Information Officer
UK

The median Information Officer salary in the UK is £41,325 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 871 928 1119
Rank change year-on-year +57 +191 -312
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Officer 39 51 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.049% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.054% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 30 44 94
10th Percentile £27,625 £39,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,325 £68,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.89% +30.95% -
75th Percentile £51,250 £83,813 £69,688
90th Percentile £69,125 £113,875 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -28.57% +6.67% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Information Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Officer in the UK

Information Officer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Information Officer in the UK

Information Officer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Officer over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Officer in the UK

Information Officer
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 Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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 +93 32 £42,650 -39.07% 25
UK excluding London -12 20 £40,000 -28.57% 21
London +121 18 £42,650 -48.61% 5
Work from Home +72 16 £47,500 -43.10% 13
Midlands +18 5 £35,000 -50.88% 4
Scotland -61 5 £39,000 -2.20% 2
West Midlands +29 4 £31,500 -56.55% 1
South East +17 4 £46,651 -30.89% 2
North of England +55 2 £40,000 +45.45% 10
Northern Ireland +23 2 £34,628 -37.04%
North West +17 1 £40,000 +45.45% 6
East of England +13 1 £40,000 - 1
East Midlands -13 1 £65,000 -7.14% 3
South West -33 1 £67,500 +44.39% 3
Yorkshire - 1 - - 4

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Information Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 27 (69.23%) Information Security
2 25 (64.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (38.46%) Data Protection
3 15 (38.46%) CISM
4 14 (35.90%) GDPR
4 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
5 13 (33.33%) Information Governance
6 12 (30.77%) CISA
7 11 (28.21%) NIST
8 9 (23.08%) CISSP
9 8 (20.51%) Management Information System
9 8 (20.51%) Risk Management
9 8 (20.51%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (17.95%) GRC
11 6 (15.38%) Security Posture
11 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (15.38%) Internal Audit
12 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
12 5 (12.82%) Impact Assessments
12 5 (12.82%) Law
12 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (12.82%) Information Management
13 4 (10.26%) Local Government
13 4 (10.26%) SIEM
13 4 (10.26%) PCI DSS
13 4 (10.26%) Legal
13 4 (10.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (10.26%) Risk Assessment
13 4 (10.26%) ITIL

Information Officer 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 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.56%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) WhatsApp
2 3 (7.69%) Azure
3 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.56%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) Firewall
1 2 (5.13%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) RDBMS
1 2 (5.13%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.56%) Big Data
2 1 (2.56%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (2.56%) GIS
2 1 (2.56%) Spatial Data
General
1 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (12.82%) Law
3 4 (10.26%) Legal
3 4 (10.26%) Local Government
3 4 (10.26%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Advertising
4 2 (5.13%) Finance
4 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.13%) Publishing
4 2 (5.13%) Retail
5 1 (2.56%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.56%) CSS
2 1 (2.56%) HTML
2 1 (2.56%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Management Information System
2 6 (15.38%) Security Posture
3 3 (7.69%) Social Media
4 2 (5.13%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (5.13%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.56%) SCADA
5 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Windows
1 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (69.23%) Information Security
2 15 (38.46%) Data Protection
3 13 (33.33%) Information Governance
4 8 (20.51%) Risk Management
5 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (15.38%) Internal Audit
6 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (12.82%) Impact Assessments
7 5 (12.82%) Information Management
8 4 (10.26%) Data Privacy
8 4 (10.26%) IT Audit
8 4 (10.26%) ITIL
8 4 (10.26%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (10.26%) SIEM
9 3 (7.69%) Decision-Making
9 3 (7.69%) Incident Response
9 3 (7.69%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (7.69%) Risk Register
10 2 (5.13%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (38.46%) CISM
2 12 (30.77%) CISA
3 9 (23.08%) CISSP
4 3 (7.69%) Degree
5 2 (5.13%) CASP
5 2 (5.13%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (5.13%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (5.13%) CRISC
5 2 (5.13%) HNC
5 2 (5.13%) HND
6 1 (2.56%) CEH
6 1 (2.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (64.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (35.90%) GDPR
3 11 (28.21%) NIST
4 8 (20.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (17.95%) GRC
6 4 (10.26%) PCI DSS
6 4 (10.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (7.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (7.69%) COBIT
7 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (5.13%) FISMA
8 2 (5.13%) GLBA
8 2 (5.13%) HIPAA
8 2 (5.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (5.13%) SOC 2
9 1 (2.56%) Basel II
9 1 (2.56%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (2.56%) EMIR
9 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (2.56%) MiFID
System Software
1 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.13%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (5.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) CASB
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) Apple
2 2 (5.13%) VMware
3 1 (2.56%) ESRI