Information Analyst Job Trends

Information Analyst
UK

The median Information Analyst salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 666 636 678
Rank change year-on-year -30 +42 -48
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Analyst 111 44 145
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.088% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.098% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 70 34 117
10th Percentile £47,250 £36,650 £38,600
25th Percentile £55,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £65,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -8.16% -1.01%

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 99,805 44,765 79,346
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.92% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 68,253 26,575 53,046
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -6.54%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -42 94 £60,000 +9.09% 39
UK excluding London -37 76 £60,000 +33.33% 34
North of England -11 43 £60,000 +9.09% 7
North West +15 37 £75,000 +66.67% 3
Work from Home -17 31 £55,000 +7.32% 12
London -24 25 £72,500 +15.08% 12
Midlands -39 13 £55,000 - 8
West Midlands - 12 £56,250 - 2
Yorkshire -29 6 £55,000 -4.35% 4
East of England - 6 £50,000 - 3
South West -71 5 £28,000 -23.60% 5
Wales - 5 - - 1
Scotland +10 2 - - 2
South East -42 2 £54,000 +13.68% 8
East Midlands -27 1 £52,000 -5.45% 6

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

For the 6 months to 11 August 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 73 (65.77%) Information Security
2 36 (32.43%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (31.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (28.83%) Security Operations
5 30 (27.03%) Information Governance
6 29 (26.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (21.62%) SIEM
8 21 (18.92%) NIST
9 20 (18.02%) CISSP
9 20 (18.02%) GDPR
10 18 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (15.32%) Microsoft
12 16 (14.41%) Incident Response
13 15 (13.51%) CISM
14 14 (12.61%) PCI DSS
14 14 (12.61%) Risk Management
14 14 (12.61%) Vulnerability Management
15 13 (11.71%) AWS
15 13 (11.71%) GRC
16 12 (10.81%) SOC 2
17 11 (9.91%) Security Cleared
18 10 (9.01%) CompTIA Security+
18 10 (9.01%) Microsoft Purview
18 10 (9.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 8 (7.21%) Cyber Essentials
20 7 (6.31%) Azure
20 7 (6.31%) Due Diligence
20 7 (6.31%) Linux
20 7 (6.31%) Risk Assessment
20 7 (6.31%) SC Cleared

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 (1.80%) Confluence
2 1 (0.90%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.71%) AWS
2 10 (9.01%) Microsoft Purview
3 7 (6.31%) Azure
4 5 (4.50%) GCP
4 5 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.60%) SaaS
6 3 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.90%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.90%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.50%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (3.60%) Wireshark
3 3 (2.70%) Firewall
4 2 (1.80%) HTTP
5 1 (0.90%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.90%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.90%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (0.90%) GIS
1 1 (0.90%) Power BI
1 1 (0.90%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 4 (3.60%) Burp Suite
2 2 (1.80%) JIRA
3 1 (0.90%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.90%) TeamCity
General
1 28 (25.23%) Finance
2 20 (18.02%) Law
3 16 (14.41%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (14.41%) Social Skills
4 11 (9.91%) Retail
5 10 (9.01%) Banking
6 7 (6.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (5.41%) Legal
7 6 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.70%) Back Office
9 3 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.70%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.80%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.92%) Security Posture
2 8 (7.21%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.41%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.50%) Life Science
5 3 (2.70%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.80%) CSOC
6 2 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.80%) Online Gambling
6 2 (1.80%) PMI
6 2 (1.80%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.80%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (0.90%) Cybercrime
7 1 (0.90%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.90%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.90%) PKI
7 1 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.31%) Linux
1 7 (6.31%) Windows
2 2 (1.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (65.77%) Information Security
2 36 (32.43%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (28.83%) Security Operations
4 30 (27.03%) Information Governance
5 29 (26.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (21.62%) SIEM
7 18 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (14.41%) Incident Response
9 14 (12.61%) Risk Management
9 14 (12.61%) Vulnerability Management
10 10 (9.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (6.31%) Due Diligence
11 7 (6.31%) Risk Assessment
11 7 (6.31%) Threat Modelling
12 6 (5.41%) Data Loss Prevention
12 6 (5.41%) Data Protection
12 6 (5.41%) ISMS
12 6 (5.41%) Penetration Testing
12 6 (5.41%) Security Monitoring
12 6 (5.41%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.60%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (0.90%) Bash
2 1 (0.90%) Go
2 1 (0.90%) Java
2 1 (0.90%) Python
2 1 (0.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (18.02%) CISSP
2 15 (13.51%) CISM
3 11 (9.91%) Security Cleared
4 10 (9.01%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (6.31%) SC Cleared
6 6 (5.41%) GCIH
7 5 (4.50%) CISA
7 5 (4.50%) Degree
8 4 (3.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (3.60%) CCSP
8 4 (3.60%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.60%) CRISC
8 4 (3.60%) GCFA
8 4 (3.60%) GCIA
9 3 (2.70%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.70%) CEH
10 2 (1.80%) CISMP
10 2 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.80%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.80%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (31.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (18.92%) NIST
3 20 (18.02%) GDPR
4 14 (12.61%) PCI DSS
5 13 (11.71%) GRC
6 12 (10.81%) SOC 2
7 8 (7.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (3.60%) HIPAA
9 3 (2.70%) Accessibility
9 3 (2.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.90%) COBIT
10 1 (0.90%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.90%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.60%) VMware
3 2 (1.80%) Rapid7
4 1 (0.90%) Cisco
4 1 (0.90%) Google