Information Management Contracts in England

Information Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Information Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Management over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 361 405
Rank change year-on-year -17 +44 +64
Contract jobs citing Information Management 111 172 248
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.46% 0.47% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.55% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 110 162
10th Percentile £325 £350 £304
25th Percentile £459 £432 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.52% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £641 £623 £700
90th Percentile £725 £700 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +5.77% -5.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 10
10th Percentile £30.70 £15.44 £17.50
25th Percentile £53.44 £20.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £27.84 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +126.29% -41.39% +151.92%
75th Percentile £69.00 £42.50 £65.63
90th Percentile £81.01 £72.60 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £63.00 £31.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +100.00% -33.68% +151.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,114 31,426 43,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.28% 86.34% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,436 20,611 30,630
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 2,247 1,533
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.00 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.41 £36.50 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year -22.16% -0.11% +46.16%
75th Percentile £62.24 £60.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.64 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -24.27% +1.39% +40.19%

Information Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Management in England

Information Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Information Management in England

Information Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Management in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Management in England

Information Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Management in England

Information Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Management in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Management in England

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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 Information Management within the England region over the 6 months to 21 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
London +18 48 £475 -7.32% 71
East of England +43 20 £600 +14.29% 14
South West +36 18 £533 +1.52% 14
South East +20 15 £538 +11.98% 37
Midlands +4 5 £575 +4.55% 21
West Midlands -2 5 £575 +4.55% 15
North of England +3 4 £625 +25.00% 32
North West -9 3 £700 +40.00% 21
North East - 1 £550 - 2
Information Management
UK

Information Management
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 8 (7.21%) WebSphere
2 5 (4.50%) CMS
3 4 (3.60%) Drupal
4 2 (1.80%) Confluence
4 2 (1.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (9.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.70%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.90%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.90%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.90%) Revit
5 1 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (4.50%) SAP MDG
1 5 (4.50%) SAP MDG-S
1 5 (4.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.60%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.80%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.90%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.90%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.41%) Salsify
2 5 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.60%) Attraqt
3 4 (3.60%) Azure
3 4 (3.60%) Google Workspace
3 4 (3.60%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.60%) Storyblok
3 4 (3.60%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (2.70%) Alation
4 3 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.70%) Collibra
4 3 (2.70%) GitHub
5 2 (1.80%) AWS
5 2 (1.80%) Boomi
5 2 (1.80%) IaaS
5 2 (1.80%) PaaS
5 2 (1.80%) SaaS
6 1 (0.90%) BigCommerce
6 1 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.91%) SSL
2 10 (9.01%) DNS
2 10 (9.01%) FTP
2 10 (9.01%) HTTP
2 10 (9.01%) Network Security
2 10 (9.01%) SMTP
3 5 (4.50%) Firewall
4 3 (2.70%) Intranet
4 3 (2.70%) Unified Communications
4 3 (2.70%) Wireless
5 2 (1.80%) NAS
5 2 (1.80%) Telepresence
6 1 (0.90%) Extranet
6 1 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.90%) IPsec
6 1 (0.90%) LAN
6 1 (0.90%) MPLS
6 1 (0.90%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.90%) VPN
6 1 (0.90%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.21%) DB2
2 5 (4.50%) Power Query
3 4 (3.60%) Power BI
3 4 (3.60%) SAP HANA
4 3 (2.70%) Metadata
5 1 (0.90%) EDMS
5 1 (0.90%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (5.41%) JIRA
2 3 (2.70%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.90%) Git
3 1 (0.90%) Jenkins
General
1 45 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.12%) Public Sector
3 18 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (13.51%) Finance
5 11 (9.91%) Law
6 8 (7.21%) Manufacturing
7 7 (6.31%) Retail
8 6 (5.41%) Legal
8 6 (5.41%) Marketing
9 5 (4.50%) Local Government
10 3 (2.70%) Electronics
10 3 (2.70%) Police
10 3 (2.70%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.80%) Back Office
11 2 (1.80%) Billing
11 2 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.90%) Military
12 1 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (20.72%) Analyst
2 18 (16.22%) Architect
3 11 (9.91%) Solutions Architect
4 9 (8.11%) Lead
4 9 (8.11%) SOC Analyst
5 8 (7.21%) Senior
6 7 (6.31%) Business Analyst
6 7 (6.31%) Systems Analyst
6 7 (6.31%) Systems Architect
7 6 (5.41%) Data Steward
7 6 (5.41%) Delivery Manager
7 6 (5.41%) Head of Information
7 6 (5.41%) Information Manager
8 5 (4.50%) Head of Information Management
8 5 (4.50%) Information Analyst
8 5 (4.50%) Information Architect
8 5 (4.50%) Information Systems Architect
8 5 (4.50%) Trainer
9 4 (3.60%) Senior Manager
9 4 (3.60%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.81%) LDAP
2 5 (4.50%) .NET
3 1 (0.90%) CSS
3 1 (0.90%) HTML
3 1 (0.90%) jQuery
3 1 (0.90%) MIDP
3 1 (0.90%) NumPy
3 1 (0.90%) Pandas
3 1 (0.90%) SciPy
3 1 (0.90%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (45.95%) Management Information System
2 10 (9.01%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (7.21%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (7.21%) CSOC
3 8 (7.21%) Cyberattack
3 8 (7.21%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (3.60%) Freedom of Information
4 4 (3.60%) Reference Data
5 3 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.70%) LIMS
5 3 (2.70%) NHS
5 3 (2.70%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.80%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.80%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.80%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.90%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.90%) FMCG
7 1 (0.90%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (0.90%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.60%) Windows
2 2 (1.80%) Linux
2 2 (1.80%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.80%) Unix
2 2 (1.80%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.80%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (18.02%) Data Governance
3 19 (17.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (16.22%) Analytics
5 17 (15.32%) Agile
5 17 (15.32%) Data Management
6 16 (14.41%) Product Information Management
7 15 (13.51%) Decision-Making
8 14 (12.61%) Business Case
9 13 (11.71%) Artificial Intelligence
9 13 (11.71%) Roadmaps
10 11 (9.91%) Information Security
10 11 (9.91%) Project Management
10 11 (9.91%) Risk Management
10 11 (9.91%) Service Delivery
11 10 (9.01%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (9.01%) E-Commerce
11 10 (9.01%) Machine Learning
11 10 (9.01%) Threat Detection
12 9 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.01%) SQL
2 3 (2.70%) C++
3 2 (1.80%) Java
3 2 (1.80%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.90%) C#
4 1 (0.90%) PHP
4 1 (0.90%) Python
4 1 (0.90%) Rust
Qualifications
1 39 (35.14%) Security Cleared
2 36 (32.43%) SC Cleared
3 15 (13.51%) Degree
4 9 (8.11%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.41%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (3.60%) SAP Certification
7 3 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.80%) APMG
8 2 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.80%) SAFe Agilist
9 1 (0.90%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.90%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.90%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.51%) Data Quality
2 11 (9.91%) GDPR
3 8 (7.21%) Accessibility
4 4 (3.60%) QA
5 3 (2.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (2.70%) PMO
6 2 (1.80%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (7.21%) Active Directory
1 8 (7.21%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.70%) Terraform
2 2 (1.80%) Ansible
2 2 (1.80%) SELinux
Vendors
1 15 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.71%) SAP
3 8 (7.21%) Informatica
4 4 (3.60%) BiZZdesign
4 4 (3.60%) Google
4 4 (3.60%) Liquidlogic
5 3 (2.70%) Cisco
5 3 (2.70%) Oracle
6 2 (1.80%) Dell
6 2 (1.80%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.80%) Splunk
7 1 (0.90%) Adobe
7 1 (0.90%) F5
7 1 (0.90%) Progress
7 1 (0.90%) Remedy
7 1 (0.90%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.90%) Sitecore