The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information Act in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 22 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 North West 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Rank - 129 -
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information Act 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - 0.031% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.155% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £300 £500
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £18.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.00 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
545 644 618
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.15% 20.28% 20.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 312 311
Average daily rate £300 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £205 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £466 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 59 70
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.35 £10.47
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.83 £25.00 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Freedom of Information Act Daily Rate Trend

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 North West region.

North West Freedom of Information Act Hourly Rate Trend

Freedom of Information Act
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (100.00%) ODBC
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008

Freedom of Information Act
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 1 (100.00%) ODBC
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft