Management Information System Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Management Information Systems
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Management Information System in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Management Information System over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 70 52
Rank change year-on-year 0 -18 +49
Contract jobs citing Management Information System 43 47 97
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 2.80% 2.79% 4.09%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.28% 7.85% 11.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 24 53
10th Percentile £216 £191 £220
25th Percentile £222 £192 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £345 £471
Median % change year-on-year -9.42% -26.72% -5.84%
75th Percentile £450 £425 £525
90th Percentile £475 £488 £560
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.34% -2.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 8
10th Percentile - £15.83 £11.61
25th Percentile - £19.77 £14.91
Median hourly rate £13.93 £27.35 £19.79
Median % change year-on-year -49.07% +38.20% -33.41%
75th Percentile - £36.21 £55.00
90th Percentile - £40.91 £55.42
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £25.43 £55.00
% change year-on-year +23.87% -53.76% +107.55%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 591 599 872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.48% 35.57% 36.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 326 515
10th Percentile £175 £192 £250
25th Percentile £350 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £600
90th Percentile £598 £651 £700
UK median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.88% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 23 25
10th Percentile £14.72 £19.60 £15.42
25th Percentile £16.19 £21.30 £16.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% +22.99% -2.89%
75th Percentile £53.13 £24.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £69.67 £40.91 £60.90
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £33.27 £42.40
% change year-on-year -18.21% -21.54% +21.15%

Management Information System
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Management Information System job vacancy trend in Scotland

Management Information System
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Management Information System
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Management Information System in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Management Information System in Scotland

Management Information System
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Management Information System
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 Management Information System within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Glasgow -7 25 £450 +20.00% 4
Edinburgh +9 14 £246 +28.19% 6
South Ayrshire - 1 - -
Management Information System
UK

Management Information System
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 2 (4.65%) Apache
1 2 (4.65%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (4.65%) Confluence
2 1 (2.33%) CMS
2 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.33%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (18.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.33%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (2.33%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (2.33%) InDesign
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.33%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.63%) AWS
2 3 (6.98%) Amazon OpenSearch
2 3 (6.98%) Azure
3 2 (4.65%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (4.65%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (2.33%) Figma
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.30%) Relational Database
2 2 (4.65%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) JIRA
2 1 (2.33%) Axure RP
General
1 16 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 11 (25.58%) Public Sector
3 8 (18.60%) Finance
4 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (34.88%) Analyst
2 10 (23.26%) Technical Analyst
3 8 (18.60%) Programmer
3 8 (18.60%) Python Programmer
4 4 (9.30%) Business Analyst
4 4 (9.30%) Core Java Developer
4 4 (9.30%) Developer
4 4 (9.30%) Java Developer
4 4 (9.30%) Project Manager
4 4 (9.30%) Senior
5 3 (6.98%) Consultant
5 3 (6.98%) Information Governance Officer
5 3 (6.98%) Information Officer
5 3 (6.98%) PMO Manager
5 3 (6.98%) PMO Project Manager
5 3 (6.98%) Python Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Python Software Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Software Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 3 (6.98%) Kafka
1 3 (6.98%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (2.33%) CSS
2 1 (2.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Freedom of Information
2 4 (9.30%) Data Structures
3 3 (6.98%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.98%) Equities
3 3 (6.98%) Fixed Income
3 3 (6.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (6.98%) Market Risk
4 2 (4.65%) NHS
4 2 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.33%) Animation
5 1 (2.33%) Clustering
5 1 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.33%) e-Learning
5 1 (2.33%) Graphic Design
5 1 (2.33%) LIMS
5 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.33%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (32.56%) Linux
2 10 (23.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) Risk Management
2 12 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (25.58%) OO
4 10 (23.26%) Project Management
5 9 (20.93%) Agile
6 8 (18.60%) Capacity Management
6 8 (18.60%) Storage Management
6 8 (18.60%) Technical Analysis
7 7 (16.28%) Computer Science
7 7 (16.28%) Data Protection
7 7 (16.28%) Software Engineering
8 5 (11.63%) CI/CD
8 5 (11.63%) Information Governance
9 4 (9.30%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (9.30%) Cost Reduction
9 4 (9.30%) DevOps
9 4 (9.30%) Inventory Management
9 4 (9.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (6.98%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.91%) Python
2 8 (18.60%) Perl
3 4 (9.30%) Java
3 4 (9.30%) SQL
4 3 (6.98%) C++
4 3 (6.98%) Go
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) Degree
2 3 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.65%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.33%) HNC
4 1 (2.33%) HND
4 1 (2.33%) ISEB
4 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.33%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.60%) GDPR
2 6 (13.95%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (9.30%) PMO
4 2 (4.65%) Data Quality
4 2 (4.65%) QA
5 1 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.33%) GRC
Systems Management
1 4 (9.30%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.98%) Grafana
3 2 (4.65%) SCCM
4 1 (2.33%) Ansible
4 1 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.98%) Splunk
3 2 (4.65%) BMC
3 2 (4.65%) Informatica
3 2 (4.65%) Remedy
3 2 (4.65%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.33%) Adobe
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle