Information Management Contract Job Trends in the South East

Information Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Information Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 128 187
Rank change year-on-year -22 +59 +55
Contract jobs citing Information Management 19 49 26
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.53% 1.12% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 1.35% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 20 9
10th Percentile £261 £185 £357
25th Percentile £329 £455 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £478 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.14% -20.42% +9.09%
75th Percentile £458 £528 £638
90th Percentile £725 £740 £705
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 3
10th Percentile £30.99 £40.00 £33.60
25th Percentile £32.10 £46.01 £37.88
Median hourly rate £50.11 £58.17 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.87% +29.27% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £60.44 £56.81
90th Percentile - £61.58 £63.89
England median hourly rate £50.00 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.65% +21.43% -50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,180 3,629 4,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 88.95% 82.99% 89.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,988 2,180 3,341
10th Percentile £213 £254 £248
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.48% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 203 259
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £23.79
Median hourly rate £22.19 £58.38 £54.37
Median % change year-on-year -61.99% +7.37% +74.54%
75th Percentile £48.75 £70.41 £66.34
90th Percentile £69.11 £78.37 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +41.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Information Management job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Information Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Information Management

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Management in the South East over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Management in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Information Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Information Management

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Management in the South East over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Management in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
Thames Valley -18 16 £423 -11.05% 8
Buckinghamshire +4 7 £435 -9.38% 6
Oxfordshire -8 5 - - 1
Berkshire -6 4 £105 -60.00% 1
East Sussex - 2 - - 1
Hampshire +2 1 £300 - 2
Information Management
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (15.79%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SAP MDG
1 1 (5.26%) SAP MDG-S
1 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Metadata
General
1 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Law
2 2 (10.53%) Local Government
2 2 (10.53%) Marketing
2 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
2 2 (10.53%) Retail
3 1 (5.26%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Business IT Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Business Support Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Business Systems Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Information Manager
2 5 (26.32%) IT Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) IT Support
2 5 (26.32%) IT Support Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Knowledge Manager
2 5 (26.32%) Support Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Systems Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Systems Support
2 5 (26.32%) Systems Support Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Test Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Taxonomies
2 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.53%) LIMS
3 2 (10.53%) NHS
4 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Customer-Centricity
1 7 (36.84%) Release Management
2 6 (31.58%) Knowledge Management
2 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (26.32%) Analytics
3 5 (26.32%) Application Security
3 5 (26.32%) Business Continuity
3 5 (26.32%) Change Control
3 5 (26.32%) Data Governance
3 5 (26.32%) Information Architecture
3 5 (26.32%) Performance Metrics
3 5 (26.32%) Performance Monitoring
3 5 (26.32%) Proactive Maintenance
3 5 (26.32%) Proactive Monitoring
3 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (26.32%) Process Improvement
3 5 (26.32%) Records Management
3 5 (26.32%) Service Delivery
4 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
4 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) Degree
4 1 (5.26%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Liquidlogic
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) SAP