Management Information System Contract Job Trends in the South West

Management Information Systems
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Management Information System in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Management Information System over the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 59 43
Rank change year-on-year -27 -16 +2
Contract jobs citing Management Information System 57 66 125
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.19% 3.52% 4.05%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.60% 13.52% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 41 70
10th Percentile £395 £140 £172
25th Percentile £441 £400 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £538 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.79% +1.42% +13.75%
75th Percentile £603 £676 £679
90th Percentile £1,038 £750 £729
England median daily rate £519 £525 £526
% change year-on-year -1.24% -0.24% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 26
10th Percentile £25.75 £14.41 £14.54
25th Percentile £33.02 £19.83 £15.16
Median hourly rate £33.50 £50.00 £66.70
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% -25.04% +580.61%
75th Percentile £33.75 £58.75 £83.40
90th Percentile £52.38 £67.60 -
England median hourly rate £32.00 £32.64 £26.66
% change year-on-year -1.96% +22.43% +150.80%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 750 488 961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 28.82% 26.03% 31.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 286 609
10th Percentile £213 £180 £250
25th Percentile £388 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% -0.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £655 £650
90th Percentile £738 £719 £719
England median daily rate £512 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.00% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 28 110
10th Percentile £15.60 £17.28 £13.97
25th Percentile £21.25 £25.22 £15.17
Median hourly rate £42.50 £60.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.75% +51.25% +308.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £30.11 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.72% +7.14% +55.66%

Management Information System
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Management Information System job vacancy trend in the South West

Management Information System
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Management Information System.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Management Information System

Management Information System
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Management Information System in the South West over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Management Information System in the South West

Management Information System
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Management Information System.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Management Information System

Management Information System
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Management Information System in the South West over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Management Information System in the South West

Management Information System
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 Management Information System within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 January 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
Bristol -9 20 £450 +221.43% 17
Wiltshire -22 19 £900 +43.94% 9
Somerset -5 9 £575 -8.00% 10
Gloucestershire -9 6 £555 +38.75% 13
Devon +2 2 - - 7
Dorset +2 1 - - 13
Management Information System
England

Management Information System
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (17.54%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.51%) Windchill
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (12.28%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (3.51%) Teamcenter
3 1 (1.75%) ContrOCC
3 1 (1.75%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.77%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.26%) Azure
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.51%) AWS
3 2 (3.51%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) DHCP
1 1 (1.75%) DNS
1 1 (1.75%) LAN
1 1 (1.75%) Skype
1 1 (1.75%) VLAN
1 1 (1.75%) VPN
1 1 (1.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.77%) Power BI
2 1 (1.75%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle Database
General
1 33 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 12 (21.05%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (15.79%) Military
5 7 (12.28%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (10.53%) Finance
7 5 (8.77%) Public Sector
8 4 (7.02%) Local Government
9 3 (5.26%) Marketing
10 1 (1.75%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.75%) Aviation
10 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.75%) Electronics
10 1 (1.75%) Legal
10 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.75%) Police
10 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (17.54%) Information Security Advisor
1 10 (17.54%) Security Advisor
2 6 (10.53%) Analyst
3 5 (8.77%) Incident Manager
3 5 (8.77%) Junior
3 5 (8.77%) Senior
4 4 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (7.02%) Support Engineer
4 4 (7.02%) Technical Engineer
4 4 (7.02%) Technical Support
4 4 (7.02%) Technical Support Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Applications Support
5 3 (5.26%) Lead
5 3 (5.26%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.26%) Senior Applications Support
6 2 (3.51%) Document Controller
6 2 (3.51%) Service Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) Systems Manager
6 2 (3.51%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.77%) JDO
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Security Posture
2 8 (14.04%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (7.02%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.02%) SCADA
4 2 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.51%) NHS
4 2 (3.51%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.75%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.75%) LIMS
5 1 (1.75%) PACS
5 1 (1.75%) PMI
5 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.75%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.26%) Windows
2 2 (3.51%) Linux
3 1 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (38.60%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (31.58%) Computer Science
3 15 (26.32%) Data Management
3 15 (26.32%) Information Security
4 14 (24.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (24.56%) Risk Management
5 11 (19.30%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (17.54%) Facilities Management
6 10 (17.54%) Information Security Governance
6 10 (17.54%) Internal Audit
6 10 (17.54%) ITIL
7 8 (14.04%) Agile
7 8 (14.04%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (14.04%) ITSM
7 8 (14.04%) Project Management
7 8 (14.04%) Service Management
8 7 (12.28%) Change Management
8 7 (12.28%) Data Governance
8 7 (12.28%) Service Delivery
8 7 (12.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.02%) SQL
2 1 (1.75%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.75%) Python
2 1 (1.75%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (59.65%) Security Cleared
2 32 (56.14%) Degree
3 27 (47.37%) SC Cleared
4 12 (21.05%) DV Cleared
5 11 (19.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (19.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (17.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 10 (17.54%) Master's Degree
7 2 (3.51%) CISSP
8 1 (1.75%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (1.75%) CISM
8 1 (1.75%) CITP
8 1 (1.75%) CRISC
8 1 (1.75%) HND
8 1 (1.75%) MCSE
8 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (19.30%) GRC
1 11 (19.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (17.54%) Def Stans
3 7 (12.28%) Data Quality
4 3 (5.26%) GDPR
5 2 (3.51%) NIST
6 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.75%) ISO 22301
6 1 (1.75%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.75%) JSP 440
6 1 (1.75%) NCSC
6 1 (1.75%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (5.26%) VMware NSX
1 3 (5.26%) vSphere
2 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.75%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (5.26%) Ansible
1 3 (5.26%) Terraform
1 3 (5.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 10 (17.54%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.28%) Remedy
3 4 (7.02%) VMware
4 2 (3.51%) Autodesk
4 2 (3.51%) Google
4 2 (3.51%) Liquidlogic
4 2 (3.51%) Oracle
5 1 (1.75%) Cerner
5 1 (1.75%) NEC
5 1 (1.75%) SAP
5 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow