Information Management Contracts

Information Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Information Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Management over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 399 433 494
Rank change year-on-year +34 +61 -44
Contract jobs citing Information Management 202 301 415
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.51% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.57% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 214 291
10th Percentile £350 £301 £319
25th Percentile £430 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% +9.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £475
% change year-on-year +2.44% +7.89% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 6
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.50 £15.09
25th Percentile £20.50 £35.00 £15.82
Median hourly rate £35.00 £51.00 £16.82
Median % change year-on-year -31.37% +203.21% -24.70%
75th Percentile £71.25 £66.00 £19.98
90th Percentile £77.00 - £32.42
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.25 £56.50 £16.82
% change year-on-year -41.15% +235.91% -15.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Information Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,268 53,074 80,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,016 36,805 56,451
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,749 1,911
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Information Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Information Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Management in the UK

Information Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Management.

Daily rate trend for Information Management in the UK

Information Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Management over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Management in the UK

Information Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Management.

Hourly rate trend for Information Management in the UK

Information Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Management over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Management in the UK

Information Management
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Management within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +38 169 £525 -4.55% 226
UK excluding London +31 112 £525 +2.44% 171
Work from Home +102 88 £550 - 70
London +61 68 £519 -5.68% 72
South East +11 32 £480 -12.73% 36
North of England +39 22 £500 -4.76% 52
North West +41 21 £500 -13.04% 22
Midlands +32 21 £550 +4.76% 20
West Midlands +28 21 £550 +4.76% 11
South West +2 20 £525 +1.79% 21
Wales - 10 £535 - 3
Scotland +29 6 £375 - 16
East of England +12 2 £525 +75.00% 23
Yorkshire +17 1 - - 16

Information Management
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 31 (15.35%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.97%) Confluence
3 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.99%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.99%) CMS
4 2 (0.99%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.99%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.99%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.50%) Apache
5 1 (0.50%) IIS
5 1 (0.50%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.50%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (8.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.98%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.98%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.99%) Revit
5 1 (0.50%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.50%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 3 (1.49%) MIS ActiveH
1 3 (1.49%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.99%) SAP Hybris
2 2 (0.99%) SAP PS
2 2 (0.99%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.50%) OPENHousing
3 1 (0.50%) SmartPlant
Cloud Services
1 17 (8.42%) Power Platform
2 11 (5.45%) Azure
3 7 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (1.98%) GitHub
4 4 (1.98%) iPaaS
5 3 (1.49%) AWS
5 3 (1.49%) Salsify
5 3 (1.49%) Serverless
6 2 (0.99%) Adobe Analytics
6 2 (0.99%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.99%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 2 (0.99%) Veeva
7 1 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.50%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.50%) OCI
7 1 (0.50%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.46%) DHCP
1 9 (4.46%) DNS
2 8 (3.96%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.98%) Intranet
3 4 (1.98%) SAN
4 3 (1.49%) Firewall
5 2 (0.99%) BGP
5 2 (0.99%) DDNS
5 2 (0.99%) DSL
5 2 (0.99%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.99%) IPsec
5 2 (0.99%) ISDN
5 2 (0.99%) LAN
5 2 (0.99%) MPLS
5 2 (0.99%) OSPF
5 2 (0.99%) SSL
5 2 (0.99%) TACACS
5 2 (0.99%) VoIP
5 2 (0.99%) WAN
5 2 (0.99%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.92%) Power BI
2 15 (7.43%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (7.43%) Metadata
3 10 (4.95%) Relational Database
4 8 (3.96%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.97%) Big Data
5 6 (2.97%) Data Mining
5 6 (2.97%) Tableau
6 5 (2.48%) Electronic Patient Records
7 4 (1.98%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.98%) MySQL
7 4 (1.98%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.98%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.49%) OLAP
8 3 (1.49%) OLTP
9 2 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.99%) GIS
9 2 (0.99%) Metadata Repository
10 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.97%) JIRA
2 2 (0.99%) Artifactory
2 2 (0.99%) CircleCI
2 2 (0.99%) Git
2 2 (0.99%) kappa
2 2 (0.99%) RStudio
3 1 (0.50%) TestComplete
3 1 (0.50%) Zephyr
General
1 41 (20.30%) Social Skills
2 31 (15.35%) Finance
3 28 (13.86%) Public Sector
4 22 (10.89%) Legal
5 18 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (6.93%) Banking
7 8 (3.96%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.97%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.48%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.98%) Advertising
11 4 (1.98%) Billing
11 4 (1.98%) International Banking
11 4 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.98%) Retail
12 3 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.49%) Local Government
12 3 (1.49%) Military
13 2 (0.99%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 28 (13.86%) Analyst
2 21 (10.40%) Architect
3 15 (7.43%) Senior
4 14 (6.93%) Lead
5 13 (6.44%) Consultant
6 11 (5.45%) Data Architect
7 10 (4.95%) Business Analyst
7 10 (4.95%) Data Analyst
8 9 (4.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (3.96%) Developer
9 8 (3.96%) Information Officer
10 7 (3.47%) Information Governance Officer
10 7 (3.47%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.47%) Principal Engineer
10 7 (3.47%) Support Officer
11 6 (2.97%) Change Manager
11 6 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (2.48%) Administrator
12 5 (2.48%) Data Modeller
12 5 (2.48%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.98%) HTML
2 3 (1.49%) JSON
2 3 (1.49%) RESTful
2 3 (1.49%) Web Services
3 2 (0.99%) CSS
3 2 (0.99%) Node.js
3 2 (0.99%) XML
4 1 (0.50%) .NET
4 1 (0.50%) OAuth
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.50%) REST
4 1 (0.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (29.21%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.93%) LIMS
3 10 (4.95%) Operational Technology
4 7 (3.47%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.97%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.97%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.97%) Life Science
5 6 (2.97%) NHS
5 6 (2.97%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.48%) Freedom of Information
6 5 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.49%) PKI
7 3 (1.49%) Robotics
7 3 (1.49%) State Machine
7 3 (1.49%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.99%) PACS
8 2 (0.99%) Smartcard
8 2 (0.99%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.44%) Windows
2 10 (4.95%) Linux
2 10 (4.95%) Unix
3 7 (3.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (3.47%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.99%) Android
4 2 (0.99%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (18.32%) Data Management
2 32 (15.84%) Business Intelligence
3 28 (13.86%) Migration
4 27 (13.37%) Analytics
5 26 (12.87%) Change Management
5 26 (12.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 25 (12.38%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (12.38%) Product Information Management
7 24 (11.88%) Data Architecture
8 23 (11.39%) Data Modelling
8 23 (11.39%) Information Security
8 23 (11.39%) Project Management
9 22 (10.89%) Data Governance
10 21 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (9.41%) Data Protection
11 19 (9.41%) Service Management
12 17 (8.42%) Project Delivery
12 17 (8.42%) Visualisation
13 16 (7.92%) Master Data Management
13 16 (7.92%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.95%) C#
2 9 (4.46%) SQL
3 8 (3.96%) Java
4 5 (2.48%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.48%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.98%) Python
6 2 (0.99%) Bash
6 2 (0.99%) PHP
6 2 (0.99%) R
7 1 (0.50%) ABAP
7 1 (0.50%) C
7 1 (0.50%) C++
7 1 (0.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 43 (21.29%) Security Cleared
2 26 (12.87%) SC Cleared
3 25 (12.38%) Degree
3 25 (12.38%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (1.49%) CTC Cleared
4 3 (1.49%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.99%) A+ Certification
5 2 (0.99%) CISSP
5 2 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (0.99%) MCITP
5 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.50%) CEH
6 1 (0.50%) CITP
6 1 (0.50%) GCIA
6 1 (0.50%) GCIH
6 1 (0.50%) GIAC
6 1 (0.50%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.38%) Data Quality
2 13 (6.44%) PMO
3 12 (5.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (5.45%) GDPR
4 11 (5.45%) NIST
5 8 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (1.49%) IASME
8 2 (0.99%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.99%) NCSC
8 2 (0.99%) QA
9 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.50%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.50%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (4.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (3.47%) VMware ESXi
2 7 (3.47%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (3.47%) SCCM
1 7 (3.47%) vCenter Server
2 5 (2.48%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.99%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.99%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (0.99%) Terraform
4 1 (0.50%) Ansible
4 1 (0.50%) CASB
4 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (16.83%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.44%) SAP
3 9 (4.46%) InterSystems
3 9 (4.46%) Veeam
3 9 (4.46%) VMware
4 8 (3.96%) Informatica
5 5 (2.48%) Autodesk
6 4 (1.98%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.98%) IFS
7 3 (1.49%) Ariba
7 3 (1.49%) NEC
7 3 (1.49%) Oracle
8 2 (0.99%) Adobe
8 2 (0.99%) Barracuda Networks
8 2 (0.99%) Cerner
8 2 (0.99%) Cisco
8 2 (0.99%) Forcepoint
8 2 (0.99%) Juniper
8 2 (0.99%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.99%) SolarWinds