Information Retrieval Job Trends in the East Midlands

Information Retrieval
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Information Retrieval skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Information Retrieval 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.020% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 - -
England median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.00% +5.26% -13.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,637 1,877 3,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 71.27% 86.42% 77.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,366 994 2,640
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,625 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,188 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Information Retrieval
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Information Retrieval job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Information Retrieval
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Information Retrieval.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Information Retrieval

Information Retrieval
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Retrieval within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 July 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
Nottinghamshire - 1 £28,000 -
Information Retrieval
England

Information Retrieval
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree