Information Specialist
UK
The median Information Specialist salary in the UK is £73,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 660 | 892 | 929 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +232 | +37 | +246 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Information Specialist | 42 | 15 | 39 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.075% | 0.014% | 0.041% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.083% | 0.015% | 0.045% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6 | 11 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | £55,000 | £36,000 | £46,400 |
| 25th Percentile | £59,063 | £37,065 | £51,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £73,750 | £45,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +63.89% | -30.77% | +12.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,813 | £53,508 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £58,750 | £107,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £72,500 | £45,000 | £59,550 |
| % change year-on-year | +61.11% | -24.43% | +15.97% |
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 | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
Information Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Information Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Information Specialist
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Specialist.
Information Specialist
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Specialist over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Information Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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 |
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| England | +187 | 30 | £73,750 | +63.89% | 33 |
| UK excluding London | +199 | 28 | £72,500 | +61.11% | 18 |
| Work from Home | +143 | 24 | £87,500 | +93.92% | 20 |
| East of England | - | 11 | - | - | |
| South East | +87 | 10 | £72,500 | +79.37% | 6 |
| London | +110 | 7 | £87,500 | -2.78% | 12 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 7 | - | - | 1 |
Information Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Information Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.
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Information Specialist 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: