The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 21 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 South East 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Freedom of Information (FOI)
Rank 216 243 252
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +9
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 4 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.050% 0.020% 0.010%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.254% 0.104% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £500 - £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £218 £375
% change year-on-year
+37.93% -42.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £18.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £18.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-9.72% +2.85%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1577 1926 1933
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.91% 18.96% 18.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 824 798
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 180 179
Average hourly rate £23.75 £27.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.63% -12.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Freedom of Information
England

Freedom of Information
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Freedom of Information Daily Rate Trend

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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
East Sussex - 3 £500 -
West Sussex - 1 - -
Freedom of Information
England

Freedom of Information
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 6 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 5 (83.33%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (83.33%) Freedom of Information Act
3 4 (66.67%) Management Information System
4 3 (50.00%) Data Modelling
4 3 (50.00%) Data Management
4 3 (50.00%) Zachman Framework
4 3 (50.00%) TOGAF
4 3 (50.00%) Information Management
4 3 (50.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) E-Learning
5 2 (33.33%) MS Office
6 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
6 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
6 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 1 (16.67%) SQL
6 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
6 1 (16.67%) Degree

Freedom of Information
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
General
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Data Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Trainer
2 1 (16.67%) Applications Support
2 1 (16.67%) ICT Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (83.33%) Freedom of Information Act
2 4 (66.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) E-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (50.00%) Data Management
2 3 (50.00%) Zachman Framework
2 3 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (50.00%) Information Management
2 3 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
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