Records Management Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Records Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Records Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 313 373
Rank change year-on-year -15 +60 +51
Contract jobs citing Records Management 64 31 24
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.23% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.26% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 14 20
10th Percentile £323 £274 £349
25th Percentile £413 £342 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% -2.70%
75th Percentile £551 £538 £541
90th Percentile £658 £597 £554
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £450
% change year-on-year -1.96% +13.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile - £16.08 -
25th Percentile - £16.11 -
Median hourly rate £12.31 £16.19 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.95% -10.07% +50.00%
75th Percentile £16.34 £16.23 -
90th Percentile £18.75 £16.24 -
UK median hourly rate £16.34 £16.19 £18.00
% change year-on-year +0.91% -10.07% -64.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Records 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 15,442 12,054 16,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.18% 87.99% 87.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,457 7,040 10,848
10th Percentile £222 £239 £250
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,678 680 1,283
10th Percentile £14.37 £15.48 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.25 £20.00 £16.96
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -31.43% +51.38%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.03 £73.75 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £31.69 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.64% -21.75% +15.71%

Records Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Records Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Records Management job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Records Management
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Records Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Records Management

Records Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Records Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Records Management in the UK excluding London

Records Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Records Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Records Management

Records 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 Records Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
North of England -36 25 £455 -18.60% 6
Midlands -27 24 £488 -7.14% 13
West Midlands -27 14 £600 - 13
North West -16 13 £455 -23.91%
Yorkshire -32 12 £425 -18.27% 6
East Midlands -9 10 £465 -11.43%
Scotland +7 7 £246 -18.17%
South East -20 5 £423 -15.50% 8
South West -17 4 - - 1
Northern Ireland -5 3 £700 -
Records Management
UK

Records Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 19 (29.69%) Confluence
2 10 (15.63%) SharePoint
3 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (3.13%) Alfresco
4 2 (3.13%) Apache Solr
4 2 (3.13%) CMS
5 1 (1.56%) FileNet
5 1 (1.56%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 22 (34.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (31.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 12 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
1 12 (18.75%) Microsoft Purview
2 8 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 7 (10.94%) Azure
4 5 (7.81%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (7.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 5 (7.81%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (7.81%) SaaS
5 4 (6.25%) OneDrive
6 2 (3.13%) Power Automate
6 2 (3.13%) ShareGate
7 1 (1.56%) AWS
7 1 (1.56%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.56%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.56%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (28.13%) Tableau
2 7 (10.94%) Power BI
3 6 (9.38%) Data Mining
4 5 (7.81%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (6.25%) Metadata
6 2 (3.13%) MySQL
6 2 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (29.69%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) gulp
2 1 (1.56%) Yeoman
General
1 21 (32.81%) Banking
2 13 (20.31%) Public Sector
3 11 (17.19%) Legal
4 9 (14.06%) Finance
5 7 (10.94%) Social Skills
6 4 (6.25%) Police
7 3 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (3.13%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.13%) Local Government
9 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 34 (53.13%) Architect
2 18 (28.13%) Solutions Architect
3 10 (15.63%) Payments Architect
3 10 (15.63%) Payments Solutions Architect
4 9 (14.06%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 6 (9.38%) Information Governance Officer
5 6 (9.38%) Information Officer
6 5 (7.81%) Azure Architect
6 5 (7.81%) Business Architect
6 5 (7.81%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 5 (7.81%) Enterprise Architect
6 5 (7.81%) TOGAF Architect
6 5 (7.81%) TOGAF Enterprise Architect
7 4 (6.25%) Information Manager
7 4 (6.25%) Knowledge Manager
8 3 (4.69%) DBA
8 3 (4.69%) SQL DBA
9 2 (3.13%) Developer
9 2 (3.13%) Project Officer
9 2 (3.13%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (4.69%) REST
3 2 (3.13%) SPFx
4 1 (1.56%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.56%) Middleware
4 1 (1.56%) OAuth
4 1 (1.56%) React
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.56%) Product Ownership
2 10 (15.63%) Management Information System
3 6 (9.38%) Freedom of Information
4 5 (7.81%) Taxonomies
5 4 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (6.25%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (37.50%) DevOps
2 22 (34.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (31.25%) Information Governance
3 20 (31.25%) Regulatory Compliance
4 18 (28.13%) Technical Architecture
5 17 (26.56%) Architectural Design
5 17 (26.56%) Project Delivery
6 10 (15.63%) Information Management
7 9 (14.06%) E-Discovery
8 8 (12.50%) Data Protection
9 7 (10.94%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (10.94%) Migration
10 6 (9.38%) AI
10 6 (9.38%) Analytics
10 6 (9.38%) Data Governance
10 6 (9.38%) Enterprise Architecture
10 6 (9.38%) Project Management
10 6 (9.38%) Risk Management
10 6 (9.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 5 (7.81%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.38%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (4.69%) SQL
4 1 (1.56%) C#
4 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.38%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (4.69%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.56%) Degree
4 1 (1.56%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.56%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.31%) GDPR
2 4 (6.25%) FINRA
2 4 (6.25%) MiFID
3 3 (4.69%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.69%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (4.69%) PMO
4 1 (1.56%) Basel III
Vendors
1 26 (40.63%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.56%) IBM
2 1 (1.56%) Virgin Media