Records Management Contract Job Trends in the South East

Records Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Records Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 180 208
Rank change year-on-year +22 +28 +45
Contract jobs citing Records Management 14 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.38% 0.094% 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £329 - £410
25th Percentile £346 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.68% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £438 £488 £559
90th Percentile £446 - £576
England median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.13 - £30.75
Median hourly rate £15.25 - £31.50
75th Percentile £15.38 - £32.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £15.25 - £31.50
% change year-on-year - - +84.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Records Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,241 3,593 4,907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 88.58% 84.32% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,036 2,182 3,259
10th Percentile £215 £261 £225
25th Percentile £393 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% -2.51% +2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £624
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 182 254
10th Percentile £13.25 £16.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £22.87
Median hourly rate £20.71 £58.17 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.40% +10.80% +47.89%
75th Percentile £34.83 £70.00 £66.19
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.16 £44.50
% change year-on-year -38.89% -7.52% +27.14%

Records Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Records Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Records Management job vacancy trend in the South East

Records Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Records Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Records Management

Records Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Records Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Records Management

Records Management
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 Records Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 October 2025. 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 +23 13 £418 -12.11% 2
Buckinghamshire +12 11 £410 -13.68%
Berkshire - 2 £425 - 2
Records Management
England

Records Management
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 3 (21.43%) CMS
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (14.29%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Metadata
General
1 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
1 1 (7.14%) Local Government
1 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
1 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Administrator
2 5 (35.71%) Information Manager
2 5 (35.71%) Knowledge Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Configuration Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Data Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365 Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 4 (28.57%) Taxonomies
3 1 (7.14%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
1 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (42.86%) Customer Service
1 6 (42.86%) Data Protection
1 6 (42.86%) Process Management
1 6 (42.86%) Service Delivery
2 5 (35.71%) Information Architecture
2 5 (35.71%) Information Management
3 4 (28.57%) Data Governance
4 3 (21.43%) Content Management
4 3 (21.43%) Information Governance
4 3 (21.43%) Migration
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (14.29%) Change Control
5 2 (14.29%) Change Management
5 2 (14.29%) CMMI
5 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
5 2 (14.29%) Data Management
5 2 (14.29%) Internal Audit
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (42.86%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft