Information Manager Contracts

Information Manager
UK

The median Information Manager daily rate in the UK is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 557 629 720
Rank change year-on-year +72 +91 -57
Contract jobs requiring an Information Manager 45 66 136
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.12% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.13% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 52 123
10th Percentile £315 £291 £350
25th Percentile £325 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +2.13% +23.68%
75th Percentile £668 £650 £731
90th Percentile £734 £818 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £658 £550 £625
% change year-on-year +19.55% -12.00% +35.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £39.00 - £22.04
25th Percentile £41.25 £30.75 £22.09
Median hourly rate £47.50 £31.50 £23.62
Median % change year-on-year +50.79% +33.36% -
75th Percentile £53.75 £32.25 £25.59
90th Percentile £56.00 - £25.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £31.50 £23.62
% change year-on-year +50.79% +33.36% -

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 40,232 52,519 83,570
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 94.52% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,887 36,654 58,907
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,899 1,488 1,954
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.60
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.39 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.88 £65.75 £49.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.33 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.17%

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 9 June 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 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Manager in the UK

Information Manager
Top 7 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 9 June 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 +79 44 £500 -17.86% 64
London +77 26 £375 -39.27% 24
Work from Home +93 18 £525 -14.98% 25
UK excluding London +33 18 £658 +19.55% 46
South East +14 9 £600 -14.29% 7
South West +15 8 £668 +27.14% 6
East of England -1 1 £363 -48.21% 5

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 (57.78%) Information Security
2 16 (35.56%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (31.11%) Risk Management
4 13 (28.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (20.00%) Law
5 9 (20.00%) CISSP
5 9 (20.00%) NHS
5 9 (20.00%) Project Management
6 8 (17.78%) Information Assurance
7 7 (15.56%) Legal
7 7 (15.56%) CISM
7 7 (15.56%) Management Information System
7 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
7 7 (15.56%) Incident Response
8 6 (13.33%) Business Strategy
8 6 (13.33%) GDPR
8 6 (13.33%) PRINCE2
8 6 (13.33%) Microsoft
9 5 (11.11%) Security Operations
9 5 (11.11%) NIST
9 5 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (11.11%) Security Posture
10 4 (8.89%) GRC
10 4 (8.89%) Security Management
10 4 (8.89%) Finance
10 4 (8.89%) PMI
10 4 (8.89%) PMI Certification
10 4 (8.89%) Supplier Management
10 4 (8.89%) DV Cleared
11 3 (6.67%) ISMS

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 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) SmartPlant
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.22%) AWS
1 1 (2.22%) Azure
1 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (2.22%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) Firewall
1 1 (2.22%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (2.22%) Network Security
General
1 9 (20.00%) Law
2 7 (15.56%) Legal
3 4 (8.89%) Finance
4 3 (6.67%) Billing
4 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.67%) Social Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Local Government
5 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Banking
6 1 (2.22%) Marketing
6 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Retail
6 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.00%) NHS
2 7 (15.56%) Management Information System
3 5 (11.11%) Security Posture
4 4 (8.89%) PMI
5 2 (4.44%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.22%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Linux
1 1 (2.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (57.78%) Information Security
2 16 (35.56%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (31.11%) Risk Management
4 9 (20.00%) Project Management
5 8 (17.78%) Information Assurance
6 7 (15.56%) Incident Response
7 6 (13.33%) Business Strategy
7 6 (13.33%) PRINCE2
8 5 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (11.11%) Security Operations
9 4 (8.89%) Security Management
9 4 (8.89%) Supplier Management
10 3 (6.67%) Agile
10 3 (6.67%) ISMS
10 3 (6.67%) Line Management
11 2 (4.44%) Information Governance
11 2 (4.44%) Matrix Organization
11 2 (4.44%) Penetration Testing
11 2 (4.44%) Remediation Plan
11 2 (4.44%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (20.00%) CISSP
2 7 (15.56%) CISM
2 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.89%) DV Cleared
3 4 (8.89%) PMI Certification
4 2 (4.44%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.22%) CISA
5 1 (2.22%) CISMP
5 1 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.22%) CRISC
5 1 (2.22%) Degree
5 1 (2.22%) ISACA
5 1 (2.22%) ISEB
5 1 (2.22%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (2.22%) SANS
5 1 (2.22%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (28.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (13.33%) GDPR
3 5 (11.11%) NIST
4 4 (8.89%) GRC
5 3 (6.67%) Data Quality
6 2 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (4.44%) PCI DSS
6 2 (4.44%) QA
7 1 (2.22%) COBIT
7 1 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) CASB
Vendors
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.22%) AVEVA
2 1 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (2.22%) Palo Alto
2 1 (2.22%) Rapid7