Information Analyst
UK

The median Information Analyst salary in the UK is £51,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 721 730 850
Rank change year-on-year +9 +120 -117
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Analyst 187 267 397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.26% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.29% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 168 210 216
10th Percentile £40,250 £38,750 £33,248
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,067 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £50,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +9.89% -4.21%
75th Percentile £62,625 £61,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,125 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £49,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.05% +16.47% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Information Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Information Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Analyst.

Salary trend for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Analyst over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Top 16 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 May 2024. 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 +25 177 £52,500 +5.00% 45
UK excluding London -50 127 £47,000 -5.05% 24
Work from Home +79 87 £47,000 -6.00% 16
London +88 59 £65,000 - 19
North of England +33 47 £45,000 -9.09% 7
South East +17 35 £52,500 +6.06% 6
North West +3 35 £45,000 -3.23% 4
Midlands -8 17 £52,500 - 3
East Midlands - 15 £52,500 - 2
South West -39 13 £45,500 +10.30% 4
Yorkshire +82 11 £49,000 -2.00% 3
Scotland -57 8 £47,000 -24.80% 1
East of England +19 6 £43,000 -31.20% 3
West Midlands -8 2 £42,000 -20.00% 1
Wales -1 1 £41,000 +2.50%
North East -4 1 - -

Information Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Information Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Information Analyst in the job title.

1 170 (90.91%) Information Security
2 85 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (35.83%) Azure
4 58 (31.02%) SIEM
5 54 (28.88%) Cloud Security
6 51 (27.27%) NIST
7 46 (24.60%) GRC
8 45 (24.06%) Microsoft 365
9 43 (22.99%) CISSP
10 40 (21.39%) Cybersecurity
11 37 (19.79%) Risk Management
12 35 (18.72%) Cyber Essentials
13 34 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
13 34 (18.18%) Incident Management
14 33 (17.65%) Firewall
14 33 (17.65%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 31 (16.58%) Management Information System
16 30 (16.04%) DNS
16 30 (16.04%) DKIM
16 30 (16.04%) DMARC
16 30 (16.04%) Social Skills
17 29 (15.51%) Risk Assessment
18 27 (14.44%) MITRE ATT&CK
18 27 (14.44%) SOAR
19 26 (13.90%) CASB
19 26 (13.90%) Cyberattack
19 26 (13.90%) Internet
20 25 (13.37%) CISA
21 24 (12.83%) CISM
21 24 (12.83%) Microsoft

Information Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 8 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.07%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 67 (35.83%) Azure
2 45 (24.06%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (9.63%) AWS
4 9 (4.81%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.07%) GCP
6 1 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.53%) IaaS
6 1 (0.53%) PaaS
6 1 (0.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (17.65%) Firewall
2 30 (16.04%) DKIM
2 30 (16.04%) DMARC
2 30 (16.04%) DNS
3 26 (13.90%) Internet
4 10 (5.35%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.60%) Network Security
6 2 (1.07%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.53%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.81%) Power BI
2 5 (2.67%) Tableau
3 3 (1.60%) QlikView
4 2 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.07%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.53%) MS Access
General
1 34 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (16.04%) Social Skills
3 23 (12.30%) Law
4 19 (10.16%) Finance
5 18 (9.63%) Legal
6 9 (4.81%) Retail
7 3 (1.60%) Automotive
7 3 (1.60%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.53%) Advertising
9 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.53%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.53%) Local Government
9 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.21%) .NET
1 6 (3.21%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.07%) HTML
2 2 (1.07%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.58%) Management Information System
2 26 (13.90%) Cyberattack
3 14 (7.49%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (7.49%) Security Posture
4 7 (3.74%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.21%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.07%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.07%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Anti-Spyware
8 1 (0.53%) Blog
8 1 (0.53%) CCTV
8 1 (0.53%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.53%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.53%) PKI
8 1 (0.53%) PMI
8 1 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.07%) Linux
2 1 (0.53%) Unix
2 1 (0.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (90.91%) Information Security
2 58 (31.02%) SIEM
3 54 (28.88%) Cloud Security
4 40 (21.39%) Cybersecurity
5 37 (19.79%) Risk Management
6 34 (18.18%) Incident Management
7 33 (17.65%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 29 (15.51%) Risk Assessment
9 27 (14.44%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 27 (14.44%) SOAR
10 23 (12.30%) ISMS
11 19 (10.16%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (9.63%) Incident Response
13 16 (8.56%) Security Operations
14 13 (6.95%) Internal Audit
14 13 (6.95%) Security Monitoring
15 12 (6.42%) GAP Analysis
15 12 (6.42%) Vulnerability Management
16 11 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
16 11 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.42%) SQL
2 8 (4.28%) Python
3 3 (1.60%) VBA
4 1 (0.53%) Bash
Qualifications
1 43 (22.99%) CISSP
2 25 (13.37%) CISA
3 24 (12.83%) CISM
4 23 (12.30%) Degree
5 10 (5.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 10 (5.35%) CCSP
5 10 (5.35%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (5.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 7 (3.74%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (3.21%) CCSK
7 6 (3.21%) CRISC
8 5 (2.67%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.60%) ISACA
10 2 (1.07%) CEH
10 2 (1.07%) GCIH
10 2 (1.07%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.53%) GCIA
11 1 (0.53%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.53%) SANS
11 1 (0.53%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 51 (27.27%) NIST
3 46 (24.60%) GRC
4 35 (18.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 23 (12.30%) PCI DSS
6 22 (11.76%) GDPR
7 15 (8.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (4.28%) COBIT
9 7 (3.74%) NCSC
10 6 (3.21%) SOC 2
11 5 (2.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (2.14%) ISO 22301
13 3 (1.60%) ISO 9001
13 3 (1.60%) TickIT
14 2 (1.07%) GLBA
15 1 (0.53%) ISO 14001
15 1 (0.53%) ISO 31000
15 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 1 (0.53%) PMBOK
Systems Management
1 26 (13.90%) CASB
2 1 (0.53%) Nessus
Vendors
1 24 (12.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.35%) Cisco
3 7 (3.74%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (3.74%) Proofpoint
3 7 (3.74%) Rapid7
4 2 (1.07%) Oracle
4 2 (1.07%) Qualys
5 1 (0.53%) NEC
5 1 (0.53%) SAP
5 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow