Management Information System Contract Job Trends in Reading

Management Information Systems
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Management Information System in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Management Information System over the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 74 57
Rank change year-on-year +26 -17 -4
Contract jobs citing Management Information System 16 21 29
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 2.69% 1.92% 2.65%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.29% 6.14% 9.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 15
10th Percentile £453 £212 £463
25th Percentile £538 £264 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £315 £525
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -40.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £731 £388 £594
90th Percentile £780 £484 £653
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £383 £546
% change year-on-year +50.33% -29.95% +21.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £62.16
25th Percentile - - £62.78
Median hourly rate - - £65.13
75th Percentile - - £70.22
90th Percentile - - £72.49
Berkshire median hourly rate £62.72 £61.50 £72.40
% change year-on-year +1.99% -15.06% -

All Generic Skills
Reading

Management Information System falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 193 342 314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 32.44% 31.32% 28.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 172 222
10th Percentile £350 £326 £210
25th Percentile £443 £447 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £572 £504
Median % change year-on-year -6.21% +13.51% -1.27%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £663 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 5
10th Percentile £33.65 £35.98 £62.37
25th Percentile £48.75 £52.81 £63.29
Median hourly rate £58.00 £59.05 £65.13
Median % change year-on-year -1.78% -9.33% +18.41%
75th Percentile - £63.22 £67.75
90th Percentile - £71.24 £71.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.00 £47.25 £63.29
% change year-on-year +22.76% -25.35% +8.65%

Management Information System
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Management Information System job vacancy trend in Reading

Management Information System
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Management Information System

Management Information System
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Management Information System in Reading over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Management Information System in Reading

Management Information System
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Management Information System

Management Information System
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Google Workspace
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
1 2 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (6.25%) 4G
2 1 (6.25%) Internet
2 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Legal
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Forensic Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Information Security Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Information Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Security Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Head of Information
4 1 (6.25%) Head of Information Security
4 1 (6.25%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Network Support
4 1 (6.25%) Security Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Security Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Security Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (6.25%) JBoss Seam
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (31.25%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (18.75%) Security Posture
3 2 (12.50%) IoT
4 1 (6.25%) CESG
4 1 (6.25%) Clustering
4 1 (6.25%) Insider Threat
4 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Linux
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Mac OS
2 2 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Risk Management
2 8 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 7 (43.75%) Information Security
4 6 (37.50%) Security Operations
5 5 (31.25%) Analytical Thinking
5 5 (31.25%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 5 (31.25%) Security Architecture
5 5 (31.25%) SIEM
5 5 (31.25%) Threat Intelligence
6 4 (25.00%) Behavioural Analysis
6 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (25.00%) Data Privacy
6 4 (25.00%) Forensic Analysis
6 4 (25.00%) Malware Analysis
6 4 (25.00%) Task Automation
6 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
7 3 (18.75%) Digital Forensics
7 3 (18.75%) Information Assurance
7 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 7 (43.75%) CISSP
3 6 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 6 (37.50%) GCFA
3 6 (37.50%) GCIH
4 4 (25.00%) CFCE
4 4 (25.00%) GCIA
4 4 (25.00%) GIAC
5 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (18.75%) Degree
6 2 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (12.50%) CCSP
6 2 (12.50%) CISM
6 2 (12.50%) GCFE
6 2 (12.50%) GREM
6 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
7 1 (6.25%) CCNA
7 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) GDPR
1 5 (31.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (25.00%) HIPAA
2 4 (25.00%) NIST
3 3 (18.75%) NCSC
4 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (6.25%) GRC
4 1 (6.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (12.50%) EnCase
2 2 (12.50%) FTK
3 1 (6.25%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) CrowdStrike
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) ArcSight
2 4 (25.00%) LogRhythm
2 4 (25.00%) Splunk
3 3 (18.75%) Darktrace
4 2 (12.50%) IBM
5 1 (6.25%) Cisco
5 1 (6.25%) FireEye
5 1 (6.25%) Intel
5 1 (6.25%) SolarWinds
5 1 (6.25%) Tanium