Information Management Job Trends

Information Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Information Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 553 492
Rank change year-on-year -18 -61 -54
Permanent jobs citing Information Management 161 109 439
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.25% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.27% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 114 60 274
10th Percentile £35,800 £25,313 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,683 £43,625 £41,269
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,484 £55,000 £52,956
Median % change year-on-year +9.97% +3.86% -3.72%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,188 £66,125
90th Percentile £98,750 £76,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £53,100
% change year-on-year +4.76% -1.13% +11.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,989 40,970 82,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 93.29% 84.80%
Number of salaries quoted 43,964 22,120 59,644
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,887 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.18% +3.77% -9.09%

Information Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Information Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Information Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Information Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Information Management

Information Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Management over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Management in the UK

Information Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Management within the UK over the 6 months to 21 May 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
England -1 145 £60,850 +10.64% 66
UK excluding London +4 118 £55,000 +4.76% 59
South West -29 34 £45,000 - 8
North of England -26 31 £62,500 +28.21% 12
London -28 31 £95,000 +44.49% 21
Work from Home +26 29 £57,423 +44.31% 27
North West +16 18 £57,500 +2.68% 4
South East -12 17 £57,423 -0.57% 20
East of England -6 15 £48,760 -11.35% 6
Midlands -20 13 £65,000 +10.70% 5
West Midlands -32 12 £65,000 +10.70% 3
Yorkshire -42 12 £62,500 +38.89% 8
Scotland +3 6 £36,000 -34.55% 3
Northern Ireland -40 2 - - 1
East Midlands -23 1 - - 2
North East - 1 £65,000 -

