The first table below looks at the demand for the Information Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Specialist
Rank 596 636 611
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -25
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Specialist 11 9 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.025% 0.017% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.018% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 34
Average salary £50,000 £42,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.04% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £42,000 £38,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £100,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -11.11%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
41358 50112 55964
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.45% 94.20% 93.44%
Number of salaries quoted 34786 43619 47333
Average salary £51,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Information Specialist
England

Information Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Information Specialist across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Information Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Information Specialist
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Information Specialist across the London region.

London Information Specialist Salary Trend

Information Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Specialist across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London Information Specialist Salary Histogram

Information Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Specialist within the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
City of London -1 3 £32,500 -
Information Specialist
England

Information Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Information Specialist in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Information Specialist in their job title.

1 16 (80.00%) Management Information System
2 14 (70.00%) Information Security
3 10 (50.00%) Finance
3 10 (50.00%) CISSP
4 8 (40.00%) Data Protection
5 7 (35.00%) Business Continuity
5 7 (35.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (30.00%) TCP/IP
7 5 (25.00%) ITIL
7 5 (25.00%) BCP
7 5 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (20.00%) Firewall
8 4 (20.00%) Network Security
8 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
8 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
8 4 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (15.00%) Advertising
9 3 (15.00%) Security Management
9 3 (15.00%) CISM
9 3 (15.00%) Red Hat
9 3 (15.00%) UNIX
9 3 (15.00%) Windows
9 3 (15.00%) PCI DSS
9 3 (15.00%) Splunk
9 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 2 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
10 2 (10.00%) SIEM
10 2 (10.00%) DNS
10 2 (10.00%) Microsoft

Information Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Information Specialist in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Information Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (20.00%) Firewall
2 4 (20.00%) Network Security
2 4 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (10.00%) DNS
3 2 (10.00%) Intranet
3 2 (10.00%) Internet
4 1 (5.000%) Wireless Security
4 1 (5.000%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) Big Data
General
1 10 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Advertising
3 1 (5.000%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 16 (80.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) UNIX
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Information Security
2 8 (40.00%) Data Protection
3 7 (35.00%) Business Continuity
4 5 (25.00%) ITIL
4 5 (25.00%) BCP
5 3 (15.00%) Security Management
5 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (10.00%) SIEM
6 2 (10.00%) Ethical Hacking
6 2 (10.00%) Reverse Engineering
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Security
7 1 (5.000%) Security Architecture
7 1 (5.000%) Risk Analysis
7 1 (5.000%) Use Case
7 1 (5.000%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (5.000%) Data Analysis
7 1 (5.000%) IT Governance
7 1 (5.000%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) CISSP
2 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) CISM
4 2 (10.00%) CISA
4 2 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (5.000%) CEH
5 1 (5.000%) MBA
5 1 (5.000%) CWNA
5 1 (5.000%) CCNA
5 1 (5.000%) CCDP
5 1 (5.000%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.000%) PMP
5 1 (5.000%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (15.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Splunk
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.000%) Teradata
3 1 (5.000%) Blue Coat
3 1 (5.000%) Business Objects
3 1 (5.000%) CheckPoint
3 1 (5.000%) Citrix
3 1 (5.000%) Cisco