Information Specialist Jobs in England

Information Specialist
UK > England

The median Information Specialist salary in England is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

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

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 660 823 879
Rank change year-on-year +163 +56 +201
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Specialist 31 17 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.063% 0.020% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.021% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 25
10th Percentile - £36,000 £47,200
25th Percentile £55,000 £39,092 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £45,122 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +49.60% -30.58% +12.07%
75th Percentile £75,938 £63,438 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,625 £80,750 £107,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £45,122 £65,000
% change year-on-year +49.60% -30.58% +12.07%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 44,258 81,164 82,197
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.65% 94.49% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 24,638 60,585 52,246
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,650 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

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 12 May 2025.

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 12 May 2025. 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
South East +107 11 £67,500 +67.00% 18
East of England - 11 - - 1
London +118 7 - - 13
Information Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 England region featuring Information Specialist in the job title.

1 28 (90.32%) Information Security
2 25 (80.65%) Management Information System
2 25 (80.65%) PowerShell
2 25 (80.65%) Collaborative Working
3 24 (77.42%) Risk Management
3 24 (77.42%) Risk Assessment
4 22 (70.97%) Identity Management
4 22 (70.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (70.97%) Active Directory
4 22 (70.97%) Salesforce
4 22 (70.97%) German Language
4 22 (70.97%) Degree
4 22 (70.97%) Okta
4 22 (70.97%) Mentoring
4 22 (70.97%) Virtual Team
4 22 (70.97%) SailPoint
4 22 (70.97%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (16.13%) Incident Response
5 5 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (16.13%) CISSP
5 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (12.90%) Finance
7 3 (9.68%) Workflow
7 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
7 3 (9.68%) Python
7 3 (9.68%) CESG
7 3 (9.68%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
7 3 (9.68%) CESG Certified Professional
7 3 (9.68%) Security Operations

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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (70.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.45%) TPMS
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) AWS
1 3 (9.68%) Azure
1 3 (9.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) SCCP
General
1 22 (70.97%) German Language
2 4 (12.90%) Finance
3 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (70.97%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 25 (80.65%) Management Information System
2 22 (70.97%) Virtual Team
3 3 (9.68%) CESG
4 2 (6.45%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (90.32%) Information Security
2 25 (80.65%) Collaborative Working
3 24 (77.42%) Risk Assessment
3 24 (77.42%) Risk Management
4 22 (70.97%) Identity Access Management
4 22 (70.97%) Identity Management
4 22 (70.97%) Mentoring
5 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (16.13%) Incident Response
6 3 (9.68%) Information Assurance
6 3 (9.68%) Roadmaps
6 3 (9.68%) Scorecard
6 3 (9.68%) Security Architecture
6 3 (9.68%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (9.68%) Security Operations
6 3 (9.68%) SIEM
6 3 (9.68%) Task Automation
6 3 (9.68%) Threat Detection
6 3 (9.68%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (9.68%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 25 (80.65%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.68%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (70.97%) Degree
2 5 (16.13%) CISSP
3 3 (9.68%) CESG Certified Professional
3 3 (9.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) CEH
4 2 (6.45%) CISM
4 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.45%) NIST
System Software
1 22 (70.97%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 22 (70.97%) Okta
1 22 (70.97%) Salesforce
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft