Information Officer Jobs

Information Officer
UK

The median Information Officer salary in the UK is £45,802 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 850 876 1149
Rank change year-on-year +26 +273 -296
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Officer 54 43 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.047% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.051% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 39 41 97
10th Percentile £28,000 £43,500 £44,000
25th Percentile £35,875 £53,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,802 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.57% +33.33% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £83,484 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £115,000 £81,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,901 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -28.50% +14.29% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

Information Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Officer in the UK

Information Officer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Information Officer in the UK

Information Officer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Officer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Officer in the UK

Information Officer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Officer within the UK 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
England +42 43 £46,000 -34.29% 21
UK excluding London -38 31 £42,901 -28.50% 17
Work from Home +35 28 £58,500 -26.88% 10
London +94 21 £46,000 -44.57% 4
South East -24 9 £47,500 -20.83% 3
Scotland -61 7 £38,750 -35.42% 1
West Midlands -5 6 £35,000 -51.72% 4
Midlands -33 6 £35,000 -50.88% 5
South West -37 4 £67,500 +58.82% 2
Northern Ireland +18 2 £34,628 -37.04%
North of England - 2 £40,000 - 6
East of England - 1 £40,000 -
North West - 1 £40,000 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Information Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 36 (66.67%) Information Security
2 35 (64.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (50.00%) GDPR
4 24 (44.44%) CISM
5 18 (33.33%) CISA
6 17 (31.48%) Data Protection
7 16 (29.63%) CISSP
7 16 (29.63%) NIST
8 15 (27.78%) Social Skills
9 14 (25.93%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (24.07%) Information Governance
11 12 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (18.52%) Internal Audit
13 10 (18.52%) Risk Management
13 10 (18.52%) Security Posture
14 9 (16.67%) Incident Response
15 8 (14.81%) Management Information System
15 8 (14.81%) PCI DSS
15 8 (14.81%) Information Management
15 8 (14.81%) GRC
16 7 (12.96%) Decision-Making
16 7 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
16 7 (12.96%) Penetration Testing
16 7 (12.96%) Legal
17 6 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 6 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
17 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
17 6 (11.11%) Microsoft
17 6 (11.11%) Business Continuity

Information Officer 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 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (7.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.85%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (11.11%) WhatsApp
3 5 (9.26%) Azure
4 4 (7.41%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.56%) Firewall
2 2 (3.70%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) RDBMS
1 2 (3.70%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.85%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.85%) GIS
2 1 (1.85%) Spatial Data
General
1 15 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.96%) Legal
3 6 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.11%) Law
4 4 (7.41%) Finance
4 4 (7.41%) Local Government
5 3 (5.56%) Advertising
5 3 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.70%) Publishing
6 2 (3.70%) Retail
7 1 (1.85%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.85%) CSS
2 1 (1.85%) HTML
2 1 (1.85%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.52%) Security Posture
2 8 (14.81%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.56%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (5.56%) Social Media
4 2 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.70%) Windows
1 2 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (66.67%) Information Security
2 17 (31.48%) Data Protection
3 13 (24.07%) Information Governance
4 12 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (18.52%) Internal Audit
6 10 (18.52%) Risk Management
7 9 (16.67%) Incident Response
8 8 (14.81%) Information Management
9 7 (12.96%) Decision-Making
9 7 (12.96%) Penetration Testing
10 6 (11.11%) Business Continuity
10 6 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (11.11%) Risk Register
10 6 (11.11%) SIEM
11 5 (9.26%) Data Privacy
11 5 (9.26%) Impact Assessments
11 5 (9.26%) IT Audit
12 4 (7.41%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (44.44%) CISM
2 18 (33.33%) CISA
3 16 (29.63%) CISSP
4 4 (7.41%) CEH
4 4 (7.41%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.56%) Degree
5 3 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (3.70%) CASP
6 2 (3.70%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (3.70%) CRISC
6 2 (3.70%) HNC
6 2 (3.70%) HND
6 2 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (64.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (50.00%) GDPR
3 16 (29.63%) NIST
4 14 (25.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (14.81%) GRC
5 8 (14.81%) PCI DSS
6 6 (11.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (9.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (5.56%) COBIT
8 3 (5.56%) FISMA
8 3 (5.56%) GLBA
8 3 (5.56%) HIPAA
8 3 (5.56%) SOC 2
9 2 (3.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 4 (7.41%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (3.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) CASB
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.70%) Apple
2 2 (3.70%) VMware
3 1 (1.85%) ESRI