Information Analyst Jobs

Information Analyst
UK

The median Information Analyst salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 February 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 677 604 770
Rank change year-on-year -73 +166 +137
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Analyst 67 198 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.26% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.27% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 49 180 201
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,925 £36,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,625 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,188 £67,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £47,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +21.28% +1.08% +10.30%

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 55,886 73,746 104,494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 95.03% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 26,335 55,654 66,151
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,500 £32,655
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,280 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,125 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -4.76% +5.00%

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 16 February 2025.

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 16 February 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 -41 65 £65,000 +23.81% 21
UK excluding London -13 35 £57,000 +21.28% 12
London +14 29 £66,500 -1.48% 9
Work from Home +42 22 £60,000 +27.66% 14
North of England +13 20 £52,500 +11.70% 4
North West -16 13 £57,500 +24.32% 2
Yorkshire +44 7 £47,750 -6.83% 2
Midlands -7 6 £40,000 -5.88% 2
West Midlands +11 5 £40,000 -3.61% 1
South East -10 5 £63,250 +29.74% 2
South West +53 2 £40,000 -12.09% 3
Scotland +40 2 £57,000 +21.28% 1
East Midlands +1 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 16 February 2025, 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 62 (92.54%) Information Security
2 43 (64.18%) NIST
3 42 (62.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (41.79%) Social Skills
5 25 (37.31%) Incident Response
5 25 (37.31%) Risk Management
5 25 (37.31%) Cybersecurity
6 24 (35.82%) CISSP
7 22 (32.84%) Microsoft
8 21 (31.34%) Management Information System
9 20 (29.85%) Finance
9 20 (29.85%) Azure
10 19 (28.36%) Information Security Management
10 19 (28.36%) Security Management
11 17 (25.37%) ISMS
12 16 (23.88%) Analytical Skills
13 14 (20.90%) PCI DSS
13 14 (20.90%) Vulnerability Management
14 13 (19.40%) SIEM
14 13 (19.40%) Data Loss Prevention
14 13 (19.40%) Degree
15 12 (17.91%) GRC
15 12 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
15 12 (17.91%) CISM
16 10 (14.93%) OWASP
16 10 (14.93%) Cyber Essentials
16 10 (14.93%) Banking
16 10 (14.93%) Threat Intelligence
16 10 (14.93%) Security Posture
17 9 (13.43%) Computer Science Degree

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 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 20 (29.85%) Azure
2 7 (10.45%) AWS
3 6 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.97%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (4.48%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.99%) GCP
7 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.45%) Firewall
1 7 (10.45%) Wireshark
2 4 (5.97%) VPN
3 3 (4.48%) Intranet
3 3 (4.48%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.48%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (10.45%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.49%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 28 (41.79%) Social Skills
2 20 (29.85%) Finance
3 16 (23.88%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (14.93%) Banking
5 6 (8.96%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.97%) Legal
7 3 (4.48%) Law
7 3 (4.48%) Marketing
8 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Local Government
8 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 21 (31.34%) Management Information System
2 10 (14.93%) Security Posture
3 8 (11.94%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (8.96%) Algorithms
4 6 (8.96%) Mobile App
5 4 (5.97%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (5.97%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (4.48%) Cyberattack
7 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.49%) Life Science
8 1 (1.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.94%) Windows
2 7 (10.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (92.54%) Information Security
2 25 (37.31%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (37.31%) Incident Response
2 25 (37.31%) Risk Management
3 19 (28.36%) Information Security Management
3 19 (28.36%) Security Management
4 17 (25.37%) ISMS
5 14 (20.90%) Vulnerability Management
6 13 (19.40%) Data Loss Prevention
6 13 (19.40%) SIEM
7 12 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (14.93%) OWASP
8 10 (14.93%) Threat Intelligence
9 9 (13.43%) Computer Science
9 9 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (13.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 8 (11.94%) Security Operations
11 7 (10.45%) Due Diligence
11 7 (10.45%) Security Monitoring
11 7 (10.45%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.96%) C#
1 6 (8.96%) C++
1 6 (8.96%) Go
1 6 (8.96%) Java
1 6 (8.96%) JavaScript
1 6 (8.96%) Python
2 3 (4.48%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (35.82%) CISSP
2 13 (19.40%) Degree
3 12 (17.91%) CISM
4 9 (13.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (11.94%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (10.45%) CEH
6 7 (10.45%) GCFA
6 7 (10.45%) GCIA
6 7 (10.45%) GCIH
7 6 (8.96%) CRISC
7 6 (8.96%) CSSLP
8 4 (5.97%) CCNA
8 4 (5.97%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (5.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 4 (5.97%) Master's Degree
9 2 (2.99%) CISMP
10 1 (1.49%) CCSK
10 1 (1.49%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.49%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.49%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (64.18%) NIST
2 42 (62.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (20.90%) PCI DSS
4 12 (17.91%) GRC
5 10 (14.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (8.96%) GDPR
7 4 (5.97%) IASME
7 4 (5.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (2.99%) SOC 2
10 1 (1.49%) NIST 800
10 1 (1.49%) PMO
Vendors
1 22 (32.84%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.45%) VMware
3 6 (8.96%) Citrix
4 2 (2.99%) Cisco
4 2 (2.99%) Meraki
4 2 (2.99%) Palo Alto