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 30 September 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 699 634 652
Rank change year-on-year -65 +18 -55
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Analyst 113 40 131
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.096% 0.081% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.090% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 61 28 95
10th Percentile £47,500 £36,650 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £42,500 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £64,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £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 109,655 44,258 71,074
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 89.76% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 74,828 25,506 41,262
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -64 95 £72,500 +31.82% 66
UK excluding London -82 73 £60,000 +33.33% 50
North of England -29 42 £60,000 +33.33% 19
North West +2 37 £75,000 +66.67% 16
Work from Home -30 34 £60,000 +9.09% 32
London -56 29 £75,000 +19.05% 22
Midlands -50 10 £58,750 +6.82% 5
West Midlands - 9 £60,000 - 3
East of England -30 5 £50,000 - 1
South East -56 5 £54,000 +8.00% 10
Wales - 5 - - 3
Yorkshire - 5 £55,000 - 2
South West -78 4 £28,000 -23.60% 5
Scotland +19 2 - - 8
East Midlands -40 1 £52,000 -5.45% 2

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

For the 6 months to 30 September 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 78 (69.03%) Information Security
2 36 (31.86%) Security Operations
3 35 (30.97%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (27.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (26.55%) Information Governance
6 26 (23.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (22.12%) SIEM
8 21 (18.58%) Incident Response
9 20 (17.70%) NIST
9 20 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (16.81%) AWS
11 18 (15.93%) CISSP
11 18 (15.93%) Vulnerability Management
12 17 (15.04%) Microsoft
12 17 (15.04%) PCI DSS
13 16 (14.16%) GDPR
14 14 (12.39%) CISM
15 13 (11.50%) GRC
16 12 (10.62%) GCP
16 12 (10.62%) Linux
16 12 (10.62%) Windows
17 11 (9.73%) Risk Management
18 10 (8.85%) Azure
18 10 (8.85%) Fintech
18 10 (8.85%) Microsoft Purview
18 10 (8.85%) Threat Modelling
19 9 (7.96%) Bash
19 9 (7.96%) CompTIA Security+
19 9 (7.96%) Disruptive Innovation
19 9 (7.96%) GCFA

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 (1.77%) Confluence
2 1 (0.88%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 19 (16.81%) AWS
2 12 (10.62%) GCP
3 10 (8.85%) Azure
3 10 (8.85%) Microsoft Purview
4 7 (6.19%) SaaS
5 6 (5.31%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.54%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (3.54%) Wireshark
2 3 (2.65%) Firewall
2 3 (2.65%) HTTP
2 3 (2.65%) Network Security
3 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
3 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 (3.54%) Burp Suite
1 4 (3.54%) Jenkins
1 4 (3.54%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.77%) JIRA
General
1 31 (27.43%) Law
2 27 (23.89%) Finance
3 23 (20.35%) Social Skills
4 18 (15.93%) Retail
5 17 (15.04%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (15.04%) Banking
6 14 (12.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (5.31%) Legal
7 6 (5.31%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.42%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.65%) Aerospace
10 3 (2.65%) Back Office
10 3 (2.65%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.88%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.54%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 25 (22.12%) Security Posture
2 7 (6.19%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.31%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.54%) Life Science
5 3 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.65%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.65%) Online Gambling
5 3 (2.65%) Video\Live Streaming
6 2 (1.77%) CSOC
6 2 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.77%) PMI
6 2 (1.77%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.88%) Cybercrime
7 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.88%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.62%) Linux
1 12 (10.62%) Windows
2 5 (4.42%) Apple iOS
2 5 (4.42%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.77%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (69.03%) Information Security
2 36 (31.86%) Security Operations
3 35 (30.97%) Cybersecurity
4 30 (26.55%) Information Governance
5 26 (23.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (22.12%) SIEM
7 21 (18.58%) Incident Response
8 20 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (15.93%) Vulnerability Management
10 11 (9.73%) Risk Management
11 10 (8.85%) Fintech
11 10 (8.85%) Threat Modelling
12 9 (7.96%) Disruptive Innovation
12 9 (7.96%) Security Monitoring
13 8 (7.08%) Cloud Security
13 8 (7.08%) Risk Assessment
14 7 (6.19%) Data Protection
14 7 (6.19%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 6 (5.31%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 6 (5.31%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.96%) Bash
1 9 (7.96%) Go
1 9 (7.96%) Python
2 4 (3.54%) Java
2 4 (3.54%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (15.93%) CISSP
2 14 (12.39%) CISM
3 9 (7.96%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (7.96%) GCFA
4 8 (7.08%) Security Cleared
5 6 (5.31%) GCIH
6 5 (4.42%) Degree
6 5 (4.42%) GIAC
7 4 (3.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (3.54%) CCSP
7 4 (3.54%) CISA
7 4 (3.54%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.54%) GCIA
7 4 (3.54%) SC Cleared
8 3 (2.65%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.65%) CEH
8 3 (2.65%) CRISC
9 2 (1.77%) CISMP
9 2 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.77%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (27.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (17.70%) NIST
3 17 (15.04%) PCI DSS
4 16 (14.16%) GDPR
5 13 (11.50%) GRC
6 9 (7.96%) SOC 2
7 8 (7.08%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (2.65%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.77%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.88%) COBIT
10 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.88%) NCSC
10 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.88%) SOC 1
System Software
1 4 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (2.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (6.19%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (15.04%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.54%) Google
2 4 (3.54%) VMware
3 3 (2.65%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (2.65%) Splunk
4 2 (1.77%) Rapid7
5 1 (0.88%) Cisco