Freedom of Information Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information 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 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 (FOI)
Rank 494 554 569
Rank change year-on-year
+60 +15
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 40 32 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.085% 0.054% 0.028%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.321% 0.220% 0.100%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 17 11
Average daily rate £417 £290 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+43.79% -22.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £166 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £589 £427 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £218 £413
% change year-on-year
+37.93% -47.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
Average hourly rate £18.00 £18.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.85%
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
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
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Freedom of Information Daily Rate Trend

Freedom of Information
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Freedom of Information Daily Rate Histogram

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 within the UK.

Freedom of Information Hourly Rate Trend

Freedom of Information
Top 13 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 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 +65 40 £417 +54.44%
London +38 33 £421 +45.17%
City of London +13 7 £220 -24.13%
South East +19 4 £500 -
Brighton - 3 £500 -
East Sussex - 3 £500 -
North West +5 1 - -
East of England - 1 £300 -
South West - 1 £300 -
Docklands, London - 1 £1,000 -
West Sussex - 1 - -
Bedfordshire - 1 £300 -
Bedford - 1 £300 -

Freedom of Information
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 77 (83.70%) Data Protection
2 65 (70.65%) Data Protection Act
3 63 (68.48%) Freedom of Information Act
4 32 (34.78%) ITIL
5 27 (29.35%) Service Management
5 27 (29.35%) Risk Management
6 21 (22.83%) Service Delivery
7 20 (21.74%) PRINCE2
8 19 (20.65%) Management Information System
9 17 (18.48%) Legal
9 17 (18.48%) Information Security
10 16 (17.39%) Project Management
11 15 (16.30%) Microsoft
11 15 (16.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 15 (16.30%) Information Governance
12 14 (15.22%) PCI DSS
12 14 (15.22%) Remedy
12 14 (15.22%) Finance
13 12 (13.04%) Degree
14 11 (11.96%) Information Management
14 11 (11.96%) Change Management
14 11 (11.96%) MS Excel
15 10 (10.87%) Incident Management
16 9 (9.783%) MS Office
16 9 (9.783%) Symantec
17 8 (8.696%) Information Security Management
17 8 (8.696%) Security Management
17 8 (8.696%) ISMS
18 7 (7.609%) Continuous Improvement
18 7 (7.609%) Stakeholder Management

Freedom of Information
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 3 (3.261%) HTML
1 3 (3.261%) XML
2 1 (1.087%) SAP XI
2 1 (1.087%) ODBC
2 1 (1.087%) Web Services
2 1 (1.087%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.261%) CMS
2 2 (2.174%) IIS
2 2 (2.174%) SAP Portal
3 1 (1.087%) SAP EP
Applications
1 11 (11.96%) MS Excel
2 9 (9.783%) MS Office
3 4 (4.348%) Photoshop
4 2 (2.174%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.087%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (1.087%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (1.087%) PageMaker
Business Applications
1 1 (1.087%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.522%) TCP/IP
2 5 (5.435%) Firewall
2 5 (5.435%) VPN
3 4 (4.348%) Intranet
4 2 (2.174%) Internet
4 2 (2.174%) DECnet
4 2 (2.174%) Network Security
5 1 (1.087%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.174%) SAP BI
1 2 (2.174%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (2.174%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.087%) dBASE
2 1 (1.087%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.087%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.087%) Ingres
2 1 (1.087%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.087%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.087%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (1.087%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (4.348%) ClearQuest
1 4 (4.348%) ClearCase
2 1 (1.087%) Dreamweaver
General
1 17 (18.48%) Legal
2 14 (15.22%) Finance
3 4 (4.348%) Publishing
4 3 (3.261%) Law
4 3 (3.261%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.174%) Back Office
6 1 (1.087%) Marketing
6 1 (1.087%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.087%) Local Government
6 1 (1.087%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (30.43%) Analyst
2 12 (13.04%) Security Analyst
3 11 (11.96%) Senior Analyst
4 10 (10.87%) Service Analyst
5 9 (9.783%) Service Transition Analyst
6 8 (8.696%) Senior Security Analyst
7 7 (7.609%) Project Manager
8 6 (6.522%) Coordinator
9 4 (4.348%) Programme Manager
9 4 (4.348%) Release Analyst
10 3 (3.261%) Security Officer
10 3 (3.261%) Programme Director
10 3 (3.261%) SAP Analyst
10 3 (3.261%) Data Manager
11 2 (2.174%) Architect
11 2 (2.174%) Trainer
11 2 (2.174%) Security Architect
11 2 (2.174%) Information Manager
11 2 (2.174%) Information Governance Officer
11 2 (2.174%) Governance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 65 (70.65%) Data Protection Act
2 63 (68.48%) Freedom of Information Act
3 19 (20.65%) Management Information System
4 7 (7.609%) NHS
5 6 (6.522%) Computer Science
6 4 (4.348%) E-Learning
7 3 (3.261%) Copywriting
7 3 (3.261%) Statistics
7 3 (3.261%) W3C
8 1 (1.087%) Fat Client
8 1 (1.087%) Data Extraction
8 1 (1.087%) Informatics
8 1 (1.087%) Podcast
8 1 (1.087%) Social Network
8 1 (1.087%) Graphic Design
8 1 (1.087%) Photography
8 1 (1.087%) Social Media
8 1 (1.087%) CESG
8 1 (1.087%) CESG CLAS
8 1 (1.087%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.261%) Solaris
1 3 (3.261%) Linux
2 2 (2.174%) VMS
2 2 (2.174%) OpenVMS
2 2 (2.174%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.087%) SUSE
3 1 (1.087%) UNIX
3 1 (1.087%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (83.70%) Data Protection
2 32 (34.78%) ITIL
3 27 (29.35%) Service Management
3 27 (29.35%) Risk Management
4 21 (22.83%) Service Delivery
5 20 (21.74%) PRINCE2
6 17 (18.48%) Information Security
7 16 (17.39%) Project Management
8 15 (16.30%) Information Governance
9 11 (11.96%) Information Management
9 11 (11.96%) Change Management
10 10 (10.87%) Incident Management
11 8 (8.696%) Information Security Management
11 8 (8.696%) Security Management
11 8 (8.696%) ISMS
12 7 (7.609%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (7.609%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (6.522%) Release Management
14 5 (5.435%) Data Management
14 5 (5.435%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.348%) SQL
2 2 (2.174%) DCL
3 1 (1.087%) Java
3 1 (1.087%) Perl
3 1 (1.087%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.087%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (13.04%) Degree
2 5 (5.435%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.348%) CISSP
3 4 (4.348%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.261%) BC Cleared
5 2 (2.174%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.174%) OCP
5 2 (2.174%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (2.174%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (2.174%) RHCE
5 2 (2.174%) ISEB
5 2 (2.174%) Postgraduate
5 2 (2.174%) MCSE
5 2 (2.174%) CITP
6 1 (1.087%) MBCS
6 1 (1.087%) APMP
6 1 (1.087%) NCDA
6 1 (1.087%) ISACA
6 1 (1.087%) CCEE
6 1 (1.087%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (16.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (15.22%) PCI DSS
3 5 (5.435%) SLA
4 3 (3.261%) QA
5 2 (2.174%) COBIT
6 1 (1.087%) BS7799
System Software
1 4 (4.348%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.087%) IAG
2 1 (1.087%) UAG
2 1 (1.087%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 1 (1.087%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (1.087%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.174%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (2.174%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (1.087%) SCCM
2 1 (1.087%) SCOM
2 1 (1.087%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (1.087%) Ionix
2 1 (1.087%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 15 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 14 (15.22%) Remedy
3 9 (9.783%) Symantec
4 6 (6.522%) VMware
5 4 (4.348%) Adobe
5 4 (4.348%) SAP
5 4 (4.348%) Business Objects
6 3 (3.261%) RedDot
6 3 (3.261%) Oracle
6 3 (3.261%) Red Hat
6 3 (3.261%) HP
7 2 (2.174%) Qualys
8 1 (1.087%) Facebook
8 1 (1.087%) Twitter
8 1 (1.087%) AppSense
8 1 (1.087%) Sybase
8 1 (1.087%) Citrix
8 1 (1.087%) NetApp
8 1 (1.087%) Veritas
8 1 (1.087%) EMC
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