Management Information System Contract Job Trends

Management Information Systems
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Management Information System in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Management Information System over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 106 90
Rank change year-on-year -44 -16 +23
Contract jobs citing Management Information System 693 806 1,128
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.90% 2.35% 2.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.42% 7.37% 8.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 424 693
10th Percentile £260 £225 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.34% -2.29%
75th Percentile £666 £641 £650
90th Percentile £875 £750 £785
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 57 83
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.89 £15.61
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.00 £22.09
Median hourly rate £31.50 £25.43 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.87% -53.76% +107.55%
75th Percentile £45.00 £52.50 £83.40
90th Percentile £75.97 £66.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.17 £25.43 £57.32
% change year-on-year +30.44% -55.64% +36.51%

All Generic Skills
UK

Management Information System falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,788 10,936 14,049
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.09% 31.90% 31.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,978 6,532 9,372
10th Percentile £275 £271 £270
25th Percentile £406 £410 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.77% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £661 £668
90th Percentile £738 £775 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 650 347 493
10th Percentile £13.50 £17.25 £16.54
25th Percentile £17.99 £22.61 £20.50
Median hourly rate £27.11 £33.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% -22.35% +21.43%
75th Percentile £58.56 £64.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.33 £78.43 £77.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.21 £32.50 £45.21
% change year-on-year -16.28% -28.11% +52.68%

Management Information System
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Management Information System relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Management Information System job vacancy trend in the UK

Management Information System
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Management Information System.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Management Information System

Management Information System
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Management Information System over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Management Information System in the UK

Management Information System
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Management Information System.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Management Information System

Management Information System
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Management Information System over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Management Information System in the UK

Management Information System
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Management Information System within the UK over the 6 months to 15 December 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 -47 605 £515 -4.19% 847
UK excluding London -38 383 £450 -10.00% 827
London -43 270 £600 +4.35% 119
Work from Home -28 182 £555 +11.00% 439
Midlands -24 97 £447 -10.60% 148
North of England -37 81 £501 -9.00% 200
South East -14 78 £425 -15.21% 226
South West -13 56 £555 -11.06% 86
West Midlands -37 56 £500 -2.44% 91
North West -30 50 £500 -4.76% 106
Scotland -3 43 £313 -9.42% 47
Yorkshire -13 43 £513 -6.82% 82
East of England -15 42 £350 -33.33% 111
East Midlands +7 41 £425 +24.79% 52
Wales 0 9 £282 +32.68% 25
Northern Ireland -11 5 £625 +150.00% 9
North East -13 2 £550 -2.22% 15

