Information Specialist Jobs in the South East

Information Specialist
England > South East

The median Information Specialist salary in the South East is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 392 391
Rank change year-on-year +87 -1 +78
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Specialist 10 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.10% 0.006% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.006% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 8
10th Percentile - - £43,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £38,130 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £40,420 £57,050
Median % change year-on-year +79.37% -29.15% +14.10%
75th Percentile £75,000 £42,710 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,250 - £65,615
England median annual salary £73,750 £45,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +63.89% -30.77% +12.07%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 8,425 16,577 12,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.99% 94.08% 90.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,513 11,781 7,967
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Information Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Specialist in the South East

Information Specialist
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Specialist in the South East.

Salary trend for Information Specialist in the South East

Information Specialist
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Specialist in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Specialist in the South East

Information Specialist
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Specialist within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 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
Thames Valley +69 4 £75,000 +85.55% 4
Berkshire +41 4 £75,000 +85.55% 2
Surrey - 4 £60,000 -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Kent - 1 - -
Information Specialist
England

Information Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 31 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 South East region featuring Information Specialist in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Management Information System
1 8 (80.00%) Information Security
2 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (60.00%) Risk Assessment
2 6 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 6 (60.00%) CISSP
3 4 (40.00%) Salesforce
3 4 (40.00%) Identity Management
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (40.00%) CESG
3 4 (40.00%) Degree
3 4 (40.00%) Security Architecture
3 4 (40.00%) SailPoint
3 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (40.00%) Information Assurance
3 4 (40.00%) German Language
3 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (40.00%) CESG Certified Professional
3 4 (40.00%) Virtual Team
3 4 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (40.00%) Okta
4 2 (20.00%) NIST
4 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making

Information Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (20.00%) TPMS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) SCCP
General
1 4 (40.00%) German Language
2 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (40.00%) CESG
2 4 (40.00%) Virtual Team
3 2 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Information Security
2 6 (60.00%) Risk Assessment
2 6 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (40.00%) Identity Management
3 4 (40.00%) Information Assurance
3 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (40.00%) Security Architecture
3 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (20.00%) Communications Security
4 2 (20.00%) Cryptography
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) Validation
4 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) CISSP
2 4 (40.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) CEH
3 2 (20.00%) CISM
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (20.00%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Okta
1 4 (40.00%) Salesforce