Records Management Contracts in England

Records Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Records Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Records Management over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 469 540
Rank change year-on-year +8 +71 +183
Contract jobs citing Records Management 46 72 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.20% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.23% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 33 70
10th Percentile £277 £140 £375
25th Percentile £384 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -13.64% +1.48%
75th Percentile £528 £518 £588
90th Percentile £673 £628 £743
UK median daily rate £465 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -2.11% -13.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 1
10th Percentile - £19.38 -
25th Percentile £15.13 £26.19 £30.75
Median hourly rate £15.25 £45.00 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -66.11% +42.86% +84.43%
75th Percentile £17.41 £47.50 £32.25
90th Percentile £39.70 £61.25 -
UK median hourly rate £15.25 £45.00 £22.48
% change year-on-year -66.11% +100.20% +31.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Records 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 24,651 31,309 42,892
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.65% 85.64% 89.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,798 20,359 30,046
10th Percentile £300 £308 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £645 £669
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,312 2,212 1,521
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.25 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -8.14% +59.62%
75th Percentile £54.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.70 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.00
% change year-on-year -34.02% -4.70% +50.94%

Records Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Records Management in England

Records Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Records Management in England

Records Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Records Management in England over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Records Management in England

Records Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Records Management in England

Records Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Records Management in England over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Records Management in England

Records Management
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 Records Management within the England region over the 6 months to 16 July 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 +39 23 £500 +5.26% 37
South East +46 10 £375 -36.17% 14
South West +39 7 £193 -71.48% 20
West Midlands +4 2 £350 -22.22% 3
Midlands +2 2 £350 -22.22% 7
North of England -24 2 £414 -10.43% 11
Yorkshire +3 1 £438 +2.94% 4
North West -21 1 £391 -17.68% 7
Records Management
UK

Records 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 20 (43.48%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.70%) CMS
3 1 (2.17%) Alfresco
3 1 (2.17%) Apache Solr
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (15.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (15.22%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (4.35%) Windchill
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 10 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (17.39%) Power Platform
3 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Purview
4 4 (8.70%) Dropbox
5 3 (6.52%) Azure
6 2 (4.35%) Google Drive
6 2 (4.35%) Google Workspace
6 2 (4.35%) OneDrive
6 2 (4.35%) PowerApps
6 2 (4.35%) SaaS
7 1 (2.17%) Asana
7 1 (2.17%) AWS
7 1 (2.17%) Azure Storage
7 1 (2.17%) Collibra
7 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.17%) GCP
7 1 (2.17%) Google Docs
7 1 (2.17%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.17%) Serverless
7 1 (2.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.17%) DKIM
1 1 (2.17%) DMARC
1 1 (2.17%) DNS
1 1 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (21.74%) Metadata
2 6 (13.04%) Power BI
3 1 (2.17%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.17%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.17%) OLAP
3 1 (2.17%) OLTP
3 1 (2.17%) Oracle OLAP
3 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) ERwin
1 1 (2.17%) JIRA
1 1 (2.17%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (2.17%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 16 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Public Sector
3 5 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.87%) Legal
4 4 (8.70%) Police
5 3 (6.52%) Law
6 2 (4.35%) Aerospace
6 2 (4.35%) Finance
6 2 (4.35%) Local Government
7 1 (2.17%) Advertising
7 1 (2.17%) Aviation
7 1 (2.17%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.17%) Military
7 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (23.91%) Administrator
2 7 (15.22%) Information Manager
3 4 (8.70%) Consultant
3 4 (8.70%) Records Management Specialist
4 3 (6.52%) Architect
4 3 (6.52%) Senior
4 3 (6.52%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (4.35%) Analyst
5 2 (4.35%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.35%) Business Information Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Business Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Configuration Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Configuration Management Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Developer
5 2 (4.35%) Knowledge Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Management Consultant
5 2 (4.35%) Project Officer
5 2 (4.35%) Records Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Senior Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) OAuth
1 1 (2.17%) OLE
1 1 (2.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.74%) Management Information System
1 10 (21.74%) Taxonomies
2 7 (15.22%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (15.22%) Freedom of Information
3 6 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (6.52%) Onboarding
4 3 (6.52%) Product Ownership
5 2 (4.35%) Virtual Team
6 1 (2.17%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (2.17%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) Data Protection
2 14 (30.43%) Information Governance
3 13 (28.26%) Information Management
4 10 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (21.74%) Data Governance
4 10 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (17.39%) Customer Service
6 7 (15.22%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (15.22%) Migration
6 7 (15.22%) Risk Management
7 6 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (13.04%) Process Management
7 6 (13.04%) Service Delivery
8 5 (10.87%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (10.87%) Change Management
8 5 (10.87%) Data Management
8 5 (10.87%) Decision-Making
8 5 (10.87%) Project Management
8 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.35%) SQL
2 1 (2.17%) Assembly Language
2 1 (2.17%) C
2 1 (2.17%) PL/SQL
2 1 (2.17%) Python
2 1 (2.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (32.61%) Security Cleared
2 12 (26.09%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.52%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.17%) Degree
4 1 (2.17%) ISEB
4 1 (2.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.91%) GDPR
2 3 (6.52%) PMO
3 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (2.17%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.35%) Google
3 1 (2.17%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (2.17%) Informatica
3 1 (2.17%) Oracle
3 1 (2.17%) Sparx
3 1 (2.17%) Wind River