Information Management Contracts

Information Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 419 360 432
Rank change year-on-year -59 +72 +68
Contract jobs citing Information Management 134 193 235
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.50% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.58% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 110 149
10th Percentile £313 £301 £335
25th Percentile £426 £416 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £625 £588 £688
90th Percentile £725 £700 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £554 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +16.63% -13.64% +13.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 16 9
10th Percentile £24.01 £15.25 £17.50
25th Percentile £41.18 £25.60 £21.31
Median hourly rate £46.25 £50.27 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +59.60% -58.55%
75th Percentile £75.00 £64.73 £35.00
90th Percentile £81.12 £77.00 £49.72
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £42.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year +17.65% +34.92% -35.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,828 33,271 46,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.49% 85.47% 89.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,585 21,269 32,050
10th Percentile £300 £310 £320
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,712 1,831 1,512
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.43 £18.61
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £42.33
Median % change year-on-year -39.40% -1.95% +59.73%
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.87 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £42.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -46.75% +13.33% +70.45%

Information Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Information Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Management in the UK

Information Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Management.

Daily rate trend for Information Management in the UK

Information Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Management over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Management in the UK

Information Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Management.

Hourly rate trend for Information Management in the UK

Information Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Management over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Management in the UK

Information Management
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 August 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
England -28 113 £500 - 180
Work from Home +10 63 £519 +9.21% 88
UK excluding London -54 63 £554 +16.63% 115
London +22 50 £475 -18.45% 81
South East -5 20 £423 -11.05% 28
South West +29 16 £544 +5.63% 12
East of England +13 13 £653 +80.00% 11
West Midlands -18 6 £575 +4.55% 8
Midlands -19 6 £575 +4.55% 22
North West -16 4 £700 +40.00% 12
North of England -27 4 £700 +75.00% 24
Wales +4 2 £455 -14.95% 2
Scotland -22 2 - - 11

