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 27 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 59 37
Rank change year-on-year -21 -22 +5
Contract jobs citing Management Information System 62 64 146
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.20% 3.59% 4.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.98% 13.59% 14.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 40 77
10th Percentile £328 £140 £172
25th Percentile £396 £389 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £529 £530
Median % change year-on-year -5.48% -0.19% +12.77%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £601
90th Percentile £1,012 £691 £710
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.95% -0.94% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 29
10th Percentile £26.90 £34.26 £14.54
25th Percentile - £47.50 £15.16
Median hourly rate £33.50 £51.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.95% +28.75% +308.16%
75th Percentile £34.50 £61.63 £83.40
90th Percentile £71.02 £70.70 -
England median hourly rate £28.55 £47.25 £25.50
% change year-on-year -39.57% +85.27% +139.89%

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 777 471 1,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 27.56% 26.39% 32.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 289 617
10th Percentile £225 £200 £298
25th Percentile £388 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £600 £650 £631
90th Percentile £738 £701 £700
England median daily rate £513 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -5.09% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 24 132
10th Percentile £15.46 £19.26 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £47.50 £15.17
Median hourly rate £52.50 £62.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.33% +56.88% +173.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £33.50 £37.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year -9.46% +17.46% +40.00%

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 27 February 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 27 February 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 27 February 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 -12 25 £500 +11.11% 8
Wiltshire -21 19 £900 +49.88% 3
Somerset -6 11 £390 -37.60% 7
Gloucestershire -10 3 £550 +37.50% 10
Devon +3 2 - - 6
Dorset -1 2 - - 4
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 3 (4.84%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.23%) Mattermost
3 1 (1.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.23%) Windchill
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (14.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (6.45%) NEC Housing
3 2 (3.23%) Teamcenter
4 1 (1.61%) ContrOCC
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.06%) Power Platform
2 3 (4.84%) Azure
3 2 (3.23%) AWS
3 2 (3.23%) Google Workspace
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.23%) SaaS
4 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.61%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.61%) EIGRP
1 1 (1.61%) ICMP
1 1 (1.61%) L2TP
1 1 (1.61%) OSPF
1 1 (1.61%) RIP
1 1 (1.61%) Skype
1 1 (1.61%) SNMP
1 1 (1.61%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (1.61%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.06%) Power BI
2 1 (1.61%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 37 (59.68%) Social Skills
2 12 (19.35%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (16.13%) Finance
5 9 (14.52%) Military
6 8 (12.90%) Local Government
7 7 (11.29%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.84%) Public Sector
9 2 (3.23%) Aerospace
9 2 (3.23%) Legal
9 2 (3.23%) Marketing
10 1 (1.61%) Aviation
10 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 10 (16.13%) Information Security Advisor
1 10 (16.13%) Security Advisor
1 10 (16.13%) Senior
2 8 (12.90%) Analyst
3 5 (8.06%) Applications Support
3 5 (8.06%) Incident Manager
3 5 (8.06%) Junior
3 5 (8.06%) Senior Applications Support
4 4 (6.45%) Support Engineer
4 4 (6.45%) Support Officer
4 4 (6.45%) Technical Engineer
4 4 (6.45%) Technical Support
4 4 (6.45%) Technical Support Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) Lead
5 3 (4.84%) Project Manager
5 3 (4.84%) Service Analyst
5 3 (4.84%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (3.23%) Document Controller
6 2 (3.23%) Systems Manager
6 2 (3.23%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.06%) JDO
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.74%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (16.13%) Security Posture
3 4 (6.45%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.84%) SCADA
5 2 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.61%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.61%) LIMS
6 1 (1.61%) NHS
6 1 (1.61%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.61%) PACS
6 1 (1.61%) PKI
6 1 (1.61%) PMI
6 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.61%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.23%) Linux
1 2 (3.23%) Windows
2 1 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (40.32%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (29.03%) Computer Science
2 18 (29.03%) Information Security
3 16 (25.81%) Data Management
4 15 (24.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (20.97%) Risk Management
6 12 (19.35%) Agile
6 12 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (19.35%) ITIL
7 11 (17.74%) Customer Service
7 11 (17.74%) Internal Audit
8 10 (16.13%) Data Security
8 10 (16.13%) Facilities Management
8 10 (16.13%) Information Security Governance
8 10 (16.13%) ITSM
8 10 (16.13%) Service Management
9 9 (14.52%) Data Protection
9 9 (14.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (12.90%) Analytics
10 8 (12.90%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.13%) SQL
2 2 (3.23%) Python
3 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 35 (56.45%) Security Cleared
2 33 (53.23%) Degree
3 30 (48.39%) SC Cleared
4 11 (17.74%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (17.74%) DV Cleared
5 10 (16.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (16.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 10 (16.13%) Master's Degree
6 2 (3.23%) CISSP
7 1 (1.61%) CBAP
7 1 (1.61%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (1.61%) CISM
7 1 (1.61%) CITP
7 1 (1.61%) CRISC
7 1 (1.61%) HND
7 1 (1.61%) IIBA
7 1 (1.61%) MCSE
7 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.35%) Data Quality
2 11 (17.74%) GRC
2 11 (17.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (16.13%) Def Stans
4 8 (12.90%) GDPR
5 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.61%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.61%) JSP 440
5 1 (1.61%) NCSC
5 1 (1.61%) NIST
5 1 (1.61%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.61%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.61%) KVM
Vendors
1 10 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.52%) Remedy
3 4 (6.45%) NEC
4 3 (4.84%) Google
5 2 (3.23%) Autodesk
5 2 (3.23%) Liquidlogic
5 2 (3.23%) Oracle
6 1 (1.61%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.61%) Cerner
6 1 (1.61%) Databricks
6 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow