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 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 77 75
Rank change year-on-year -41 -2 +20
Contract jobs citing Management Information System 75 80 156
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.58% 2.54% 2.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.33% 7.58% 9.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 43 87
10th Percentile £171 £253 £314
25th Percentile £284 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £569 £648 £588
90th Percentile £758 £798 £700
England median daily rate £509 £533 £528
% change year-on-year -4.46% +1.04% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 27
10th Percentile - £13.25 £18.16
25th Percentile £20.79 £46.12 £22.61
Median hourly rate £26.44 £61.50 £57.32
Median % change year-on-year -57.00% +7.28% +324.59%
75th Percentile £40.65 £62.24 £76.53
90th Percentile £76.63 £80.10 £83.23
England median hourly rate £28.78 £40.87 £26.66
% change year-on-year -29.60% +53.31% +150.80%

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 1,408 1,056 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 29.72% 33.53% 30.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 948 612 989
10th Percentile £205 £250 £205
25th Percentile £363 £386 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £525 £481
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +9.15% -8.38%
75th Percentile £596 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £510 £548 £549
% change year-on-year -6.93% -0.18% -4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 40 118
10th Percentile £12.50 £19.82 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.99 £24.54 £22.86
Median hourly rate £25.72 £35.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.51% -28.21% +23.46%
75th Percentile £69.43 £62.24 £61.78
90th Percentile £88.00 £71.63 £76.53
England median hourly rate £32.50 £39.02 £32.50
% change year-on-year -16.71% +20.06% +44.54%

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -7 52 £371 -26.12% 26
Berkshire -18 33 £450 -10.00% 13
Hampshire -23 15 £563 +6.64% 13
Buckinghamshire +1 14 £172 -65.89% 6
Oxfordshire -10 5 £380 - 8
West Sussex -18 4 £600 -25.00% 4
Surrey -12 3 £529 +0.67% 10
Kent -13 1 £463 -9.76% 10
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 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.00%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.33%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.67%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.00%) Azure
3 3 (4.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.00%) SaaS
4 2 (2.67%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.33%) AWS
5 1 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.67%) Network Security
2 4 (5.33%) Firewall
3 3 (4.00%) HTTP
3 3 (4.00%) SSH
3 3 (4.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.67%) BGP
4 2 (2.67%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (2.67%) MPLS
4 2 (2.67%) Multicast
4 2 (2.67%) OSPF
4 2 (2.67%) VLAN
4 2 (2.67%) VPN
4 2 (2.67%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.33%) DNS
5 1 (1.33%) Internet
5 1 (1.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.67%) Power BI
1 5 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.67%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.33%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.33%) Metadata
3 1 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 30 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (21.33%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 8 (10.67%) Retail
5 7 (9.33%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (9.33%) Finance
5 7 (9.33%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (8.00%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.33%) Legal
8 3 (4.00%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.67%) Aviation
9 2 (2.67%) Military
9 2 (2.67%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.33%) Automotive
10 1 (1.33%) Law
10 1 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 34 (45.33%) Analyst
2 20 (26.67%) Support Analyst
3 8 (10.67%) Compliance Analyst
3 8 (10.67%) Desktop Analyst
3 8 (10.67%) Desktop Support
3 8 (10.67%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 8 (10.67%) Risk Analyst
3 8 (10.67%) Senior
4 7 (9.33%) Risk Support Analyst
5 5 (6.67%) IT Analyst
5 5 (6.67%) IT Support
5 5 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
5 5 (6.67%) Security Engineer
5 5 (6.67%) SOC Analyst
6 4 (5.33%) Data Analyst
7 3 (4.00%) Architect
7 3 (4.00%) Facilities Manager
7 3 (4.00%) IT Manager
7 3 (4.00%) Security Analyst
7 3 (4.00%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.33%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.00%) BYOD
3 3 (4.00%) NHS
3 3 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (4.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.67%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.67%) IoT
5 1 (1.33%) Clustering
5 1 (1.33%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.33%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.33%) HP Storage
5 1 (1.33%) Insider Threat
5 1 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.33%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.33%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (22.67%) Windows
2 11 (14.67%) Linux
3 5 (6.67%) Unix
4 3 (4.00%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.67%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (26.67%) Risk Management
2 18 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (22.67%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (22.67%) Decision-Making
4 16 (21.33%) Information Security
5 15 (20.00%) Incident Management
6 14 (18.67%) Change Management
7 13 (17.33%) Computer Science
8 12 (16.00%) Data Analysis
9 11 (14.67%) ITSM
9 11 (14.67%) Risk Analysis
9 11 (14.67%) SIEM
10 10 (13.33%) Data Governance
10 10 (13.33%) Project Management
10 10 (13.33%) Security Operations
11 9 (12.00%) Agile
11 9 (12.00%) Customer Service
11 9 (12.00%) Service Delivery
11 9 (12.00%) Service Management
11 9 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.00%) Python
2 7 (9.33%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.33%) SQL
4 2 (2.67%) Bash
5 1 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 37 (49.33%) Security Cleared
2 25 (33.33%) Degree
3 24 (32.00%) SC Cleared
4 9 (12.00%) CISSP
5 5 (6.67%) A+ Certification
5 5 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (6.67%) CISM
5 5 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (6.67%) GCFA
5 5 (6.67%) GCIH
6 3 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (4.00%) CFCE
6 3 (4.00%) GCIA
6 3 (4.00%) GIAC
7 2 (2.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (2.67%) CCIE
7 2 (2.67%) CCNP
7 2 (2.67%) CCSP
7 2 (2.67%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.67%) GCFE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.33%) GDPR
1 10 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (12.00%) NIST
2 9 (12.00%) SLA
3 5 (6.67%) HIPAA
3 5 (6.67%) NCSC
4 4 (5.33%) QA
5 3 (4.00%) PCI DSS
5 3 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (2.67%) Data Quality
6 2 (2.67%) JSP 440
6 2 (2.67%) RMADS
7 1 (1.33%) EU AI Act
7 1 (1.33%) GRC
7 1 (1.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (5.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.33%) Firmware
2 1 (1.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.67%) Ansible
1 2 (2.67%) Cisco Prime
1 2 (2.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 2 (2.67%) EnCase
1 2 (2.67%) FTK
1 2 (2.67%) Iperf
1 2 (2.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.67%) Nessus
1 2 (2.67%) Nmap
2 1 (1.33%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (1.33%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (17.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.67%) Oracle
2 5 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 4 (5.33%) Splunk
3 4 (5.33%) Workday
4 3 (4.00%) ArcSight
4 3 (4.00%) BeyondTrust
4 3 (4.00%) Cisco
4 3 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (4.00%) CyberArk
4 3 (4.00%) LogRhythm
4 3 (4.00%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.67%) CheckPoint
5 2 (2.67%) Darktrace
5 2 (2.67%) Databricks
5 2 (2.67%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.67%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.67%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.67%) Tanium
5 2 (2.67%) Tufin