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 25 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 53 52
Rank change year-on-year +29 -1 -28
Contract jobs citing Management Information System 56 14 18
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 7.11% 2.17% 2.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 18.60% 8.05% 6.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 12
10th Percentile £265 £265 £451
25th Percentile £400 £463 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £602
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -10.69% +33.75%
75th Percentile £575 £731 £658
90th Percentile - £750 £663
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £604
% change year-on-year -2.44% -15.11% +27.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile - £20.65 £15.77
25th Percentile £22.50 £20.88 £18.23
Median hourly rate £23.00 £21.50 £24.65
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% -12.78% +21.55%
75th Percentile £23.54 £21.88 £26.98
90th Percentile £23.56 £21.95 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.00 £22.00 £24.65
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.75% +22.39%

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 301 174 264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 38.20% 26.98% 36.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 116 151
10th Percentile £211 £156 £263
25th Percentile £400 £397 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% +16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £540 £650 £575
90th Percentile £625 £700 £663
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.29% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 18
10th Percentile £17.20 £18.80 £19.87
25th Percentile £18.70 £22.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.45 £52.75
Median % change year-on-year -38.03% -42.27% +199.04%
75th Percentile £23.50 £55.25 £67.50
90th Percentile £23.57 £57.80 £67.88
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.03 £23.60 £23.00
% change year-on-year +1.80% +2.61% +25.24%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Management Information System in Birmingham over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Management Information System in Birmingham

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:

Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.57%) Azure
2 1 (1.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (50.00%) DNS
1 28 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 28 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 17 (30.36%) DMZ
3 16 (28.57%) BIG-IP
3 16 (28.57%) HTTP
3 16 (28.57%) SSL
3 16 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 16 (28.57%) Wireshark
4 13 (23.21%) Network Security
5 1 (1.79%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (25.00%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.79%) EDMS
2 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (28.57%) Fiddler
2 1 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 32 (57.14%) Banking
1 32 (57.14%) Investment Banking
2 15 (26.79%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (26.79%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.71%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.14%) Finance
5 2 (3.57%) Legal
6 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.79%) Military
Job Titles
1 16 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 14 (25.00%) Site Engineer
2 14 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
2 14 (25.00%) Splunk Engineer
3 12 (21.43%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 12 (21.43%) IP Network Engineer
3 12 (21.43%) Operations Engineer
3 12 (21.43%) Web Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) Architect
5 4 (7.14%) Analyst
5 4 (7.14%) Automation Engineer
5 4 (7.14%) Payments Architect
5 4 (7.14%) Payments Solutions Architect
5 4 (7.14%) Python Engineer
5 4 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.36%) IT Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Junior
6 3 (5.36%) Junior Network Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Service Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (25.00%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (7.14%) Middleware
3 1 (1.79%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.57%) Educational Technology
2 2 (3.57%) Learning Management System
2 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.79%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (26.79%) Linux
1 15 (26.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 19 (33.93%) Migration
3 17 (30.36%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (26.79%) Change Management
4 15 (26.79%) Data Modelling
4 15 (26.79%) Incident Response
4 15 (26.79%) Proactive Monitoring
5 14 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 14 (25.00%) Containerisation
5 14 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
5 14 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
5 14 (25.00%) DevOps
5 14 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 14 (25.00%) Observability
5 14 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
5 14 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 14 (25.00%) Validation
6 12 (21.43%) Business Strategy
6 12 (21.43%) Data Loss Prevention
6 12 (21.43%) Malware Detection/Protection
Programming Languages
1 19 (33.93%) Python
2 14 (25.00%) Bash
3 2 (3.57%) SQL
4 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (30.36%) Degree
2 14 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.57%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.57%) PMP
4 1 (1.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (25.00%) Docker
3 12 (21.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (33.93%) Ansible
2 14 (25.00%) Kibana
2 14 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 14 (25.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 28 (50.00%) F5
2 24 (42.86%) VMware
3 16 (28.57%) Blue Coat
3 16 (28.57%) McAfee
3 16 (28.57%) NetApp
4 14 (25.00%) Splunk
5 2 (3.57%) Progress
6 1 (1.79%) Databricks