Management Information System Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Management Information Systems
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Management Information System in contract job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Management Information System over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 41 47
Rank change year-on-year +14 +6 -12
Contract jobs citing Management Information System 49 19 18
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 5.39% 3.23% 2.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 19.92% 8.44% 9.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 16
10th Percentile - £350 £375
25th Percentile £750 £525 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% +4.55% +25.71%
75th Percentile £850 £602 £575
90th Percentile - £627 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £544 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.14% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £24.67 -
25th Percentile - £27.89 £20.50
Median hourly rate - £33.53 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - +59.64% +47.16%
75th Percentile - £38.89 £21.50
90th Percentile - £41.96 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £13.75 £33.53 £33.93
% change year-on-year -58.99% -1.19% +137.77%

All Generic Skills
Birmingham

Management Information System falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 246 225 188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 27.06% 38.20% 26.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 152 112
10th Percentile £299 £243 £191
25th Percentile £413 £363 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £461 £506
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -8.89% +6.58%
75th Percentile £625 £538 £675
90th Percentile £710 £600 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -1.55% -9.09% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 6
10th Percentile £16.13 - £19.50
25th Percentile £25.44 - £27.88
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -63.54% +66.72%
75th Percentile £49.43 - £56.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £35.83 £56.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £31.96 £30.88
% change year-on-year +6.37% +3.50% +12.27%

Management Information System
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Management Information System relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Management Information System job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Management Information System
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Management Information System.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Management Information System

Management Information System
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Management Information System.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Management Information System

Management Information System
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (6.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.04%) AutoCAD
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.04%) Navisworks
1 1 (2.04%) ProjectWise
1 1 (2.04%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) NetSuite
1 2 (4.08%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (4.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.04%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.33%) Power Platform
2 6 (12.24%) Entra ID
2 6 (12.24%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (10.20%) Azure
4 3 (6.12%) AWS
4 3 (6.12%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (6.12%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.04%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (44.90%) DNS
1 22 (44.90%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 22 (44.90%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 15 (30.61%) BIG-IP
2 15 (30.61%) HTTP
2 15 (30.61%) SSL
2 15 (30.61%) TCP/IP
2 15 (30.61%) Wireshark
3 7 (14.29%) DMZ
3 7 (14.29%) Network Security
4 1 (2.04%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.04%) WAN
4 1 (2.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (30.61%) Fiddler
2 1 (2.04%) Git
General
1 26 (53.06%) Banking
1 26 (53.06%) Investment Banking
2 13 (26.53%) Finance
3 5 (10.20%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.16%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Law
5 1 (2.04%) Marketing
5 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (30.61%) Blue Coat Engineer
1 15 (30.61%) IP Network Engineer
1 15 (30.61%) Network Engineer
1 15 (30.61%) Web Engineer
2 8 (16.33%) Architect
2 8 (16.33%) Payments Architect
2 8 (16.33%) Payments Solutions Architect
2 8 (16.33%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (14.29%) VMware Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) PowerShell Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Senior
6 3 (6.12%) Cisco Voice Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Senior Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Voice Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Web Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (16.33%) Middleware
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (2.04%) Django
3 1 (2.04%) Flask
3 1 (2.04%) JSON
3 1 (2.04%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.12%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (2.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.08%) Apple iOS
1 2 (4.08%) Mac OS
1 2 (4.08%) Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.90%) Load Balancing
2 15 (30.61%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (30.61%) Data Loss Prevention
2 15 (30.61%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 13 (26.53%) Agile
4 11 (22.45%) Waterfall
5 9 (18.37%) Migration
6 8 (16.33%) Architectural Design
6 8 (16.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 8 (16.33%) SDLC
7 7 (14.29%) Information Security
7 7 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (12.24%) ITSM
8 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (10.20%) Analytics
9 5 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (10.20%) Business Strategy
9 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (10.20%) ERP
9 5 (10.20%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.20%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.12%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (12.24%) Degree
2 3 (6.12%) Master's Degree
2 3 (6.12%) PMI Certification
2 3 (6.12%) PMP
3 2 (4.08%) AWS Certification
3 2 (4.08%) CISSP
4 1 (2.04%) ACCA
4 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.04%) CIMA
4 1 (2.04%) CIPFA
4 1 (2.04%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) NIST
1 3 (6.12%) PCI DSS
2 2 (4.08%) GRC
3 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.04%) ISO 19650
3 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.04%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (44.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (30.61%) Firmware
3 3 (6.12%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 22 (44.90%) F5
1 22 (44.90%) VMware
2 15 (30.61%) Blue Coat
2 15 (30.61%) McAfee
2 15 (30.61%) NetApp
3 9 (18.37%) Microsoft
4 6 (12.24%) Splunk
5 3 (6.12%) Cisco
5 3 (6.12%) Palo Alto
5 3 (6.12%) Ribbon
5 3 (6.12%) SAP
6 2 (4.08%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (4.08%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (4.08%) Remedy
6 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.04%) Autodesk
7 1 (2.04%) LogRhythm
7 1 (2.04%) Qualys