95%) Cybersecurity
4 32 (28.07%) Information Governance
5 25 (21.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (20.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 22 (19.30%) Incident Response
8 21 (18.42%) SIEM
8 21 (18.42%) Vulnerability Management
9 18 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (14.91%) Microsoft
10 17 (14.91%) PCI DSS
11 16 (14.04%) AWS
11 16 (14.04%) NIST
12 15 (13.16%) GRC
13 13 (11.40%) CISSP
13 13 (11.40%) GCP
13 13 (11.40%) Linux
13 13 (11.40%) Windows
14 12 (10.53%) Azure
14 12 (10.53%) Risk Management
15 11 (9.65%) Fintech
15 11 (9.65%) Threat Modelling
16 10 (8.77%) Bash
16 10 (8.77%) Cloud Security
16 10 (8.77%) Disruptive Innovation
16 10 (8.77%) GCFA
16 10 (8.77%) Go
16 10 (8.77%) Microsoft Purview
16 10 (8.77%) Python

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 2 (1.75%) Confluence
2 1 (0.88%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 16 (14.04%) AWS
2 13 (11.40%) GCP
3 12 (10.53%) Azure
4 10 (8.77%) Microsoft Purview
5 9 (7.89%) SaaS
6 7 (6.14%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.39%) Network Security
2 4 (3.51%) Wireshark
3 3 (2.63%) Firewall
3 3 (2.63%) HTTP
4 1 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (0.88%) GIS
1 1 (0.88%) Power BI
1 1 (0.88%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 4 (3.51%) Burp Suite
1 4 (3.51%) Jenkins
1 4 (3.51%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.75%) JIRA
General
1 33 (28.95%) Law
2 24 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 23 (20.18%) Finance
4 18 (15.79%) Banking
5 17 (14.91%) Retail
6 16 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (13.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (4.39%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (3.51%) Legal
11 3 (2.63%) Aerospace
11 3 (2.63%) Back Office
11 3 (2.63%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.88%) Military
12 1 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.51%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 27 (23.68%) Security Posture
2 8 (7.02%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.14%) Online Gambling
4 6 (5.26%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.63%) Video\Live Streaming
6 2 (1.75%) CSOC
6 2 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.75%) PMI
6 2 (1.75%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.88%) Cybercrime
7 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.88%) Life Science
7 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.88%) PKI
7 1 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.40%) Linux
1 13 (11.40%) Windows
2 6 (5.26%) Apple iOS
2 6 (5.26%) macOS
3 2 (1.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (67.54%) Information Security
2 36 (31.58%) Security Operations
3 33 (28.95%) Cybersecurity
4 32 (28.07%) Information Governance
5 25 (21.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (19.30%) Incident Response
7 21 (18.42%) SIEM
7 21 (18.42%) Vulnerability Management
8 18 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (10.53%) Risk Management
10 11 (9.65%) Fintech
10 11 (9.65%) Threat Modelling
11 10 (8.77%) Cloud Security
11 10 (8.77%) Disruptive Innovation
12 9 (7.89%) Security Monitoring
13 8 (7.02%) Mentoring
13 8 (7.02%) Risk Assessment
14 7 (6.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 7 (6.14%) Threat Analysis
14 7 (6.14%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.77%) Bash
1 10 (8.77%) Go
1 10 (8.77%) Python
2 4 (3.51%) Java
2 4 (3.51%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.88%) R
3 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (11.40%) CISSP
2 10 (8.77%) GCFA
3 8 (7.02%) CISM
4 7 (6.14%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (5.26%) GCIH
5 6 (5.26%) GIAC
5 6 (5.26%) Security Cleared
6 5 (4.39%) Degree
6 5 (4.39%) GCIA
7 4 (3.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (3.51%) CCSP
7 4 (3.51%) CISA
7 4 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.63%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.63%) CEH
8 3 (2.63%) CRISC
9 2 (1.75%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (1.75%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (20.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (14.91%) PCI DSS
3 16 (14.04%) NIST
4 15 (13.16%) GRC
5 9 (7.89%) GDPR
5 9 (7.89%) SOC 2
6 6 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (2.63%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.75%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.88%) COBIT
9 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.88%) NCSC
9 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.88%) SOC 1
System Software
1 4 (3.51%) Docker
1 4 (3.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (7.02%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (14.91%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.39%) Google
3 4 (3.51%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (3.51%) Splunk
3 4 (3.51%) VMware
4 2 (1.75%) Rapid7
5 1 (0.88%) Cisco