Information Security Analyst
UK
The median Information Security Analyst salary in the UK is £61,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 660 | 738 | 760 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +78 | +22 | +117 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst | 51 | 172 | 205 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.093% | 0.17% | 0.21% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.10% | 0.18% | 0.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 42 | 164 | 176 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,286 | £40,250 | £40,625 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,313 | £46,813 | £45,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £61,500 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.14% | +5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £67,500 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £77,500 | £72,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £46,250 | £47,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.60% | -6.00% | +11.11% |
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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Information Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Information Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Information Security Analyst
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Analyst.
Information Security Analyst
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Analyst over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.
Information Security 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 Security Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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 | +43 | 47 | £63,000 | +20.00% | 47 |
| London | +89 | 25 | £65,000 | -3.70% | 15 |
| UK excluding London | +100 | 21 | £46,250 | -1.60% | 36 |
| Work from Home | +47 | 14 | £55,000 | +12.24% | 35 |
| North of England | +7 | 7 | £55,000 | +17.02% | 15 |
| South East | +61 | 6 | £47,500 | -9.52% | 9 |
| Midlands | +46 | 4 | £40,000 | -23.81% | 6 |
| North West | -27 | 4 | £50,000 | +9.59% | 14 |
| Yorkshire | +57 | 3 | £57,500 | +15.00% | 1 |
| Scotland | +118 | 2 | £37,000 | -21.28% | 5 |
| South West | +111 | 2 | £42,500 | -2.30% | |
| West Midlands | +64 | 2 | £40,000 | -4.76% | 2 |
| East Midlands | +25 | 2 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 4 |
Information Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Information Security 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 Security Analyst in the job title.
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Information Security 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: