Freedom of Information Contracts in the UK excluding London

Freedom of Information (FOI)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Freedom of Information over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 418 471
Rank change year-on-year +41 +53 -52
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 24 19 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.084% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.40% 0.26% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 22
10th Percentile £136 £206 £215
25th Percentile £155 £313 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £525 £460
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +14.13% +16.46%
75th Percentile £337 £650 £500
90th Percentile £438 - £598
UK median daily rate £425 £575 £450
% change year-on-year -26.09% +27.78% +6.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 5
10th Percentile - £19.06 £18.40
25th Percentile - £19.60 £21.25
Median hourly rate £12.25 £21.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% -19.23% +41.79%
75th Percentile £12.80 £33.02 £26.50
90th Percentile £20.29 £39.92 £37.32
UK median hourly rate £12.25 £21.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -41.67% -19.23% +6.12%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Freedom of Information falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,056 7,289 9,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.50% 32.09% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,590 4,887 6,839
10th Percentile £210 £213 £208
25th Percentile £375 £381 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £586
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 757 411 421
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.89
25th Percentile £14.22 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.09% +2.33% -4.44%
75th Percentile £62.00 £62.98 £45.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.00 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +59.51% -17.57% +8.00%

Freedom of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Freedom of Information as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Freedom of Information in the UK excluding London

Freedom of Information
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Freedom of Information in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Freedom of Information in the UK excluding London

Freedom of Information
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Freedom of Information in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Freedom of Information in the UK excluding London

Freedom of Information
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Freedom of Information in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Freedom of Information in the UK excluding London

Freedom of Information
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Freedom of Information in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Freedom of Information in the UK excluding London

Freedom of Information
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
Scotland +44 6 £210 -32.80%
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
North of England +30 4 £233 -55.62% 9
Yorkshire - 3 £161 -
South East +19 2 - - 3
West Midlands +13 2 £425 -34.62% 7
Midlands +12 2 £425 -34.62% 8
Wales - 2 £132 -
North West +11 1 £305 -41.90% 6
South West +2 1 £158 -69.88% 1
East of England +1 1 £363 +80.74% 3
Freedom of Information
UK

Freedom of Information
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (4.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 13 (54.17%) Public Sector
2 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
3 10 (41.67%) Legal
4 7 (29.17%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (12.50%) Finance
7 2 (8.33%) Law
8 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (4.17%) Local Government
8 1 (4.17%) Social Science
8 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Information Officer
2 6 (25.00%) Information Governance Officer
3 3 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Integration Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Integration Specialist
4 2 (8.33%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Service Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow Developer
4 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Compliance Officer
5 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Officer
5 1 (4.17%) EPR Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Governance Manager
5 1 (4.17%) IT Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) NHS
2 6 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (16.67%) CMDB
3 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
4 2 (8.33%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
1 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
1 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
1 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Data Protection
2 10 (41.67%) Impact Assessments
3 7 (29.17%) Information Governance
4 6 (25.00%) Email Management
4 6 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 5 (20.83%) ITIL
5 5 (20.83%) Project Management
6 4 (16.67%) Case Management
6 4 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
7 3 (12.50%) Information Management
7 3 (12.50%) Line Management
8 2 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (8.33%) Change Management
8 2 (8.33%) Configuration Management
8 2 (8.33%) Data Analysis
8 2 (8.33%) Data Cleansing
8 2 (8.33%) PRINCE
8 2 (8.33%) Resource Management
8 2 (8.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Degree
2 6 (25.00%) HNC
2 6 (25.00%) NVQ Level 3
3 3 (12.50%) ISEB
3 3 (12.50%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (4.17%) CCNA
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.17%) MCSE
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) QA
2 6 (25.00%) Data Quality
3 4 (16.67%) GDPR
4 2 (8.33%) COBIT
4 2 (8.33%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Adobe
2 1 (4.17%) VMware