Information Manager Jobs

Information Manager
UK

The median Information Manager salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 594 587 789
Rank change year-on-year -7 +202 +136
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Manager 98 327 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.33% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.35% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 61 251 174
10th Percentile £50,894 £35,000 £51,413
25th Percentile £61,250 £51,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -11.72% +15.41%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £97,500 £86,175
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -17.86% +12.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Information Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Manager.

Salary trend for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England -29 86 £68,750 +5.77% 99
UK excluding London +59 51 £65,000 +13.04% 71
Work from Home +165 46 £71,250 +42.50% 45
London +35 36 £72,500 +5.84% 50
South East +96 14 £80,000 +45.45% 20
North of England +48 13 £66,250 +20.45% 13
Midlands +53 10 £62,500 +4.17% 22
West Midlands +31 9 £62,500 +11.16% 10
North West +8 8 £67,500 +22.73% 8
Scotland +131 5 £77,500 +71.50% 5
South West +53 5 £62,500 -8.76% 7
Yorkshire +63 4 £65,000 +48.60% 2
East of England +44 4 £75,000 +1.69% 4
North East +50 1 £70,000 +133.33% 3
East Midlands +40 1 £62,500 -10.71% 12

Information Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Information Manager 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 featuring Information Manager in the job title.

1 82 (83.67%) Information Security
2 65 (66.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (45.92%) Cybersecurity
4 39 (39.80%) CISSP
5 38 (38.78%) Social Skills
6 36 (36.73%) Risk Management
7 35 (35.71%) NIST
7 35 (35.71%) Cyber Essentials
8 33 (33.67%) CISM
9 32 (32.65%) Data Protection
10 31 (31.63%) Management Information System
11 27 (27.55%) GDPR
12 23 (23.47%) GRC
13 21 (21.43%) Security Management
14 20 (20.41%) Information Security Management
14 20 (20.41%) Finance
14 20 (20.41%) Data Protection Act
14 20 (20.41%) Security Posture
15 19 (19.39%) ISMS
16 17 (17.35%) Freedom of Information Act
16 17 (17.35%) Freedom of Information
16 17 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
16 17 (17.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 16 (16.33%) Incident Management
17 16 (16.33%) Legal
17 16 (16.33%) Information Security Governance
17 16 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
18 15 (15.31%) Data Privacy
18 15 (15.31%) Degree
18 15 (15.31%) CISA

Information Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.04%) IBM Domino
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.06%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.24%) Azure
2 3 (3.06%) GCP
3 2 (2.04%) AWS
3 2 (2.04%) SaaS
4 1 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.02%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.10%) Network Security
2 3 (3.06%) Firewall
2 3 (3.06%) Internet
2 3 (3.06%) Intranet
3 1 (1.02%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.10%) GIS
General
1 38 (38.78%) Social Skills
2 20 (20.41%) Finance
3 16 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (16.33%) Legal
4 9 (9.18%) Publishing
5 5 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.10%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.08%) Law
6 4 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.04%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.04%) Retail
9 1 (1.02%) Marketing
9 1 (1.02%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.10%) MIDP
2 4 (4.08%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 31 (31.63%) Management Information System
2 20 (20.41%) Data Protection Act
2 20 (20.41%) Security Posture
3 17 (17.35%) Freedom of Information
3 17 (17.35%) Freedom of Information Act
4 11 (11.22%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (6.12%) Operational Technology
5 6 (6.12%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (3.06%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (2.04%) Smart Energy
8 1 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.02%) Cybercrime
8 1 (1.02%) Learning Management System
8 1 (1.02%) SCADA
8 1 (1.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.02%) Windows
1 1 (1.02%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (83.67%) Information Security
2 45 (45.92%) Cybersecurity
3 36 (36.73%) Risk Management
4 32 (32.65%) Data Protection
5 21 (21.43%) Security Management
6 20 (20.41%) Information Security Management
7 19 (19.39%) ISMS
8 17 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (16.33%) Incident Management
9 16 (16.33%) Information Security Governance
10 15 (15.31%) Data Privacy
11 12 (12.24%) Cloud Security
12 11 (11.22%) Incident Response
12 11 (11.22%) Information Governance
13 10 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
14 9 (9.18%) Computer Science
14 9 (9.18%) Penetration Testing
14 9 (9.18%) Psychology
15 8 (8.16%) Risk Register
15 8 (8.16%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 39 (39.80%) CISSP
2 33 (33.67%) CISM
3 15 (15.31%) CISA
3 15 (15.31%) Degree
4 13 (13.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 10 (10.20%) CRISC
6 7 (7.14%) Security Cleared
7 5 (5.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (4.08%) ISEB
8 4 (4.08%) SC Cleared
9 3 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.06%) DBS Check
9 3 (3.06%) DV Cleared
9 3 (3.06%) Master's Degree
10 2 (2.04%) CCNA
10 2 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (2.04%) SANS
11 1 (1.02%) CEH
11 1 (1.02%) CISMP
11 1 (1.02%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (66.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (35.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 35 (35.71%) NIST
3 27 (27.55%) GDPR
4 23 (23.47%) GRC
5 17 (17.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 13 (13.27%) PCI DSS
7 10 (10.20%) HIPAA
8 7 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (5.10%) Data Quality
10 4 (4.08%) COBIT
10 4 (4.08%) SOC 2
11 2 (2.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (1.02%) ISO 22301
12 1 (1.02%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.02%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (10.20%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.04%) Workday
3 1 (1.02%) Cisco
3 1 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (1.02%) Dell
3 1 (1.02%) Google
3 1 (1.02%) VMware