Head of Information Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Head of Information
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Information salary in the UK excluding London is £81,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 558 566
Rank change year-on-year +55 +8 +180
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Information 6 8 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.022% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.024% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 7
10th Percentile £75,938 £68,750 £75,000
25th Percentile £78,125 £70,625 £79,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £77,500 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -18.42% +14.04%
75th Percentile £84,375 £81,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £99,688 - £101,500
UK median annual salary £81,250 £100,000 £83,750
% change year-on-year -18.75% +19.40% -0.42%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Head of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Head of Information' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Head of Information job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Head of Information
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Head of Information job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Head of Information job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Head of Information
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Information in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Head of Information in the UK excluding London

Head of Information
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Information within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Midlands +27 6 £81,250 -
West Midlands +26 6 £81,250 -
Head of Information
UK

Head of Information Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Head of Information job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Head of Information in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (83.33%) NIST
1 5 (83.33%) Risk Management
2 4 (66.67%) COBIT
2 4 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 4 (66.67%) Information Governance
2 4 (66.67%) Information Security Management
2 4 (66.67%) Security Management
2 4 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) ArcGIS
3 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) Building Information Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) CAD
3 1 (16.67%) Civil 3D
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (16.67%) DevSecOps
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) GCP
3 1 (16.67%) GIS
3 1 (16.67%) Google
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) Information Management
3 1 (16.67%) ISO 19650

Head of Information Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (16.67%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Civil 3D
1 1 (16.67%) Navisworks
1 1 (16.67%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) GIS
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Security Posture
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
1 5 (83.33%) Risk Management
2 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 4 (66.67%) Information Governance
2 4 (66.67%) Information Security Management
2 4 (66.67%) Security Management
2 4 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Building Information Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (16.67%) DevSecOps
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) SIEM
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (83.33%) NIST
2 4 (66.67%) COBIT
2 4 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (16.67%) ISO 19650
3 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
3 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Google