Senior Information Analyst Job Trends

Senior Information Analyst
UK

The median Senior Information Analyst salary in the UK is £56,779 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 639 698 698
Rank change year-on-year +59 0 +323
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Information Analyst 8 16 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.029% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.031% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 8 11 13
10th Percentile £44,711 £60,000 £51,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £61,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,779 £85,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.20% +41.67% +34.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £87,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £68,750 - £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,058 £60,000 £57,250
% change year-on-year -14.90% +4.80% +28.17%

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 53,639 51,608 49,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.39% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,031 27,303 37,879
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,173 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,671 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Senior Information Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Information Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Information Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Information Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Information Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Information Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Senior Information Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Information Analyst over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Information Analyst in the UK

Senior Information Analyst
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Information Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 8 £56,779 -33.20% 7
UK excluding London +57 7 £51,058 -14.90% 7
Work from Home +63 4 £51,058 -39.93% 1
Midlands - 4 £51,058 - 1
East Midlands - 3 £51,058 -
South East +30 2 £63,750 +6.25% 4
London +47 1 £75,000 -11.76%
South West - 1 £36,650 -
West Midlands - 1 £65,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Senior 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 Senior Information Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Information Security
2 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
2 5 (62.50%) GDPR
3 4 (50.00%) CISM
3 4 (50.00%) CISSP
3 4 (50.00%) Information Security Management
3 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (50.00%) Security Management
3 4 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (37.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (37.50%) AWS
4 3 (37.50%) AWS Certification
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (37.50%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (37.50%) Degree
4 3 (37.50%) NIST
4 3 (37.50%) Performance Metrics
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (25.00%) Azure
5 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
6 1 (12.50%) Agile
6 1 (12.50%) Alteryx

Senior 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) GCP
3 1 (12.50%) Mimecast
3 1 (12.50%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DKIM
1 1 (12.50%) DMARC
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) BigQuery
1 1 (12.50%) Tableau
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Security Posture
2 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (12.50%) PKI
3 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Information Security
2 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
3 4 (50.00%) Information Security Management
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (50.00%) Security Management
3 4 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (37.50%) Performance Metrics
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
6 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (12.50%) Data Encryption
6 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 1 (12.50%) Privileged Identity Management
6 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
6 1 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 1 (12.50%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) R
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) CISM
1 4 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (37.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (37.50%) AWS Certification
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (37.50%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) GDPR
2 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (37.50%) NIST
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (12.50%) GRC
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Alteryx
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Tenable