Information Manager
UK

The median Information Manager salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 775 936
Rank change year-on-year +188 +161 -156
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Manager 336 185 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.19% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.20% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 249 163 245
10th Percentile £35,000 £51,100 £46,313
25th Percentile £51,500 £56,400 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £62,817
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +15.41% -3.36%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £86,200
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -17.86% +12.00% +8.70%

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 94,634 91,081 154,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,599 57,631 84,466
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,974 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%

Information Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Manager over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
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 Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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 +204 310 £65,000 -10.34% 110
UK excluding London +84 206 £57,500 -17.86% 77
London +155 114 £68,500 -14.38% 50
Work from Home +55 81 £50,001 -25.92% 34
South West +13 58 £68,500 +15.22% 6
North of England +80 53 £55,000 -13.73% 15
Midlands +13 39 £60,000 -22.58% 10
North West +33 35 £55,000 -18.52% 4
West Midlands +18 27 £54,650 -29.48% 6
South East +3 27 £55,000 -21.43% 26
East of England - 18 £75,000 - 9
Yorkshire +87 17 £43,742 -37.51% 9
East Midlands -3 12 £70,000 +7.69% 4
Scotland -74 7 £45,190 -35.44% 9
Wales +5 4 £41,001 -28.12% 2
North East -3 1 £30,000 -42.31% 2

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Information Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 135 (40.18%) Information Security
2 124 (36.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (27.68%) Cybersecurity
4 82 (24.40%) Risk Management
5 67 (19.94%) Security Management
6 62 (18.45%) CISSP
7 61 (18.15%) Information Assurance
8 57 (16.96%) Security Cleared
9 55 (16.37%) SC Cleared
9 55 (16.37%) Management Information System
10 53 (15.77%) CISM
11 49 (14.58%) Social Skills
12 45 (13.39%) Legal
13 43 (12.80%) Information Management
14 39 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
15 38 (11.31%) Microsoft
16 37 (11.01%) NIST
17 36 (10.71%) Degree
18 34 (10.12%) Data Protection
19 33 (9.82%) Finance
20 31 (9.23%) NCSC
21 30 (8.93%) Cyberattack
22 28 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
22 28 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
22 28 (8.33%) Business Continuity
22 28 (8.33%) Incident Response
23 27 (8.04%) Security Posture
24 26 (7.74%) Information Security Management
24 26 (7.74%) CESG Certified Professional
25 25 (7.44%) GDPR

Information Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (0.89%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (2.08%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 19 (5.65%) Azure
2 8 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (0.89%) SaaS
4 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (0.60%) Mimecast
5 1 (0.30%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.30%) IaaS
5 1 (0.30%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.08%) Firewall
2 6 (1.79%) Network Security
3 1 (0.30%) Intranet
3 1 (0.30%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (0.89%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.60%) RDBMS
3 2 (0.60%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.60%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.30%) Metadata
4 1 (0.30%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.30%) JIRA
General
1 49 (14.58%) Social Skills
2 45 (13.39%) Legal
3 33 (9.82%) Finance
4 23 (6.85%) Law
5 21 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (3.57%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.49%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.49%) Retail
10 4 (1.19%) Advertising
10 4 (1.19%) Marketing
11 2 (0.60%) Automotive
11 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.30%) Billing
12 1 (0.30%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.19%) OAuth
1 4 (1.19%) SAML
2 2 (0.60%) EDI
3 1 (0.30%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 55 (16.37%) Management Information System
2 30 (8.93%) Cyberattack
3 27 (8.04%) Security Posture
4 9 (2.68%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (2.38%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 6 (1.79%) NHS
6 6 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.19%) CESG
8 4 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.19%) Freedom of Information
8 4 (1.19%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.19%) Taxonomies
9 3 (0.89%) Fat Client
9 3 (0.89%) Thin Client
9 3 (0.89%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.60%) CCTV
10 2 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.30%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (40.18%) Information Security
2 93 (27.68%) Cybersecurity
3 82 (24.40%) Risk Management
4 67 (19.94%) Security Management
5 61 (18.15%) Information Assurance
6 43 (12.80%) Information Management
7 39 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 34 (10.12%) Data Protection
9 28 (8.33%) Business Continuity
9 28 (8.33%) Incident Response
9 28 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
10 26 (7.74%) Information Security Management
11 25 (7.44%) Roadmaps
12 20 (5.95%) Asset Management
13 19 (5.65%) Information Governance
14 18 (5.36%) Security Architecture
15 17 (5.06%) ISMS
15 17 (5.06%) Matrix Organization
15 17 (5.06%) Security Operations
16 16 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.79%) SQL
2 2 (0.60%) C#
Qualifications
1 62 (18.45%) CISSP
2 57 (16.96%) Security Cleared
3 55 (16.37%) SC Cleared
4 53 (15.77%) CISM
5 36 (10.71%) Degree
6 26 (7.74%) CESG Certified Professional
7 13 (3.87%) CISA
7 13 (3.87%) Master's Degree
8 10 (2.98%) CRISC
9 5 (1.49%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.49%) Postgraduate
10 4 (1.19%) CISMP
10 4 (1.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (1.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (1.19%) ISSMP
11 3 (0.89%) CEH
11 3 (0.89%) CGEIT
11 3 (0.89%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (0.89%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.60%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (36.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (11.01%) NIST
3 31 (9.23%) NCSC
4 28 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 25 (7.44%) GDPR
6 18 (5.36%) GRC
7 17 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 13 (3.87%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.49%) NIST 800
10 4 (1.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.30%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (0.60%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 38 (11.31%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.79%) Cisco
3 5 (1.49%) Kenna
4 4 (1.19%) Citrix
4 4 (1.19%) Datix
4 4 (1.19%) Dell
4 4 (1.19%) Qualys
5 1 (0.30%) Autodesk