Information Officer Jobs

Information Officer
UK

The median Information Officer salary in the UK is £46,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 695 861 912
Rank change year-on-year +166 +51 +197
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Officer 17 40 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.040% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.043% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 6 31 42
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,000 £39,000
25th Percentile £39,250 £35,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £42,650 £65,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.44% -34.64% +24.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £59,375 £83,684
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £114,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year - -28.57% +6.67%

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 50,162 93,945 92,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 94.63% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,234 67,289 58,554
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,627
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%

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 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Officer in the UK

Information Officer
Top 7 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 13 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 +135 15 £52,500 +23.09% 57
UK excluding London +177 13 £40,000 - 53
South East +105 10 £25,000 -46.41% 22
Work from Home +103 5 £60,000 +26.32% 56
South West +120 2 £53,750 -20.37% 4
London +84 2 £72,500 +69.99% 17
Wales - 1 £40,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, 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 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 11 (64.71%) Information Security
3 10 (58.82%) Data Protection
3 10 (58.82%) Management Information System
3 10 (58.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (52.94%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (52.94%) Due Diligence
5 8 (47.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (47.06%) Risk Management
5 8 (47.06%) Legal
5 8 (47.06%) CISSP
5 8 (47.06%) CISM
6 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (41.18%) OWASP
6 7 (41.18%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (41.18%) Agile
6 7 (41.18%) GAP Analysis
6 7 (41.18%) CRISC
6 7 (41.18%) Performance Management
6 7 (41.18%) Quantitative Risk Management
6 7 (41.18%) Mentoring
6 7 (41.18%) Coaching
6 7 (41.18%) People Management
6 7 (41.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (41.18%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (41.18%) Impact Analysis
6 7 (41.18%) Roadmaps
7 4 (23.53%) Finance

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:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) AWS
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Broadband
1 1 (5.88%) Network Security
General
1 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Legal
3 4 (23.53%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.88%) French Language
5 1 (5.88%) German Language
5 1 (5.88%) Law
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (58.82%) Management Information System
2 7 (41.18%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (41.18%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (11.76%) e-Learning
4 1 (5.88%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (5.88%) NHS
4 1 (5.88%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Information Security
2 10 (58.82%) Data Protection
3 9 (52.94%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (52.94%) Due Diligence
4 8 (47.06%) Risk Management
4 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (41.18%) Agile
5 7 (41.18%) Coaching
5 7 (41.18%) GAP Analysis
5 7 (41.18%) Impact Analysis
5 7 (41.18%) Mentoring
5 7 (41.18%) OWASP
5 7 (41.18%) People Management
5 7 (41.18%) Performance Management
5 7 (41.18%) Quantitative Risk Management
5 7 (41.18%) Roadmaps
5 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (17.65%) Information Governance
7 1 (5.88%) Information Security Governance
7 1 (5.88%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) CISM
1 8 (47.06%) CISSP
2 7 (41.18%) CRISC
3 3 (17.65%) DBS Check
4 1 (5.88%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (58.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (47.06%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (41.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (17.65%) GDPR
5 1 (5.88%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Sage