Information Manager Jobs

Information Manager
UK

The median Information Manager salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 590 780 951
Rank change year-on-year +190 +171 -171
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Manager 346 168 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.18% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.19% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 247 148 257
10th Percentile £35,000 £50,049 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,001 £59,688 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +11.54% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,875 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £87,200
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -17.86% +12.00% +8.70%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
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 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

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 1 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 1 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 +182 311 £65,000 -10.34% 83
UK excluding London +68 212 £57,500 -17.86% 54
London +174 113 £68,500 -14.38% 37
Work from Home +42 78 £50,001 -25.92% 25
South West 0 58 £68,500 -3.86% 4
North of England +71 55 £55,000 -18.52% 8
Midlands +1 39 £60,000 -22.58% 15
North West +29 37 £55,000 -18.52% 3
West Midlands -7 28 £56,225 -27.45% 11
South East -1 27 £55,000 -21.43% 8
East of England - 19 £73,750 - 10
Yorkshire +69 17 £43,742 -38.61% 3
East Midlands -11 11 £70,000 +7.69% 4
Scotland -65 9 £45,190 -30.48% 10
Wales +10 5 £50,001 -12.33% 1
North East -11 1 £30,000 -42.31% 2

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 130 (37.57%) Information Security
2 119 (34.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 88 (25.43%) Cybersecurity
4 77 (22.25%) Risk Management
5 65 (18.79%) Security Management
6 61 (17.63%) Information Assurance
7 59 (17.05%) CISSP
8 55 (15.90%) Security Cleared
9 53 (15.32%) SC Cleared
10 51 (14.74%) Management Information System
11 50 (14.45%) CISM
11 50 (14.45%) Information Management
12 47 (13.58%) Social Skills
13 41 (11.85%) Legal
14 38 (10.98%) Stakeholder Management
14 38 (10.98%) Data Protection
15 37 (10.69%) Degree
16 36 (10.40%) Microsoft
17 35 (10.12%) NIST
18 32 (9.25%) Finance
19 31 (8.96%) NCSC
20 30 (8.67%) Cyberattack
21 29 (8.38%) GDPR
21 29 (8.38%) Strategic Thinking
21 29 (8.38%) Business Continuity
21 29 (8.38%) Security Posture
22 27 (7.80%) Incident Response
22 27 (7.80%) Cyber Essentials
23 26 (7.51%) Information Security Management
24 25 (7.23%) Roadmaps

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 (1.73%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (2.02%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 16 (4.62%) Azure
2 6 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (0.87%) SaaS
4 2 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (0.58%) Mimecast
5 1 (0.29%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.29%) IaaS
5 1 (0.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.73%) Firewall
2 5 (1.45%) Network Security
3 1 (0.29%) Intranet
3 1 (0.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (0.87%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.29%) Metadata
4 1 (0.29%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.29%) JIRA
General
1 47 (13.58%) Social Skills
2 41 (11.85%) Legal
3 32 (9.25%) Finance
4 24 (6.94%) Law
5 21 (6.07%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.76%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.45%) Retail
10 4 (1.16%) Advertising
10 4 (1.16%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.16%) Marketing
11 2 (0.58%) Automotive
11 2 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.29%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.29%) Billing
12 1 (0.29%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.29%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.16%) OAuth
1 4 (1.16%) SAML
2 2 (0.58%) EDI
3 1 (0.29%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 51 (14.74%) Management Information System
2 30 (8.67%) Cyberattack
3 29 (8.38%) Security Posture
4 8 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (2.02%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 6 (1.73%) NHS
6 6 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.16%) Freedom of Information
8 4 (1.16%) Taxonomies
9 3 (0.87%) Fat Client
9 3 (0.87%) Thin Client
9 3 (0.87%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.58%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.58%) CCTV
10 2 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.29%) CESG
11 1 (0.29%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (37.57%) Information Security
2 88 (25.43%) Cybersecurity
3 77 (22.25%) Risk Management
4 65 (18.79%) Security Management
5 61 (17.63%) Information Assurance
6 50 (14.45%) Information Management
7 38 (10.98%) Data Protection
7 38 (10.98%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (8.38%) Business Continuity
8 29 (8.38%) Strategic Thinking
9 27 (7.80%) Incident Response
10 26 (7.51%) Information Security Management
11 25 (7.23%) Roadmaps
12 23 (6.65%) Information Governance
12 23 (6.65%) Matrix Organization
13 20 (5.78%) Asset Management
13 20 (5.78%) Digital Strategy
14 18 (5.20%) Security Architecture
15 17 (4.91%) ISMS
15 17 (4.91%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.73%) SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (17.05%) CISSP
2 55 (15.90%) Security Cleared
3 53 (15.32%) SC Cleared
4 50 (14.45%) CISM
5 37 (10.69%) Degree
6 23 (6.65%) CESG Certified Professional
7 15 (4.34%) Master's Degree
8 14 (4.05%) CISA
9 10 (2.89%) CRISC
10 5 (1.45%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.45%) Postgraduate
11 4 (1.16%) CISMP
11 4 (1.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (1.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (1.16%) ISSMP
12 3 (0.87%) CEH
12 3 (0.87%) CGEIT
12 3 (0.87%) CompTIA CySA+
12 3 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.29%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (34.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (10.12%) NIST
3 31 (8.96%) NCSC
4 29 (8.38%) GDPR
5 27 (7.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 17 (4.91%) GRC
7 15 (4.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 12 (3.47%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.45%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.58%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.29%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 36 (10.40%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.45%) Cisco
2 5 (1.45%) Kenna
3 4 (1.16%) Citrix
3 4 (1.16%) Datix
3 4 (1.16%) Dell
3 4 (1.16%) Qualys
4 1 (0.29%) Autodesk