Information Specialist Jobs in Manchester

Information Specialist
North West > Manchester

The median Information Specialist salary in Manchester is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 207 244 254
Rank change year-on-year +37 +10 -
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Specialist 8 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.16% 0.020% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.022% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 7
10th Percentile - - £45,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £52,500 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £67,188 £57,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £76,750 - £69,750
North West median annual salary £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,835 4,641 5,500
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 91.79% 97.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,749 2,700 3,718
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,169 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,400 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Information Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Specialist in Manchester

Information Specialist
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Information Specialist in Manchester

Information Specialist
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Specialist in Manchester over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Specialist in Manchester

Information Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 Manchester region featuring Information Specialist in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Information Security
1 5 (62.50%) OWASP
2 4 (50.00%) OSCP
2 4 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Application Security
3 3 (37.50%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (37.50%) EDI
4 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) GIS
4 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) WPA
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Wireshark
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Management
4 2 (25.00%) Personalization
4 2 (25.00%) Persona Development
4 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (25.00%) Power BI
4 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (25.00%) Coaching
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Offensive Security

Information Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Wireshark
1 2 (25.00%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) GIS
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Burp Suite
General
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) EDI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Information Security
1 5 (62.50%) OWASP
2 4 (50.00%) Application Security
2 4 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Coaching
4 2 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (25.00%) Offensive Security
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Management
4 2 (25.00%) Persona Development
4 2 (25.00%) Personalization
4 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) OSCP
2 1 (12.50%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001