The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information Act in IT contracts advertised for the 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 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 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Rank 363 391 436
Rank change year-on-year
+28 +45
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information Act 23 18 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.099% 0.069% 0.016%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.299% 0.215% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 3
Average daily rate £445 £250 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+78.00% -33.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £350 -
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £23.25 - £67.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.00 £13.75
% change year-on-year
- +30.90%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7685 8371 11798
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.14% 31.94% 37.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5321 5719 8078
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 189 168
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.75 £21.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.09% +7.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £13.00 £12.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Freedom of Information Act
England

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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

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 London region.

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 London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

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 London region.

London Freedom of Information Act Hourly Rate Trend

Freedom of Information Act
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 53 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
2 49 (92.45%) Data Protection
3 47 (88.68%) Data Protection Act
4 29 (54.72%) ITIL
5 25 (47.17%) Service Management
6 23 (43.40%) Risk Management
7 17 (32.08%) PRINCE2
8 16 (30.19%) Service Delivery
9 14 (26.42%) Project Management
9 14 (26.42%) Legal
10 12 (22.64%) Finance
11 11 (20.75%) Management Information System
12 10 (18.87%) Degree
13 9 (16.98%) Microsoft
14 8 (15.09%) Information Management
14 8 (15.09%) PCI DSS
15 7 (13.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 7 (13.21%) Information Security
16 6 (11.32%) MS Excel
16 6 (11.32%) Change Management
16 6 (11.32%) Remedy
16 6 (11.32%) Project Governance
17 5 (9.434%) ISMS
17 5 (9.434%) ITIL V3
17 5 (9.434%) Computer Science
17 5 (9.434%) Business Intelligence
17 5 (9.434%) SAP
17 5 (9.434%) Technical Architecture
17 5 (9.434%) Supplier Management
17 5 (9.434%) Incident Management

Freedom of Information Act
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 3 (5.660%) XML
1 3 (5.660%) HTML
2 1 (1.887%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.660%) CMS
2 2 (3.774%) IIS
2 2 (3.774%) SAP Portal
3 1 (1.887%) SAP EP
Applications
1 6 (11.32%) MS Excel
2 3 (5.660%) MS Office
2 3 (5.660%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.887%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.660%) Intranet
1 3 (5.660%) TCP/IP
1 3 (5.660%) VPN
1 3 (5.660%) Firewall
2 2 (3.774%) DECnet
3 1 (1.887%) SAN
3 1 (1.887%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.774%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (3.774%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (3.774%) SAP BI
2 1 (1.887%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (7.547%) ClearCase
1 4 (7.547%) ClearQuest
General
1 14 (26.42%) Legal
2 12 (22.64%) Finance
3 3 (5.660%) Telecoms
3 3 (5.660%) Law
3 3 (5.660%) Publishing
4 2 (3.774%) Back Office
5 1 (1.887%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 17 (32.08%) Analyst
2 9 (16.98%) Project Manager
3 7 (13.21%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (11.32%) Senior Security Analyst
4 6 (11.32%) Security Analyst
5 5 (9.434%) Service Transition Analyst
5 5 (9.434%) Service Analyst
6 4 (7.547%) Release Analyst
6 4 (7.547%) Programme Manager
7 3 (5.660%) SAP Analyst
7 3 (5.660%) Architect
7 3 (5.660%) Programme Director
8 2 (3.774%) Functional Analyst
8 2 (3.774%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.774%) Security Architect
8 2 (3.774%) SAP Functional Analyst
9 1 (1.887%) Intranet Manager
9 1 (1.887%) Content Manager
9 1 (1.887%) Information Assurance Specialist
9 1 (1.887%) Information Governance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 53 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
2 47 (88.68%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (20.75%) Management Information System
4 5 (9.434%) Computer Science
5 3 (5.660%) Copywriting
5 3 (5.660%) W3C
5 3 (5.660%) Statistics
6 1 (1.887%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.887%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.887%) Clustering
6 1 (1.887%) CESG
6 1 (1.887%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.660%) Solaris
1 3 (5.660%) Linux
2 2 (3.774%) VMS
2 2 (3.774%) OpenVMS
2 2 (3.774%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.887%) UNIX
3 1 (1.887%) Windows
3 1 (1.887%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (92.45%) Data Protection
2 29 (54.72%) ITIL
3 25 (47.17%) Service Management
4 23 (43.40%) Risk Management
5 17 (32.08%) PRINCE2
6 16 (30.19%) Service Delivery
7 14 (26.42%) Project Management
8 8 (15.09%) Information Management
9 7 (13.21%) Information Security
10 6 (11.32%) Change Management
10 6 (11.32%) Project Governance
11 5 (9.434%) ISMS
11 5 (9.434%) ITIL V3
11 5 (9.434%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (9.434%) Technical Architecture
11 5 (9.434%) Supplier Management
11 5 (9.434%) Incident Management
11 5 (9.434%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (7.547%) Information Security Management
12 4 (7.547%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.774%) DCL
2 1 (1.887%) Java
2 1 (1.887%) Perl
2 1 (1.887%) SQL
2 1 (1.887%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (18.87%) Degree
2 4 (7.547%) CISSP
2 4 (7.547%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.660%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.774%) Postgraduate
4 2 (3.774%) ISEB
4 2 (3.774%) OCP
4 2 (3.774%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (3.774%) RHCE
4 2 (3.774%) BC Cleared
4 2 (3.774%) CITP
5 1 (1.887%) APMP
5 1 (1.887%) NCDA
5 1 (1.887%) ISACA
5 1 (1.887%) CCEE
5 1 (1.887%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.887%) CISA
5 1 (1.887%) CCA
5 1 (1.887%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (1.887%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.09%) PCI DSS
2 7 (13.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (7.547%) SLA
4 2 (3.774%) COBIT
System Software
1 4 (7.547%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.887%) IAG
2 1 (1.887%) UAG
2 1 (1.887%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 1 (1.887%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.887%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (3.774%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (3.774%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (1.887%) Ionix
2 1 (1.887%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (1.887%) SCCM
2 1 (1.887%) SCOM
2 1 (1.887%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 9 (16.98%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.32%) Remedy
3 5 (9.434%) SAP
4 4 (7.547%) VMware
4 4 (7.547%) Symantec
5 3 (5.660%) HP
5 3 (5.660%) Red Hat
5 3 (5.660%) Adobe
5 3 (5.660%) RedDot
6 2 (3.774%) Business Objects
6 2 (3.774%) Qualys
7 1 (1.887%) NetApp
7 1 (1.887%) Veritas
7 1 (1.887%) EMC
7 1 (1.887%) Citrix
7 1 (1.887%) Oracle
7 1 (1.887%) AppSense