Information Analyst
UK

The median Information Analyst salary in the UK is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 706 719 852
Rank change year-on-year +13 +133 -97
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Analyst 191 261 401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.26% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.28% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 172 203 220
10th Percentile £40,250 £38,750 £33,450
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,784 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +9.89% -3.01%
75th Percentile £63,188 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £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 93,739 91,836 153,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.52% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 67,104 57,926 84,939
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 14 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 14 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 +21 181 £52,500 +5.00% 52
UK excluding London -48 128 £47,000 -5.05% 31
Work from Home +81 89 £47,250 -5.50% 19
London +99 62 £66,250 +3.92% 19
North of England +27 48 £45,625 -7.83% 9
North West -3 36 £45,000 -9.09% 5
South East +3 35 £52,500 +6.06% 8
Midlands -6 17 £52,500 - 7
East Midlands - 15 £52,500 - 4
South West -33 13 £45,500 +10.30% 4
Yorkshire +89 11 £49,000 -2.00% 4
Scotland -48 8 £47,000 -24.80%
East of England +6 6 £43,000 -9.95% 2
West Midlands -20 2 £42,000 -20.00% 3
Wales 0 1 £41,000 +2.50% 1
North East -7 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 14 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.

1 174 (91.10%) Information Security
2 88 (46.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (35.08%) Azure
4 60 (31.41%) SIEM
5 55 (28.80%) Cloud Security
6 54 (28.27%) NIST
7 48 (25.13%) GRC
8 45 (23.56%) Microsoft 365
9 44 (23.04%) CISSP
10 41 (21.47%) Cybersecurity
11 38 (19.90%) Risk Management
12 37 (19.37%) Cyber Essentials
13 35 (18.32%) Incident Management
14 34 (17.80%) Firewall
14 34 (17.80%) Analytical Skills
15 33 (17.28%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 31 (16.23%) Management Information System
17 30 (15.71%) DNS
17 30 (15.71%) Risk Assessment
17 30 (15.71%) DKIM
17 30 (15.71%) DMARC
17 30 (15.71%) Social Skills
18 27 (14.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
18 27 (14.14%) SOAR
19 26 (13.61%) CASB
19 26 (13.61%) Cyberattack
19 26 (13.61%) Internet
19 26 (13.61%) CISA
20 25 (13.09%) CISM
20 25 (13.09%) ISMS

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 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.05%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 67 (35.08%) Azure
2 45 (23.56%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (9.42%) AWS
4 9 (4.71%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.05%) GCP
6 1 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.52%) IaaS
6 1 (0.52%) PaaS
6 1 (0.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (17.80%) Firewall
2 30 (15.71%) DKIM
2 30 (15.71%) DMARC
2 30 (15.71%) DNS
3 26 (13.61%) Internet
4 10 (5.24%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.57%) Network Security
6 2 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.52%) LAN
7 1 (0.52%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.52%) SSL
7 1 (0.52%) WAN
7 1 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.71%) Power BI
2 5 (2.62%) Tableau
3 3 (1.57%) QlikView
4 2 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.05%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.52%) MS Access
General
1 34 (17.80%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (15.71%) Social Skills
3 24 (12.57%) Law
4 20 (10.47%) Finance
5 19 (9.95%) Legal
6 9 (4.71%) Retail
7 3 (1.57%) Automotive
7 3 (1.57%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Advertising
9 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.52%) Local Government
9 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.14%) .NET
1 6 (3.14%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.05%) HTML
2 2 (1.05%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.23%) Management Information System
2 26 (13.61%) Cyberattack
3 14 (7.33%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (7.33%) Security Posture
4 8 (4.19%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.57%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.05%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.05%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.52%) Anti-Spyware
8 1 (0.52%) Blog
8 1 (0.52%) CCTV
8 1 (0.52%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.52%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.52%) PKI
8 1 (0.52%) PMI
8 1 (0.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.57%) Linux
2 2 (1.05%) Unix
2 2 (1.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (91.10%) Information Security
2 60 (31.41%) SIEM
3 55 (28.80%) Cloud Security
4 41 (21.47%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (19.90%) Risk Management
6 35 (18.32%) Incident Management
7 33 (17.28%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 30 (15.71%) Risk Assessment
9 27 (14.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 27 (14.14%) SOAR
10 25 (13.09%) ISMS
11 19 (9.95%) Incident Response
11 19 (9.95%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (8.90%) Security Operations
13 14 (7.33%) Security Monitoring
13 14 (7.33%) Vulnerability Management
14 13 (6.81%) GAP Analysis
14 13 (6.81%) Internal Audit
15 11 (5.76%) Business Intelligence
15 11 (5.76%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.28%) SQL
2 8 (4.19%) Python
3 3 (1.57%) VBA
4 1 (0.52%) Bash
Qualifications
1 44 (23.04%) CISSP
2 26 (13.61%) CISA
3 25 (13.09%) CISM
4 23 (12.04%) Degree
5 11 (5.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 10 (5.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 10 (5.24%) CCSP
6 10 (5.24%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (3.14%) CCSK
8 6 (3.14%) CRISC
9 5 (2.62%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.57%) GCIH
10 3 (1.57%) ISACA
11 2 (1.05%) CEH
11 2 (1.05%) GCIA
11 2 (1.05%) Security Cleared
12 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.52%) SANS
12 1 (0.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (46.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (28.27%) NIST
3 48 (25.13%) GRC
4 37 (19.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 23 (12.04%) PCI DSS
6 22 (11.52%) GDPR
7 15 (7.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (4.71%) COBIT
9 7 (3.66%) NCSC
10 6 (3.14%) SOC 2
11 5 (2.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (2.09%) ISO 22301
13 3 (1.57%) ISO 9001
13 3 (1.57%) TickIT
14 2 (1.05%) GLBA
15 1 (0.52%) ISO 14001
15 1 (0.52%) ISO 31000
15 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 1 (0.52%) PMBOK
Systems Management
1 26 (13.61%) CASB
2 1 (0.52%) Nessus
Vendors
1 24 (12.57%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.76%) Cisco
3 7 (3.66%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (3.66%) Proofpoint
3 7 (3.66%) Rapid7
4 2 (1.05%) Oracle
4 2 (1.05%) Qualys
5 1 (0.52%) NEC
5 1 (0.52%) SAP
5 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.52%) VMware