Management Information System Job Trends

Management Information Systems
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Management Information System in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Management Information System over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 98 80
Rank change year-on-year -69 -18 +1
Permanent jobs citing Management Information System 1,144 1,411 3,129
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.24% 3.21% 3.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.68% 7.54% 9.01%
Number of salaries quoted 609 654 2,101
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £29,386
25th Percentile £39,911 £41,250 £38,357
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,521 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +11.04% -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £63,918
90th Percentile £92,350 £88,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,687 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.26% +8.81% -9.52%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24,470 18,713 34,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.53% 42.61% 35.72%
Number of salaries quoted 13,862 9,069 23,011
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,800 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,450 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,763 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.41% +3.53% -9.09%

Management Information System
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Management Information System job vacancy trend in the UK

Management Information System
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Management Information System

Management Information System
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Management Information System over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Management Information System in the UK

Management Information System
Top 17 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 21 May 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
England -69 958 £55,000 -4.35% 472
UK excluding London -48 672 £50,000 -3.26% 386
London -46 387 £72,500 - 150
Work from Home -46 312 £57,750 +2.21% 197
South East -18 195 £52,500 -4.55% 106
North of England -63 162 £51,223 -6.87% 97
Midlands -55 102 £47,085 -8.87% 67
Yorkshire -60 82 £39,000 +41.82% 35
West Midlands -66 81 £47,085 -10.80% 42
North West -29 71 £52,679 -6.76% 56
South West -54 60 £42,500 -26.30% 55
Wales +3 49 £72,500 +52.63% 10
Scotland +6 43 £37,750 -17.28% 18
East of England -27 43 £39,500 +6.92% 41
East Midlands -27 21 £65,000 +33.33% 25
Northern Ireland -28 20 £32,000 - 5
North East -59 9 £60,000 -11.11% 6

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 59 (5.16%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.05%) CMS
4 9 (0.79%) IIS
5 7 (0.61%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.61%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.52%) Confluence
7 5 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.44%) WordPress
8 4 (0.35%) Apache
8 4 (0.35%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.26%) govService
10 2 (0.17%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.087%) Umbraco
Applications
1 104 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 95 (8.30%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (2.97%) MS Visio
4 27 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (2.19%) Microsoft Project
6 19 (1.66%) AutoCAD
7 16 (1.40%) Simulink
8 9 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.44%) CATIA
10 1 (0.087%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.087%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.087%) EngageOne
10 1 (0.087%) InDesign
10 1 (0.087%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.31%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.52%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 4 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.26%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.26%) Magento
7 3 (0.26%) Maximo
7 3 (0.26%) Primavera
7 3 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.17%) Exchequer
8 2 (0.17%) SAP CAR
8 2 (0.17%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.17%) SAP FSCM
8 2 (0.17%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.17%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 224 (19.58%) Azure
2 142 (12.41%) Microsoft 365
3 122 (10.66%) AWS
3 122 (10.66%) Power Platform
4 78 (6.82%) SaaS
5 54 (4.72%) GCP
6 39 (3.41%) Entra ID
7 31 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (2.19%) Power Automate
10 23 (2.01%) PaaS
11 22 (1.92%) IaaS
12 18 (1.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 13 (1.14%) Veeva
14 12 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
15 11 (0.96%) OneDrive
16 10 (0.87%) Google Workspace
16 10 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
17 9 (0.79%) AWS Direct Connect
17 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 49 (4.28%) Firewall
2 27 (2.36%) Network Security
3 25 (2.19%) LAN
4 24 (2.10%) WAN
5 23 (2.01%) CHAP
5 23 (2.01%) VPN
6 17 (1.49%) TETRA
7 14 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (1.22%) Wireless
8 12 (1.05%) Internet
9 11 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
9 11 (0.96%) SD-WAN
10 10 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
10 10 (0.87%) Cisco ISE
10 10 (0.87%) TCP/IP
11 9 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
11 9 (0.79%) IPsec
11 9 (0.79%) NetScaler
11 9 (0.79%) NX-OS
11 9 (0.79%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (8.83%) Power BI
2 50 (4.37%) SQL Server
3 36 (3.15%) Metadata
4 31 (2.71%) Tableau
5 25 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (1.66%) Data Lake
8 18 (1.57%) MySQL
9 17 (1.49%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (1.22%) NoSQL
12 13 (1.14%) GIS
12 13 (1.14%) MongoDB
13 11 (0.96%) BigQuery
13 11 (0.96%) Geospatial Data
14 10 (0.87%) Spotfire
15 9 (0.79%) Apache Cassandra
15 9 (0.79%) RDBMS
15 9 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (0.70%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 32 (2.80%) JIRA
2 22 (1.92%) Rational DOORS
3 21 (1.84%) Git
4 14 (1.22%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.61%) Maven
6 5 (0.44%) Apache Continuum
6 5 (0.44%) GitLab
6 5 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.35%) JUnit
7 4 (0.35%) Mockito
7 4 (0.35%) Toad
8 3 (0.26%) Selenium
8 3 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.26%) TestRail
8 3 (0.26%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.087%) Postman
General
1 516 (45.10%) Social Skills
2 376 (32.87%) Finance
3 230 (20.10%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (10.31%) Organisational Skills
5 116 (10.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 104 (9.09%) Legal
7 81 (7.08%) Banking
8 79 (6.91%) Law
9 78 (6.82%) Retail
10 76 (6.64%) Public Sector
11 70 (6.12%) Local Government
12 59 (5.16%) Marketing
13 39 (3.41%) Manufacturing
14 38 (3.32%) Financial Institution
15 33 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
16 32 (2.80%) Military
16 32 (2.80%) Welsh Language
17 26 (2.27%) Telecoms
18 24 (2.10%) Front Office
19 22 (1.92%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 176 (15.38%) Analyst
2 139 (12.15%) Senior
3 78 (6.82%) Lead
4 56 (4.90%) Developer
5 51 (4.46%) IT Support
6 50 (4.37%) Systems Engineer
7 48 (4.20%) Architect
8 47 (4.11%) IT Manager
9 44 (3.85%) Applications Support
10 40 (3.50%) Support Analyst
11 35 (3.06%) Data Manager
12 33 (2.88%) Security Manager
13 32 (2.80%) Administrator
13 32 (2.80%) Security Engineer
13 32 (2.80%) Senior Developer
14 29 (2.53%) Applications Manager
15 28 (2.45%) Senior Manager
15 28 (2.45%) Support Engineer
16 26 (2.27%) Data Analyst
17 25 (2.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.53%) HTML
2 22 (1.92%) CSS
3 19 (1.66%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 16 (1.40%) .NET
5 15 (1.31%) Middleware
5 15 (1.31%) REST
6 13 (1.14%) Node.js
7 11 (0.96%) EDI
8 9 (0.79%) SOAP
9 7 (0.61%) HEVC
9 7 (0.61%) JSON
9 7 (0.61%) React
10 6 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (0.52%) Regular Expression
11 4 (0.35%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.35%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.35%) ASP.NET
11 4 (0.35%) Leaflet
11 4 (0.35%) PostGIS
11 4 (0.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 76 (6.64%) Onboarding
2 49 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
3 41 (3.58%) Security Posture
4 36 (3.15%) Hedge funds
5 34 (2.97%) Product Ownership
6 31 (2.71%) Driving Licence
7 28 (2.45%) Data Centre
7 28 (2.45%) Data Structures
8 26 (2.27%) Algorithms
9 25 (2.19%) CMDB
10 22 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
11 19 (1.66%) Equities
12 18 (1.57%) Life Science
13 16 (1.40%) Blockchain
13 16 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.40%) NHS
14 15 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
15 14 (1.22%) Cloud Native
15 14 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 116 (10.14%) Windows
2 82 (7.17%) Linux
3 36 (3.15%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.49%) Unix
5 15 (1.31%) Mac OS
6 14 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (0.87%) Windows 10
8 9 (0.79%) CentOS
8 9 (0.79%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (0.61%) Android
10 3 (0.26%) AIX
10 3 (0.26%) SUSE
11 1 (0.087%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.087%) VMS
11 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 228 (19.93%) Information Security
3 217 (18.97%) Cybersecurity
4 203 (17.74%) Agile
5 196 (17.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 176 (15.38%) Project Management
7 167 (14.60%) Risk Management
8 165 (14.42%) Decision-Making
9 153 (13.37%) Computer Science
10 150 (13.11%) Analytics
11 147 (12.85%) Business Intelligence
12 126 (11.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 122 (10.66%) Stakeholder Management
14 119 (10.40%) CRM
15 118 (10.31%) Data Management
15 118 (10.31%) Data Protection
16 112 (9.79%) Coaching
16 112 (9.79%) Data Governance
17 104 (9.09%) ITIL
18 102 (8.92%) AI
Programming Languages
1 109 (9.53%) SQL
2 91 (7.95%) Python
3 61 (5.33%) PowerShell
4 29 (2.53%) Bash
5 26 (2.27%) C++
5 26 (2.27%) JavaScript
6 24 (2.10%) Java
7 23 (2.01%) C#
8 18 (1.57%) MATLAB
9 17 (1.49%) C
10 10 (0.87%) T-SQL
10 10 (0.87%) VBA
11 7 (0.61%) R
12 6 (0.52%) Korn
12 6 (0.52%) VBScript
13 5 (0.44%) Go
13 5 (0.44%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.44%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.35%) SOQL
14 4 (0.35%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 388 (33.92%) Degree
2 132 (11.54%) CISSP
3 93 (8.13%) Security Cleared
4 85 (7.43%) CISM
5 79 (6.91%) SC Cleared
6 69 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 62 (5.42%) CISA
8 54 (4.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 46 (4.02%) Master's Degree
10 37 (3.23%) ACCA
11 36 (3.15%) CIMA
12 35 (3.06%) DBS Check
13 28 (2.45%) CRISC
14 26 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
15 25 (2.19%) SANS
16 24 (2.10%) CGEIT
16 24 (2.10%) FFIEC
16 24 (2.10%) PMI Certification
17 23 (2.01%) PMP
18 19 (1.66%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (10.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 121 (10.58%) GDPR
3 99 (8.65%) NIST
4 87 (7.60%) Data Quality
5 59 (5.16%) Accessibility
6 52 (4.55%) QA
7 45 (3.93%) Cyber Essentials
8 39 (3.41%) COBIT
9 36 (3.15%) SLA
10 32 (2.80%) GRC
11 31 (2.71%) PCI DSS
12 24 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 24 (2.10%) IFRS
13 21 (1.84%) GAAP
13 21 (1.84%) PMO
14 18 (1.57%) NCSC
15 17 (1.49%) SOC 2
16 16 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
17 12 (1.05%) JSP 440
18 11 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 70 (6.12%) Active Directory
2 30 (2.62%) Docker
3 14 (1.22%) Firmware
4 13 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.70%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.26%) IAG
7 2 (0.17%) Samba
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.17%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (2.45%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.36%) Terraform
4 21 (1.84%) SCCM
5 13 (1.14%) Ansible
6 10 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.35%) Argo
7 4 (0.35%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.26%) CASB
8 3 (0.26%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.087%) Grafana
9 1 (0.087%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.087%) Nessus
9 1 (0.087%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.087%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 301 (26.31%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.90%) Google
3 48 (4.20%) Salesforce
4 33 (2.88%) Oracle
5 26 (2.27%) Cisco
5 26 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 20 (1.75%) SAP
7 18 (1.57%) Adobe
8 17 (1.49%) Motorola
9 16 (1.40%) Siemens
9 16 (1.40%) VMware
10 14 (1.22%) IBM
10 14 (1.22%) iManage
11 13 (1.14%) Red Hat
12 12 (1.05%) Citrix
12 12 (1.05%) Dell
12 12 (1.05%) Fortinet
12 12 (1.05%) HubSpot
12 12 (1.05%) Meraki
12 12 (1.05%) Nintex