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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 90 71
Rank change year-on-year -34 -19 +4
Contract jobs citing Management Information System 112 75 138
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.70% 2.16% 2.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.65% 6.83% 9.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 27 63
10th Percentile £312 £349 £176
25th Percentile £450 £403 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £597 £650 £658
90th Percentile £700 £765 £748
England median daily rate £505 £514 £520
% change year-on-year -1.75% -1.20% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 18
10th Percentile £16.91 £15.13 -
25th Percentile £25.41 £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 £85.55 £87.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £101.75 £88.87 £90.71
England median hourly rate £26.44 £33.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -19.88% +32.00% -15.94%

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 1,981 1,098 1,487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 29.98% 31.69% 29.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,249 669 887
10th Percentile £270 £204 £219
25th Percentile £411 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £663 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 100 148
10th Percentile £17.50 £15.13 £12.01
25th Percentile £29.63 £16.95 £19.22
Median hourly rate £57.50 £33.47 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +71.81% -41.64% +11.90%
75th Percentile £85.20 £62.24 £62.23
90th Percentile £88.00 £85.50 £75.16
England median hourly rate £43.96 £32.05 £45.00
% change year-on-year +37.16% -28.78% +12.04%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -45 55 £570 +20.00% 42
Berkshire -50 27 £565 -1.74% 20
Hampshire -12 25 £544 -1.14% 41
Oxfordshire -4 22 £750 +11.11% 12
Surrey -12 11 £475 -9.52% 30
Kent +6 8 £400 -31.62% 18
Buckinghamshire -37 6 £532 +49.15% 10
Middlesex - 6 - - 2
West Sussex -22 5 £700 +7.69% 7
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 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.79%) Houdini
3 2 (1.79%) NUKE
4 1 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.46%) Maximo
2 3 (2.68%) NEC Housing
3 2 (1.79%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (1.79%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.89%) iTrent
4 1 (0.89%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 17 (15.18%) Entra ID
2 16 (14.29%) Azure
3 11 (9.82%) AWS
4 9 (8.04%) Power Platform
4 9 (8.04%) SaaS
5 4 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (2.68%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (2.68%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.89%) GCP
8 1 (0.89%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (12.50%) DNS
2 10 (8.93%) Network Security
3 9 (8.04%) SSH
4 8 (7.14%) HTTP
5 7 (6.25%) DHCP
5 7 (6.25%) Firewall
5 7 (6.25%) TCP/IP
6 6 (5.36%) VPN
7 2 (1.79%) BGP
7 2 (1.79%) Broadband
7 2 (1.79%) MPLS
7 2 (1.79%) SSL
8 1 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.89%) Internet
8 1 (0.89%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.89%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.89%) OSPF
8 1 (0.89%) SAN
8 1 (0.89%) VLAN
8 1 (0.89%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.93%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.04%) Power BI
3 4 (3.57%) Metadata
4 3 (2.68%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (2.68%) GIS
5 2 (1.79%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.79%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.79%) OLAP
5 2 (1.79%) Oracle OLAP
5 2 (1.79%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.89%) EDMS
6 1 (0.89%) MySQL
6 1 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Rational DOORS
General
1 35 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 27 (24.11%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (16.96%) Finance
4 18 (16.07%) Public Sector
5 17 (15.18%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (8.93%) Aerospace
6 10 (8.93%) Military
7 4 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.68%) Local Government
8 3 (2.68%) Marketing
8 3 (2.68%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.79%) Legal
9 2 (1.79%) Police
10 1 (0.89%) Aviation
10 1 (0.89%) Electronics
10 1 (0.89%) Publishing
10 1 (0.89%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 12 (10.71%) Analyst
2 9 (8.04%) Lead
2 9 (8.04%) Senior
3 7 (6.25%) IT Manager
4 6 (5.36%) Architect
4 6 (5.36%) Cloud Engineer
4 6 (5.36%) Security Engineer
4 6 (5.36%) Support Engineer
5 5 (4.46%) Consultant
5 5 (4.46%) Data Analyst
5 5 (4.46%) Project Manager
