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 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 90 64
Rank change year-on-year -32 -26 -1
Contract jobs citing Management Information System 110 79 135
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.66% 2.23% 2.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.66% 7.09% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 28 63
10th Percentile £231 £329 £177
25th Percentile £463 £398 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +16.67% -12.62%
75th Percentile £591 £631 £650
90th Percentile £700 £758 £730
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 17
10th Percentile £15.04 - -
25th Percentile £16.33 £16.50 £11.71
Median hourly rate £71.00 £32.22 £18.35
Median % change year-on-year +120.38% +75.57% -70.40%
75th Percentile £85.40 £87.31 £57.50
90th Percentile £87.16 £88.87 £90.95
England median hourly rate £22.50 £33.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -31.82% +50.00% -64.52%

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 1,943 1,115 1,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 29.29% 31.49% 29.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 693 815
10th Percentile £281 £204 £213
25th Percentile £413 £354 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £615 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £674 £707
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 102 140
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.16 £11.93
25th Percentile £19.33 £16.95 £21.99
Median hourly rate £50.00 £33.89 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +47.56% -40.92% +10.37%
75th Percentile £83.46 £63.37 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £72.85 £75.16
England median hourly rate £40.00 £32.83 £50.00
% change year-on-year +21.84% -34.34% +9.05%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -42 50 £575 +21.05% 119
Hampshire -13 26 £525 -4.55% 73
Berkshire -46 24 £575 +21.05% 67
Oxfordshire -10 18 £750 +11.11% 21
Surrey -11 13 £475 -9.52% 48
Kent +8 8 £278 -52.56% 26
Buckinghamshire -34 8 £615 +72.26% 33
Middlesex - 6 - - 5
West Sussex -23 4 £700 -9.68% 14
Home Counties - 1 £500 -
East Sussex - 1 - - 15
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 (8.18%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 10 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (8.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.82%) Houdini
4 2 (1.82%) NUKE
5 1 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (4.55%) Maximo
2 4 (3.64%) NEC Housing
3 3 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.91%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 19 (17.27%) Azure
2 14 (12.73%) Entra ID
3 10 (9.09%) AWS
3 10 (9.09%) SaaS
4 8 (7.27%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (2.73%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (2.73%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.73%) GCP
5 3 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.91%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.91%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.91%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (15.45%) DNS
2 8 (7.27%) DHCP
2 8 (7.27%) Network Security
3 7 (6.36%) TCP/IP
4 6 (5.45%) HTTP
4 6 (5.45%) SSH
4 6 (5.45%) VPN
5 5 (4.55%) Firewall
6 2 (1.82%) Broadband
6 2 (1.82%) SSL
7 1 (0.91%) BGP
7 1 (0.91%) Internet
7 1 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.91%) Modbus
7 1 (0.91%) MPLS
7 1 (0.91%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.27%) Power BI
2 6 (5.45%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.64%) Metadata
4 3 (2.73%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (2.73%) GIS
5 1 (0.91%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.91%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Rational DOORS
General
1 45 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 30 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (16.36%) Public Sector
4 17 (15.45%) Finance
5 13 (11.82%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (9.09%) Military
6 10 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (6.36%) Aerospace
7 7 (6.36%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (5.45%) Local Government
9 4 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.73%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.82%) Legal
11 2 (1.82%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.82%) Police
12 1 (0.91%) Electronics
12 1 (0.91%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.91%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 11 (10.00%) Lead
2 9 (8.18%) Analyst
3 8 (7.27%) Cloud Engineer
3 8 (7.27%) Support Engineer
4 7 (6.36%) Architect
4 7 (6.36%) Consultant
4 7 (6.36%) Senior
5 6 (5.45%) Security Engineer
6 5 (4.55%) Administrator
6 5 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (3.64%) IAM Specialist
7 4 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (3.64%) Principal Engineer
7 4 (3.64%) Project Manager
7 4 (3.64%) Security Consultant
7 4 (3.64%) Senior Architect
7 4 (3.64%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 3 (2.73%) Product Delivery Manager
8 3 (2.73%) Product Owner
8 3 (2.73%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.36%) SailPoint
2 6 (5.45%) LDAP
2 6 (5.45%) OAuth
2 6 (5.45%) OpenID
2 6 (5.45%) SAML
3 4 (3.64%) ARM Templates
3 4 (3.64%) OAuth2
3 4 (3.64%) Terraform
3 4 (3.64%) Web Services
4 2 (1.82%) Middleware
4 2 (1.82%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.45%) Onboarding
2 8 (7.27%) Operational Technology
3 5 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.64%) BYOD
5 3 (2.73%) ARM Cortex
5 3 (2.73%) Learning Management System
5 3 (2.73%) Taxonomies
6 2 (1.82%) CCTV
6 2 (1.82%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.82%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.82%) Motion Graphics
6 2 (1.82%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.82%) SCADA
6 2 (1.82%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.82%) Social Media
7 1 (0.91%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.91%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.91%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (23.64%) Windows
2 19 (17.27%) Windows Server
3 16 (14.55%) Linux
4 8 (7.27%) Unix
5 1 (0.91%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (26.36%) Agile
1 29 (26.36%) Computer Science
2 28 (25.45%) Continuous Improvement
2 28 (25.45%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (19.09%) Change Control
4 21 (19.09%) Information Security
5 19 (17.27%) ITIL
6 17 (15.45%) Project Management
7 16 (14.55%) Migration
8 15 (13.64%) ITSM
9 14 (12.73%) Risk Management
9 14 (12.73%) Technical Leadership
10 13 (11.82%) PRINCE2
10 13 (11.82%) SIEM
10 13 (11.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 12 (10.91%) Analytics
11 12 (10.91%) Service Management
12 11 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 23 (20.91%) PowerShell
2 13 (11.82%) Python
2 13 (11.82%) SQL
3 4 (3.64%) Bash
3 4 (3.64%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 52 (47.27%) Degree
2 44 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 20 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 18 (16.36%) DV Cleared
5 10 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (8.18%) CISSP
7 7 (6.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (5.45%) CISM
9 5 (4.55%) Azure Certification
10 4 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (3.64%) CESG Certified Professional
10 4 (3.64%) PMI Certification
10 4 (3.64%) PMP
11 3 (2.73%) AWS Certification
11 3 (2.73%) CIPD
11 3 (2.73%) Master's Degree
11 3 (2.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (1.82%) ACCA
12 2 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (1.82%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (16.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (14.55%) NIST
3 15 (13.64%) Data Quality
4 10 (9.09%) QA
5 7 (6.36%) GDPR
6 4 (3.64%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (3.64%) PCI DSS
6 4 (3.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (2.73%) NCSC
7 3 (2.73%) PMO
8 2 (1.82%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.82%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.91%) DICOM
9 1 (0.91%) HL7
9 1 (0.91%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.91%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.91%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 23 (20.91%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.27%) vCloud
2 8 (7.27%) VMware ESXi
2 8 (7.27%) VMware NSX
3 3 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.82%) vSphere
5 1 (0.91%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.91%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (7.27%) SCOM
1 8 (7.27%) vCenter Server
2 4 (3.64%) Ansible
2 4 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.64%) SCCM
2 4 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.91%) Istio
3 1 (0.91%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (19.09%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.00%) VMware
3 10 (9.09%) Oracle
4 7 (6.36%) CyberArk
5 6 (5.45%) BeyondTrust
6 5 (4.55%) SAP
7 4 (3.64%) NEC
8 3 (2.73%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (2.73%) ESRI
8 3 (2.73%) Google
8 3 (2.73%) LogRhythm
9 2 (1.82%) Adobe
9 2 (1.82%) ForgeRock
9 2 (1.82%) Foundry
9 2 (1.82%) IBM
9 2 (1.82%) IFS
9 2 (1.82%) Okta
9 2 (1.82%) Ping Identity
9 2 (1.82%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.82%) ServiceNow