The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 24 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 Surrey 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Freedom of Information (FOI)
Rank - - 102
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey - - 0.054%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 0.277%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £218 £413
% change year-on-year
+37.93% -47.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
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
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
260 265 361
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 22.55% 16.45% 19.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 129 207
Average daily rate £400 £320 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -14.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £194 £160 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 19 11
Average hourly rate £35.00 £31.75 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.23% -15.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Freedom of Information
South East

Freedom of Information
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Freedom of Information Daily Rate Trend

Freedom of Information
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information Act
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection

Freedom of Information
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL