Information Manager Contracts

Information Manager
UK

The median Information Manager daily rate in the UK is £539, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 558 627
Rank change year-on-year +76 +69 +102
Contract jobs requiring an Information Manager 37 42 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.096% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.10% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 30 75
10th Percentile £400 £315 £299
25th Percentile £425 £363 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £683 £644
90th Percentile £725 £739 £812
UK excluding London median daily rate £539 £665 £550
% change year-on-year -18.95% +20.91% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £27.64 - £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.64 - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - +160.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,050 40,453 56,471
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.79% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,352 39,474
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,031 2,658 1,569
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -20.00% +91.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.75 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.32% -9.41% +117.95%

Information Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Manager over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +55 33 £545 +3.71% 81
UK excluding London +60 24 £539 -18.95% 53
London +24 12 £625 +66.67% 35
South East +48 11 £520 -11.57% 5
Work from Home +38 8 £465 -11.43% 37
South West +39 4 £625 -6.37% 7
Midlands - 4 £550 - 20
East Midlands - 3 - - 10
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 1
North of England +27 1 - - 12
North West +10 1 - - 8
Scotland - 1 - - 4
East of England - 1 £519 - 4
West Midlands - 1 £550 - 10

Information Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 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 featuring Information Manager in the job title.

1 21 (56.76%) Information Security
2 14 (37.84%) Risk Management
3 13 (35.14%) CISSP
3 13 (35.14%) Data Protection
4 12 (32.43%) CISM
4 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
5 11 (29.73%) Law
5 11 (29.73%) Legal
6 9 (24.32%) Degree
6 9 (24.32%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (24.32%) GDPR
7 8 (21.62%) Management Information System
7 8 (21.62%) NIST
7 8 (21.62%) Public Sector
8 7 (18.92%) Impact Assessments
8 7 (18.92%) Finance
8 7 (18.92%) CRISC
9 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (16.22%) Information Assurance
9 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (13.51%) Information Management
10 5 (13.51%) Project Management
10 5 (13.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
10 5 (13.51%) Computer Science
10 5 (13.51%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (13.51%) Risk Register
10 5 (13.51%) Data Sharing
11 4 (10.81%) Project Delivery

Information Manager Skill Set
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 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (5.41%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.41%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.70%) AWS
2 1 (2.70%) Azure
2 1 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.70%) GCP
2 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) Network Security
2 3 (8.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) Power BI
General
1 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 11 (29.73%) Law
2 11 (29.73%) Legal
3 8 (21.62%) Public Sector
4 7 (18.92%) Finance
5 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.41%) Local Government
6 2 (5.41%) Military
6 2 (5.41%) Police
7 1 (2.70%) Automotive
7 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.70%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) MIDP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.81%) Freedom of Information
2 4 (10.81%) Product Ownership
2 4 (10.81%) Security Posture
3 3 (8.11%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (5.41%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (5.41%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Linux
1 3 (8.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (56.76%) Information Security
2 14 (37.84%) Risk Management
3 13 (35.14%) Data Protection
4 9 (24.32%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (18.92%) Impact Assessments
6 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (16.22%) Information Assurance
6 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (13.51%) Computer Science
7 5 (13.51%) Data Sharing
7 5 (13.51%) Information Management
7 5 (13.51%) Project Management
7 5 (13.51%) Risk Register
8 4 (10.81%) Agile
8 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (10.81%) Project Delivery
8 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (8.11%) Information Governance
9 3 (8.11%) Statistics
9 3 (8.11%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 13 (35.14%) CISSP
2 12 (32.43%) CISM
3 9 (24.32%) Degree
4 7 (18.92%) CRISC
5 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
6 4 (10.81%) CISA
7 3 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (8.11%) GIAC
8 2 (5.41%) CISMP
8 2 (5.41%) RIBA
8 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
9 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
9 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
9 1 (2.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (24.32%) GDPR
2 8 (21.62%) NIST
3 5 (13.51%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (13.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (8.11%) HIPAA
4 3 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 3 (8.11%) NIST 800
4 3 (8.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (5.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (5.41%) GRC
6 1 (2.70%) COBIT
6 1 (2.70%) EU AI Act
6 1 (2.70%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 2 (5.41%) Ariba
1 2 (5.41%) Autodesk
1 2 (5.41%) SAP