Management Information System
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 23 (3.32%) Confluence
2 22 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.72%) CMS
5 3 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.29%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.14%) Luigi
7 1 (0.14%) Moodle
7 1 (0.14%) SAS
7 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 61 (8.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (7.65%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (4.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (3.46%) MS Visio
5 17 (2.45%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (1.73%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (1.01%) ProjectWise
8 2 (0.29%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.29%) Revit
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.14%) InDesign
9 1 (0.14%) OmniGraffle
9 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.14%) S-PLUS
9 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
2 8 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.01%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.43%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 2 (0.29%) BambooHR
5 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.29%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.29%) SAP QM
5 2 (0.29%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.14%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 74 (10.68%) Azure
2 62 (8.95%) AWS
3 36 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (4.47%) Power Platform
5 23 (3.32%) SaaS
6 20 (2.89%) Entra ID
7 16 (2.31%) GCP
8 10 (1.44%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 9 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (1.30%) PaaS
10 7 (1.01%) Google Workspace
10 7 (1.01%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 6 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (0.87%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (0.72%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.58%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (0.58%) IaaS
13 4 (0.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 56 (8.08%) DNS
2 46 (6.64%) Network Security
3 34 (4.91%) HTTP
4 30 (4.33%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 30 (4.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 30 (4.33%) SSL
5 28 (4.04%) TCP/IP
6 26 (3.75%) Firewall
7 22 (3.17%) DMZ
8 14 (2.02%) FTP
9 13 (1.88%) BIG-IP
9 13 (1.88%) SMTP
9 13 (1.88%) Wireshark
10 11 (1.59%) Wireless
11 10 (1.44%) LAN
11 10 (1.44%) WAN
12 7 (1.01%) Internet
12 7 (1.01%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (1.01%) Kerberos
12 7 (1.01%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (3.75%) Power BI
3 23 (3.32%) Relational Database
4 22 (3.17%) SQL Server
5 14 (2.02%) Metadata
6 13 (1.88%) Oracle Reports
7 12 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (1.44%) Tableau
9 9 (1.30%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.87%) Redis
11 5 (0.72%) Big Data
11 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.58%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (0.58%) MySQL
13 3 (0.43%) DB2
13 3 (0.43%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.43%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 41 (5.92%) JIRA
2 14 (2.02%) Git
3 13 (1.88%) Fiddler
4 8 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.87%) webpack
6 5 (0.72%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.43%) GitLab
7 3 (0.43%) Jaeger
8 2 (0.29%) JUnit
8 2 (0.29%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.29%) Subversion
9 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.14%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.14%) ERwin
9 1 (0.14%) Snyk
9 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 316 (45.60%) Social Skills
2 179 (25.83%) Finance
3 172 (24.82%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (11.26%) Public Sector
5 77 (11.11%) Banking
6 53 (7.65%) Investment Banking
7 44 (6.35%) Legal
8 37 (5.34%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
10 25 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
11 23 (3.32%) Marketing
12 22 (3.17%) Local Government
13 21 (3.03%) Manufacturing
14 18 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (2.45%) Military
16 13 (1.88%) Law
17 12 (1.73%) Retail
18 11 (1.59%) Fire and Rescue
19 9 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
19 9 (1.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 147 (21.21%) Analyst
2 57 (8.23%) Senior
3 54 (7.79%) Architect
4 50 (7.22%) Developer
5 35 (5.05%) Business Analyst
6 33 (4.76%) Lead
6 33 (4.76%) Support Analyst
7 28 (4.04%) Consultant
8 27 (3.90%) Java Developer
9 23 (3.32%) Project Manager
9 23 (3.32%) Security Engineer
10 20 (2.89%) Network Engineer
10 20 (2.89%) Technical Analyst
11 19 (2.74%) AWS Developer
11 19 (2.74%) Senior Developer
11 19 (2.74%) SOC Analyst
11 19 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
12 18 (2.60%) Analytics Developer
12 18 (2.60%) IT Analyst
12 18 (2.60%) Kafka Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.62%) Kafka
2 20 (2.89%) HTML
3 18 (2.60%) OAuth
4 17 (2.45%) CSS
5 16 (2.31%) SAML
6 15 (2.16%) .NET
