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 21 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 62 65
Rank change year-on-year -15 +3 +29
Contract jobs citing Management Information System 54 74 101
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.41% 3.09% 3.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.54% 11.21% 11.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 48 56
10th Percentile £475 £140 £176
25th Percentile £521 £450 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £638 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% +21.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £613 £690 £682
90th Percentile £865 £769 £729
England median daily rate £527 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.43% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 25
10th Percentile £31.52 £14.41 £15.16
25th Percentile - £15.62 -
Median hourly rate £33.50 £19.83 £83.40
Median % change year-on-year +68.94% -76.22% +28.31%
75th Percentile - £52.50 -
90th Percentile £34.30 £58.00 -
England median hourly rate £31.50 £24.18 £57.32
% change year-on-year +30.27% -57.82% +154.76%

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 716 660 914
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 31.99% 27.55% 29.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 373 637
10th Percentile £225 £213 £250
25th Percentile £400 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% - +4.27%
75th Percentile £644 £672 £660
90th Percentile £738 £725 £729
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 53 61
10th Percentile £6.00 £14.65 £15.16
25th Percentile £15.48 £35.00 £27.50
Median hourly rate £28.25 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.64% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £64.06 - £83.40
90th Percentile £70.93 £75.00 -
England median hourly rate £29.00 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.20% +2.62% +36.36%

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 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 +7 22 £540 +83.05% 27
Wiltshire -13 15 £600 -13.04% 14
Gloucestershire -5 7 £555 +11.00% 25
Somerset -6 5 - - 5
Devon +8 4 £525 +65.35% 3
Dorset -3 1 - - 6
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 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.11%) Azure
2 5 (9.26%) AWS
3 4 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.41%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.70%) GCP
4 2 (3.70%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.85%) Azure Stack
5 1 (1.85%) IaaS
5 1 (1.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) BGP
1 1 (1.85%) DHCP
1 1 (1.85%) DNS
1 1 (1.85%) LAN
1 1 (1.85%) MPLS
1 1 (1.85%) Network Security
1 1 (1.85%) Skype
1 1 (1.85%) VLAN
1 1 (1.85%) VPN
1 1 (1.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 32 (59.26%) Social Skills
2 12 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
2 12 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 9 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.81%) Military
5 3 (5.56%) Finance
5 3 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Marketing
6 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Electronics
6 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.85%) Legal
6 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (18.52%) Information Security Advisor
1 10 (18.52%) Security Advisor
2 6 (11.11%) Analyst
2 6 (11.11%) Commercial Officer
3 5 (9.26%) Incident Manager
3 5 (9.26%) Junior
4 4 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Support Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Technical Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Technical Support
4 4 (7.41%) Technical Support Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Lead
5 3 (5.56%) Service Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Architect
6 2 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Security Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Systems Manager
6 2 (3.70%) Transformation Manager
7 1 (1.85%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (7.41%) JDO
3 1 (1.85%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.85%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Security Posture
2 5 (9.26%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (7.41%) SCADA
4 3 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.70%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.85%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.85%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.56%) Windows
2 2 (3.70%) Linux
3 1 (1.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (27.78%) Computer Science
3 14 (25.93%) Information Security
4 13 (24.07%) Risk Management
5 11 (20.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (18.52%) Facilities Management
6 10 (18.52%) Information Security Governance
6 10 (18.52%) Internal Audit
7 9 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (16.67%) ITIL
7 9 (16.67%) ITSM
8 8 (14.81%) Data Management
8 8 (14.81%) Service Management
9 7 (12.96%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (11.11%) ERP
10 6 (11.11%) Service Delivery
11 5 (9.26%) Incident Management
11 5 (9.26%) Information Management
11 5 (9.26%) Project Management
11 5 (9.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.85%) Bash
1 1 (1.85%) Bicep
1 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (64.81%) Security Cleared
2 29 (53.70%) SC Cleared
3 27 (50.00%) Degree
4 11 (20.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (18.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (18.52%) DV Cleared
5 10 (18.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 10 (18.52%) Master's Degree
6 3 (5.56%) CISSP
7 2 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.70%) CISM
8 1 (1.85%) CCNP
8 1 (1.85%) CCSP
8 1 (1.85%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (1.85%) CITP
8 1 (1.85%) CRISC
8 1 (1.85%) HND
8 1 (1.85%) MCSE
8 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.85%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (24.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (20.37%) GRC
3 10 (18.52%) Def Stans
4 4 (7.41%) GDPR
4 4 (7.41%) NIST
5 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.85%) ISO 22301
5 1 (1.85%) JSP 440
5 1 (1.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (5.56%) VMware NSX
1 3 (5.56%) vSphere
2 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) Terraform
2 3 (5.56%) Ansible
2 3 (5.56%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.85%) Grafana
Vendors
1 10 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.96%) Oracle
2 7 (12.96%) Remedy
3 4 (7.41%) VMware
4 2 (3.70%) Google
4 2 (3.70%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.85%) Intel
5 1 (1.85%) SAP
5 1 (1.85%) Splunk