Information Officer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Information Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Officer salary in the UK excluding London is £42,901 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 749 711 807
Rank change year-on-year -38 +96 -184
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Officer 31 17 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.031% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.035% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 20 16 63
10th Percentile £32,497 £47,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,901 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.50% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £53,500 £72,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £78,500
UK median annual salary £45,802 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -34.57% +33.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Information Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Information Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Officer in the UK excluding London

Information Officer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Officer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Information Officer in the UK excluding London

Information Officer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Officer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Officer in the UK excluding London

Information Officer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London 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
South East -24 9 £47,500 -20.83% 4
Scotland -61 7 £38,750 -35.42% 1
West Midlands -5 6 £35,000 -51.72% 4
Midlands -33 6 £35,000 -50.88% 5
South West -37 4 £67,500 +58.82% 2
Northern Ireland +18 2 £34,628 -37.04%
North of England - 2 £40,000 - 6
North West - 1 £40,000 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
East of England - 1 £40,000 -
Information Officer
UK

Information Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Information Officer in the job title.

1 21 (67.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (64.52%) Information Security
3 18 (58.06%) GDPR
4 13 (41.94%) CISM
5 11 (35.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (32.26%) Data Protection
7 9 (29.03%) CISA
8 8 (25.81%) Internal Audit
9 7 (22.58%) Decision-Making
9 7 (22.58%) NIST
9 7 (22.58%) CISSP
10 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
10 6 (19.35%) Information Management
10 6 (19.35%) Management Information System
10 6 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (19.35%) Information Governance
10 6 (19.35%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (19.35%) Incident Response
11 5 (16.13%) GRC
11 5 (16.13%) PCI DSS
11 5 (16.13%) Penetration Testing
11 5 (16.13%) Business Continuity
11 5 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
12 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
12 4 (12.90%) Project Management
12 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
12 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
12 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
12 4 (12.90%) Azure

Information Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (19.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.90%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) OneDrive
3 3 (9.68%) WhatsApp
4 2 (6.45%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Firewall
1 2 (6.45%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) RDBMS
1 2 (6.45%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (9.68%) Finance
1 3 (9.68%) Law
1 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.45%) Legal
2 2 (6.45%) Local Government
2 2 (6.45%) Publishing
2 2 (6.45%) Retail
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.45%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.45%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
1 2 (6.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (64.52%) Information Security
2 10 (32.26%) Data Protection
3 8 (25.81%) Internal Audit
4 7 (22.58%) Decision-Making
5 6 (19.35%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (19.35%) Incident Response
5 6 (19.35%) Information Governance
5 6 (19.35%) Information Management
6 5 (16.13%) Business Continuity
6 5 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (16.13%) Penetration Testing
7 4 (12.90%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (12.90%) Digital Strategy
7 4 (12.90%) Information Exploitation
7 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (12.90%) Project Management
7 4 (12.90%) Roadmaps
7 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (12.90%) Strategic Roadmap
8 3 (9.68%) Contingency Planning
Qualifications
1 13 (41.94%) CISM
2 9 (29.03%) CISA
3 7 (22.58%) CISSP
4 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
5 3 (9.68%) CEH
5 3 (9.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (6.45%) CRISC
6 2 (6.45%) HNC
6 2 (6.45%) HND
6 2 (6.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (3.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (67.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (58.06%) GDPR
3 11 (35.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (22.58%) NIST
5 5 (16.13%) GRC
5 5 (16.13%) PCI DSS
6 3 (9.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (9.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (9.68%) SOC 2
7 2 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.45%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (6.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Apple
2 2 (6.45%) VMware