Information Specialist Jobs in England

Information Specialist
UK > England

The median Information Specialist salary in England is £45,122 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 June 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 835 859 1092
Rank change year-on-year +24 +233 -263
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Specialist 18 37 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.044% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.049% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 14 26 79
10th Percentile £36,000 £46,000 £41,550
25th Percentile £39,092 £51,563 £47,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,122 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.58% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,188 £72,500 £64,750
90th Percentile £90,200 £107,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,122 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -30.58% +13.04% -8.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 88,752 75,954 137,584
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 91.23% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 65,003 49,705 75,781
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Information Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Specialist in England

Information Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Information Specialist in England

Information Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Specialist in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Specialist in England

Information Specialist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 7 June 2024. 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
North of England +35 9 £45,000 -30.77% 2
North West +2 7 £45,000 -14.29% 1
London +80 5 £85,000 +21.43% 6
Midlands -23 3 - - 6
North East - 2 £45,122 - 1
East Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands -11 1 - - 6
South East -26 1 £40,420 -29.15% 2
Information Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 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 England region featuring Information Specialist in the job title.

1 11 (61.11%) Information Security
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
3 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 4 (22.22%) Finance
3 4 (22.22%) Legal
3 4 (22.22%) Azure
4 3 (16.67%) AWS
4 3 (16.67%) Bash
4 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (16.67%) DevOps
4 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (16.67%) Network Security
4 3 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 3 (16.67%) OWASP
4 3 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (16.67%) EDI
4 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 3 (16.67%) SQL
4 3 (16.67%) Windows
4 3 (16.67%) Linux
4 3 (16.67%) Python
4 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 3 (16.67%) Security Operations
4 3 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials

Information Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) AWS
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Network Security
2 2 (11.11%) Wireshark
2 2 (11.11%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) GIS
1 2 (11.11%) Power BI
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
1 4 (22.22%) Legal
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Advertising
3 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.56%) Law
3 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Linux
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
1 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (11.11%) Rocky
2 2 (11.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Information Security
2 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 3 (16.67%) Business Continuity
3 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 3 (16.67%) DevOps
3 3 (16.67%) OWASP
3 3 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (16.67%) Security Operations
3 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 2 (11.11%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 2 (11.11%) Business Continuity Planning
4 2 (11.11%) Coaching
4 2 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (11.11%) Privileged Access Management
4 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
4 2 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Bash
1 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 3 (16.67%) Python
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
1 2 (11.11%) OSCP
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) CEH
2 1 (5.56%) CISA
2 1 (5.56%) CISSP
2 1 (5.56%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (11.11%) NIST
2 2 (11.11%) TickIT
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.56%) Bloomberg
3 1 (5.56%) LexisNexis