Information Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Information Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Information Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Management over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 263 279 310
Rank change year-on-year +16 +31 +32
Contract jobs citing Information Management 72 111 141
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.57% 0.54% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.64% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 85 104
10th Percentile £313 £333 £281
25th Percentile £488 £450 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £601
90th Percentile £650 £673 £800
UK median daily rate £530 £514 £545
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.73% +6.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 9 8
10th Percentile £38.50 £15.44 £17.50
25th Percentile £47.50 £20.50 £30.63
Median hourly rate £63.00 £31.50 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -44.25% +235.91%
75th Percentile £66.00 £42.50 £66.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £72.60 -
UK median hourly rate £63.00 £33.25 £51.00
% change year-on-year +89.47% -34.80% +203.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Information Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,533 17,354 21,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.51% 84.54% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,213 10,334 14,740
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £660 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 833 2,042 1,299
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.30 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.18 £15.50
Median hourly rate £27.13 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.67% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.86 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £28.68 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.44% +1.39% +44.00%

Information Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Information Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Management in the UK excluding London

Information Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Information Management in the UK excluding London

Information Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Management in the UK excluding London

Information Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Information Management in the UK excluding London

Information Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Management in the UK excluding London

Information Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
South West +43 24 £530 +0.95% 23
East of England +53 22 £600 +14.29% 36
South East +21 12 £538 +11.98% 84
Scotland +18 7 £300 -20.00% 11
Midlands +3 4 £575 +4.55% 25
West Midlands -3 4 £575 +4.55% 12
North of England +2 3 £550 +10.00% 43
North West -5 2 - - 30
North East - 1 £550 - 1
Information Management
UK

Information Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (11.11%) WebSphere
2 4 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.39%) Appian
Applications
1 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.17%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.39%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.78%) Azure
1 2 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.39%) AWS
2 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.39%) PaaS
2 1 (1.39%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.28%) SSL
2 10 (13.89%) DNS
2 10 (13.89%) FTP
2 10 (13.89%) HTTP
2 10 (13.89%) Network Security
2 10 (13.89%) SMTP
3 5 (6.94%) Firewall
4 4 (5.56%) Intranet
5 3 (4.17%) Unified Communications
5 3 (4.17%) Wireless
6 2 (2.78%) NAS
6 2 (2.78%) Telepresence
7 1 (1.39%) Extranet
7 1 (1.39%) IPsec
7 1 (1.39%) LAN
7 1 (1.39%) MPLS
7 1 (1.39%) VPN
7 1 (1.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.11%) DB2
2 2 (2.78%) EDRMS
2 2 (2.78%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.39%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.39%) JIRA
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.39%) Selenium
2 1 (1.39%) TestRail
General
1 32 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 17 (23.61%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (20.83%) Public Sector
4 8 (11.11%) Law
5 7 (9.72%) Manufacturing
6 5 (6.94%) Finance
7 3 (4.17%) Electronics
7 3 (4.17%) Legal
7 3 (4.17%) Marketing
7 3 (4.17%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.78%) Back Office
8 2 (2.78%) Billing
9 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.39%) Military
9 1 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (36.11%) Analyst
2 13 (18.06%) Architect
3 9 (12.50%) SOC Analyst
3 9 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
4 8 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (9.72%) Business Analyst
5 7 (9.72%) Systems Architect
6 6 (8.33%) Head of Information
6 6 (8.33%) Information Architect
7 5 (6.94%) Head of Information Management
7 5 (6.94%) Information Analyst
7 5 (6.94%) Information Systems Architect
8 4 (5.56%) Head of Knowledge Management
8 4 (5.56%) Senior
9 3 (4.17%) Information Manager
9 3 (4.17%) Information Systems Analyst
9 3 (4.17%) IT Engineer
9 3 (4.17%) Lead
9 3 (4.17%) LIMS Business Analyst
9 3 (4.17%) Solutions Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.67%) LDAP
2 1 (1.39%) .NET
2 1 (1.39%) CSS
2 1 (1.39%) HTML
2 1 (1.39%) jQuery
2 1 (1.39%) MIDP
Miscellaneous
1 35 (48.61%) Management Information System
2 10 (13.89%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (11.11%) CSOC
3 8 (11.11%) Cyberattack
3 8 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (8.33%) LIMS
5 3 (4.17%) NHS
6 2 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.39%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.39%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.56%) Windows
2 2 (2.78%) Linux
2 2 (2.78%) Mac OS
2 2 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (2.78%) Unix
2 2 (2.78%) Windows 10
2 2 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (16.67%) Analytics
2 12 (16.67%) Information Security
3 10 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (13.89%) Systems Engineering
3 10 (13.89%) Threat Detection
4 9 (12.50%) Business Case
4 9 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 8 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
5 8 (11.11%) Machine Learning
5 8 (11.11%) Network Packet Capture
5 8 (11.11%) Project Management
5 8 (11.11%) Security Operations
6 7 (9.72%) Agile
6 7 (9.72%) Behavioural Analytics
6 7 (9.72%) Line Management
6 7 (9.72%) SIEM
7 6 (8.33%) Business Analysis
7 6 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (8.33%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.89%) SQL
2 2 (2.78%) C++
3 1 (1.39%) C#
3 1 (1.39%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.39%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (47.22%) Security Cleared
2 32 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 9 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 7 (9.72%) Degree
5 2 (2.78%) APMG
5 2 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.39%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.39%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.56%) QA
2 3 (4.17%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.17%) GDPR
3 2 (2.78%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 8 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (2.78%) SELinux
Vendors
1 8 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.94%) Oracle
3 3 (4.17%) Cisco
3 3 (4.17%) SAP
4 2 (2.78%) Liquidlogic
4 2 (2.78%) Red Hat
4 2 (2.78%) Splunk
5 1 (1.39%) F5
5 1 (1.39%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.39%) Remedy