Information Management Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Information Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Information Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 67 68
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +25
Contract jobs citing Information Management 6 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.79% 0.31% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 0.33% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £240 - £343
25th Percentile £243 - £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.41%
75th Percentile £420 - £531
90th Percentile £468 - £588
Scotland median daily rate £400 - £400
% change year-on-year - - -7.51%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Information Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 643 598 691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 84.61% 93.58% 85.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 298 372
10th Percentile £288 £313 £207
25th Percentile £405 £413 £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £588 £638
Scotland median daily rate £460 £465 £450
% change year-on-year -0.97% +3.22% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 18 21
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.08 £13.21
25th Percentile £15.96 £17.30 £15.00
Median hourly rate £37.88 £17.87 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.95% -0.72% -65.71%
75th Percentile £60.13 £39.40 £24.18
90th Percentile £77.00 £62.38 £55.00
Scotland median hourly rate £17.12 £20.00 £19.59
% change year-on-year -14.40% +2.09% +2.81%

Information Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Information Management job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Information Management
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Information Management

Information Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Management in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Information Management in Edinburgh

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Information Management

Information Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Lead
2 2 (33.33%) Project Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Project Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Business Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 3 (50.00%) Information Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Management
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Business Case
4 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Data Mapping
4 1 (16.67%) Document Management
4 1 (16.67%) Line Management
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Workshops
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft