Information Specialist Jobs in England

Information Specialist
UK > England

The median Information Specialist salary in England is £51,311 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 842 857 1089
Rank change year-on-year +15 +232 -257
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Specialist 21 37 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.045% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.049% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 16 26 83
10th Percentile £36,000 £46,000 £36,920
25th Percentile £41,015 £51,563 £47,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,311 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.06% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £86,000 £72,500 £62,125
90th Percentile £89,000 £107,500 £79,500
UK median annual salary £51,311 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -21.06% +13.04% -8.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Information Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Specialist in England

Information Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Information Specialist in England

Information Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Specialist in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Specialist in England

Information Specialist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
North of England +16 10 £45,061 -30.68% 2
North West -18 7 £45,000 -14.29% 1
London +89 6 £80,000 +14.29% 6
Midlands -40 4 - - 6
North East - 3 £45,122 -
West Midlands -15 2 - - 6
East Midlands - 2 - -
South East -34 1 £40,420 -29.15% 2
Information Specialist
UK

Information Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Information Specialist 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 across the England region featuring Information Specialist in the job title.

1 14 (66.67%) Information Security
2 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 5 (23.81%) Active Directory
3 5 (23.81%) Azure
3 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 4 (19.05%) Windows Server
4 4 (19.05%) Security Operations
4 4 (19.05%) DevOps
4 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
4 4 (19.05%) AWS
4 4 (19.05%) Bash
4 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (19.05%) Network Security
4 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery
4 4 (19.05%) Windows
4 4 (19.05%) Linux
4 4 (19.05%) Python
4 4 (19.05%) SQL
4 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
4 4 (19.05%) Finance
4 4 (19.05%) Legal
5 3 (14.29%) EDI
5 3 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (14.29%) Business Continuity
5 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 3 (14.29%) OWASP

Information Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (19.05%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Azure
2 4 (19.05%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Network Security
2 2 (9.52%) Wireshark
2 2 (9.52%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) GIS
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
1 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Legal
3 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.76%) Advertising
5 1 (4.76%) Law
5 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) EDI
2 1 (4.76%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Linux
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
1 4 (19.05%) Windows Server
2 2 (9.52%) Rocky
2 2 (9.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Information Security
2 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (19.05%) DevOps
3 4 (19.05%) Security Operations
3 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery
3 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 3 (14.29%) Business Continuity
4 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 3 (14.29%) OWASP
4 3 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (9.52%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (9.52%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (9.52%) Personalization
5 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
5 2 (9.52%) Single Customer View
5 2 (9.52%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) Bash
1 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
1 4 (19.05%) Python
1 4 (19.05%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) OSCP
2 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) CEH
3 1 (4.76%) CISA
3 1 (4.76%) CISSP
3 1 (4.76%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (9.52%) NIST
3 2 (9.52%) TickIT
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Red Hat
3 1 (4.76%) Bloomberg
3 1 (4.76%) LexisNexis