6 15 (2.16%) EDI
6 15 (2.16%) LDAP
6 15 (2.16%) Middleware
6 15 (2.16%) REST
7 12 (1.73%) Elastic Stack
7 12 (1.73%) jQuery
8 11 (1.59%) OpenID
9 10 (1.44%) SOAP
10 9 (1.30%) SailPoint
11 8 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (1.15%) React
12 7 (1.01%) .NET Framework
12 7 (1.01%) Lightning Web Components
13 6 (0.87%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 41 (5.92%) Security Posture
2 31 (4.47%) Cyber Threat
3 28 (4.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 23 (3.32%) NHS
5 22 (3.17%) Onboarding
6 21 (3.03%) Market Risk
6 21 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (2.89%) Security Operations Centre
8 18 (2.60%) Derivative
9 15 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (2.16%) Product Ownership
10 13 (1.88%) CSOC
10 13 (1.88%) Cyberattack
10 13 (1.88%) Driving Licence
11 12 (1.73%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.44%) BYOD
12 10 (1.44%) CMDB
12 10 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (1.44%) Freedom of Information
12 10 (1.44%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 65 (9.38%) Linux
2 58 (8.37%) Windows
3 35 (5.05%) Unix
4 11 (1.59%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.87%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.43%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.43%) VMS
7 2 (0.29%) AIX
8 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (27.42%) Problem-Solving
2 154 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 136 (19.62%) Agile
4 130 (18.76%) Information Security
5 117 (16.88%) Cybersecurity
6 113 (16.31%) Project Management
7 110 (15.87%) Computer Science
8 94 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
9 84 (12.12%) Change Management
10 80 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 79 (11.40%) Decision-Making
12 77 (11.11%) Incident Response
13 76 (10.97%) Continuous Improvement
14 66 (9.52%) Migration
15 63 (9.09%) Analytics
16 56 (8.08%) ITIL
17 50 (7.22%) AI
18 48 (6.93%) Business Analysis
19 45 (6.49%) Data Protection
19 45 (6.49%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 76 (10.97%) Python
2 62 (8.95%) SQL
3 41 (5.92%) Java
4 38 (5.48%) PowerShell
5 17 (2.45%) C#
6 15 (2.16%) Bash
7 12 (1.73%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.73%) Perl
8 7 (1.01%) Apex Code
8 7 (1.01%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.72%) Go
9 5 (0.72%) Rust
10 4 (0.58%) C++
10 4 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.43%) Korn
11 3 (0.43%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.43%) R
12 2 (0.29%) ABAP
12 2 (0.29%) Bicep
12 2 (0.29%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 199 (28.72%) Degree
2 143 (20.63%) Security Cleared
3 107 (15.44%) SC Cleared
4 77 (11.11%) CISSP
5 72 (10.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (5.34%) Master's Degree
7 34 (4.91%) CISM
8 30 (4.33%) DV Cleared
9 23 (3.32%) PMI Certification
10 18 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (2.45%) PMP
12 16 (2.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 11 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (1.44%) A+ Certification
14 10 (1.44%) Azure Certification
14 10 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
15 9 (1.30%) CISA
15 9 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (1.15%) ECDL
16 8 (1.15%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 55 (7.94%) GDPR
3 51 (7.36%) NIST
4 29 (4.18%) Data Quality
5 28 (4.04%) QA
6 24 (3.46%) SLA
7 19 (2.74%) GRC
7 19 (2.74%) PMO
8 16 (2.31%) Accessibility
9 14 (2.02%) NCSC
10 13 (1.88%) Def Stans
10 13 (1.88%) NIST 800
11 11 (1.59%) HIPAA
12 10 (1.44%) ISO 19650
13 9 (1.30%) JSP 440
14 7 (1.01%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 6 (0.87%) Disclosure Scotland
16 5 (0.72%) COBIT
16 5 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (5.34%) Active Directory
2 36 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.89%) Docker
4 14 (2.02%) Firmware
5 7 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.87%) vSphere
7 5 (0.72%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 29 (4.18%) Ansible
2 24 (3.46%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.16%) Terraform
4 12 (1.73%) Puppet
5 11 (1.59%) SCCM
6 10 (1.44%) Grafana
6 10 (1.44%) Kibana
6 10 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.72%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 5 (0.72%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.72%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.43%) Kiali
8 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.29%) EnCase
9 2 (0.29%) FTK
9 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.29%) RSA Archer
9 2 (0.29%) vRealize
10 1 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.14%) Rsyslog
Vendors
1 136 (19.62%) Microsoft
2 42 (6.06%) Oracle
3 39 (5.63%) VMware
4 33 (4.76%) F5
5 25 (3.61%) ServiceNow
6 24 (3.46%) Splunk
7 23 (3.32%) Salesforce
8 20 (2.89%) SAP
9 15 (2.16%) NetApp
10 13 (1.88%) Blue Coat
10 13 (1.88%) McAfee
11 12 (1.73%) Cisco
11 12 (1.73%) Remedy
11 12 (1.73%) Workday
12 10 (1.44%) CrowdStrike
12 10 (1.44%) Google
13 7 (1.01%) Citrix
13 7 (1.01%) IBM
13 7 (1.01%) Informatica
14 6 (0.87%) GoldenSource