Information Specialist Contracts in Central London

Information Specialist
London > Central London

The median Information Specialist daily rate in Central London is £633 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 178 197
Rank change year-on-year +47 +19 -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Specialist 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.081% 0.052% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.054% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £572 £330 -
25th Percentile £593 £356 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +48.82% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £668 £506 £525
90th Percentile £687 £540 -
London median daily rate £533 £525 £513
% change year-on-year +1.43% +2.44% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 2,351 3,681 4,277
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.26% 95.34% 94.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,676 2,515 3,259
10th Percentile £347 £321 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £560
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +3.57% +6.67%
75th Percentile £683 £725 £675
90th Percentile £789 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 30 50
10th Percentile £19.23 £15.50 £13.74
25th Percentile £21.44 £18.93 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £48.30 £85.33 £62.83
London median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +12.90%

Information Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Information Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Specialist in Central London

Information Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Specialist in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Information Specialist in Central London

Information Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Specialist in Central London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Specialist in Central London

Information Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Specialist within the Central London region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
City of London +43 2 £633 +48.82% 2
Information Specialist
London

Information Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Information Specialist contract 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 contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Information Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) DRM
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Information Management
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
1 1 (50.00%) E-Discovery
1 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management

Information Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
1 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) DRM
1 1 (50.00%) E-Discovery
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Information Management
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) CASB
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft