Information Specialist Jobs in England

Information Specialist
UK > England

The median Information Specialist salary in England is £45,122 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 819 885 1074
Rank change year-on-year +66 +189 -283
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Specialist 17 41 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.020% 0.045% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.050% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 15 26 66
10th Percentile £36,000 £47,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £40,053 £52,500 £47,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,122 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.58% +12.07% -7.20%
75th Percentile £69,375 £72,500 £68,625
90th Percentile £79,750 £107,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,122 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -30.58% +12.07% -5.31%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,478 82,732 127,934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,133 52,417 75,087
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,725 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £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 7 May 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 7 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
North of England +52 12 £45,122 -30.58% 1
North West +23 10 £51,250 -6.82%
London +113 2 £81,250 +20.37% 10
Midlands -3 2 - - 2
North East - 2 £45,122 - 1
East Midlands - 2 - - 1
South East +15 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 7 May 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 11 (64.71%) Information Security
2 7 (41.18%) OWASP
3 5 (29.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (29.41%) Legal
3 5 (29.41%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (23.53%) Business Continuity
4 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
4 4 (23.53%) Finance
4 4 (23.53%) OSCP
4 4 (23.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (23.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (23.53%) Application Security
4 4 (23.53%) Static Application Security Testing
5 3 (17.65%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
5 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
5 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
5 3 (17.65%) EDI
5 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
6 2 (11.76%) Software Engineering
6 2 (11.76%) CEH
6 2 (11.76%) WPA
6 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
6 2 (11.76%) CISSP
6 2 (11.76%) TickIT
6 2 (11.76%) CISA

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 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Wireshark
1 2 (11.76%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) GIS
1 2 (11.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Burp Suite
General
1 5 (29.41%) Legal
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Law
5 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Information Security
2 7 (41.18%) OWASP
3 5 (29.41%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (23.53%) Application Security
4 4 (23.53%) Business Continuity
4 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
4 4 (23.53%) Static Application Security Testing
5 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
5 3 (17.65%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (11.76%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 2 (11.76%) Business Continuity Planning
6 2 (11.76%) Coaching
6 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.76%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (11.76%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (11.76%) Personalization
6 2 (11.76%) Single Customer View
6 2 (11.76%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) OSCP
2 2 (11.76%) CEH
2 2 (11.76%) CISA
2 2 (11.76%) CISSP
2 2 (11.76%) CompTIA CySA+
2 2 (11.76%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) OSCE
3 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (23.53%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (23.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (11.76%) NIST
3 2 (11.76%) TickIT
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft