Information Retrieval Job Trends in Central London

Information Retrieval
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Information Retrieval skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 - 176
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Information Retrieval 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.058% - 0.095%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.072% - 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £120,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £140,000 - -
75th Percentile £160,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £90,000 - £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +27.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Information Retrieval falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,776 1,925 2,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 81.07% 96.01% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,996 1,498 2,080
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

Information Retrieval
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Information Retrieval relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Information Retrieval job vacancy trend in Central London

Information Retrieval
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Information Retrieval.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Information Retrieval

Information Retrieval
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Retrieval within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 September 2026. 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
City of London - 2 £140,000 - 2
Information Retrieval
London

Information Retrieval
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Research Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Research Scientist
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Autonomous Agent
2 1 (50.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Natural Language Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Reinforcement Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared