Information Specialist Jobs in the City of London

Information Specialist
Central London > City of London

The median Information Specialist salary in the City of London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 168 202
Rank change year-on-year +30 +34 +88
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring an Information Specialist 4 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.22% 0.17% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.18% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile - £47,900 £53,125
25th Percentile £77,500 £52,250 £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +4.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,250 £70,000
90th Percentile - £82,900 £74,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +23.08% +4.00% -16.67%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,745 2,834 3,826
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 95.78% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,350 2,008 3,141
10th Percentile £37,225 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +0.69% -4.00% +3.45%

Information Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Specialist in the City of London

Information Specialist
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Information Specialist job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Information Specialist job vacancies in the City of London

Information Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, 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 City of London region featuring Information Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) Novell Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 4 (100.00%) CMDB
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) Time Management
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
1 4 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 4 (100.00%) CSIRT
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps

Information Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 4 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 4 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Time Management
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 4 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Novell Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 4 (100.00%) CSIRT