5 5 (4.46%) Security Consultant
5 5 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (3.57%) IAM Specialist
6 4 (3.57%) Senior Architect
6 4 (3.57%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 3 (2.68%) Information Specialist
7 3 (2.68%) Product Owner
7 3 (2.68%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.36%) LDAP
1 6 (5.36%) OAuth
1 6 (5.36%) OpenID
1 6 (5.36%) SailPoint
1 6 (5.36%) SAML
2 4 (3.57%) OAuth2
2 4 (3.57%) Web Services
3 3 (2.68%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.79%) Middleware
4 2 (1.79%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 20 (17.86%) Onboarding
2 7 (6.25%) Operational Technology
3 6 (5.36%) BYOD
3 6 (5.36%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.57%) Taxonomies
5 3 (2.68%) ARM Cortex
5 3 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.79%) CCTV
6 2 (1.79%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.79%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.79%) Motion Graphics
6 2 (1.79%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.79%) SCADA
6 2 (1.79%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.79%) Social Media
7 1 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.89%) FPGA
7 1 (0.89%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 26 (23.21%) Windows
2 19 (16.96%) Linux
2 19 (16.96%) Windows Server
3 11 (9.82%) Unix
4 1 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (29.46%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (26.79%) Computer Science
3 29 (25.89%) Agile
4 28 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (23.21%) Information Security
6 24 (21.43%) Change Control
7 23 (20.54%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (18.75%) ITIL
9 20 (17.86%) ITSM
10 18 (16.07%) Risk Management
11 16 (14.29%) Migration
11 16 (14.29%) Security Operations
12 15 (13.39%) Asset Management
12 15 (13.39%) Information Governance
12 15 (13.39%) Project Management
12 15 (13.39%) SIEM
12 15 (13.39%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (12.50%) Analytics
13 14 (12.50%) Change Management
13 14 (12.50%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 24 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 16 (14.29%) Python
3 11 (9.82%) SQL
4 5 (4.46%) Bash
5 3 (2.68%) Bicep
6 1 (0.89%) Korn
Qualifications
1 54 (48.21%) Degree
2 48 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 20 (17.86%) SC Cleared
4 15 (13.39%) DV Cleared
5 12 (10.71%) CISSP
6 8 (7.14%) CISM
6 8 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (4.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (4.46%) CESG Certified Professional
9 4 (3.57%) PMP
10 3 (2.68%) Azure Certification
10 3 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (2.68%) Master's Degree
10 3 (2.68%) PMI Certification
11 2 (1.79%) ACCA
11 2 (1.79%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.79%) CCIE
11 2 (1.79%) CIMA
11 2 (1.79%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (19.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 22 (19.64%) NIST
2 19 (16.96%) Data Quality
3 10 (8.93%) QA
4 9 (8.04%) GDPR
5 6 (5.36%) PCI DSS
5 6 (5.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (3.57%) NCSC
7 2 (1.79%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.79%) PMO
8 1 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.89%) DICOM
8 1 (0.89%) HL7
8 1 (0.89%) ISO 19650
8 1 (0.89%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.89%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (23.21%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.36%) vCloud
2 6 (5.36%) VMware ESXi
2 6 (5.36%) VMware NSX
3 3 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.79%) vSphere
5 1 (0.89%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.89%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.89%) Docker
5 1 (0.89%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (5.36%) SCOM
1 6 (5.36%) vCenter Server
2 4 (3.57%) Ansible
2 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.57%) SCCM
2 4 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.68%) Terraform
4 1 (0.89%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.89%) Iperf
4 1 (0.89%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.89%) Nmap
Vendors
1 15 (13.39%) Microsoft
1 15 (13.39%) Oracle
2 9 (8.04%) BeyondTrust
2 9 (8.04%) CyberArk
2 9 (8.04%) VMware
3 7 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.57%) Adobe
4 4 (3.57%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (2.68%) ESRI
5 3 (2.68%) IBM
5 3 (2.68%) LogRhythm
5 3 (2.68%) NEC
6 2 (1.79%) Cisco
6 2 (1.79%) ForgeRock
6 2 (1.79%) IFS
6 2 (1.79%) Okta
6 2 (1.79%) Ping Identity
6 2 (1.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 2 (1.79%) SAP