Information Manager Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Information Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Information Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 112 106
Rank change year-on-year -55 -6 +15
Contract jobs requiring an Information Manager 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.14% 0.060% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.066% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £300
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +83.33% -45.45%
75th Percentile £438 - £325
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £455 £600
% change year-on-year +20.88% -24.17% -3.42%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,237 1,515 1,697
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.12% 90.94% 91.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,010 961 1,177
10th Percentile £325 £225 £250
25th Percentile £410 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £613
90th Percentile £675 £650 £715
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 117 76
10th Percentile £14.87 £12.62 £12.87
25th Percentile £21.25 £14.00 £14.98
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.34 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year +33.53% +24.25% -2.05%
75th Percentile £53.75 £34.75 £37.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £50.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £26.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +73.08% -42.22% +4.65%

Information Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Information Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Information Manager job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Information Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands

Information Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands

Information Manager
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Birmingham - 3 - - 4
Warwickshire -17 2 £425 -22.73%
Information Manager
England

Information Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 2 August 2026, Information Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Information Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Building Information Modelling
1 3 (60.00%) Information Management
1 3 (60.00%) ISO 19650
1 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) Autodesk
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Power BI
2 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) AutoCAD
3 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (20.00%) CAFM
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Twin
3 1 (20.00%) GIS
3 1 (20.00%) GRC
3 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (20.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring

Information Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Navisworks
1 1 (20.00%) ProjectWise
1 1 (20.00%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
2 1 (20.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Building Information Modelling
1 3 (60.00%) Information Management
1 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) CAFM
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Twin
3 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO 19650
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) GRC
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Autodesk
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft