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 13 August 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 682 651 672
Rank change year-on-year -31 +21 -26
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Analyst 108 47 144
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.094% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.10% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 70 36 118
10th Percentile £47,250 £36,650 £38,700
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 £64,313 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £66,250 £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 99,901 44,909 79,263
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 89.92% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 68,253 26,546 52,909
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
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 13 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 13 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 -44 91 £60,000 +9.09% 59
UK excluding London -52 74 £60,000 +33.33% 45
North of England -12 43 £60,000 +9.09% 9
North West +29 37 £75,000 +66.67% 5
Work from Home -8 29 £55,000 +4.76% 22
London -47 24 £72,500 +15.08% 24
Midlands -29 13 £55,000 - 10
West Midlands - 12 £56,250 - 4
Yorkshire -21 6 £55,000 -4.35% 4
South West -57 5 £28,000 -23.60% 9
Wales - 5 - - 2
East of England - 5 £50,000 - 4
Scotland +15 2 - - 3
South East -23 1 £54,000 +16.76% 8
East Midlands -31 1 £52,000 -5.45% 6

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 70 (64.81%) Information Security
2 35 (32.41%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (29.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (27.78%) Information Governance
4 30 (27.78%) Security Operations
5 27 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (21.30%) SIEM
7 19 (17.59%) CISSP
7 19 (17.59%) GDPR
7 19 (17.59%) NIST
8 17 (15.74%) Microsoft
9 16 (14.81%) Incident Response
9 16 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (13.89%) CISM
11 14 (12.96%) Vulnerability Management
12 12 (11.11%) AWS
12 12 (11.11%) GRC
12 12 (11.11%) PCI DSS
12 12 (11.11%) Risk Management
13 11 (10.19%) Security Cleared
14 10 (9.26%) Microsoft Purview
14 10 (9.26%) SOC 2
14 10 (9.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 9 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
16 8 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
17 7 (6.48%) Azure
17 7 (6.48%) Linux
17 7 (6.48%) SC Cleared
17 7 (6.48%) Threat Modelling
17 7 (6.48%) Windows

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 (1.85%) Confluence
2 1 (0.93%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 12 (11.11%) AWS
2 10 (9.26%) Microsoft Purview
3 7 (6.48%) Azure
4 5 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.70%) GCP
6 3 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.78%) SaaS
7 1 (0.93%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.93%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (3.70%) Wireshark
2 3 (2.78%) Firewall
3 2 (1.85%) HTTP
4 1 (0.93%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.93%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (0.93%) GIS
1 1 (0.93%) Power BI
1 1 (0.93%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 4 (3.70%) Burp Suite
2 2 (1.85%) JIRA
3 1 (0.93%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.93%) TeamCity
General
1 26 (24.07%) Finance
2 18 (16.67%) Law
3 16 (14.81%) Social Skills
4 15 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (8.33%) Retail
6 8 (7.41%) Banking
7 6 (5.56%) Legal
7 6 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (4.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.85%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.85%) Back Office
10 2 (1.85%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 21 (19.44%) Security Posture
2 6 (5.56%) Driving Licence
2 6 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.70%) Life Science
4 3 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.85%) CSOC
5 2 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.85%) Online Gambling
5 2 (1.85%) PMI
5 2 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (1.85%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (0.93%) Cybercrime
6 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.93%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.48%) Linux
1 7 (6.48%) Windows
2 2 (1.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (64.81%) Information Security
2 35 (32.41%) Cybersecurity
3 30 (27.78%) Information Governance
3 30 (27.78%) Security Operations
4 27 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (21.30%) SIEM
6 16 (14.81%) Incident Response
6 16 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (12.96%) Vulnerability Management
8 12 (11.11%) Risk Management
9 10 (9.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (6.48%) Threat Modelling
11 6 (5.56%) Data Loss Prevention
11 6 (5.56%) Data Protection
11 6 (5.56%) Due Diligence
11 6 (5.56%) Penetration Testing
11 6 (5.56%) Risk Assessment
11 6 (5.56%) Security Monitoring
12 5 (4.63%) Cloud Security
12 5 (4.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (0.93%) Bash
2 1 (0.93%) Go
2 1 (0.93%) Java
2 1 (0.93%) Python
2 1 (0.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (17.59%) CISSP
2 15 (13.89%) CISM
3 11 (10.19%) Security Cleared
4 9 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (6.48%) SC Cleared
6 6 (5.56%) GCIH
7 4 (3.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (3.70%) CCSP
7 4 (3.70%) CISA
7 4 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.70%) Degree
7 4 (3.70%) GCFA
7 4 (3.70%) GCIA
8 3 (2.78%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.78%) CEH
8 3 (2.78%) CRISC
9 2 (1.85%) CISMP
9 2 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.85%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.85%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (29.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (17.59%) GDPR
2 19 (17.59%) NIST
3 12 (11.11%) GRC
3 12 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 10 (9.26%) SOC 2
5 8 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (3.70%) HIPAA
7 3 (2.78%) Accessibility
7 3 (2.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.93%) COBIT
8 1 (0.93%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (15.74%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.70%) VMware
3 2 (1.85%) Rapid7
4 1 (0.93%) Cisco
4 1 (0.93%) Google