Information Analyst Job Trends

Information Analyst
UK

The median Information Analyst salary in the UK is £51,779 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 December 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 606 647 564
Rank change year-on-year +41 -83 +266
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Analyst 48 95 147
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.085% 0.15% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.16% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 32 62 136
10th Percentile £36,650 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,394 £50,000 £45,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,779 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.15% +13.64% +12.24%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,125 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 50,704 58,391 48,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 94.00% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 31,404 32,367 37,457
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -

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 8 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Top 12 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 8 December 2025. 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 +58 48 £51,779 -17.15% 23
UK excluding London +60 28 £50,000 -4.76% 19
London +55 20 £60,000 -9.77% 5
Work from Home +58 16 £51,058 -11.20% 11
Midlands +30 10 £51,058 +27.65% 3
East Midlands +18 8 £51,058 - 1
South East +43 7 £43,325 -31.50% 7
East of England +29 5 £60,000 +20.00% 5
South West +27 4 £36,650 -36.26% 1
North West +31 2 £41,250 -28.26% 3
West Midlands +25 2 £55,000 +37.50% 2
North of England +7 2 £41,250 -21.43% 3

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

For the 6 months to 8 December 2025, 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 41 (85.42%) Information Security
2 28 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (52.08%) NIST
4 21 (43.75%) GDPR
5 20 (41.67%) CISSP
5 20 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (37.50%) CISM
7 17 (35.42%) Incident Response
7 17 (35.42%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (31.25%) SIEM
9 14 (29.17%) Data Protection
9 14 (29.17%) Decision-Making
9 14 (29.17%) Security Operations
10 13 (27.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (27.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 12 (25.00%) Degree
11 12 (25.00%) Risk Management
12 10 (20.83%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (20.83%) GRC
13 9 (18.75%) Information Security Management
13 9 (18.75%) Risk Register
13 9 (18.75%) Security Management
13 9 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
14 8 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (16.67%) CRISC
14 8 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (16.67%) GIAC
14 8 (16.67%) ISMS
14 8 (16.67%) Penetration Testing

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 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.33%) GCP
2 3 (6.25%) AWS
2 3 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (4.17%) SaaS
4 1 (2.08%) Azure
4 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.08%) Mimecast
4 1 (2.08%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.58%) Intrusion Detection
2 6 (12.50%) Firewall
3 5 (10.42%) VPN
4 4 (8.33%) Wireshark
5 3 (6.25%) Network Security
6 1 (2.08%) DKIM
6 1 (2.08%) DMARC
6 1 (2.08%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.33%) BigQuery
1 4 (8.33%) Tableau
General
1 18 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (35.42%) Social Skills
3 15 (31.25%) Finance
4 9 (18.75%) Retail
5 7 (14.58%) Legal
6 6 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (10.42%) Banking
8 3 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (4.17%) Law
9 2 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (2.08%) Back Office
10 1 (2.08%) Digital Health
10 1 (2.08%) Financial Institution
10 1 (2.08%) Local Government
10 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 18 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 8 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 5 (10.42%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (8.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (8.33%) Freedom of Information
5 3 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (6.25%) Life Science
6 2 (4.17%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.08%) PKI
7 1 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.50%) Windows
2 4 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (85.42%) Information Security
2 20 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (35.42%) Incident Response
3 17 (35.42%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (31.25%) SIEM
5 14 (29.17%) Data Protection
5 14 (29.17%) Decision-Making
5 14 (29.17%) Security Operations
6 13 (27.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (27.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 12 (25.00%) Risk Management
8 9 (18.75%) Information Security Management
8 9 (18.75%) Risk Register
8 9 (18.75%) Security Management
8 9 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
9 8 (16.67%) ISMS
9 8 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
10 7 (14.58%) Agile
10 7 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.33%) Python
1 4 (8.33%) R
1 4 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (41.67%) CISSP
2 18 (37.50%) CISM
3 12 (25.00%) Degree
4 8 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (16.67%) CRISC
4 8 (16.67%) GIAC
5 7 (14.58%) GCIH
6 6 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (10.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (10.42%) CISA
8 4 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (8.33%) GCFA
8 4 (8.33%) GCIA
9 3 (6.25%) AWS Certification
9 3 (6.25%) CCNA
9 3 (6.25%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (6.25%) Postgraduate
9 3 (6.25%) SC Cleared
9 3 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (52.08%) NIST
3 21 (43.75%) GDPR
4 10 (20.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (20.83%) GRC
5 8 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (12.50%) PCI DSS
6 6 (12.50%) SOC 2
7 5 (10.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (6.25%) ITGC
9 2 (4.17%) COBIT
10 1 (2.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (2.08%) HIPAA
10 1 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (14.58%) QRadar
2 3 (6.25%) ArcSight ESM
Vendors
1 7 (14.58%) Microsoft
1 7 (14.58%) Splunk
2 4 (8.33%) Alteryx
2 4 (8.33%) Carbon Black
2 4 (8.33%) Darktrace
2 4 (8.33%) Google
2 4 (8.33%) Qualys
3 3 (6.25%) ArcSight
3 3 (6.25%) LogLogic
3 3 (6.25%) McAfee
4 2 (4.17%) iManage
5 1 (2.08%) ServiceNow