Information Officer
UK

The median Information Officer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 851 930 1131
Rank change year-on-year +79 +201 -321
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Officer 39 47 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.047% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.052% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 30 42 95
10th Percentile £27,625 £39,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £65,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.70% +24.29% -
75th Percentile £50,938 £83,684 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,875 £114,625 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.36% +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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 18 May 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 18 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 +80 29 £42,650 -39.07% 29
UK excluding London -28 21 £39,000 -30.36% 25
London +105 17 £42,650 -48.30% 13
Work from Home +69 17 £47,500 -42.77% 16
Scotland -58 7 £38,750 -2.83% 3
West Midlands +15 4 £31,500 -56.55% 3
South East +2 4 £46,651 -30.89% 8
Midlands -7 4 £31,500 -55.79% 5
North of England +52 2 £40,000 +45.45% 4
Northern Ireland +20 2 £34,628 -37.04%
North West +4 1 £40,000 +45.45% 3
East of England +2 1 £40,000 -
South West -27 1 £67,500 +44.39% 6
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 26 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (43.59%) Data Protection
4 16 (41.03%) CISM
4 16 (41.03%) GDPR
5 13 (33.33%) Information Governance
6 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
6 12 (30.77%) CISA
7 9 (23.08%) CISSP
7 9 (23.08%) NIST
7 9 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (20.51%) Internal Audit
9 7 (17.95%) GRC
9 7 (17.95%) Risk Management
10 6 (15.38%) Management Information System
10 6 (15.38%) Security Posture
10 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (12.82%) Impact Assessments
11 5 (12.82%) Law
11 5 (12.82%) Penetration Testing
11 5 (12.82%) SIEM
11 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (10.26%) Azure
12 4 (10.26%) PCI DSS
12 4 (10.26%) Information Management
12 4 (10.26%) Local Government
12 4 (10.26%) Legal
12 4 (10.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (10.26%) WhatsApp

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%) Azure
1 4 (10.26%) WhatsApp
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.56%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) Firewall
2 2 (5.13%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) RDBMS
1 2 (5.13%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.56%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (2.56%) GIS
2 1 (2.56%) Spatial Data
General
1 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.82%) Law
3 4 (10.26%) Legal
3 4 (10.26%) Local Government
4 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Advertising
5 2 (5.13%) Finance
5 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.13%) Publishing
5 2 (5.13%) Retail
6 1 (2.56%) Fire and Rescue
6 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 6 (15.38%) Management Information System
1 6 (15.38%) Security Posture
2 3 (7.69%) Social Media
3 2 (5.13%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.13%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Windows
1 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (69.23%) Information Security
2 17 (43.59%) Data Protection
3 13 (33.33%) Information Governance
4 8 (20.51%) Internal Audit
5 7 (17.95%) Risk Management
6 6 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (12.82%) Impact Assessments
7 5 (12.82%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (12.82%) SIEM
8 4 (10.26%) Data Privacy
8 4 (10.26%) Information Management
8 4 (10.26%) IT Audit
8 4 (10.26%) Risk Register
9 3 (7.69%) Data Loss Prevention
9 3 (7.69%) Decision-Making
9 3 (7.69%) Incident Response
9 3 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
10 2 (5.13%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (41.03%) CISM
2 12 (30.77%) CISA
3 9 (23.08%) CISSP
4 2 (5.13%) CASP
4 2 (5.13%) CEH
4 2 (5.13%) CompTIA CySA+
4 2 (5.13%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (5.13%) CRISC
4 2 (5.13%) Degree
4 2 (5.13%) HNC
4 2 (5.13%) HND
5 1 (2.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (41.03%) GDPR
3 9 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (23.08%) NIST
4 7 (17.95%) GRC
5 4 (10.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (10.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (10.26%) PCI DSS
5 4 (10.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (5.13%) COBIT
6 2 (5.13%) FISMA
6 2 (5.13%) GLBA
6 2 (5.13%) HIPAA
6 2 (5.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (5.13%) SOC 2
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 2 (5.13%) Apple
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft
1 2 (5.13%) VMware
2 1 (2.56%) ESRI