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 23 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 86 67
Rank change year-on-year -40 -19 +9
Contract jobs citing Management Information System 107 74 147
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.63% 2.17% 2.75%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.44% 6.82% 9.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 28 72
10th Percentile £298 £352 £174
25th Percentile £450 £404 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £463
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +16.22% -9.80%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £638
90th Percentile £700 £788 £700
England median daily rate £501 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.67% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 16 18
10th Percentile £16.52 £14.79 -
25th Percentile £24.78 £23.50 £11.71
Median hourly rate £75.00 £61.50 £18.35
Median % change year-on-year +21.96% +235.12% -70.40%
75th Percentile £85.85 £87.84 £53.75
90th Percentile £105.92 £88.87 £90.71
England median hourly rate £26.00 £36.00 £24.83
% change year-on-year -27.78% +45.02% +26.30%

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 1,968 1,085 1,554
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 29.93% 31.76% 29.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,260 662 919
10th Percentile £263 £204 £213
25th Percentile £408 £358 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% -0.99% +1.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £625
90th Percentile £700 £656 £698
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 99 154
10th Percentile £17.70 £15.13 £11.98
25th Percentile £29.63 £16.95 £19.66
Median hourly rate £60.00 £33.89 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +77.07% -40.92% +14.70%
75th Percentile £85.40 £61.12 £64.08
90th Percentile £88.00 £85.50 £75.16
England median hourly rate £43.96 £32.95 £41.50
% change year-on-year +33.43% -20.61% +5.29%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -49 52 £570 +20.00% 33
Berkshire -45 27 £565 -1.74% 15
Hampshire -19 24 £563 +2.27% 39
Oxfordshire -5 19 £750 +11.11% 11
Surrey -18 11 £475 -9.52% 20
Kent +5 7 £278 -59.19% 12
Buckinghamshire -36 6 £532 +49.15% 7
Middlesex - 6 - - 3
West Sussex -20 5 £700 +7.69% 5
Home Counties - 1 £500 -
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 8 (7.48%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (6.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.87%) Houdini
3 2 (1.87%) NUKE
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.67%) Maximo
2 3 (2.80%) NEC Housing
3 2 (1.87%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (1.87%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.93%) iTrent
4 1 (0.93%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 15 (14.02%) Azure
1 15 (14.02%) Entra ID
2 11 (10.28%) AWS
3 9 (8.41%) Power Platform
4 8 (7.48%) SaaS
5 4 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (2.80%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (2.80%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.93%) GCP
8 1 (0.93%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.08%) DNS
2 10 (9.35%) Network Security
3 8 (7.48%) Firewall
3 8 (7.48%) HTTP
3 8 (7.48%) SSH
3 8 (7.48%) TCP/IP
4 7 (6.54%) DHCP
4 7 (6.54%) VPN
5 3 (2.80%) BGP
5 3 (2.80%) MPLS
6 2 (1.87%) Broadband
6 2 (1.87%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (1.87%) Multicast
6 2 (1.87%) OSPF
6 2 (1.87%) SSL
6 2 (1.87%) VLAN
6 2 (1.87%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.93%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.93%) Modbus
7 1 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.41%) Power BI
1 9 (8.41%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.74%) Metadata
3 3 (2.80%) Geospatial Data
3 3 (2.80%) GIS
4 2 (1.87%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.87%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.87%) OLAP
4 2 (1.87%) Oracle OLAP
4 2 (1.87%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.93%) EDMS
5 1 (0.93%) MySQL
5 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.80%) Rational DOORS
General
1 33 (30.84%) Social Skills
2 26 (24.30%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (17.76%) Finance
4 15 (14.02%) Public Sector
5 13 (12.15%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (10.28%) Aerospace
7 8 (7.48%) Military
8 4 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.74%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.80%) Local Government
9 3 (2.80%) Marketing
10 2 (1.87%) Aviation
10 2 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.87%) Legal
10 2 (1.87%) Police
11 1 (0.93%) Electronics
11 1 (0.93%) Publishing
11 1 (0.93%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 11 (10.28%) Analyst
2 9 (8.41%) Lead
2 9 (8.41%) Senior
3 7 (6.54%) IT Manager
4 6 (5.61%) Cloud Engineer
4 6 (5.61%) Security Engineer
4 6 (5.61%) Support Engineer
5 5 (4.67%) Architect
5 5 (4.67%) Consultant
5 5 (4.67%) Data Analyst
5 5 (4.67%) Project Manager
5 5 (4.67%) Security Consultant
5 5 (4.67%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (3.74%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (3.74%) Senior Architect
6 4 (3.74%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 3 (2.80%) Principal Engineer
7 3 (2.80%) Principal Security Engineer
7 3 (2.80%) Product Manager
7 3 (2.80%) Requirements Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.67%) LDAP
1 5 (4.67%) OAuth
1 5 (4.67%) OpenID
1 5 (4.67%) SailPoint
1 5 (4.67%) SAML
2 3 (2.80%) ARM Templates
2 3 (2.80%) OAuth2
2 3 (2.80%) Web Services
3 2 (1.87%) Middleware
3 2 (1.87%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.89%) Onboarding
2 7 (6.54%) Operational Technology
3 6 (5.61%) BYOD
3 6 (5.61%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.74%) Taxonomies
5 3 (2.80%) ARM Cortex
5 3 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.87%) CCTV
6 2 (1.87%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.87%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.87%) Motion Graphics
6 2 (1.87%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.87%) SCADA
6 2 (1.87%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.87%) Social Media
7 1 (0.93%) CESG
7 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.93%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 24 (22.43%) Windows
2 17 (15.89%) Linux
2 17 (15.89%) Windows Server
3 9 (8.41%) Unix
4 1 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.93%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (28.04%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (27.10%) Agile
2 29 (27.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (26.17%) Computer Science
4 23 (21.50%) Information Security
5 22 (20.56%) Change Control
5 22 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (19.63%) ITIL
7 18 (16.82%) ITSM
8 17 (15.89%) Risk Management
9 16 (14.95%) Migration
10 15 (14.02%) Asset Management
10 15 (14.02%) Information Governance
10 15 (14.02%) Project Management
10 15 (14.02%) Security Operations
11 14 (13.08%) Change Management
11 14 (13.08%) Roadmaps
12 13 (12.15%) Decision-Making
12 13 (12.15%) SIEM
12 13 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (20.56%) PowerShell
2 15 (14.02%) Python
3 11 (10.28%) SQL
4 6 (5.61%) Bash
5 3 (2.80%) Bicep
6 1 (0.93%) Korn
Qualifications
1 52 (48.60%) Degree
2 46 (42.99%) Security Cleared
3 19 (17.76%) SC Cleared
4 15 (14.02%) DV Cleared
5 12 (11.21%) CISSP
6 8 (7.48%) CISM
6 8 (7.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (4.67%) CESG Certified Professional
7 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.74%) PMP
9 3 (2.80%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.80%) CCIE
9 3 (2.80%) Master's Degree
9 3 (2.80%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.87%) ACCA
10 2 (1.87%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.87%) CCNP
10 2 (1.87%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (17.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 19 (17.76%) NIST
2 18 (16.82%) Data Quality
3 11 (10.28%) QA
4 9 (8.41%) GDPR
5 6 (5.61%) PCI DSS
5 6 (5.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (4.67%) NCSC
7 4 (3.74%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.87%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.87%) PMO
9 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.93%) DICOM
9 1 (0.93%) GRC
9 1 (0.93%) HL7
9 1 (0.93%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.93%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (21.50%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.61%) vCloud
2 6 (5.61%) VMware ESXi
2 6 (5.61%) VMware NSX
3 3 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.87%) vSphere
5 1 (0.93%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.93%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.93%) Docker
5 1 (0.93%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (5.61%) SCOM
1 6 (5.61%) vCenter Server
2 5 (4.67%) Ansible
3 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.74%) SCCM
4 3 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.80%) Terraform
5 2 (1.87%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.87%) Iperf
5 2 (1.87%) Nmap
6 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (13.08%) Microsoft
1 14 (13.08%) Oracle
2 9 (8.41%) VMware
3 8 (7.48%) BeyondTrust
3 8 (7.48%) CyberArk
4 7 (6.54%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.74%) Adobe
5 4 (3.74%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.80%) Cisco
6 3 (2.80%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (2.80%) ESRI
6 3 (2.80%) IBM
6 3 (2.80%) LogRhythm
6 3 (2.80%) NEC
7 2 (1.87%) ForgeRock
7 2 (1.87%) IFS
7 2 (1.87%) Okta
7 2 (1.87%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.87%) Ping Identity
7 2 (1.87%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud