Information Management Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Information Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Information Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 182 157
Rank change year-on-year +35 -25 -11
Permanent jobs citing Information Management 21 1 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.52% 0.029% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.032% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 14
10th Percentile - - £27,714
25th Percentile - - £35,595
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £58,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.00% -21.26%
75th Percentile - - £60,025
90th Percentile - - £84,998
South East median annual salary £43,371 £54,500 £50,750
% change year-on-year -20.42% +7.39% -7.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Information Management 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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,268 3,113 3,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.53% 91.80% 89.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,782 1,391 2,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,563 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,005 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Information Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Information Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Information Management job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Information Management
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Information Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Information Management

Information Management
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Buckinghamshire - 11 - -
Berkshire - 6 - - 1
Oxfordshire +19 4 - - 2
Information Management
South East

Information Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (33.33%) SugarCRM
2 4 (19.05%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 3 (14.29%) Benchling
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) MQTT
1 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 7 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Lead
2 4 (19.05%) Senior
2 4 (19.05%) Senior Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) Middleware
1 3 (14.29%) REST
1 3 (14.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (52.38%) Management Information System
2 10 (47.62%) LIMS
3 6 (28.57%) Life Science
4 3 (14.29%) Biopharmaceutical
4 3 (14.29%) Operational Technology
4 3 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Analytics
1 10 (47.62%) Data Management
1 10 (47.62%) Validation
2 7 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 7 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 7 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (33.33%) CRM
2 7 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 7 (33.33%) Data Matching
2 7 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 7 (33.33%) Objectives and Key Results
2 7 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 6 (28.57%) Biotechnology
4 4 (19.05%) Asset Management
4 4 (19.05%) Biomedicine
4 4 (19.05%) Content Management
4 4 (19.05%) Data Security
4 4 (19.05%) Product Information Management
4 4 (19.05%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) Python
1 3 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (80.95%) Degree
2 7 (33.33%) HNC
3 4 (19.05%) PhD
4 3 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) GLP
2 3 (14.29%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 3 (14.29%) GxP
2 3 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Agilent
1 3 (14.29%) LabVantage