The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Freedom of Information over the 3 months to 18 June 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 England 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Freedom of Information (FOI)
Rank 494 518 556
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +38
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 41 31 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.094% 0.058% 0.040%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.342% 0.231% 0.139%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 14 14
Average daily rate £439 £300 £294
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+46.16% +2.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £166 £154
10% offered a daily rate of more than £543 £429 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 4
Average hourly rate £18.00 £18.00 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +10.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £18.00 £13.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.40 £18.00 £52.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £18.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-19.44% +20.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11992 13433 16570
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.39% 25.34% 28.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 7386 7988 10153
Average daily rate £430 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £251 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £610 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 530 637 655
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £22.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.00%
Freedom of Information
UK

Freedom of Information
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Freedom of Information Jobs Demand Trend

Freedom of Information
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Freedom of Information Daily Rate Trend

Freedom of Information
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Freedom of Information across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England Freedom of Information Daily Rate Histogram

Freedom of Information
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Freedom of Information Hourly Rate Trend

Freedom of Information
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Freedom of Information within the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +27 30 £448 +49.16% 2
South East +18 4 £500 +25.00% 1
North West +13 3 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Freedom of Information
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Freedom of Information
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 75 (82.42%) Data Protection
2 62 (68.13%) Data Protection Act
3 61 (67.03%) Freedom of Information Act
4 30 (32.97%) ITIL
5 28 (30.77%) Risk Management
6 25 (27.47%) Service Management
7 20 (21.98%) Management Information System
8 19 (20.88%) Service Delivery
8 19 (20.88%) Legal
9 18 (19.78%) PRINCE2
10 17 (18.68%) Finance
10 17 (18.68%) Project Management
10 17 (18.68%) Information Security
11 15 (16.48%) Microsoft
12 14 (15.38%) Information Management
12 14 (15.38%) PCI DSS
12 14 (15.38%) Information Governance
13 13 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 13 (14.29%) Degree
14 12 (13.19%) Remedy
15 11 (12.09%) MS Excel
16 10 (10.99%) MS Office
16 10 (10.99%) Incident Management
17 9 (9.890%) Symantec
17 9 (9.890%) Stakeholder Management
18 8 (8.791%) Security Management
18 8 (8.791%) Change Management
18 8 (8.791%) Information Security Management
18 8 (8.791%) NHS
18 8 (8.791%) ISMS

Freedom of Information
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 3 (3.297%) HTML
1 3 (3.297%) XML
2 1 (1.099%) Flash
2 1 (1.099%) SAP XI
2 1 (1.099%) JSP
2 1 (1.099%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.297%) CMS
2 2 (2.198%) IIS
2 2 (2.198%) SAP Portal
3 1 (1.099%) SAP EP
Applications
1 11 (12.09%) MS Excel
2 10 (10.99%) MS Office
3 4 (4.396%) Photoshop
4 2 (2.198%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.099%) PageMaker
5 1 (1.099%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (1.099%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.099%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.593%) TCP/IP
2 5 (5.495%) VPN
2 5 (5.495%) Firewall
3 4 (4.396%) Intranet
4 2 (2.198%) Internet
4 2 (2.198%) DECnet
4 2 (2.198%) Network Security
5 1 (1.099%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.198%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.198%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (2.198%) SAP BI
2 1 (1.099%) dBASE
2 1 (1.099%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.099%) Ingres
2 1 (1.099%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 4 (4.396%) ClearCase
1 4 (4.396%) ClearQuest
2 1 (1.099%) Dreamweaver
General
1 19 (20.88%) Legal
2 17 (18.68%) Finance
3 4 (4.396%) Publishing
4 3 (3.297%) Law
4 3 (3.297%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.198%) Back Office
5 2 (2.198%) Marketing
6 1 (1.099%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.099%) Local Government
6 1 (1.099%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 24 (26.37%) Analyst
2 13 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 10 (10.99%) Project Manager
4 9 (9.890%) Senior Analyst
5 8 (8.791%) Senior Security Analyst
6 5 (5.495%) Service Analyst
6 5 (5.495%) Service Transition Analyst
7 4 (4.396%) Release Analyst
7 4 (4.396%) Programme Manager
8 3 (3.297%) Trainer
8 3 (3.297%) Coordinator
8 3 (3.297%) Architect
8 3 (3.297%) Data Manager
8 3 (3.297%) Information Governance Officer
8 3 (3.297%) Security Officer
8 3 (3.297%) Information Governance Manager
8 3 (3.297%) Information Manager
8 3 (3.297%) Programme Director
8 3 (3.297%) SAP Analyst
8 3 (3.297%) Governance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 62 (68.13%) Data Protection Act
2 61 (67.03%) Freedom of Information Act
3 20 (21.98%) Management Information System
4 8 (8.791%) NHS
5 6 (6.593%) Computer Science
6 5 (5.495%) E-Learning
7 3 (3.297%) W3C
7 3 (3.297%) Copywriting
7 3 (3.297%) Statistics
8 2 (2.198%) CESG
9 1 (1.099%) CESG CLAS
9 1 (1.099%) Graphic Design
9 1 (1.099%) Photography
9 1 (1.099%) Informatics
9 1 (1.099%) Podcast
9 1 (1.099%) Social Network
9 1 (1.099%) Fat Client
9 1 (1.099%) Data Extraction
9 1 (1.099%) Social Media
9 1 (1.099%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.297%) Solaris
1 3 (3.297%) Linux
2 2 (2.198%) VMS
2 2 (2.198%) OpenVMS
2 2 (2.198%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.099%) UNIX
3 1 (1.099%) Windows
3 1 (1.099%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (82.42%) Data Protection
2 30 (32.97%) ITIL
3 28 (30.77%) Risk Management
4 25 (27.47%) Service Management
5 19 (20.88%) Service Delivery
6 18 (19.78%) PRINCE2
7 17 (18.68%) Project Management
7 17 (18.68%) Information Security
8 14 (15.38%) Information Management
8 14 (15.38%) Information Governance
9 10 (10.99%) Incident Management
10 9 (9.890%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (8.791%) Security Management
11 8 (8.791%) Information Security Management
11 8 (8.791%) Change Management
11 8 (8.791%) ISMS
12 6 (6.593%) Project Governance
13 5 (5.495%) ITIL V3
13 5 (5.495%) Supplier Management
13 5 (5.495%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.297%) SQL
2 2 (2.198%) DCL
3 1 (1.099%) VB
3 1 (1.099%) Java
3 1 (1.099%) Perl
Qualifications
1 13 (14.29%) Degree
2 5 (5.495%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.396%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.396%) CISSP
4 2 (2.198%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.198%) OCP
4 2 (2.198%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (2.198%) RHCE
4 2 (2.198%) BC Cleared
4 2 (2.198%) CITP
4 2 (2.198%) Postgraduate
4 2 (2.198%) MCSE
4 2 (2.198%) ISEB
5 1 (1.099%) CCA
5 1 (1.099%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (1.099%) CISA
5 1 (1.099%) Linux+ Certification
5 1 (1.099%) MBCS
5 1 (1.099%) APMP
5 1 (1.099%) NCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.38%) PCI DSS
2 13 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.396%) SLA
4 3 (3.297%) QA
5 2 (2.198%) COBIT
6 1 (1.099%) BS7799
6 1 (1.099%) JSP 440
6 1 (1.099%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 4 (4.396%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.099%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 1 (1.099%) IAG
2 1 (1.099%) UAG
2 1 (1.099%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.099%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.198%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (2.198%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (1.099%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.099%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (1.099%) SCCM
2 1 (1.099%) SCOM
2 1 (1.099%) Ionix
Vendors
1 15 (16.48%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.19%) Remedy
3 9 (9.890%) Symantec
4 6 (6.593%) VMware
5 5 (5.495%) SAP
6 4 (4.396%) Adobe
7 3 (3.297%) HP
7 3 (3.297%) Business Objects
7 3 (3.297%) Red Hat
7 3 (3.297%) RedDot
8 2 (2.198%) Qualys
8 2 (2.198%) Oracle
9 1 (1.099%) Sybase
9 1 (1.099%) EMC
9 1 (1.099%) Citrix
9 1 (1.099%) NetApp
9 1 (1.099%) Veritas
9 1 (1.099%) Facebook
9 1 (1.099%) Twitter
9 1 (1.099%) AppSense
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