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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 133 125
Rank change year-on-year +27 -8 +19
Contract jobs citing Information Management 14 21 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.74% 0.66% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.79% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 19 26
10th Percentile £489 £355 £302
25th Percentile £515 £424 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.62% - +18.64%
75th Percentile £562 £588 £690
90th Percentile £575 £738 £807
England median daily rate £554 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +7.57% -6.36% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 6
10th Percentile - £65.18 £17.50
25th Percentile - £67.31 £21.88
Median hourly rate - £72.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +107.86% -54.25%
75th Percentile - £76.31 £46.25
90th Percentile - £77.33 £58.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £31.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +106.35% -21.25% -47.54%

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 1,687 2,654 3,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 89.69% 82.94% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,001 1,681 2,232
10th Percentile £225 £263 £325
25th Percentile £375 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +7.00%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 377 257
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.00 £24.22
25th Percentile £18.51 £31.60 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.44 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.22% -11.63% +30.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £77.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% -8.14% +59.62%

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

Information Management
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

Information Management
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

Information Management
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 16 July 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
Devon - 6 £575 - 2
Bristol +11 4 £559 +6.48% 10
Wiltshire +31 2 £530 +26.19% 2
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 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (7.14%) InfoPath
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Military
3 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Head of Information
1 5 (35.71%) Head of Information Management
2 4 (28.57%) Head of Knowledge Management
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) PMO Officer
4 2 (14.29%) Project Officer
5 1 (7.14%) Business Information Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Information Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Lead
5 1 (7.14%) Security Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) CSS
1 1 (7.14%) HTML
1 1 (7.14%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Data Governance
1 5 (35.71%) Decision-Making
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Agile
3 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (21.43%) Data Management
3 3 (21.43%) Line Management
4 2 (14.29%) Business Case
4 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (14.29%) Community of Practice
4 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 2 (14.29%) Information Architecture
4 2 (14.29%) Master Data Management
4 2 (14.29%) People Management
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Records Management
5 1 (7.14%) Incident Response
5 1 (7.14%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (7.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) C#
1 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) PMO
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow