Informatics Contracts in England

Informatics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Informatics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Informatics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 513 587
Rank change year-on-year +37 +74 +91
Contract jobs citing Informatics 9 29 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.037% 0.078% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.090% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 33
10th Percentile - £221 £152
25th Percentile £379 £295 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £413 £307
Median % change year-on-year -1.21% +34.36% -20.77%
75th Percentile £437 £521 £538
90th Percentile £437 £561 £645
UK median daily rate £408 £390 £270
% change year-on-year +4.55% +44.35% -28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £18.03 £24.06
25th Percentile - £22.33 £24.16
Median hourly rate - £24.65 £24.63
Median % change year-on-year - +0.10% +207.81%
75th Percentile - £26.98 £25.41
90th Percentile - - £25.69
UK median hourly rate - £24.65 £24.63
% change year-on-year - +0.10% +207.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Informatics 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Informatics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Informatics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Informatics in England

Informatics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Informatics in England.

Daily rate trend for Informatics in England

Informatics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Informatics in England.

Hourly rate trend for Informatics in England

Informatics
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Informatics within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Midlands +20 5 - - 20
West Midlands +14 5 - - 11
East of England +26 2 £408 +32.96% 19
South East - 1 - - 35
Informatics
UK

Informatics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (22.22%) SAS
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) CATIA
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (22.22%) Hadoop
1 2 (22.22%) Text Mining
2 1 (11.11%) Big Data
2 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
General
1 7 (77.78%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Automotive
2 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 5 (55.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Information Scientist
1 2 (22.22%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) CAD Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Management Information System
2 5 (55.56%) Industry 4.0
2 5 (55.56%) IoT
3 2 (22.22%) Life Science
4 1 (11.11%) PACS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Business Transformation
1 6 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Analytical Thinking
2 5 (55.56%) CAFM
2 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (55.56%) Data Architecture
2 5 (55.56%) Energy Management
2 5 (55.56%) Facilities Management
2 5 (55.56%) Process Management
3 3 (33.33%) Health Informatics
4 2 (22.22%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Benchmarking
4 2 (22.22%) Data Science
4 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) Ontologies
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Visual Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Python
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) MATLAB
3 1 (11.11%) C++
3 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (22.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) DICOM
1 1 (11.11%) HL7
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft