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Information & Communication Salary in Scotland — 2025

Information and Communication (SIC 2007 Section J) · Full-time employees · April 2025 · ONS ASHE Table 5.7a

What is the median salary for Information & Communication workers in Scotland?

Full-time workers in the Information and Communication sector (SIC J) in Scotland earn a median of £43,801 per year (April 2025, ONS ASHE Table 5.7a) — −16.2% the UK Information & Communication median of £52,264 and above the UK all-industry median of £39,039. GeraJobs re-dates annually on ONS ASHE release.

Gera Sector Pay Gap Index

Scotland Information & Communication median (£43,801) vs UK Information & Communication median (£52,264). Ranked #10 of 11 regions for this sector.

How this is calculated
Scotland: −16.2% vs UK sector median

Scotland median

£43,801

Full-time · ONS ASHE Table 5.7a · April 2025

UK sector median

£52,264

ONS ASHE Table 4.7a · April 2025

Regional pay gap

−16.2%

Scotland vs UK Information & Communication median · Rank #10/11

Information & Communication salary — all regions compared

RankRegionMedian (full-time)vs UK sector
#1London£61,191+17.1%
#2South East£56,269+7.7%
#3East of England£52,108−0.3%
#4West Midlands£48,119−7.9%
#5South West£48,012−8.1%
#6North West£46,890−10.3%
#7East Midlands£45,033−13.8%
#8Yorkshire and The Humber£45,028−13.8%
#9North East£45,012−13.9%
#10Scotland£43,801−16.2%
#11Wales£43,010−17.7%
UKUK national£52,264benchmark

Source: ONS ASHE Table 5.7a, full-time employees, April 2025 (OGL v3.0). Regions with ONS CV > 20% are suppressed and excluded.

Sector Pay Benchmarker

Select an industry and optionally a UK region to see real ONS median pay vs the UK benchmark.

UK Information & Communication median

£52,264

Full-time, April 2025 · ONS ASHE Table 4.7a

Gera Sector Pay Gap Index

+33.9%

vs UK all-industry median £39,039

Sector rank

#3 / 19

By UK full-time median pay

Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), Table 4.7a (UK) + Table 5.7a (regional), full-time employees, April 2025 provisional (OGL v3.0). Only cells ONS publishes without suppression (CV ≤ 20%) are shown. Gera Sector Pay Gap Index = (sectorMedian − ukAllMedian) / ukAllMedian × 100.

Information & Communication salary in Scotland — FAQ

How much do Information & Communication workers earn in Scotland?
Full-time Information and Communication employees in Scotland earn a median of £43,801 per year in April 2025, according to ONS ASHE Table 5.7a (OGL v3.0). This is 16.2% below the UK Information & Communication sector median of £52,264.
Is Scotland above or below the national average for Information & Communication pay?
Scotland Information & Communication pay (£43,801) is 16.2% below the UK sector median of £52,264. Ranked 10 out of 11 UK regions with unsuppressed ONS data for this sector. Figures: ONS ASHE Table 5.7a, April 2025.
Which region pays the most for Information & Communication in the UK?
London has the highest full-time median for Information and Communication in the UK at £61,191, based on 11 regions ONS publishes without suppression. Source: ONS ASHE Table 5.7a, April 2025 (OGL v3.0).

Get Scotland Information & Communication salary data on next ONS update

ASHE updates annually. We'll send the refreshed regional sector pay data when ONS publishes.

Information & Communication salary in other UK regions

Source: Office for National Statistics — Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), ASHE Table 5.7a (annual pay gross, region × 2-digit SIC, Full-Time). April 2025 (provisional) reference period. Released 2025-10-23. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Regional pay gap computed by GeraJobs as (regionMedian − ukSectorMedian) / ukSectorMedian × 100; no figure modelled or interpolated.

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