Information Officer Contracts

Information Officer
UK

The median Information Officer daily rate in the UK is £380 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 554 692 815
Rank change year-on-year +138 +123 -153
Contract jobs requiring an Information Officer 37 26 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.086% 0.044% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.046% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 18 27
10th Percentile £196 £290 £193
25th Percentile £205 £372 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £533 £575 £594
90th Percentile £578 £611 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £475
% change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% +46.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 4
10th Percentile - £18.88 £15.14
25th Percentile - £19.15 £16.01
Median hourly rate £12.25 £19.95 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.60% +2.31% -20.44%
75th Percentile £15.28 £20.90 £23.67
90th Percentile £16.74 £21.26 £24.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.25 £19.95 £15.78
% change year-on-year -38.60% +26.47% -7.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

Information Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Information Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Officer in the UK

Information Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Officer.

Daily rate trend for Information Officer in the UK

Information Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Officer over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Officer in the UK

Information Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Officer.

Hourly rate trend for Information Officer in the UK

Information Officer
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 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
England +116 26 £400 -15.79% 26
UK excluding London +63 17 £500 +4.17% 21
London +113 15 £393 -31.74% 6
Work from Home +132 11 £280 -49.09% 12
South East +27 7 £567 +13.30% 1
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
Scotland +37 3 £210 -61.82% 2
North of England +21 1 - - 10
Yorkshire +20 1 - - 4

Information Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Information Officer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Information Officer in the job title.

1 16 (43.24%) Social Skills
2 14 (37.84%) Information Governance
3 13 (35.14%) Public Sector
3 13 (35.14%) Information Security
4 12 (32.43%) Freedom of Information
5 11 (29.73%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (29.73%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (24.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (24.32%) QA
6 9 (24.32%) Data Protection
6 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
6 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
7 8 (21.62%) CISSP
7 8 (21.62%) NHS
7 8 (21.62%) SharePoint
7 8 (21.62%) Risk Management
7 8 (21.62%) Legal
7 8 (21.62%) Information Management
8 6 (16.22%) NVQ Level 3
8 6 (16.22%) CISM
8 6 (16.22%) HNC
8 6 (16.22%) Email Management
8 6 (16.22%) Data Quality
8 6 (16.22%) Cloud Security
8 6 (16.22%) NIST
8 6 (16.22%) Impact Assessments
9 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
10 4 (10.81%) Performance Management
10 4 (10.81%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (10.81%) AWS

Information Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (21.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) AWS
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) DNS
1 2 (5.41%) SNMP
2 1 (2.70%) Broadband
2 1 (2.70%) Internet
2 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
General
1 16 (43.24%) Social Skills
2 13 (35.14%) Public Sector
3 11 (29.73%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (21.62%) Legal
5 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
6 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (8.11%) Military
7 2 (5.41%) Local Government
8 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.70%) Law
8 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 12 (32.43%) Freedom of Information
2 8 (21.62%) NHS
3 4 (10.81%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (5.41%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (5.41%) Freedom of Information Act
4 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.41%) Operational Technology
4 2 (5.41%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.70%) BBC
5 1 (2.70%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Information Governance
2 13 (35.14%) Information Security
3 11 (29.73%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (24.32%) Data Protection
5 8 (21.62%) Information Management
5 8 (21.62%) Risk Management
6 6 (16.22%) Cloud Security
6 6 (16.22%) Email Management
6 6 (16.22%) Impact Assessments
7 4 (10.81%) Change Management
7 4 (10.81%) Performance Management
7 4 (10.81%) Records Management
8 3 (8.11%) Case Management
8 3 (8.11%) Data Analysis
8 3 (8.11%) Ethical Hacking
8 3 (8.11%) Incident Management
8 3 (8.11%) ISMS
8 3 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (8.11%) Strategic Planning
8 3 (8.11%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
2 8 (21.62%) CISSP
3 6 (16.22%) CISM
3 6 (16.22%) HNC
3 6 (16.22%) NVQ Level 3
4 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
5 4 (10.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (10.81%) CCNP
5 4 (10.81%) CCSK
5 4 (10.81%) CCSP
5 4 (10.81%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (8.11%) CEH
6 3 (8.11%) CTC Cleared
6 3 (8.11%) Degree
6 3 (8.11%) DV Cleared
7 2 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (5.41%) GIAC
8 1 (2.70%) CCA
8 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
8 1 (2.70%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (24.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (24.32%) QA
2 6 (16.22%) Data Quality
2 6 (16.22%) NIST
3 4 (10.81%) GDPR
3 4 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (5.41%) GRC
5 1 (2.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (2.70%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (2.70%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) Cisco
3 2 (5.41%) Facebook