Information Management Contracts in the South West

Information Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Information Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Management over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 124 129
Rank change year-on-year +34 +5 +22
Contract jobs citing Information Management 24 20 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.42% 0.63% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 0.75% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 27
10th Percentile £463 £401 £243
25th Percentile £513 £441 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £561 £588 £605
90th Percentile £664 £703 £800
England median daily rate £530 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile - £65.18 -
25th Percentile £47.50 £67.31 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.75 £72.75 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.24% +110.87% -
75th Percentile £55.50 £76.31 £54.00
90th Percentile £60.90 £77.33 £61.20
England median hourly rate £63.00 £31.50 £57.00
% change year-on-year +100.00% -44.74% +238.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Information 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,522 2,654 3,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.33% 83.02% 89.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 967 1,694 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.73% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £723
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 336 332
10th Percentile £18.42 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.08 £27.50 £16.89
Median hourly rate £62.75 £54.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.20% -12.20% +26.52%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.31
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%

Information Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Information Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Information Management in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Management in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Information Management in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Management in the South West over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Management in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Management in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Information Management in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Bristol +24 10 £546 +3.90% 5
Wiltshire +36 6 £528 +25.60% 1
Devon - 5 £575 - 2
Gloucestershire +11 1 £400 -40.74% 4
Dorset - 1 £475 -
Information Management
England

Information Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) Appian
1 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (12.50%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.17%) InfoPath
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Extranet
1 1 (4.17%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) DB2
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
1 1 (4.17%) Selenium
1 1 (4.17%) TestRail
General
1 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Finance
4 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.17%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Analyst
2 7 (29.17%) Business Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Head of Information
3 5 (20.83%) Head of Information Management
4 4 (16.67%) Head of Knowledge Management
5 3 (12.50%) Architect
5 3 (12.50%) Information Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) LIMS Business Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (8.33%) Business Information Analyst
6 2 (8.33%) Lead
6 2 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Data Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Developer
7 1 (4.17%) Information Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Information Systems Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Information Systems Architect
7 1 (4.17%) SharePoint Developer
7 1 (4.17%) Solutions Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) .NET
1 1 (4.17%) CSS
1 1 (4.17%) HTML
1 1 (4.17%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 11 (45.83%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.50%) LIMS
3 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Decision-Making
1 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.83%) Business Case
2 5 (20.83%) Data Governance
3 4 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (16.67%) Information Architecture
3 4 (16.67%) Line Management
3 4 (16.67%) Master Data Management
3 4 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
4 3 (12.50%) Agile
4 3 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) Data Management
5 2 (8.33%) Community of Practice
5 2 (8.33%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (8.33%) Data Science
5 2 (8.33%) People Management
5 2 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (4.17%) API Testing
6 1 (4.17%) Defect Management
6 1 (4.17%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) C#
2 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 16 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) APMG
3 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.17%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle