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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 86 74
Rank change year-on-year -32 -12 +7
Contract jobs citing Management Information System 97 69 152
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.54% 2.17% 2.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.15% 6.73% 9.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 27 72
10th Percentile £244 £349 £174
25th Percentile £431 £438 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +27.78% -13.46%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £638
90th Percentile £700 £788 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 15 23
10th Percentile £16.33 £17.25 -
25th Percentile £24.46 £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 £86.00 £88.19 £33.47
90th Percentile £108.00 £88.87 £88.89
England median hourly rate £25.00 £33.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -24.24% +57.14% +97.55%

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 1,882 1,025 1,632
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 29.79% 32.26% 28.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,207 626 957
10th Percentile £281 £208 £212
25th Percentile £406 £350 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - -
75th Percentile £600 £598 £623
90th Percentile £700 £658 £689
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 99 175
10th Percentile £17.50 £15.13 £11.79
25th Percentile £27.07 £16.95 £17.64
Median hourly rate £60.00 £33.89 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.07% -38.39% +4.76%
75th Percentile £85.40 £61.12 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £85.50 £75.16
England median hourly rate £43.96 £33.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +33.21% -9.59% +53.43%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 47 £510 -13.19% 31
Hampshire -12 25 £563 +2.27% 24
Berkshire -46 25 £543 -7.66% 14
Oxfordshire -18 18 £750 +11.11% 7
Surrey -15 9 £550 +4.76% 22
Kent +2 7 £278 -52.56% 7
West Sussex -18 5 £700 +7.69% 5
Buckinghamshire -36 4 £444 +24.30% 11
Middlesex - 2 - - 6
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 6 (6.19%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (7.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.03%) Houdini
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.03%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 5 (5.15%) Maximo
2 2 (2.06%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (2.06%) Eloqua
2 2 (2.06%) NEC Housing
3 1 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.03%) iTrent
3 1 (1.03%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.34%) Entra ID
2 10 (10.31%) AWS
3 9 (9.28%) Azure
4 8 (8.25%) Power Platform
5 6 (6.19%) SaaS
6 4 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.03%) GCP
8 1 (1.03%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.31%) DNS
2 7 (7.22%) HTTP
2 7 (7.22%) Network Security
3 5 (5.15%) Firewall
3 5 (5.15%) SSH
3 5 (5.15%) TCP/IP
4 3 (3.09%) BGP
4 3 (3.09%) DHCP
4 3 (3.09%) MPLS
4 3 (3.09%) VPN
5 2 (2.06%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (2.06%) Multicast
5 2 (2.06%) OSPF
5 2 (2.06%) SAN
5 2 (2.06%) VLAN
5 2 (2.06%) Wireshark
6 1 (1.03%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.03%) iSCSI
6 1 (1.03%) Modbus
6 1 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.28%) SQL Server
2 8 (8.25%) Power BI
3 3 (3.09%) Geospatial Data
3 3 (3.09%) GIS
4 2 (2.06%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (2.06%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.06%) Metadata
4 2 (2.06%) OLAP
4 2 (2.06%) Oracle OLAP
4 2 (2.06%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.03%) EDMS
5 1 (1.03%) MySQL
5 1 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Rational DOORS
General
1 28 (28.87%) Social Skills
2 21 (21.65%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (19.59%) Finance
4 14 (14.43%) Public Sector
5 12 (12.37%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (11.34%) Aerospace
7 5 (5.15%) Military
8 4 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.09%) Marketing
9 3 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (3.09%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.06%) Aviation
10 2 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.06%) Legal
10 2 (2.06%) Local Government
10 2 (2.06%) Police
11 1 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.03%) Publishing
11 1 (1.03%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 12 (12.37%) Analyst
2 8 (8.25%) Senior
3 7 (7.22%) IT Manager
4 6 (6.19%) Security Engineer
5 5 (5.15%) Architect
5 5 (5.15%) Cloud Engineer
5 5 (5.15%) Consultant
5 5 (5.15%) Lead
5 5 (5.15%) Security Consultant
5 5 (5.15%) SOC Analyst
5 5 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (5.15%) Support Engineer
6 4 (4.12%) Data Analyst
6 4 (4.12%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (4.12%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.12%) Senior Architect
6 4 (4.12%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.09%) Principal Engineer
7 3 (3.09%) Principal Security Engineer
7 3 (3.09%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.12%) LDAP
1 4 (4.12%) OAuth
1 4 (4.12%) OpenID
1 4 (4.12%) SailPoint
1 4 (4.12%) SAML
2 2 (2.06%) Middleware
2 2 (2.06%) OAuth2
2 2 (2.06%) Web Services
3 1 (1.03%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.43%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.19%) BYOD
2 6 (6.19%) Operational Technology
2 6 (6.19%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.12%) Taxonomies
4 2 (2.06%) CCTV
4 2 (2.06%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.06%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (2.06%) SCADA
4 2 (2.06%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.03%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.03%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.03%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.03%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.03%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (1.03%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (21.65%) Windows
2 15 (15.46%) Linux
3 13 (13.40%) Windows Server
4 9 (9.28%) Unix
5 2 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.03%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (29.90%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (28.87%) Agile
3 23 (23.71%) Computer Science
3 23 (23.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 23 (23.71%) Information Security
4 20 (20.62%) Change Control
5 17 (17.53%) ITSM
5 17 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (17.53%) Risk Management
6 16 (16.49%) ITIL
7 15 (15.46%) SIEM
8 14 (14.43%) Asset Management
8 14 (14.43%) Roadmaps
9 13 (13.40%) Migration
9 13 (13.40%) Security Operations
10 12 (12.37%) Change Management
10 12 (12.37%) Decision-Making
10 12 (12.37%) Incident Management
10 12 (12.37%) Information Governance
10 12 (12.37%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (17.53%) PowerShell
2 14 (14.43%) Python
3 9 (9.28%) SQL
4 3 (3.09%) Bash
5 1 (1.03%) Korn
5 1 (1.03%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 45 (46.39%) Degree
2 41 (42.27%) Security Cleared
3 16 (16.49%) SC Cleared
4 12 (12.37%) CISSP
4 12 (12.37%) DV Cleared
5 8 (8.25%) CISM
6 7 (7.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (5.15%) CESG Certified Professional
8 4 (4.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (4.12%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (3.09%) CCIE
9 3 (3.09%) Master's Degree
9 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (3.09%) PMP
10 2 (2.06%) AWS Certification
10 2 (2.06%) Azure Certification
10 2 (2.06%) CCNP
10 2 (2.06%) CSPO
10 2 (2.06%) PMI Certification
10 2 (2.06%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (19.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (18.56%) NIST
3 16 (16.49%) Data Quality
4 9 (9.28%) GDPR
4 9 (9.28%) QA
5 6 (6.19%) PCI DSS
5 6 (6.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (5.15%) NCSC
7 2 (2.06%) Accessibility
7 2 (2.06%) PMO
8 1 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.03%) DICOM
8 1 (1.03%) GRC
8 1 (1.03%) HL7
8 1 (1.03%) ISO 19650
8 1 (1.03%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (18.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.15%) vCloud
2 5 (5.15%) VMware ESXi
2 5 (5.15%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.03%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.03%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 1 (1.03%) Docker
4 1 (1.03%) Firmware
4 1 (1.03%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (5.15%) SCOM
1 5 (5.15%) vCenter Server
2 2 (2.06%) Ansible
2 2 (2.06%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (2.06%) Iperf
2 2 (2.06%) Nmap
2 2 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.03%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.03%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.03%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (11.34%) Oracle
2 9 (9.28%) Microsoft
3 8 (8.25%) BeyondTrust
3 8 (8.25%) CyberArk
4 7 (7.22%) ServiceNow
4 7 (7.22%) VMware
5 4 (4.12%) Salesforce
6 3 (3.09%) Adobe
6 3 (3.09%) Cisco
6 3 (3.09%) ESRI
6 3 (3.09%) IBM
6 3 (3.09%) LogRhythm
7 2 (2.06%) ForgeRock
7 2 (2.06%) IFS
7 2 (2.06%) NEC
7 2 (2.06%) Okta
7 2 (2.06%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.06%) Ping Identity
7 2 (2.06%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (2.06%) SAP