Information Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 August 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 574 674 640
Rank change year-on-year +100 -34 +174
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring an Information Specialist 16 14 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.036% 0.022% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.023% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 9
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,854 £44,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +26.58%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 -
90th Percentile £76,750 - -
UK median annual salary £78,750 £63,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -3.08% +12.55%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 39,591 60,068 38,217
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.46% 95.22% 90.24%
Number of salaries quoted 21,455 36,990 25,529
10th Percentile £25,480 £28,750 £28,846
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Information Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Specialist in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Information Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Specialist in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
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 Information Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +30 7 £60,000 -20.00% 8
Northern Ireland - 7 - -
East of England -18 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - - 1
Information Specialist
UK

Information Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 24 August 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 UK excluding London region featuring Information Specialist in the job title.

1 12 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 9 (56.25%) Aerospace
2 9 (56.25%) Degree
3 8 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (50.00%) Change Management
4 7 (43.75%) Automotive
4 7 (43.75%) SAP
4 7 (43.75%) IBM
4 7 (43.75%) Project Management
4 7 (43.75%) Information Security
4 7 (43.75%) Agile
4 7 (43.75%) Information Management
4 7 (43.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (43.75%) SAP HANA
4 7 (43.75%) Computer Science
4 7 (43.75%) User Stories
4 7 (43.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (43.75%) Master's Degree
4 7 (43.75%) Innovative Thinking
5 6 (37.50%) CISSP
6 4 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (25.00%) Information Assurance
7 3 (18.75%) Security Architecture
7 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
7 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
7 3 (18.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (18.75%) CESG Certified Professional
7 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (18.75%) CESG
7 3 (18.75%) Risk Management

Information Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (12.50%) TPMS
Business Applications
1 7 (43.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) SCCP
2 1 (6.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (43.75%) SAP HANA
General
1 9 (56.25%) Aerospace
2 7 (43.75%) Automotive
3 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 2 (12.50%) German Language
5 1 (6.25%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (18.75%) CESG
3 2 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Change Management
1 8 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (43.75%) Agile
2 7 (43.75%) Computer Science
2 7 (43.75%) Information Management
2 7 (43.75%) Information Security
2 7 (43.75%) Innovative Thinking
2 7 (43.75%) Project Management
2 7 (43.75%) User Stories
3 4 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 4 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
4 3 (18.75%) Incident Response
4 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
4 3 (18.75%) Security Architecture
4 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (12.50%) Identity Management
5 2 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 2 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Degree
2 7 (43.75%) Master's Degree
3 6 (37.50%) CISSP
4 3 (18.75%) CESG Certified Professional
4 3 (18.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
5 2 (12.50%) CEH
5 2 (12.50%) CISM
6 1 (6.25%) CISMP
6 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (18.75%) NIST
3 2 (12.50%) GDPR
4 1 (6.25%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) IBM
1 7 (43.75%) SAP
2 2 (12.50%) Okta
2 2 (12.50%) Salesforce