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 10 May 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 549 624
Rank change year-on-year +67 +75 +96
Contract jobs requiring an Information Manager 41 41 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.095% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.10% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 30 69
10th Percentile £403 £315 £297
25th Percentile £439 £363 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £525 £618
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -14.98% +5.11%
75th Percentile £634 £683 £650
90th Percentile £720 £739 £820
UK excluding London median daily rate £539 £665 £550
% change year-on-year -18.95% +20.91% -16.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Median hourly rate £27.64 £47.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.81% -20.83% +160.87%
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.64 £47.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -41.81% -20.83% +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 27,188 39,941 54,901
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 92.76% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,734 26,001 38,348
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,055 2,673 1,536
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £28.60 £36.65 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% -18.56% +88.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.90 £76.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £42.43
% change year-on-year -31.25% -5.73% +115.78%

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 10 May 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 10 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
England +66 37 £539 +2.67% 110
UK excluding London +66 25 £539 -18.95% 87
London +38 14 £563 +50.00% 43
South East +45 11 £520 -13.42% 23
Work from Home +29 9 £465 -11.43% 42
South West +37 5 £625 -6.37% 8
Midlands - 4 £550 - 24
East Midlands - 3 - - 14
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 2
East of England - 1 £519 - 9
North of England - 1 - - 18
North West - 1 - - 8
West Midlands - 1 £550 - 10
Scotland - 1 - - 6

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 24 (58.54%) Information Security
2 13 (31.71%) Risk Management
2 13 (31.71%) CISSP
2 13 (31.71%) Data Protection
3 12 (29.27%) CISM
3 12 (29.27%) Social Skills
4 11 (26.83%) Law
4 11 (26.83%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (24.39%) Legal
6 9 (21.95%) Degree
6 9 (21.95%) Public Sector
7 8 (19.51%) NIST
7 8 (19.51%) Security Cleared
7 8 (19.51%) Information Assurance
7 8 (19.51%) GDPR
7 8 (19.51%) Management Information System
7 8 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (17.07%) Finance
8 7 (17.07%) CRISC
8 7 (17.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (14.63%) Impact Assessments
9 6 (14.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (14.63%) Information Management
9 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Office
10 5 (12.20%) Project Management
10 5 (12.20%) Computer Science
11 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared
11 4 (9.76%) Network Security
11 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.88%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.88%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.76%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.44%) AWS
2 1 (2.44%) Azure
2 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.44%) GCP
2 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) Network Security
2 3 (7.32%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) Power BI
General
1 12 (29.27%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.83%) Law
3 10 (24.39%) Legal
4 9 (21.95%) Public Sector
5 7 (17.07%) Finance
6 4 (9.76%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.88%) Local Government
7 2 (4.88%) Military
7 2 (4.88%) Police
8 1 (2.44%) Automotive
8 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) MIDP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.51%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.76%) Freedom of Information
2 4 (9.76%) Product Ownership
2 4 (9.76%) Security Posture
3 3 (7.32%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (7.32%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (4.88%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.88%) Freedom of Information Act
4 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Linux
1 3 (7.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (58.54%) Information Security
2 13 (31.71%) Data Protection
2 13 (31.71%) Risk Management
3 11 (26.83%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (19.51%) Information Assurance
4 8 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (14.63%) Impact Assessments
5 6 (14.63%) Information Management
6 5 (12.20%) Computer Science
6 5 (12.20%) Project Management
7 4 (9.76%) Agile
7 4 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (9.76%) Data Sharing
7 4 (9.76%) Incident Response
7 4 (9.76%) Information Governance
7 4 (9.76%) Project Delivery
7 4 (9.76%) Risk Register
7 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (7.32%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) CISSP
2 12 (29.27%) CISM
3 9 (21.95%) Degree
4 8 (19.51%) Security Cleared
5 7 (17.07%) CRISC
6 4 (9.76%) CISA
6 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared
7 3 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (7.32%) GIAC
8 2 (4.88%) CISMP
8 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared
8 2 (4.88%) RIBA
9 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
9 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
9 1 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (19.51%) GDPR
1 8 (19.51%) NIST
2 7 (17.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (14.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (7.32%) HIPAA
4 3 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 3 (7.32%) NIST 800
4 3 (7.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (4.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (4.88%) GRC
6 1 (2.44%) COBIT
6 1 (2.44%) EU AI Act
6 1 (2.44%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 2 (4.88%) Ariba
1 2 (4.88%) Autodesk
1 2 (4.88%) SAP
2 1 (2.44%) Virgin Media