Information Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Information Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Information Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Management over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 242 258 356
Rank change year-on-year +16 +98 +53
Contract jobs citing Information Management 58 88 116
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.59% 0.58% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.66% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 63 85
10th Percentile £319 £413 £315
25th Percentile £325 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £562 £624 £688
90th Percentile £600 £700 £808
UK median daily rate £525 £514 £545
% change year-on-year +2.19% -5.73% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile - £27.96 -
25th Percentile £61.50 £28.15 £17.50
Median hourly rate £64.50 £35.75 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +80.42% -45.83% +125.64%
75th Percentile £67.00 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £68.80 £60.00 -
UK median hourly rate £63.00 £35.00 £57.00
% change year-on-year +80.00% -38.60% +238.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Information Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,390 22,975
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.13% 87.90% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,194 8,954 16,256
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 577 528
10th Percentile £14.03 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.19 £25.00 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.02 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.38 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.33% -0.14% +44.00%

Information Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Information Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Information Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Information Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Information Management.

Information Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Information Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Information Management over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Information Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Information Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Information Management.

Information Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Information Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (6.90%) WebSphere
2 2 (3.45%) CMS
2 2 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.72%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 11 (18.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.62%) MS Visio
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.72%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.79%) Azure
2 7 (12.07%) AWS
2 7 (12.07%) Salsify
3 5 (8.62%) Entra ID
3 5 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (8.62%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.17%) Alation
4 3 (5.17%) Collibra
4 3 (5.17%) Google Workspace
5 2 (3.45%) GCP
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon EventBridge
6 1 (1.72%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.72%) PaaS
6 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.90%) Firewall
2 3 (5.17%) Intranet
3 2 (3.45%) IPsec
3 2 (3.45%) LAN
3 2 (3.45%) MPLS
3 2 (3.45%) NAS
3 2 (3.45%) SSL
3 2 (3.45%) Unified Communications
3 2 (3.45%) VPN
3 2 (3.45%) WAN
3 2 (3.45%) Wireless
4 1 (1.72%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.62%) Big Data
1 5 (8.62%) Power Query
2 4 (6.90%) Apache Cassandra
2 4 (6.90%) DB2
2 4 (6.90%) Hadoop
2 4 (6.90%) Metadata
2 4 (6.90%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.72%) EDRMS
3 1 (1.72%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Eclipse
1 2 (3.45%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle Forms
General
1 24 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.52%) Public Sector
3 7 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.62%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.90%) Legal
5 4 (6.90%) Retail
6 3 (5.17%) Finance
7 2 (3.45%) Law
7 2 (3.45%) Marketing
8 1 (1.72%) Back Office
8 1 (1.72%) Billing
8 1 (1.72%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 14 (24.14%) Architect
2 9 (15.52%) Analyst
3 8 (13.79%) Data Steward
4 6 (10.34%) Business Analyst
4 6 (10.34%) Consultant
5 5 (8.62%) Data Architect
5 5 (8.62%) Lead
5 5 (8.62%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (6.90%) LIMS Business Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) Information Architect
7 3 (5.17%) Information Systems Architect
7 3 (5.17%) Records Manager
7 3 (5.17%) Systems Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) Systems Architect
8 2 (3.45%) Business IT Analyst
8 2 (3.45%) Business Support Analyst
8 2 (3.45%) Data Manager
8 2 (3.45%) Product Manager
8 2 (3.45%) Systems Support Analyst
8 2 (3.45%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.62%) Kafka
2 2 (3.45%) LDAP
3 1 (1.72%) .NET
3 1 (1.72%) MACH
3 1 (1.72%) Middleware
3 1 (1.72%) Next.js
3 1 (1.72%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 24 (41.38%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.90%) LIMS
3 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.45%) FMCG
4 2 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.72%) Life Science
5 1 (1.72%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.72%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.45%) Linux
1 2 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.72%) Unix
2 1 (1.72%) Windows
2 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (27.59%) Product Information Management
2 15 (25.86%) Data Management
3 13 (22.41%) E-Commerce
4 12 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (18.97%) Data Governance
6 8 (13.79%) DAMA
7 7 (12.07%) Data Modelling
8 6 (10.34%) Agile
8 6 (10.34%) Data Architecture
8 6 (10.34%) Data Mapping
9 5 (8.62%) Analytics
9 5 (8.62%) Business Case
9 5 (8.62%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 5 (8.62%) Decision-Making
9 5 (8.62%) Roadmaps
9 5 (8.62%) TOGAF
10 4 (6.90%) Data Science
10 4 (6.90%) Data Security
10 4 (6.90%) DataOps
10 4 (6.90%) Records Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.34%) SQL
2 2 (3.45%) C++
3 1 (1.72%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (25.86%) Security Cleared
2 14 (24.14%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.34%) Degree
4 3 (5.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.45%) APMG
6 1 (1.72%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.72%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (27.59%) Data Quality
2 9 (15.52%) GDPR
3 4 (6.90%) Accessibility
4 3 (5.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (5.17%) QA
5 2 (3.45%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (8.62%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.90%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) SELinux
Vendors
1 12 (20.69%) Informatica
2 6 (10.34%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.90%) BiZZdesign
3 4 (6.90%) Google
3 4 (6.90%) Sparx
4 2 (3.45%) Cisco
4 2 (3.45%) F5
4 2 (3.45%) Liquidlogic
4 2 (3.45%) MuleSoft
4 2 (3.45%) Oracle
4 2 (3.45%) Red Hat
4 2 (3.45%) Splunk
5 1 (1.72%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.72%) IBM