Information Specialist Jobs in the North of England

Information Specialist
England > North of England

The median Information Specialist salary in the North of England is £45,061 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 402 418 455
Rank change year-on-year +16 +37 -86
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Specialist 10 5 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.050% 0.032% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.036% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 10 5 12
10th Percentile £36,000 £48,000 £45,375
25th Percentile £37,494 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,061 £65,000 £55,750
Median % change year-on-year -30.68% +16.59% +29.12%
75th Percentile £56,129 - £80,000
90th Percentile £59,000 - -
England median annual salary £51,311 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -21.06% +13.04% -8.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 19,059 14,033 18,223
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 89.31% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 14,336 7,943 10,955
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,649 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Information Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Information Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Information Specialist in the North of England

Information Specialist
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Specialist in the North of England.

Salary trend for Information Specialist in the North of England

Information Specialist
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Specialist in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Specialist in the North of England

Information Specialist
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Specialist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
North West -18 7 £45,000 -14.29% 1
North East - 3 £45,122 -
Information Specialist
England

Information Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 across the North of England region featuring Information Specialist in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Information Security
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) EDI
3 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Static Application Security Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Application Security
4 2 (20.00%) Offensive Security
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Register
4 2 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 2 (20.00%) Data Collection
4 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (20.00%) Budgeting
4 2 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (20.00%) Single Customer View
4 2 (20.00%) Personalization
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (20.00%) Persona Development
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (20.00%) NIST

Information Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Wireshark
1 2 (20.00%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) GIS
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) EDI
2 1 (10.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Information Security
2 4 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity Planning
3 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Coaching
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (20.00%) Data Security
3 2 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (20.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (20.00%) ISMS
3 2 (20.00%) OWASP
3 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (20.00%) Security Management
3 2 (20.00%) Single Customer View
3 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (20.00%) NIST
2 2 (20.00%) TickIT
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft