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 13 June 2024.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 755 949
Rank change year-on-year +188 +194 -149
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Manager 364 165 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.20% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 252 145 254
10th Percentile £35,000 £50,049 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,125 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -17.86% +12.00% +11.11%

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 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

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 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
Top 16 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 13 June 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 +189 323 £65,000 -10.34% 67
UK excluding London +57 218 £57,500 -17.86% 49
London +160 120 £70,000 -12.50% 24
Work from Home +33 81 £50,001 -28.57% 25
South West -12 59 £68,500 -5.52% 7
North of England +52 57 £55,000 -20.00% 8
Midlands -20 42 £65,000 -16.13% 18
North West +12 39 £55,000 -18.52% 4
West Midlands 0 31 £60,000 -22.58% 11
South East -24 27 £55,000 -21.43% 7
East of England - 18 £72,500 - 5
Yorkshire +73 17 £43,742 -39.67% 2
East Midlands -22 11 £70,000 +7.69% 7
Scotland -65 10 £45,190 -30.48% 4
Wales +14 5 £50,001 -12.33% 2
North East -18 1 £30,000 -42.31% 2

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, 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.

1 138 (37.91%) Information Security
2 122 (33.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 83 (22.80%) Cybersecurity
4 75 (20.60%) Risk Management
5 66 (18.13%) Security Management
6 65 (17.86%) CISSP
7 57 (15.66%) CISM
7 57 (15.66%) Information Assurance
8 55 (15.11%) Security Cleared
9 53 (14.56%) SC Cleared
9 53 (14.56%) Information Management
10 50 (13.74%) Management Information System
11 46 (12.64%) Social Skills
12 41 (11.26%) Legal
13 40 (10.99%) Data Protection
14 38 (10.44%) Degree
15 37 (10.16%) Stakeholder Management
15 37 (10.16%) Microsoft
16 33 (9.07%) Finance
16 33 (9.07%) GDPR
17 32 (8.79%) NIST
18 31 (8.52%) NCSC
18 31 (8.52%) Security Posture
19 30 (8.24%) Cyberattack
19 30 (8.24%) Business Continuity
20 29 (7.97%) Information Security Management
20 29 (7.97%) Strategic Thinking
21 28 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
21 28 (7.69%) Matrix Organization
22 27 (7.42%) Law

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 6 (1.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (1.92%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 17 (4.67%) Azure
2 7 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (0.82%) SaaS
4 2 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (0.55%) Mimecast
5 1 (0.27%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.27%) IaaS
5 1 (0.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.65%) Firewall
2 5 (1.37%) Network Security
3 1 (0.27%) Intranet
3 1 (0.27%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.82%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.55%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.27%) Metadata
3 1 (0.27%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.27%) JIRA
General
1 46 (12.64%) Social Skills
2 41 (11.26%) Legal
3 33 (9.07%) Finance
4 27 (7.42%) Law
5 21 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.57%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.10%) Advertising
9 4 (1.10%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.10%) Marketing
9 4 (1.10%) Retail
10 2 (0.55%) Automotive
10 2 (0.55%) Games
10 2 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.27%) Billing
11 1 (0.27%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.27%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.27%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.10%) OAuth
1 4 (1.10%) SAML
2 2 (0.55%) EDI
3 1 (0.27%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 50 (13.74%) Management Information System
2 31 (8.52%) Security Posture
3 30 (8.24%) Cyberattack
4 8 (2.20%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (1.92%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.65%) NHS
6 6 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.82%) Fat Client
9 3 (0.82%) Thin Client
9 3 (0.82%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.55%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.55%) CCTV
10 2 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.55%) Freedom of Information
10 2 (0.55%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.27%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (37.91%) Information Security
2 83 (22.80%) Cybersecurity
3 75 (20.60%) Risk Management
4 66 (18.13%) Security Management
5 57 (15.66%) Information Assurance
6 53 (14.56%) Information Management
7 40 (10.99%) Data Protection
8 37 (10.16%) Stakeholder Management
9 30 (8.24%) Business Continuity
10 29 (7.97%) Information Security Management
10 29 (7.97%) Strategic Thinking
11 28 (7.69%) Matrix Organization
12 27 (7.42%) Incident Response
12 27 (7.42%) Roadmaps
13 25 (6.87%) Digital Strategy
14 23 (6.32%) Information Governance
15 19 (5.22%) Asset Management
15 19 (5.22%) Problem-Solving
15 19 (5.22%) Project Delivery
15 19 (5.22%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (17.86%) CISSP
2 57 (15.66%) CISM
3 55 (15.11%) Security Cleared
4 53 (14.56%) SC Cleared
5 38 (10.44%) Degree
6 22 (6.04%) CESG Certified Professional
7 16 (4.40%) CISA
7 16 (4.40%) Master's Degree
8 12 (3.30%) CRISC
9 5 (1.37%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.37%) Postgraduate
10 4 (1.10%) CISMP
10 4 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (1.10%) ISSMP
11 3 (0.82%) CEH
11 3 (0.82%) CGEIT
11 3 (0.82%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.55%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (33.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (9.07%) GDPR
3 32 (8.79%) NIST
4 31 (8.52%) NCSC
5 28 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (5.22%) GRC
7 15 (4.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 13 (3.57%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.37%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.82%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.27%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 37 (10.16%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.37%) Cisco
2 5 (1.37%) Kenna
3 4 (1.10%) Citrix
3 4 (1.10%) Datix
3 4 (1.10%) Dell
3 4 (1.10%) Qualys
4 1 (0.27%) Autodesk