The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information Act in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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.

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 503 565 579
Rank change year-on-year
+62 +14
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information Act 31 21 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.066% 0.035% 0.012%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.249% 0.144% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 14 5
Average daily rate £421 £317 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.70% -15.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £292 £171 £264
10% offered a daily rate of more than £654 £429 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £300 £500
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £24.00 £18.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.00 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12464 14541 16939
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.45% 24.53% 28.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7498 8526 10051
Average daily rate £425 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 545 681 721
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.05 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%

Freedom of Information Act
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Freedom of Information Act Daily Rate Trend

Freedom of Information Act
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Freedom of Information Act within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Freedom of Information Act Daily Rate Histogram

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 within the UK.

Freedom of Information Act Hourly Rate Trend

Freedom of Information Act
Top 10 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 Act within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +67 31 £421 +25.85%
London +39 27 £421 +25.85%
City of London +13 6 £215 -
Brighton - 3 £500 -
East Sussex - 3 £500 -
South East - 3 £500 -
East of England - 1 £300 -
Docklands, London - 1 £1,000 -
Bedfordshire - 1 £300 -
Bedford - 1 £300 -

Freedom of Information Act
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 63 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
2 58 (92.06%) Data Protection
3 55 (87.30%) Data Protection Act
4 31 (49.21%) ITIL
5 27 (42.86%) Service Management
6 24 (38.10%) Risk Management
7 19 (30.16%) PRINCE2
8 18 (28.57%) Service Delivery
9 16 (25.40%) Management Information System
10 14 (22.22%) Project Management
11 12 (19.05%) Legal
12 11 (17.46%) Microsoft
12 11 (17.46%) Degree
13 10 (15.87%) Finance
14 9 (14.29%) Change Management
14 9 (14.29%) Information Management
14 9 (14.29%) Information Security
14 9 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 8 (12.70%) PCI DSS
15 8 (12.70%) MS Excel
15 8 (12.70%) Remedy
16 7 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
16 7 (11.11%) Information Governance
17 6 (9.524%) Release Management
18 5 (7.937%) Data Management
18 5 (7.937%) Supplier Management
18 5 (7.937%) TOGAF
18 5 (7.937%) Business Intelligence
18 5 (7.937%) SLA
18 5 (7.937%) Computer Science

Freedom of Information Act
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 3 (4.762%) XML
1 3 (4.762%) HTML
2 1 (1.587%) SAP XI
2 1 (1.587%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.762%) CMS
2 2 (3.175%) SAP Portal
2 2 (3.175%) IIS
3 1 (1.587%) SAP EP
Applications
1 8 (12.70%) MS Excel
2 4 (6.349%) MS Office
3 3 (4.762%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.587%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.587%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.762%) Firewall
1 3 (4.762%) Intranet
1 3 (4.762%) TCP/IP
1 3 (4.762%) VPN
2 2 (3.175%) DECnet
3 1 (1.587%) SAN
3 1 (1.587%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.175%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (3.175%) SAP BI
1 2 (3.175%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.587%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.587%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.587%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.587%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.587%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (6.349%) ClearCase
1 4 (6.349%) ClearQuest
General
1 12 (19.05%) Legal
2 10 (15.87%) Finance
3 3 (4.762%) Law
3 3 (4.762%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.762%) Publishing
4 2 (3.175%) Back Office
5 1 (1.587%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.587%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 22 (34.92%) Analyst
2 10 (15.87%) Service Analyst
3 9 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 9 (14.29%) Service Transition Analyst
4 6 (9.524%) Project Manager
4 6 (9.524%) Senior Security Analyst
4 6 (9.524%) Security Analyst
5 4 (6.349%) Programme Manager
5 4 (6.349%) Release Analyst
6 3 (4.762%) Programme Director
6 3 (4.762%) Data Manager
6 3 (4.762%) Coordinator
6 3 (4.762%) SAP Analyst
7 2 (3.175%) SAP Functional Analyst
7 2 (3.175%) Architect
7 2 (3.175%) Security Architect
7 2 (3.175%) Functional Analyst
7 2 (3.175%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (1.587%) Infrastructure Team Leader
8 1 (1.587%) Senior UNIX Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 63 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
2 55 (87.30%) Data Protection Act
3 16 (25.40%) Management Information System
4 5 (7.937%) Computer Science
5 3 (4.762%) NHS
5 3 (4.762%) W3C
5 3 (4.762%) Copywriting
5 3 (4.762%) Statistics
6 1 (1.587%) E-Learning
6 1 (1.587%) Clustering
6 1 (1.587%) CESG
6 1 (1.587%) CESG CLAS
6 1 (1.587%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.587%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.762%) Solaris
1 3 (4.762%) Linux
2 2 (3.175%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (3.175%) VMS
2 2 (3.175%) OpenVMS
3 1 (1.587%) SUSE
3 1 (1.587%) UNIX
3 1 (1.587%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (92.06%) Data Protection
2 31 (49.21%) ITIL
3 27 (42.86%) Service Management
4 24 (38.10%) Risk Management
5 19 (30.16%) PRINCE2
6 18 (28.57%) Service Delivery
7 14 (22.22%) Project Management
8 9 (14.29%) Change Management
8 9 (14.29%) Information Management
8 9 (14.29%) Information Security
9 7 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (11.11%) Information Governance
10 6 (9.524%) Release Management
11 5 (7.937%) Data Management
11 5 (7.937%) Supplier Management
11 5 (7.937%) TOGAF
11 5 (7.937%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (7.937%) Technical Architecture
11 5 (7.937%) Incident Management
11 5 (7.937%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.762%) SQL
2 2 (3.175%) DCL
3 1 (1.587%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.587%) VB
3 1 (1.587%) Java
3 1 (1.587%) Perl
Qualifications
1 11 (17.46%) Degree
2 5 (7.937%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.349%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.349%) CISSP
4 3 (4.762%) BC Cleared
5 2 (3.175%) CITP
5 2 (3.175%) Postgraduate
5 2 (3.175%) OCP
5 2 (3.175%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (3.175%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (3.175%) RHCE
6 1 (1.587%) Linux+ Certification
6 1 (1.587%) MBCS
6 1 (1.587%) ISEB
6 1 (1.587%) CCA
6 1 (1.587%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.587%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.587%) CISA
6 1 (1.587%) MCSE
6 1 (1.587%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (12.70%) PCI DSS
3 5 (7.937%) SLA
4 2 (3.175%) COBIT
System Software
1 4 (6.349%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.587%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (1.587%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.587%) IAG
2 1 (1.587%) UAG
2 1 (1.587%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 2 (3.175%) Red Hat Satellite
1 2 (3.175%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (1.587%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.587%) SCCM
2 1 (1.587%) SCOM
2 1 (1.587%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (1.587%) Ionix
Vendors
1 11 (17.46%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.70%) Remedy
3 4 (6.349%) SAP
3 4 (6.349%) Symantec
3 4 (6.349%) VMware
4 3 (4.762%) RedDot
4 3 (4.762%) HP
4 3 (4.762%) Red Hat
4 3 (4.762%) Business Objects
4 3 (4.762%) Adobe
5 2 (3.175%) Qualys
5 2 (3.175%) Oracle
6 1 (1.587%) AppSense
6 1 (1.587%) Citrix
6 1 (1.587%) EMC
6 1 (1.587%) NetApp
6 1 (1.587%) Veritas