Management Information System Contract Job Trends in the South East

Management Information Systems
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Management Information System in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Management Information System over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 87 67
Rank change year-on-year -27 -20 -6
Contract jobs citing Management Information System 113 80 134
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.69% 2.27% 2.78%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.72% 7.17% 9.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 25 65
10th Percentile £285 £342 £175
25th Percentile £463 £400 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.95% +23.53% -17.21%
75th Percentile £591 £613 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £723
England median daily rate £500 £512 £518
% change year-on-year -2.32% -1.08% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 18 17
10th Percentile £15.20 £15.47 -
25th Percentile £16.33 £16.50 £11.71
Median hourly rate £75.00 £24.00 £18.35
Median % change year-on-year +212.50% +30.79% -70.40%
75th Percentile £85.40 £87.44 £57.50
90th Percentile £87.16 £88.87 £90.95
England median hourly rate £22.75 £32.95 £23.00
% change year-on-year -30.95% +43.24% -63.69%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,977 1,115 1,417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 29.54% 31.60% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,232 693 834
10th Percentile £280 £204 £213
25th Percentile £412 £358 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £503
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -0.60% +0.60%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £631
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 101 143
10th Percentile £15.47 £15.13 £11.97
25th Percentile £20.21 £16.95 £22.45
Median hourly rate £52.50 £33.05 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +58.85% -42.37% +11.90%
75th Percentile £84.00 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £80.00 £75.16
England median hourly rate £41.00 £31.78 £48.75
% change year-on-year +29.03% -34.82% +11.00%

Management Information System
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Management Information System job vacancy trend in the South East

Management Information System
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Management Information System
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Management Information System in the South East over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Management Information System in the South East

Management Information System
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Management Information System
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Management Information System in the South East over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Management Information System in the South East

Management Information System
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 Management Information System within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
Thames Valley -47 52 £575 +21.05% 55
Hampshire -12 27 £563 +2.27% 49
Berkshire -41 26 £575 +9.52% 26
Oxfordshire -17 18 £750 +11.11% 15
Surrey -15 13 £475 -9.52% 32
Buckinghamshire -36 8 £532 +49.15% 14
Kent +4 7 £278 -52.56% 22
Middlesex - 6 - - 3
West Sussex -20 5 £700 -9.68% 9
Home Counties - 1 £500 -
East Sussex - 1 - - 11
Management Information System
England

Management Information System
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 9 (7.96%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (7.96%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.77%) Houdini
4 2 (1.77%) NUKE
5 1 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (4.42%) Maximo
2 4 (3.54%) NEC Housing
3 2 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.88%) iTrent
4 1 (0.88%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 19 (16.81%) Azure
2 14 (12.39%) Entra ID
3 13 (11.50%) AWS
4 10 (8.85%) SaaS
5 8 (7.08%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (2.65%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (2.65%) GCP
8 1 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.88%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.88%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.16%) DNS
2 10 (8.85%) Network Security
3 8 (7.08%) DHCP
3 8 (7.08%) HTTP
4 7 (6.19%) TCP/IP
5 6 (5.31%) Firewall
5 6 (5.31%) SSH
5 6 (5.31%) VPN
6 2 (1.77%) Broadband
6 2 (1.77%) SSL
7 1 (0.88%) BGP
7 1 (0.88%) Internet
7 1 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.88%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.88%) Modbus
7 1 (0.88%) MPLS
7 1 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.88%) SAN
7 1 (0.88%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.08%) Power BI
2 7 (6.19%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.54%) Metadata
4 3 (2.65%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (2.65%) GIS
5 1 (0.88%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.88%) EDMS
5 1 (0.88%) MySQL
5 1 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.65%) Rational DOORS
General
1 45 (39.82%) Social Skills
2 30 (26.55%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (15.93%) Finance
3 18 (15.93%) Public Sector
4 13 (11.50%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (8.85%) Military
6 9 (7.96%) Aerospace
6 9 (7.96%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (5.31%) Local Government
7 6 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.65%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.77%) Legal
10 2 (1.77%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.77%) Police
11 1 (0.88%) Electronics
11 1 (0.88%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.88%) Publishing
11 1 (0.88%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 11 (9.73%) Lead
2 10 (8.85%) Analyst
3 8 (7.08%) Senior
4 7 (6.19%) Architect
4 7 (6.19%) Cloud Engineer
4 7 (6.19%) Consultant
4 7 (6.19%) Support Engineer
5 6 (5.31%) Security Engineer
6 5 (4.42%) Project Manager
6 5 (4.42%) Security Consultant
6 5 (4.42%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (3.54%) Administrator
7 4 (3.54%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (3.54%) IAM Specialist
7 4 (3.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (3.54%) Principal Engineer
7 4 (3.54%) Product Delivery Manager
7 4 (3.54%) Product Manager
7 4 (3.54%) Senior Architect
7 4 (3.54%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.19%) SailPoint
2 6 (5.31%) LDAP
2 6 (5.31%) OAuth
2 6 (5.31%) OpenID
2 6 (5.31%) SAML
3 4 (3.54%) ARM Templates
3 4 (3.54%) OAuth2
3 4 (3.54%) Terraform
3 4 (3.54%) Web Services
4 2 (1.77%) Middleware
4 2 (1.77%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.04%) Onboarding
2 8 (7.08%) Operational Technology
3 6 (5.31%) BYOD
3 6 (5.31%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.42%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (4.42%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.54%) Taxonomies
6 3 (2.65%) ARM Cortex
6 3 (2.65%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.77%) CCTV
7 2 (1.77%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.77%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.77%) Motion Graphics
7 2 (1.77%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.77%) SCADA
7 2 (1.77%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.77%) Social Media
8 1 (0.88%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.88%) FPGA
8 1 (0.88%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 25 (22.12%) Windows
2 18 (15.93%) Windows Server
3 17 (15.04%) Linux
4 8 (7.08%) Unix
5 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (28.32%) Agile
2 30 (26.55%) Computer Science
2 30 (26.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 30 (26.55%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (23.01%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (20.35%) Information Security
5 22 (19.47%) Change Control
5 22 (19.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (18.58%) ITIL
7 18 (15.93%) Project Management
8 17 (15.04%) Migration
8 17 (15.04%) Risk Management
9 16 (14.16%) ITSM
10 14 (12.39%) Change Management
10 14 (12.39%) PRINCE2
11 13 (11.50%) Information Governance
11 13 (11.50%) Service Management
11 13 (11.50%) SIEM
11 13 (11.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 13 (11.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 23 (20.35%) PowerShell
2 13 (11.50%) Python
3 12 (10.62%) SQL
4 5 (4.42%) Bash
5 4 (3.54%) Bicep
6 1 (0.88%) Korn
Qualifications
1 57 (50.44%) Degree
2 46 (40.71%) Security Cleared
3 21 (18.58%) SC Cleared
4 17 (15.04%) DV Cleared
5 11 (9.73%) CISSP
6 10 (8.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (7.08%) CISM
8 7 (6.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (4.42%) Azure Certification
9 5 (4.42%) PMP
10 4 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (3.54%) CESG Certified Professional
10 4 (3.54%) PMI Certification
11 3 (2.65%) AWS Certification
11 3 (2.65%) Master's Degree
11 3 (2.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (1.77%) ACCA
12 2 (1.77%) CIPD
12 2 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (1.77%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (17.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (15.93%) NIST
3 16 (14.16%) Data Quality
4 10 (8.85%) QA
5 9 (7.96%) GDPR
6 6 (5.31%) PCI DSS
6 6 (5.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (3.54%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (2.65%) NCSC
8 3 (2.65%) PMO
9 2 (1.77%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.77%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.88%) DICOM
10 1 (0.88%) HL7
10 1 (0.88%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.88%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.88%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 23 (20.35%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.19%) vCloud
2 7 (6.19%) VMware ESXi
2 7 (6.19%) VMware NSX
3 3 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.77%) vSphere
5 1 (0.88%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.88%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.88%) Docker
5 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (6.19%) SCOM
1 7 (6.19%) vCenter Server
2 4 (3.54%) Ansible
2 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.54%) SCCM
2 4 (3.54%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.77%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.88%) Istio
Vendors
1 20 (17.70%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.73%) Oracle
3 10 (8.85%) VMware
4 7 (6.19%) CyberArk
5 6 (5.31%) BeyondTrust
6 4 (3.54%) NEC
6 4 (3.54%) SAP
7 3 (2.65%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (2.65%) ESRI
7 3 (2.65%) Google
7 3 (2.65%) IBM
7 3 (2.65%) LogRhythm
7 3 (2.65%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.77%) ForgeRock
8 2 (1.77%) Foundry
8 2 (1.77%) IFS
8 2 (1.77%) Okta
8 2 (1.77%) Ping Identity
8 2 (1.77%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.77%) Salesforce