Information Manager Contracts in the Thames Valley

Information Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Information Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 July 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
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 131 142
Rank change year-on-year +20 +11 +40
Contract jobs requiring an Information Manager 6 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.36% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.21% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile £367 - £560
25th Percentile £425 £513 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -14.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £600 £650 -
90th Percentile - £710 -
South East median daily rate £450 £625 £700
% change year-on-year -28.00% -10.71% +21.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,530 2,435 2,827
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 92.20% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 924 1,335 1,927
10th Percentile £275 £229 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.01%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £602
90th Percentile £675 £688 £693
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 186 91
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.85 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.13 £19.25 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.90 £48.18 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.24% +13.36% +143.41%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.73 £66.21
90th Percentile £87.28 £87.46 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £54.88 £50.00
% change year-on-year -48.97% +9.75% +137.81%

Information Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Manager in the Thames Valley

Information Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Manager in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Information Manager in the Thames Valley

Information Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Manager in the Thames Valley

Information Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Manager in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Information Manager in the Thames Valley

Information Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +24 5 £525 -10.64% 2
Buckinghamshire +8 1 £357 -40.50% 5
Information Manager
South East

Information Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 16 July 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 Thames Valley region featuring Information Manager in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Information Security
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) CISMP
2 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
2 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (33.33%) Ariba
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Law
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) CMS
3 1 (16.67%) Content Management
3 1 (16.67%) Information Management
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (16.67%) Information Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (16.67%) Records Management
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
3 1 (16.67%) Virgin Media
3 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (16.67%) Taxonomies

Information Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (16.67%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Metadata
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Law
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Information Security
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Content Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Information Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Information Management
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Records Management
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
3 1 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISMP
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) HIPAA
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Ariba
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Virgin Media