Information Specialist Contracts in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £335 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 422 507
Rank change year-on-year +36 +85 -95
Contract jobs requiring an Information Specialist 9 30 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.043% 0.12% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.13% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 21 7
10th Percentile - £350 £332
25th Percentile £165 £413 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -44.17% - +71.43%
75th Percentile £500 £700 £838
90th Percentile £526 £814 £900
UK median daily rate £500 £625 £525
% change year-on-year -20.00% +19.05% +32.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £74.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £74.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,260 22,774 29,857
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.07% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,836 15,954 20,879
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,214 1,200 1,503
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.06
25th Percentile £15.66 £18.12 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

Information Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Information Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Specialist in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Information Specialist in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Specialist in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Specialist in the UK excluding London

Information Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 East +9 7 £170 -75.71% 2
North of England +39 1 £575 +35.29% 1
Scotland +30 1 - - 1
North West +18 1 £575 +35.29% 1
Information Specialist
UK

Information Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Information Specialist 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 UK excluding London region featuring Information Specialist in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Information Security
2 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (55.56%) ISMS
2 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
3 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (44.44%) Logistics
3 4 (44.44%) Risk Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (44.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (44.44%) Risk Register
4 3 (33.33%) Migration
4 3 (33.33%) Wiki
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
6 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
6 1 (11.11%) Analytics
6 1 (11.11%) User Experience
6 1 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance
6 1 (11.11%) Information Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) CAFM
6 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
6 1 (11.11%) CISSP
6 1 (11.11%) CAD
6 1 (11.11%) CISA

Information Specialist Skill Set
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 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Billing
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
2 3 (33.33%) Wiki
3 1 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Information Security
2 5 (55.56%) ISMS
3 4 (44.44%) Logistics
3 4 (44.44%) Risk Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) Risk Register
4 3 (33.33%) Migration
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) Analytics
6 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
6 1 (11.11%) CAD
6 1 (11.11%) CAFM
6 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
6 1 (11.11%) Data Science
6 1 (11.11%) Information Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance
6 1 (11.11%) Information Management
6 1 (11.11%) ITIL
6 1 (11.11%) Privileged Access Management
6 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (11.11%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) CISA
1 1 (11.11%) CISSP
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) HND
1 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (44.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft