The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information Act in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Freedom of Information Act over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Rank 195 217 233
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +16
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information Act 6 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.095% 0.038% 0.031%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.301% 0.116% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
Average daily rate £215 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £300 £500
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £24.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.00 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1994 2589 3914
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.56% 33.15% 40.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1477 1987 3023
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £300 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 69 51
Average hourly rate £24.50 £21.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.95% +2.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.45 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
Freedom of Information Act
London

Freedom of Information Act
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Freedom of Information Act across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

City of London Freedom of Information Act Jobs Demand Trend

Freedom of Information Act
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Freedom of Information Act across the City of London region.

City of London Freedom of Information Act Daily Rate Trend

Freedom of Information Act
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Freedom of Information Act across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

City of London Freedom of Information Act Daily Rate Histogram

Freedom of Information Act
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Freedom of Information Act across the City of London region.

City of London Freedom of Information Act Hourly Rate Trend

Freedom of Information Act
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Freedom of Information Act also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Freedom of Information Act.

1 10 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
2 8 (80.00%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (80.00%) Data Protection
3 5 (50.00%) Legal
4 4 (40.00%) Service Management
4 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 4 (40.00%) ITIL
4 4 (40.00%) Degree
5 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
5 3 (30.00%) Information Assurance
5 3 (30.00%) PCI DSS
5 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (30.00%) Project Management
5 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
6 2 (20.00%) Change Management
6 2 (20.00%) Publishing
6 2 (20.00%) CMS
6 2 (20.00%) RedDot
6 2 (20.00%) Information Security
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (20.00%) Adobe
6 2 (20.00%) W3C
6 2 (20.00%) Intranet
6 2 (20.00%) Postgraduate
6 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 2 (20.00%) HTML
6 2 (20.00%) Photoshop
6 2 (20.00%) IIS

Freedom of Information Act
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Freedom of Information Act also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Freedom of Information Act. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (20.00%) HTML
1 2 (20.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) IIS
1 2 (20.00%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (20.00%) MS Office
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (10.00%) ClearQuest
General
1 5 (50.00%) Legal
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (20.00%) Publishing
4 1 (10.00%) Local Government
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Architect
1 2 (20.00%) Analyst
1 2 (20.00%) Service Analyst
1 2 (20.00%) Security Architect
1 2 (20.00%) Service Transition Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Information Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Content Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Intranet Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
2 8 (80.00%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (20.00%) Statistics
4 2 (20.00%) Copywriting
4 2 (20.00%) W3C
5 1 (10.00%) CESG
5 1 (10.00%) CESG CLAS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Data Protection
2 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (40.00%) ITIL
2 4 (40.00%) Service Management
3 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Information Assurance
4 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Release Management
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Information Security
4 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (20.00%) Content Management
5 1 (10.00%) Information Management
5 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) ISMS
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (10.00%) Information Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) BC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) CITP
3 2 (20.00%) Postgraduate
4 1 (10.00%) ISEB
4 1 (10.00%) CISA
4 1 (10.00%) MBCS
4 1 (10.00%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) Adobe
1 2 (20.00%) RedDot