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 4 July 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 664 624 707
Rank change year-on-year -40 +83 -35
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Analyst 98 51 190
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.11% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.12% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 71 42 162
10th Percentile £50,000 £36,735 £38,100
25th Percentile £51,250 £43,438 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,875 £66,938
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -4.26% -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 91,032 42,825 99,548
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 89.92% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 62,489 24,971 71,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,772 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.54% - -5.76%

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 4 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Top 13 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 4 July 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 -1 90 £55,000 -4.35% 29
UK excluding London -20 76 £55,000 +22.22% 27
Work from Home +12 34 £55,000 +7.32% 5
North of England -5 34 £57,500 +4.55% 10
North West +5 23 £60,000 +20.00% 8
West Midlands -6 20 £55,000 +37.50% 4
Midlands -11 20 £55,000 - 5
London -25 20 £72,500 +12.40% 9
Yorkshire -19 11 £55,000 -4.35% 2
South East -29 7 £55,000 +15.79% 4
Wales - 6 - - 2
East of England - 6 £50,000 - 2
South West -70 3 £28,000 -23.60% 2

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

For the 6 months to 4 July 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 75 (76.53%) Information Security
2 40 (40.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
4 29 (29.59%) CISSP
4 29 (29.59%) SIEM
5 28 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (26.53%) Security Operations
7 25 (25.51%) NIST
8 21 (21.43%) CISM
9 20 (20.41%) CompTIA Security+
9 20 (20.41%) Risk Management
10 18 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (17.35%) Information Governance
12 16 (16.33%) GDPR
13 15 (15.31%) Microsoft
14 13 (13.27%) Cyber Essentials
15 12 (12.24%) AWS
15 12 (12.24%) GRC
16 11 (11.22%) Degree
16 11 (11.22%) Incident Response
16 11 (11.22%) SOC 2
17 10 (10.20%) Vulnerability Management
18 9 (9.18%) Azure
18 9 (9.18%) Due Diligence
18 9 (9.18%) PCI DSS
18 9 (9.18%) Security Cleared
18 9 (9.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 8 (8.16%) CRISC
19 8 (8.16%) Penetration Testing
19 8 (8.16%) Risk Assessment

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 (2.04%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.24%) AWS
2 9 (9.18%) Azure
3 6 (6.12%) Microsoft Purview
3 6 (6.12%) SaaS
4 5 (5.10%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (5.10%) GCP
5 3 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.10%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (3.06%) Firewall
2 3 (3.06%) Wireshark
3 1 (1.02%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.02%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.06%) Burp Suite
2 2 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 17 (17.35%) Finance
1 17 (17.35%) Social Skills
2 16 (16.33%) Retail
3 15 (15.31%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (15.31%) Legal
4 11 (11.22%) Banking
4 11 (11.22%) Law
5 8 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (6.12%) Back Office
6 6 (6.12%) Financial Institution
6 6 (6.12%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.02%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.24%) Security Posture
2 9 (9.18%) Management Information System
3 6 (6.12%) Driving Licence
4 5 (5.10%) Life Science
5 3 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.04%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.04%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.04%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.04%) PMI
7 1 (1.02%) CSOC
7 1 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.02%) PKI
7 1 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.12%) Linux
1 6 (6.12%) Windows
2 2 (2.04%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (76.53%) Information Security
2 35 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (29.59%) SIEM
4 28 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (26.53%) Security Operations
6 20 (20.41%) Risk Management
7 18 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (17.35%) Information Governance
9 11 (11.22%) Incident Response
10 10 (10.20%) Vulnerability Management
11 9 (9.18%) Due Diligence
11 9 (9.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 8 (8.16%) Penetration Testing
12 8 (8.16%) Risk Assessment
12 8 (8.16%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 7 (7.14%) Cloud Security
13 7 (7.14%) Computer Science
13 7 (7.14%) Threat Modelling
13 7 (7.14%) Time Management
14 6 (6.12%) Compliance Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.06%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 29 (29.59%) CISSP
2 21 (21.43%) CISM
3 20 (20.41%) CompTIA Security+
4 11 (11.22%) Degree
5 9 (9.18%) Security Cleared
6 8 (8.16%) CRISC
6 8 (8.16%) SC Cleared
7 7 (7.14%) CISA
7 7 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (5.10%) GCIH
9 4 (4.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (4.08%) CCSP
9 4 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (3.06%) AWS Certification
10 3 (3.06%) CEH
10 3 (3.06%) GCFA
10 3 (3.06%) GCIA
11 2 (2.04%) CISMP
11 2 (2.04%) PMI Certification
11 2 (2.04%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (40.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (25.51%) NIST
3 16 (16.33%) GDPR
4 13 (13.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (12.24%) GRC
6 11 (11.22%) SOC 2
7 9 (9.18%) PCI DSS
8 4 (4.08%) HIPAA
9 3 (3.06%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (3.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (2.04%) Accessibility
10 2 (2.04%) NCSC
11 1 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 15 (15.31%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.06%) VMware
3 2 (2.04%) Tenable
4 1 (1.02%) Cisco
4 1 (1.02%) Google
4 1 (1.02%) Rapid7