Information Management Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Information Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Information Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 108 113
Rank change year-on-year -9 +5 +29
Contract jobs citing Information Management 6 7 11
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.30% 0.44% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.47% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 9
10th Percentile £272 £174 £291
25th Percentile £313 £207 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £275 £400
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% -31.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £406 £444 -
90th Percentile £414 £538 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,661 1,478 1,846
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 82.84% 92.90% 87.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 858 853 1,140
10th Percentile £286 £257 £220
25th Percentile £381 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £463 £463
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% - -2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £568
90th Percentile £675 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 53 91
10th Percentile £12.62 £16.13 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.45 £17.30 £15.05
Median hourly rate £19.33 £19.97 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% +2.41% +21.95%
75th Percentile £50.00 £25.15 £44.47
90th Percentile £77.50 £57.16 £60.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.85% -24.66% +1.67%

Information Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Information Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Information Management
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Information Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Information Management in Scotland

Information Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Information Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 June 2026. 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
Edinburgh -4 5 £319 +110.27%
Glasgow -4 1 £413 -5.71% 4
Information Management
UK

Information Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Business Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Data Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (50.00%) Migration
1 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Data Mapping
3 1 (16.67%) Data Sharing
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (16.67%) Information Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Line Management
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
3 1 (16.67%) Records Management
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Storyboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft