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 7 August 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 672 640 686
Rank change year-on-year -32 +46 -39
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Analyst 115 42 144
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.085% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.094% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 72 32 120
10th Percentile £47,500 £36,650 £38,000
25th Percentile £52,938 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £64,313 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,250 £65,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £48,250
% change year-on-year +27.78% -6.74% -2.53%

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 98,814 44,648 79,271
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 90.01% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 67,613 26,525 53,451
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -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 £49,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.85% -0.80% -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 7 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 7 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 -29 99 £60,000 +9.09% 37
UK excluding London -28 79 £57,500 +27.78% 33
North of England -15 44 £60,000 +9.09% 7
North West +21 37 £75,000 +50.00% 3
Work from Home -4 35 £55,000 +4.76% 11
London -17 27 £72,500 +15.08% 11
Midlands -24 14 £55,000 - 9
West Midlands - 13 £55,000 - 2
Yorkshire -19 7 £55,000 -4.35% 4
East of England - 6 £50,000 - 2
South West -64 5 £28,000 -23.60% 5
Wales - 5 - - 1
South East -27 3 £54,000 +13.68% 8
Scotland +16 2 - - 1
East Midlands -30 1 £52,000 -5.45% 7

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 78 (67.83%) Information Security
2 40 (34.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (32.17%) Cybersecurity
4 33 (28.70%) Security Operations
5 32 (27.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (25.22%) Information Governance
7 26 (22.61%) SIEM
8 24 (20.87%) CISSP
8 24 (20.87%) NIST
9 20 (17.39%) GDPR
9 20 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (15.65%) CISM
11 17 (14.78%) Microsoft
11 17 (14.78%) Risk Management
12 16 (13.91%) Incident Response
12 16 (13.91%) PCI DSS
13 14 (12.17%) AWS
13 14 (12.17%) GRC
13 14 (12.17%) SOC 2
13 14 (12.17%) Vulnerability Management
14 13 (11.30%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (9.57%) Cyber Essentials
15 11 (9.57%) Security Cleared
15 11 (9.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 10 (8.70%) Microsoft Purview
17 9 (7.83%) Due Diligence
18 8 (6.96%) Degree
18 8 (6.96%) Risk Assessment
19 7 (6.09%) Azure
19 7 (6.09%) Data Protection

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 (1.74%) Confluence
2 1 (0.87%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.17%) AWS
2 10 (8.70%) Microsoft Purview
3 7 (6.09%) Azure
4 6 (5.22%) GCP
5 5 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (4.35%) SaaS
6 3 (2.61%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.87%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.87%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (3.48%) Wireshark
3 3 (2.61%) Firewall
4 2 (1.74%) HTTP
5 1 (0.87%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.87%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (0.87%) GIS
1 1 (0.87%) Power BI
1 1 (0.87%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 4 (3.48%) Burp Suite
2 2 (1.74%) JIRA
3 1 (0.87%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.87%) TeamCity
General
1 28 (24.35%) Finance
2 21 (18.26%) Law
3 19 (16.52%) Social Skills
4 17 (14.78%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (13.04%) Retail
6 12 (10.43%) Banking
7 9 (7.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (7.83%) Legal
8 6 (5.22%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.48%) Back Office
10 4 (3.48%) Financial Institution
11 3 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.74%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.87%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.26%) Security Posture
2 11 (9.57%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.22%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.35%) Life Science
5 3 (2.61%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.61%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.74%) CSOC
6 2 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.74%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.74%) Online Gambling
6 2 (1.74%) PMI
6 2 (1.74%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.74%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (0.87%) Cybercrime
7 1 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.87%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.87%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.09%) Linux
1 7 (6.09%) Windows
2 2 (1.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (67.83%) Information Security
2 37 (32.17%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (28.70%) Security Operations
4 32 (27.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (25.22%) Information Governance
6 26 (22.61%) SIEM
7 20 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (14.78%) Risk Management
9 16 (13.91%) Incident Response
10 14 (12.17%) Vulnerability Management
11 11 (9.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (7.83%) Due Diligence
13 8 (6.96%) Risk Assessment
14 7 (6.09%) Data Protection
14 7 (6.09%) Threat Modelling
15 6 (5.22%) Data Loss Prevention
15 6 (5.22%) ISMS
15 6 (5.22%) Penetration Testing
15 6 (5.22%) Stakeholder Management
15 6 (5.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.48%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (0.87%) Bash
2 1 (0.87%) Go
2 1 (0.87%) Java
2 1 (0.87%) Python
2 1 (0.87%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (20.87%) CISSP
2 18 (15.65%) CISM
3 13 (11.30%) CompTIA Security+
4 11 (9.57%) Security Cleared
5 8 (6.96%) Degree
6 7 (6.09%) SC Cleared
7 6 (5.22%) CISA
7 6 (5.22%) CRISC
7 6 (5.22%) GCIH
8 4 (3.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (3.48%) CCSP
8 4 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (3.48%) GCFA
8 4 (3.48%) GCIA
9 3 (2.61%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.61%) CEH
10 2 (1.74%) CISMP
10 2 (1.74%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.74%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (34.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (20.87%) NIST
3 20 (17.39%) GDPR
4 16 (13.91%) PCI DSS
5 14 (12.17%) GRC
5 14 (12.17%) SOC 2
6 11 (9.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (3.48%) HIPAA
8 3 (2.61%) Accessibility
8 3 (2.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.87%) COBIT
9 1 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.87%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.87%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.87%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (14.78%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.48%) VMware
3 2 (1.74%) Rapid7
4 1 (0.87%) Cisco
4 1 (0.87%) Google