Information Manager Contracts in the South West

Information Manager
England > South West

The median Information Manager daily rate in the South West is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 132 147
Rank change year-on-year +29 +15 +11
Contract jobs requiring an Information Manager 6 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.32% 0.25% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.27% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £590 - -
25th Percentile £613 £663 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £665 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% +26.67% +23.53%
75th Percentile £738 £669 £538
90th Percentile £760 £670 -
England median daily rate £460 £600 £621
% change year-on-year -23.33% -3.42% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £27.64 - -
England median hourly rate £27.64 £47.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year -41.81% +50.79% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 1,683 2,571 3,167
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.81% 92.15% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 974 1,656 2,223
10th Percentile £225 £250 £300
25th Percentile £363 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +2.44%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £717
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 331 260
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.41 £17.50
25th Percentile £18.13 £40.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +3.17% +26.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £75.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £83.44
England median hourly rate £25.32 £45.00 £41.90
% change year-on-year -43.73% +7.40% +63.16%

Information Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Information Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Information Manager in the South West

Information Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Information Manager in the South West

Information Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Manager in the South West

Information Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Manager in the South West

Information Manager
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 Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Gloucestershire +24 3 £675 +1.50%
Bristol - 2 - - 3
Devon - 1 - - 1
Information Manager
England

Information Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 14 August 2025, Information Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Information Manager in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Information Assurance
2 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) Information Security
4 2 (33.33%) Military
4 2 (33.33%) Benchmarking
4 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 1 (16.67%) Information Governance
5 1 (16.67%) GDPR
5 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (16.67%) Local Government
5 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (16.67%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (16.67%) CISM
5 1 (16.67%) Law
5 1 (16.67%) CISSP

Information Manager Skill Set
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:

General
1 2 (33.33%) Military
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (16.67%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Information Assurance
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Benchmarking
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Information Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) CISM
3 1 (16.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR