Information Manager Contracts

Information Manager
UK

The median Information Manager daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 620 732
Rank change year-on-year +85 +112 -76
Contract jobs requiring an Information Manager 44 74 131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.13% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.14% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 62 118
10th Percentile £315 £291 £322
25th Percentile £363 £550 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £609 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.76% +5.87% +26.03%
75th Percentile £688 £647 £742
90th Percentile £738 £818 £764
UK excluding London median daily rate £665 £550 £625
% change year-on-year +20.91% -12.00% +35.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £39.00 - £12.20
25th Percentile £41.25 - £18.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £23.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - £24.53
90th Percentile £56.00 - £25.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 - £23.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 39,468 54,175 84,246
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.61% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,716 37,826 59,224
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.20% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,504 2,051
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.82
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +4.19%

Information Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Information Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Manager.

Daily rate trend for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Manager over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Manager over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
Top 6 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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 +95 43 £525 -14.98% 112
London +91 26 £375 -39.27% 51
Work from Home +87 19 £525 -14.98% 36
UK excluding London +41 17 £665 +20.91% 81
South East +17 9 £600 -4.00% 27
South West +14 8 £668 +21.36% 5

Information Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Information Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Information Manager in the job title.

1 26 (59.09%) Information Security
2 15 (34.09%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (29.55%) Risk Management
4 12 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (22.73%) Project Management
6 9 (20.45%) Law
7 8 (18.18%) CISSP
7 8 (18.18%) NHS
7 8 (18.18%) Information Assurance
8 7 (15.91%) Security Cleared
8 7 (15.91%) Incident Response
8 7 (15.91%) CISM
9 6 (13.64%) Legal
9 6 (13.64%) Management Information System
9 6 (13.64%) PRINCE2
9 6 (13.64%) Microsoft
9 6 (13.64%) Business Strategy
9 6 (13.64%) GDPR
10 5 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (11.36%) Security Operations
10 5 (11.36%) GRC
10 5 (11.36%) NIST
10 5 (11.36%) Security Posture
11 4 (9.09%) DV Cleared
11 4 (9.09%) Supplier Management
11 4 (9.09%) Finance
11 4 (9.09%) PMI
11 4 (9.09%) PMI Certification
11 4 (9.09%) Security Management
12 3 (6.82%) SQL

Information Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) SmartPlant
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.27%) AWS
1 1 (2.27%) Azure
1 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (2.27%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) Firewall
1 1 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (2.27%) Network Security
General
1 9 (20.45%) Law
2 6 (13.64%) Legal
3 4 (9.09%) Finance
4 3 (6.82%) Billing
4 3 (6.82%) Social Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Banking
5 2 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Back Office
6 1 (2.27%) Front Office
6 1 (2.27%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.27%) Marketing
6 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.27%) Retail
6 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.18%) NHS
2 6 (13.64%) Management Information System
3 5 (11.36%) Security Posture
4 4 (9.09%) PMI
5 2 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Linux
1 1 (2.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (59.09%) Information Security
2 15 (34.09%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (29.55%) Risk Management
4 10 (22.73%) Project Management
5 8 (18.18%) Information Assurance
6 7 (15.91%) Incident Response
7 6 (13.64%) Business Strategy
7 6 (13.64%) PRINCE2
8 5 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (11.36%) Security Operations
9 4 (9.09%) Security Management
9 4 (9.09%) Supplier Management
10 3 (6.82%) Agile
10 3 (6.82%) ISMS
10 3 (6.82%) Line Management
10 3 (6.82%) Project Delivery
11 2 (4.55%) 3D Modelling
11 2 (4.55%) Contract Negotiation
11 2 (4.55%) Network Architecture
11 2 (4.55%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (18.18%) CISSP
2 7 (15.91%) CISM
2 7 (15.91%) Security Cleared
3 4 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 4 (9.09%) PMI Certification
4 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.27%) CISA
5 1 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.27%) CRISC
5 1 (2.27%) Degree
5 1 (2.27%) ISACA
5 1 (2.27%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (13.64%) GDPR
3 5 (11.36%) GRC
3 5 (11.36%) NIST
4 3 (6.82%) Data Quality
5 2 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (4.55%) PCI DSS
6 1 (2.27%) COBIT
6 1 (2.27%) EMIR
6 1 (2.27%) MiFID
6 1 (2.27%) QA
6 1 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) CASB
Vendors
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.27%) AVEVA
2 1 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (2.27%) Palo Alto
2 1 (2.27%) Progress
2 1 (2.27%) Rapid7