Information Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 9 (5.59%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.62%) CMS
2 1 (0.62%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (8.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.97%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.11%) MS Visio
4 5 (3.11%) Revit
5 3 (1.86%) Navisworks
6 2 (1.24%) Civil 3D
6 2 (1.24%) MicroStation
6 2 (1.24%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.62%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (2.48%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.62%) Revive Adserver
Cloud Services
1 39 (24.22%) Azure
2 32 (19.88%) Power Platform
3 16 (9.94%) AWS
4 7 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.11%) Azure Event Grid
5 5 (3.11%) Azure Service Bus
5 5 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.48%) ChatGPT
6 4 (2.48%) GCP
6 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (2.48%) Veeva
7 3 (1.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (1.86%) Benchling
7 3 (1.86%) dbt
7 3 (1.86%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.62%) Azure API Management
9 1 (0.62%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.62%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.11%) Firewall
1 5 (3.11%) Network Security
2 4 (2.48%) SAN
3 3 (1.86%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.24%) MQTT
4 2 (1.24%) VLAN
4 2 (1.24%) VPN
4 2 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.62%) BGP
5 1 (0.62%) Broadband
5 1 (0.62%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.62%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.62%) DNS
5 1 (0.62%) Intranet
5 1 (0.62%) OSPF
5 1 (0.62%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (17.39%) Power BI
2 14 (8.70%) Data Lake
3 11 (6.83%) Metadata
4 9 (5.59%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (5.59%) Relational Database
5 7 (4.35%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (4.35%) MySQL
5 7 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (3.73%) Data Vault
6 6 (3.73%) Tableau
7 5 (3.11%) RDBMS
8 4 (2.48%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (2.48%) BigQuery
8 4 (2.48%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.48%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (2.48%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.24%) EDRMS
10 2 (1.24%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (3.73%) JIRA
2 4 (2.48%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.86%) Git
General
1 41 (25.47%) Social Skills
2 36 (22.36%) Finance
3 28 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (9.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (6.83%) Public Sector
7 9 (5.59%) Manufacturing
8 8 (4.97%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (4.35%) Advertising
9 7 (4.35%) Retail
10 6 (3.73%) Local Government
11 5 (3.11%) Law
11 5 (3.11%) Legal
11 5 (3.11%) Marketing
12 4 (2.48%) Digital Health
12 4 (2.48%) French Language
13 2 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.62%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.62%) German Language
14 1 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (13.66%) Senior
2 20 (12.42%) Information Manager
3 18 (11.18%) Architect
4 17 (10.56%) Analyst
4 17 (10.56%) Lead
5 13 (8.07%) Category Manager
6 9 (5.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 9 (5.59%) Data Analyst
6 9 (5.59%) Developer
6 9 (5.59%) Power BI Analyst
7 7 (4.35%) Administrator
7 7 (4.35%) Data Architect
7 7 (4.35%) Network Engineer
7 7 (4.35%) Senior Developer
7 7 (4.35%) Software Developer
8 5 (3.11%) C++ Developer
8 5 (3.11%) C++ Software Developer
8 5 (3.11%) Report Analyst
8 5 (3.11%) Senior C++ Developer
8 5 (3.11%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.11%) EDI
2 4 (2.48%) CSS
2 4 (2.48%) HTML
3 3 (1.86%) PySpark
3 3 (1.86%) REST
4 2 (1.24%) Middleware
4 2 (1.24%) NestJS
4 2 (1.24%) Next.js
4 2 (1.24%) Node.js
4 2 (1.24%) React
4 2 (1.24%) SOAP
5 1 (0.62%) FHIR
5 1 (0.62%) JSON
5 1 (0.62%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.62%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 47 (29.19%) Management Information System
2 10 (6.21%) NHS
3 9 (5.59%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.35%) LIMS
5 5 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.11%) Life Science
6 4 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.48%) Replication
7 3 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.86%) Biopharmaceutical
7 3 (1.86%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.86%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.86%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.24%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (1.24%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.24%) Virtual Reality
9 1 (0.62%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.62%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.62%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.35%) Windows
2 4 (2.48%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.24%) Linux
4 1 (0.62%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (21.74%) Analytics
2 34 (21.12%) Business Intelligence
3 30 (18.63%) Data Governance
3 30 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (17.39%) Data Management
4 28 (17.39%) Decision-Making
5 24 (14.91%) Roadmaps
6 23 (14.29%) Agile
6 23 (14.29%) Data Architecture
7 20 (12.42%) AI
8 17 (10.56%) Risk Management
9 16 (9.94%) Data Modelling
9 16 (9.94%) Visualisation
10 15 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (8.70%) Change Management
12 13 (8.07%) Computer Science
12 13 (8.07%) Information Security
12 13 (8.07%) Storytelling
13 12 (7.45%) Data Engineering
13 12 (7.45%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 24 (14.91%) SQL
2 12 (7.45%) Python
3 9 (5.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (4.35%) R
5 5 (3.11%) C++
5 5 (3.11%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.86%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.24%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.62%) Bash
8 1 (0.62%) C#
8 1 (0.62%) VB
Qualifications
1 40 (24.84%) Degree
2 14 (8.70%) SC Cleared
2 14 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.73%) CISM
3 6 (3.73%) CISSP
3 6 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (3.11%) CISA
5 4 (2.48%) CRISC
5 4 (2.48%) ISACA
5 4 (2.48%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.48%) SANS
6 3 (1.86%) ACCA
6 3 (1.86%) CAPM
6 3 (1.86%) CIMA
6 3 (1.86%) CITP
6 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.86%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.86%) PMP
7 2 (1.24%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.56%) Data Quality
2 10 (6.21%) Accessibility
2 10 (6.21%) ISO 19650
2 10 (6.21%) QA
3 7 (4.35%) GDPR
4 6 (3.73%) GRC
4 6 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.73%) NIST
5 5 (3.11%) NIST 800
6 4 (2.48%) PMO
7 2 (1.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (1.24%) GxP
8 1 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.62%) HL7
System Software
1 4 (2.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (3.11%) RSA Archer
2 4 (2.48%) Ansible
2 4 (2.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 37 (22.98%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.73%) Cisco
2 6 (3.73%) Cognos
2 6 (3.73%) Google
2 6 (3.73%) MicroStrategy
3 4 (2.48%) VMware
4 3 (1.86%) Databricks
4 3 (1.86%) LabVantage
4 3 (1.86%) Sparx
5 2 (1.24%) Agilent
5 2 (1.24%) Ariba
5 2 (1.24%) Arista
5 2 (1.24%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.24%) SAP
5 2 (1.24%) TOWER Software
6 1 (0.62%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.62%) F5
6 1 (0.62%) Informatica
6 1 (0.62%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.62%) Splunk