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 10 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 116 84
Rank change year-on-year -34 -32 +20
Contract jobs citing Management Information System 709 716 1,129
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.80% 2.33% 2.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.32% 7.10% 8.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 332 676
10th Percentile £249 £214 £248
25th Percentile £397 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £519
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.20% -2.17%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £828 £786 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £453 £525 £508
% change year-on-year -13.71% +3.45% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 60 127
10th Percentile £15.71 £19.77 £12.87
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.72 £15.39
Median hourly rate £28.78 £35.89 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% +40.75% +139.89%
75th Percentile £60.56 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.57 £82.25 £83.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.17 £48.62 £26.66
% change year-on-year -31.78% +82.38% +150.80%

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 13,332 10,080 13,785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.87% 32.84% 30.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,443 5,993 8,931
10th Percentile £269 £263 £256
25th Percentile £402 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £527
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.28% -4.27%
75th Percentile £625 £651 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 648 305 817
10th Percentile £15.24 £19.98 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.18 £16.54
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £32.12
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +8.98% +42.83%
75th Percentile £63.43 £66.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.82 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £34.21
% change year-on-year -7.69% -5.00% +58.49%

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 10 February 2026.

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 10 February 2026.

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 10 February 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
England -39 616 £500 -5.70% 417
UK excluding London -36 411 £453 -13.71% 390
London -40 242 £575 +4.55% 104
Work from Home -36 198 £564 +10.12% 175
Midlands -13 116 £475 -5.00% 65
North of England -47 91 £475 -13.64% 98
West Midlands -26 80 £575 +9.52% 47
South East -30 74 £450 -14.29% 103
South West -18 62 £538 - 52
North West -27 59 £398 -31.99% 55
East of England -6 57 £450 -25.00% 44
Yorkshire -26 38 £537 +7.40% 35
East Midlands -11 36 £447 +51.38% 18
Scotland -9 30 £286 -8.40% 26
Wales +9 16 £288 +35.17% 16
North East -12 4 £351 -37.60% 9
Northern Ireland -7 1 £625 +108.33% 2

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 27 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.39%) Confluence
3 10 (1.41%) Apache
4 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.56%) CMS
6 3 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.14%) Moodle
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 59 (8.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (6.91%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (2.82%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (2.54%) MS Visio
6 12 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.42%) ProjectWise
8 2 (0.28%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.28%) Revit
8 2 (0.28%) Windchill
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%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.14%) S-PLUS
9 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.85%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.71%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.56%) Loan IQ
5 4 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.28%) BambooHR
7 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.28%) Primavera
7 2 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.28%) SAP QM
7 2 (0.28%) SystmOne
7 2 (0.28%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.14%) ContrOCC
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle HRMS
8 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 80 (11.28%) AWS
2 71 (10.01%) Azure
3 45 (6.35%) Power Platform
4 33 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (3.67%) GCP
6 25 (3.53%) SaaS
7 21 (2.96%) Entra ID
8 9 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (1.13%) PaaS
10 7 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (0.85%) Google Workspace
12 5 (0.71%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 5 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (0.71%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (0.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 5 (0.71%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (0.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 40 (5.64%) DNS
2 32 (4.51%) TCP/IP
3 28 (3.95%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 28 (3.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 28 (3.95%) HTTP
4 27 (3.81%) Firewall
5 26 (3.67%) Network Security
5 26 (3.67%) SSL
6 20 (2.82%) Wireshark
7 18 (2.54%) BIG-IP
8 15 (2.12%) DMZ
9 10 (1.41%) Wireless
10 9 (1.27%) LAN
10 9 (1.27%) WAN
11 8 (1.13%) VPN
12 7 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.99%) Kerberos
13 6 (0.85%) FTP
13 6 (0.85%) SSH
13 6 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.64%) Power BI
2 31 (4.37%) Metadata
3 29 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (3.39%) SQL Server
5 22 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (1.83%) Tableau
8 10 (1.41%) Data Lake
8 10 (1.41%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (1.13%) MySQL
10 8 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.99%) GIS
12 6 (0.85%) Big Data
13 5 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.56%) EDRMS
14 4 (0.56%) Hadoop
14 4 (0.56%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.56%) Neo4j
14 4 (0.56%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 45 (6.35%) JIRA
2 19 (2.68%) Git
3 18 (2.54%) Fiddler
4 11 (1.55%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.27%) GitLab
6 8 (1.13%) Jaeger
7 7 (0.99%) Postman
8 5 (0.71%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.42%) ERwin
9 3 (0.42%) Gatling
9 3 (0.42%) JMeter
9 3 (0.42%) LoadRunner
9 3 (0.42%) NeoLoad
10 2 (0.28%) JUnit
10 2 (0.28%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.28%) Subversion
10 2 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.28%) Vite
11 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
General
1 292 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 172 (24.26%) Finance
3 156 (22.00%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (12.55%) Banking
5 85 (11.99%) Public Sector
6 61 (8.60%) Investment Banking
7 36 (5.08%) Legal
7 36 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
8 29 (4.09%) Local Government
9 27 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
10 25 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
11 21 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (2.68%) Manufacturing
13 18 (2.54%) Retail
14 17 (2.40%) Marketing
14 17 (2.40%) Publishing
15 16 (2.26%) Military
16 15 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (1.97%) Aerospace
18 12 (1.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 139 (19.61%) Analyst
2 73 (10.30%) Senior
3 67 (9.45%) Architect
4 54 (7.62%) Developer
5 41 (5.78%) Lead
6 35 (4.94%) Support Analyst
7 31 (4.37%) Consultant
8 25 (3.53%) Business Analyst
9 24 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
10 23 (3.24%) Java Developer
10 23 (3.24%) Project Manager
11 22 (3.10%) Network Engineer
12 19 (2.68%) Security Engineer
13 18 (2.54%) Administrator
13 18 (2.54%) Analytics Developer
13 18 (2.54%) AWS Developer
13 18 (2.54%) Senior Developer
14 17 (2.40%) Kafka Developer
14 17 (2.40%) PostgreSQL Developer
14 17 (2.40%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (5.92%) Kafka
2 31 (4.37%) Middleware
3 24 (3.39%) REST
4 18 (2.54%) OAuth
5 17 (2.40%) LDAP
6 16 (2.26%) SAML
7 15 (2.12%) EDI
7 15 (2.12%) Elastic Stack
7 15 (2.12%) SOAP
8 13 (1.83%) OpenID
9 12 (1.69%) XML
10 11 (1.55%) .NET
11 10 (1.41%) JSON
11 10 (1.41%) SailPoint
11 10 (1.41%) Spring Boot
12 8 (1.13%) HTML
12 8 (1.13%) OpenTelemetry
12 8 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
12 8 (1.13%) Playwright
13 5 (0.71%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.36%) Security Posture
2 31 (4.37%) Onboarding
3 26 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (3.53%) NHS
5 22 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.54%) Cyber Threat
6 18 (2.54%) Data Structures
6 18 (2.54%) Derivative
7 17 (2.40%) Market Risk
8 15 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (2.12%) Freedom of Information
8 15 (2.12%) Operational Technology
9 14 (1.97%) Product Ownership
10 12 (1.69%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.69%) PMI
10 12 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
11 11 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.41%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.41%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 69 (9.73%) Linux
2 57 (8.04%) Windows
3 32 (4.51%) Unix
4 14 (1.97%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.85%) CentOS
7 4 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.42%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.28%) AIX
9 2 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
2 151 (21.30%) Risk Management
3 131 (18.48%) Computer Science
4 123 (17.35%) Information Security
5 121 (17.07%) Agile
6 115 (16.22%) Cybersecurity
7 114 (16.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 104 (14.67%) Project Management
9 94 (13.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 90 (12.69%) Change Management
11 78 (11.00%) Decision-Making
12 69 (9.73%) Incident Response
12 69 (9.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 67 (9.45%) Analytics
13 67 (9.45%) Migration
14 66 (9.31%) Data Modelling
15 56 (7.90%) Data Management
16 55 (7.76%) Data Governance
17 54 (7.62%) DevOps
17 54 (7.62%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 90 (12.69%) SQL
2 85 (11.99%) Python
3 59 (8.32%) Java
4 32 (4.51%) PowerShell
5 21 (2.96%) Bash
6 16 (2.26%) C#
7 15 (2.12%) Shell Script
8 11 (1.55%) Perl
9 10 (1.41%) Rust
10 9 (1.27%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.85%) MATLAB
12 5 (0.71%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.71%) R
13 3 (0.42%) ABAP
13 3 (0.42%) C++
13 3 (0.42%) Cypher
13 3 (0.42%) Go
13 3 (0.42%) Korn
13 3 (0.42%) Scala
13 3 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 209 (29.48%) Degree
2 170 (23.98%) Security Cleared
3 126 (17.77%) SC Cleared
4 83 (11.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 69 (9.73%) CISSP
6 51 (7.19%) Master's Degree
7 37 (5.22%) CISM
8 35 (4.94%) DV Cleared
9 27 (3.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (3.39%) PMI Certification
11 16 (2.26%) PMP
12 13 (1.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 12 (1.69%) CEH
14 10 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
15 9 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (1.13%) A+ Certification
16 8 (1.13%) Azure Certification
16 8 (1.13%) CESG Certified Professional
16 8 (1.13%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (9.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 60 (8.46%) GDPR
3 52 (7.33%) Data Quality
4 45 (6.35%) NIST
5 27 (3.81%) GRC
6 26 (3.67%) SLA
7 21 (2.96%) QA
8 16 (2.26%) PMO
9 14 (1.97%) NCSC
10 13 (1.83%) Def Stans
11 12 (1.69%) PCI DSS
12 11 (1.55%) Accessibility
13 9 (1.27%) HIPAA
13 9 (1.27%) JSP 440
14 8 (1.13%) NIST 800
15 6 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (0.71%) Disclosure Scotland
16 5 (0.71%) ISO 19650
16 5 (0.71%) SOC 2
17 4 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 37 (5.22%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (4.23%) Docker
4 15 (2.12%) Firmware
5 4 (0.56%) vSphere
6 3 (0.42%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 3 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.42%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.14%) KVM
7 1 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 36 (5.08%) Ansible
2 34 (4.80%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.12%) Kibana
4 14 (1.97%) Puppet
4 14 (1.97%) Terraform
5 10 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.27%) Grafana
7 8 (1.13%) Kiali
7 8 (1.13%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.85%) Check_MK
8 6 (0.85%) Podman
8 6 (0.85%) Red Hat Satellite
8 6 (0.85%) SCCM
9 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.42%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.28%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.28%) EnCase
10 2 (0.28%) FTK
10 2 (0.28%) Nessus
10 2 (0.28%) Nmap
Vendors
1 135 (19.04%) Microsoft
2 41 (5.78%) VMware
3 39 (5.50%) Oracle
4 32 (4.51%) ServiceNow
5 30 (4.23%) Splunk
6 29 (4.09%) F5
7 24 (3.39%) SAP
8 19 (2.68%) NetApp
9 18 (2.54%) Blue Coat
9 18 (2.54%) Google
9 18 (2.54%) McAfee
10 14 (1.97%) Salesforce
11 11 (1.55%) Remedy
12 10 (1.41%) Informatica
13 9 (1.27%) Workday
14 8 (1.13%) Databricks
14 8 (1.13%) NEC
14 8 (1.13%) Red Hat
15 7 (0.99%) Cisco
16 6 (0.85%) IBM