Information Officer Jobs

Information Officer
UK

The median Information Officer salary in the UK is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 790 848 1137
Rank change year-on-year +58 +289 -233
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Officer 52 39 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.048% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.053% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 34 37 122
10th Percentile £35,225 £35,423 £35,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £79,688
90th Percentile £99,125 £101,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,802 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.66% +14.29% -

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Officer in the UK

Information Officer
Top 14 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 26 July 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 +51 41 £54,250 -9.58% 11
UK excluding London -15 34 £45,802 -23.66% 11
Work from Home +57 28 £58,500 -19.31% 4
London +84 16 £65,000 +13.04% 3
South East +12 11 £47,500 -18.10% 1
West Midlands +1 7 £46,750 -35.52% 2
Midlands -16 7 £46,750 -35.52% 2
Scotland -36 7 £38,750 -35.42% 1
South West -2 4 £67,500 +58.82% 2
Northern Ireland +18 2 £34,628 -37.04% 2
North of England +10 2 £40,000 -46.67% 3
Yorkshire +58 1 - -
North West - 1 £40,000 - 3
East of England - 1 £40,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 40 (76.92%) Information Security
1 40 (76.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (57.69%) GDPR
3 29 (55.77%) CISM
4 22 (42.31%) CISA
5 21 (40.38%) CISSP
6 20 (38.46%) NIST
7 18 (34.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (28.85%) PCI DSS
9 14 (26.92%) Risk Management
9 14 (26.92%) Incident Response
10 13 (25.00%) Social Skills
10 13 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (23.08%) Data Protection
11 12 (23.08%) Management Information System
12 11 (21.15%) Legal
12 11 (21.15%) Business Continuity
12 11 (21.15%) Disaster Recovery
12 11 (21.15%) GRC
12 11 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (19.23%) Security Posture
13 10 (19.23%) Internal Audit
14 8 (15.38%) Information Governance
14 8 (15.38%) Information Management
14 8 (15.38%) SIEM
15 7 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
15 7 (13.46%) Penetration Testing
15 7 (13.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (13.46%) Microsoft 365
15 7 (13.46%) Analytical Skills

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 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.46%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (13.46%) WhatsApp
2 5 (9.62%) Azure
3 4 (7.69%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.85%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.77%) Firewall
2 2 (3.85%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) RDBMS
1 2 (3.85%) Relational Database
General
1 13 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.15%) Legal
3 7 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.54%) Law
5 4 (7.69%) Advertising
5 4 (7.69%) Finance
6 3 (5.77%) Automotive
6 3 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.85%) Local Government
7 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 10 (19.23%) Security Posture
3 3 (5.77%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.85%) Windows
1 2 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (76.92%) Information Security
2 14 (26.92%) Incident Response
2 14 (26.92%) Risk Management
3 13 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (23.08%) Data Protection
5 11 (21.15%) Business Continuity
5 11 (21.15%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (19.23%) Internal Audit
7 8 (15.38%) Information Governance
7 8 (15.38%) Information Management
7 8 (15.38%) SIEM
8 7 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (13.46%) Decision-Making
8 7 (13.46%) Penetration Testing
9 6 (11.54%) Data Loss Prevention
9 6 (11.54%) Information Security Management
9 6 (11.54%) ISMS
9 6 (11.54%) IT Audit
9 6 (11.54%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 29 (55.77%) CISM
2 22 (42.31%) CISA
3 21 (40.38%) CISSP
4 6 (11.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 5 (9.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 4 (7.69%) CEH
6 4 (7.69%) Degree
6 4 (7.69%) Security Cleared
7 2 (3.85%) CASP
7 2 (3.85%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (3.85%) CRISC
7 2 (3.85%) HNC
7 2 (3.85%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (76.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (57.69%) GDPR
3 20 (38.46%) NIST
4 18 (34.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (28.85%) PCI DSS
6 11 (21.15%) GRC
7 7 (13.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (11.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (9.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (7.69%) COBIT
10 4 (7.69%) FISMA
10 4 (7.69%) GLBA
10 4 (7.69%) HIPAA
11 3 (5.77%) SOC 2
12 2 (3.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 4 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (3.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (9.62%) CASB
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.85%) Apple
2 2 (3.85%) VMware