Information Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 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 765 701 811
Rank change year-on-year -64 +110 -143
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Specialist 15 27 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.049% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.055% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 11 17 48
10th Percentile £36,000 £44,500 £36,713
25th Percentile £37,065 £47,500 £42,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £64,100 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year -29.80% +24.83% +3.74%
75th Percentile £53,508 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £69,430 £72,300
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
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Information Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Specialist in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Information Specialist in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Information Specialist in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Specialist within the UK excluding London 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
Midlands -40 4 - - 5
North East - 3 £45,122 -
West Midlands -15 2 - - 5
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 the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Information Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (60.00%) Information Security
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (26.67%) Service Delivery
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (20.00%) Legal
3 3 (20.00%) EDI
3 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (13.33%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
4 2 (13.33%) Degree
4 2 (13.33%) Wireshark
4 2 (13.33%) Performance Management
4 2 (13.33%) ISMS
4 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (13.33%) SQL
4 2 (13.33%) TickIT
4 2 (13.33%) GIS
4 2 (13.33%) WPA
4 2 (13.33%) Business Continuity
4 2 (13.33%) Information Security Management
4 2 (13.33%) Data Security
4 2 (13.33%) Security Management

Information Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Wireshark
1 2 (13.33%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) GIS
1 2 (13.33%) Power BI
General
1 4 (26.67%) Finance
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Legal
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) EDI
2 1 (6.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Information Security
2 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (26.67%) Service Delivery
3 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (13.33%) Application Security
4 2 (13.33%) Business Continuity Planning
4 2 (13.33%) Coaching
4 2 (13.33%) Containerisation
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (13.33%) Data Collection
4 2 (13.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Offensive Security
4 2 (13.33%) Persona Development
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) Risk Register
4 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (13.33%) Static Application Security Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) OSCP
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (13.33%) NIST
2 2 (13.33%) TickIT
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft