Freedom of Information Contracts in the North West

Freedom of Information (FOI)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Freedom of Information over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 154 179
Rank change year-on-year +19 +25 -43
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.036% 0.062% 0.075%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.18% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% -5.26% +46.15%
75th Percentile - £475 £488
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £425 £644 £475
% change year-on-year -33.98% +35.53% +35.71%

All Generic Skills
North West

Freedom of Information is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 740 1,085 1,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 26.69% 33.70% 34.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 726 1,056
10th Percentile £289 £291 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +24.35%
75th Percentile £584 £625 £586
90th Percentile £672 £675 £671
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 49 64
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.68 £11.36
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.22 £12.39
Median hourly rate £25.25 £27.98 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +49.23% +4.75%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £38.59
90th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £48.01
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -15.09% +0.88%

Freedom of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Freedom of Information as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Freedom of Information in the North West

Freedom of Information
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Freedom of Information in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Freedom of Information in the North West

Freedom of Information
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Freedom of Information in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Freedom of Information in the North West

Freedom of Information
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Freedom of Information within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +13 1 £305 -32.22% 1
Freedom of Information
England

Freedom of Information
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information Act
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware