Edinburgh Freedom of Information Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Freedom of Information (FOI) skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Freedom of Information over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Freedom of Information (FOI)
Location Bournemouth City of London Coventry Darlington Dorset Durham East Midlands Edinburgh England Grimsby Hampshire Lincolnshire London Manchester Midlands North East North West Scotland Sheffield Shropshire South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton UK West Midlands Westminster Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	63	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	1	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.526 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£295	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£12.50	£15.50
% change on same period last year	-19.35 %
Miscellaneous Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads	190	161
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.251 %	0.160 %
Daily rates quoted	39	40
Average minimum daily rate	£296	£322
Average daily rate	£303	£341
% change on same period last year	-10.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£310	£360
UK excluding London average daily rate	£351	£352
% change on same period last year	-0.23 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.32	£22.83
Average hourly rate	£18.52	£23.27
% change on same period last year	-20.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.73	£23.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.25	£28.69
% change on same period last year	-11.97 %
Freedom of Information Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Freedom of Information
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Freedom of Information across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Freedom of Information
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Freedom of Information 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.

1 1 (100.00 %) SAN 1 1 (100.00 %) Middleware 1 1 (100.00 %) IT Governance 1 1 (100.00 %) Data Protection

Freedom of Information
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Freedom of Information 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (100.00 %) Middleware	Communications & Networking 1 1 (100.00 %) SAN
Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Consultant 1 1 (100.00 %) Storage Consultant	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (100.00 %) IT Governance 1 1 (100.00 %) Data Protection