Information Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 17 (12.69%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.97%) CMS
3 2 (1.49%) Confluence
4 1 (0.75%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 17 (12.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (6.72%) MS Visio
3 8 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.73%) AutoCAD
4 5 (3.73%) Revit
5 4 (2.99%) ProjectWise
6 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.75%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.99%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 4 (2.99%) Teamcenter
2 2 (1.49%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.49%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.49%) Shopify
3 1 (0.75%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.75%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.75%) SAP MDG-S
3 1 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.75%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (14.18%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (11.19%) Azure
3 14 (10.45%) AWS
4 11 (8.21%) Power Platform
4 11 (8.21%) Salsify
5 6 (4.48%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (3.73%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.99%) GCP
8 3 (2.24%) Alation
8 3 (2.24%) Collibra
8 3 (2.24%) IaaS
8 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (2.24%) PaaS
8 3 (2.24%) SaaS
9 2 (1.49%) Azure API Management
9 2 (1.49%) BigCommerce
9 2 (1.49%) Boomi
9 2 (1.49%) GitHub
9 2 (1.49%) Google Drive
9 2 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.70%) DNS
1 13 (9.70%) FTP
1 13 (9.70%) HTTP
1 13 (9.70%) Network Security
1 13 (9.70%) SMTP
1 13 (9.70%) SSL
2 5 (3.73%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (3.73%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (2.99%) Firewall
4 2 (1.49%) NAS
4 2 (1.49%) Telepresence
4 2 (1.49%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.70%) Metadata
2 6 (4.48%) Big Data
2 6 (4.48%) Power BI
2 6 (4.48%) Power Query
3 5 (3.73%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.99%) Apache Cassandra
4 4 (2.99%) Hadoop
5 3 (2.24%) EDRMS
6 2 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.75%) EDMS
7 1 (0.75%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.75%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (4.48%) JIRA
2 2 (1.49%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.75%) Git
3 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.75%) Subversion
General
1 58 (43.28%) Social Skills
2 30 (22.39%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (20.90%) Public Sector
4 14 (10.45%) Finance
5 10 (7.46%) Retail
6 9 (6.72%) Marketing
7 8 (5.97%) Law
7 8 (5.97%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.73%) Local Government
10 3 (2.24%) Legal
10 3 (2.24%) Police
11 2 (1.49%) Italian Language
11 2 (1.49%) Military
11 2 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.75%) Electronics
12 1 (0.75%) French Language
12 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (21.64%) Analyst
2 14 (10.45%) Information Manager
3 13 (9.70%) Architect
3 13 (9.70%) Senior
4 12 (8.96%) SOC Analyst
5 8 (5.97%) Business Analyst
5 8 (5.97%) Consultant
5 8 (5.97%) Lead
6 6 (4.48%) Data Steward
6 6 (4.48%) Developer
6 6 (4.48%) Head of Information
6 6 (4.48%) Knowledge Manager
7 5 (3.73%) Business Support Analyst
7 5 (3.73%) Communications Engineer
7 5 (3.73%) Head of Information Management
7 5 (3.73%) IT Analyst
7 5 (3.73%) IT Support
7 5 (3.73%) Senior Communications Engineer
7 5 (3.73%) Support Analyst
7 5 (3.73%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (11.19%) LDAP
2 5 (3.73%) Kafka
2 5 (3.73%) MIDP
3 2 (1.49%) .NET
3 2 (1.49%) Middleware
3 2 (1.49%) VML
4 1 (0.75%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.75%) CSS
4 1 (0.75%) HTML
4 1 (0.75%) jQuery
4 1 (0.75%) MACH
4 1 (0.75%) Memcached
4 1 (0.75%) Next.js
4 1 (0.75%) Node.js
4 1 (0.75%) OAuth
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.75%) REST
4 1 (0.75%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 43 (32.09%) Management Information System
2 13 (9.70%) CSOC
2 13 (9.70%) Cyber Threat
2 13 (9.70%) Security Operations Centre
3 12 (8.96%) Cyberattack
4 11 (8.21%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (7.46%) Taxonomies
6 5 (3.73%) Fibre Optics
6 5 (3.73%) Freedom of Information
7 4 (2.99%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.24%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.24%) FMCG
8 3 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.24%) LIMS
8 3 (2.24%) NHS
8 3 (2.24%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.49%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.99%) Windows
2 3 (2.24%) Linux
3 2 (1.49%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (23.88%) Data Governance
2 25 (18.66%) Analytics
2 25 (18.66%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (17.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 22 (16.42%) Product Information Management
5 21 (15.67%) Agile
5 21 (15.67%) Data Management
5 21 (15.67%) Records Management
6 19 (14.18%) Information Security
7 18 (13.43%) Artificial Intelligence
7 18 (13.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (12.69%) E-Commerce
8 17 (12.69%) Project Management
9 16 (11.94%) Migration
10 14 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (10.45%) Information Governance
10 14 (10.45%) Machine Learning
10 14 (10.45%) Security Operations
10 14 (10.45%) Threat Detection
11 13 (9.70%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.72%) Python
2 7 (5.22%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.49%) C#
3 2 (1.49%) C++
3 2 (1.49%) SQL
4 1 (0.75%) Java
4 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.75%) VB.NET
4 1 (0.75%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (33.58%) Security Cleared
2 37 (27.61%) SC Cleared
3 23 (17.16%) Degree
4 15 (11.19%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.73%) RIBA
6 4 (2.99%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.24%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.49%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.49%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.49%) CISM
8 2 (1.49%) CRISC
8 2 (1.49%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.49%) PMP
8 2 (1.49%) Postgraduate
8 2 (1.49%) SAFe Agilist
8 2 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.75%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.43%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.96%) GDPR
3 7 (5.22%) Accessibility
3 7 (5.22%) PMO
4 3 (2.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.49%) NIST
6 1 (0.75%) GRC
6 1 (0.75%) QA
6 1 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.75%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.75%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 2 (1.49%) Ansible
1 2 (1.49%) SELinux
1 2 (1.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (21.64%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.45%) Informatica
3 6 (4.48%) SAP
4 5 (3.73%) Liquidlogic
4 5 (3.73%) Sparx
5 4 (2.99%) BiZZdesign
5 4 (2.99%) Google
5 4 (2.99%) Oracle
5 4 (2.99%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.24%) Sun
7 2 (1.49%) Adobe
7 2 (1.49%) Cisco
7 2 (1.49%) Dell
7 2 (1.49%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.49%) Sitecore
7 2 (1.49%) Splunk
8 1 (0.75%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.75%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.75%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.75%) Workday