Management Information System Job Trends in the North West

Management Information Systems
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Management Information System in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Management Information System over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 60 79
Rank change year-on-year -38 +19 +45
Permanent jobs citing Management Information System 92 192 135
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.44% 3.80% 3.01%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.28% 12.31% 8.96%
Number of salaries quoted 42 100 99
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,854 £45,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,692 £54,793 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% +15.35% +2.15%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,634 £60,625
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £77,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £56,000
% change year-on-year -4.63% +2.98% +1.82%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,808 1,560 1,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 44.07% 30.87% 33.63%
Number of salaries quoted 942 787 1,124
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Management Information System
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Management Information System relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Management Information System job vacancy trend in the North West

Management Information System
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Management Information System.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Management Information System

Management Information System
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Management Information System in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Management Information System in the North West

Management Information System
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Management Information System within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cumbria +11 35 £35,854 -21.42% 3
Manchester -21 21 £40,500 -33.88% 28
Cheshire -7 18 £46,487 +21.53% 17
Merseyside -11 9 £55,000 +17.02% 7
Lancashire -39 8 £43,000 -21.52% 10
Management Information System
England

Management Information System
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (6.52%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.09%) Apache
3 1 (1.09%) CMS
3 1 (1.09%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (1.09%) Headless CMS
3 1 (1.09%) JBoss
3 1 (1.09%) Magnolia
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.09%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.09%) WinCC
3 1 (1.09%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (9.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (7.61%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.26%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.96%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (10.87%) Azure
3 7 (7.61%) Power Platform
4 5 (5.43%) AWS
4 5 (5.43%) Entra ID
4 5 (5.43%) IaaS
5 1 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.09%) Boomi
5 1 (1.09%) GCP
5 1 (1.09%) iPaaS
5 1 (1.09%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.09%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.78%) Firewall
2 6 (6.52%) TCP/IP
3 5 (5.43%) SSL
3 5 (5.43%) VLAN
3 5 (5.43%) VPN
4 2 (2.17%) Internet
4 2 (2.17%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.17%) OpenVPN
4 2 (2.17%) SSH
5 1 (1.09%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.61%) Power BI
2 4 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (2.17%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (2.17%) GIS
3 2 (2.17%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.17%) Tableau
4 1 (1.09%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Git
2 1 (1.09%) Ant
2 1 (1.09%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.09%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.09%) JIRA
2 1 (1.09%) Maven
2 1 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 37 (40.22%) Social Skills
2 20 (21.74%) Finance
3 17 (18.48%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.96%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (9.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (6.52%) Marketing
6 6 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (4.35%) Police
8 3 (3.26%) Electronics
9 2 (2.17%) Back Office
9 2 (2.17%) Banking
9 2 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.17%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.17%) Military
9 2 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.09%) Automotive
10 1 (1.09%) Legal
10 1 (1.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 30 (32.61%) Principal Engineer
2 28 (30.43%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 28 (30.43%) Systems Engineer
3 19 (20.65%) Analyst
4 5 (5.43%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (5.43%) 3rd Line Support Technician
4 5 (5.43%) Business Development Manager
4 5 (5.43%) Business Manager
4 5 (5.43%) Development Manager
4 5 (5.43%) MIS Manager
4 5 (5.43%) Senior
4 5 (5.43%) Service Analyst
4 5 (5.43%) Support Technician
4 5 (5.43%) Systems Analyst
5 4 (4.35%) Development Analyst
5 4 (4.35%) Development Support Analyst
5 4 (4.35%) Support Analyst
5 4 (4.35%) Systems Development Analyst
5 4 (4.35%) Systems Support
5 4 (4.35%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (3.26%) Middleware
3 2 (2.17%) Node.js
4 1 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (1.09%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (3.26%) Social Media
3 2 (2.17%) Cyberattack
3 2 (2.17%) Life Science
3 2 (2.17%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.09%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.09%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.09%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.09%) IoT
4 1 (1.09%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.09%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.09%) SCADA
4 1 (1.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (18.48%) Windows
2 7 (7.61%) Windows Server
3 6 (6.52%) Linux
4 4 (4.35%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (30.43%) Requirements Management
1 28 (30.43%) Systems Engineering
2 18 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (16.30%) Customer Service
3 15 (16.30%) ITIL
4 13 (14.13%) Information Security
4 13 (14.13%) Project Management
5 10 (10.87%) Agile
5 10 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (10.87%) Decision-Making
5 10 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (9.78%) Data Management
6 9 (9.78%) Data Protection
6 9 (9.78%) Data Security
7 8 (8.70%) Coaching
7 8 (8.70%) Data Governance
7 8 (8.70%) Security Management
8 7 (7.61%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (7.61%) Mentoring
8 7 (7.61%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.26%) SQL
2 2 (2.17%) C
2 2 (2.17%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.17%) Python
2 2 (2.17%) TypeScript
3 1 (1.09%) Bash
3 1 (1.09%) C#
3 1 (1.09%) Groovy
3 1 (1.09%) Java
3 1 (1.09%) R
Qualifications
1 48 (52.17%) Degree
2 39 (42.39%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (15.22%) DBS Check
4 7 (7.61%) CISSP
5 5 (5.43%) CCNA
5 5 (5.43%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (3.26%) CIPD
7 3 (3.26%) CISM
7 3 (3.26%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.17%) ACCA
8 2 (2.17%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (2.17%) CIMA
8 2 (2.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (2.17%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.09%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.09%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.87%) Data Quality
2 8 (8.70%) GDPR
3 7 (7.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (6.52%) SLA
5 4 (4.35%) GRC
6 3 (3.26%) NIST
7 2 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (2.17%) Def Stans
7 2 (2.17%) ISO 19650
7 2 (2.17%) PMO
8 1 (1.09%) Accessibility
8 1 (1.09%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.09%) ISO 22301
8 1 (1.09%) QA
System Software
1 12 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.09%) Docker
2 1 (1.09%) Firmware
2 1 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (5.43%) Autotask
1 5 (5.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.17%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.09%) Ansible
3 1 (1.09%) AssetCenter
3 1 (1.09%) Podman
3 1 (1.09%) Puppet
3 1 (1.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (18.48%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.43%) Oracle
2 5 (5.43%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.17%) SAP
4 1 (1.09%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.09%) Cisco
4 1 (1.09%) Databricks
4 1 (1.09%) Google
4 1 (1.09%) Kepware
4 1 (1.09%) Rockwell
4 1 (1.09%) Siemens
4 1 (1.09%) Software AG
4 1 (1.09%) VMware
4 1 (1.09%) webMethods