Freedom of Information Jobs in England

Freedom of Information (FOI)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Freedom of Information over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 780 918 1101
Rank change year-on-year +138 +183 -249
Permanent jobs citing Freedom of Information 60 35 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.071% 0.038% 0.026%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.20% 0.087% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 50 29 26
10th Percentile £31,795 £26,808 £33,375
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £44,666 £43,557
Median % change year-on-year +5.23% +2.55% -2.12%
75th Percentile £56,975 £48,750 £57,938
90th Percentile £61,120 £65,012 £63,750
UK median annual salary £47,000 £44,666 £43,000
% change year-on-year +5.23% +3.87% -3.37%

All Generic Skills
England

Freedom of Information is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 29,443 40,387 60,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.72% 43.32% 46.27%
Number of salaries quoted 20,757 21,802 30,475
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,422 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,650 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Freedom of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Freedom of Information as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Freedom of Information in England

Freedom of Information
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Freedom of Information in England.

Salary trend for Freedom of Information in England

Freedom of Information
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Freedom of Information in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Freedom of Information in England

Freedom of Information
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Freedom of Information within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +16 18 £54,650 +68.15% 2
London +133 17 £47,250 +5.79% 3
West Midlands +31 15 £54,650 +68.15% 2
South West +13 15 £40,000 -60.00% 1
North of England +52 5 £28,975 -29.76% 3
South East +33 5 £45,802 -3.57% 2
North East +1 4 £28,975 -39.32%
East Midlands - 3 - -
Yorkshire +93 1 - -
Freedom of Information
UK

Freedom of Information
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 6 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.33%) Intranet
2 1 (1.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (23.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.67%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 20 (33.33%) Legal
2 14 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 10 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 10 (16.67%) Local Government
4 10 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (11.67%) Finance
5 7 (11.67%) Public Sector
5 7 (11.67%) Telecoms
6 6 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (5.00%) Law
8 2 (3.33%) Billing
8 2 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.67%) Marketing
9 1 (1.67%) Police
9 1 (1.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (20.00%) Data Manager
1 12 (20.00%) Governance Manager
2 10 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 8 (13.33%) Data Governance Analyst
3 8 (13.33%) Data Governance Manager
3 8 (13.33%) Strategy Manager
4 7 (11.67%) Analyst
4 7 (11.67%) Lead
5 6 (10.00%) Senior
6 5 (8.33%) Head of IT
7 4 (6.67%) Business Analyst
7 4 (6.67%) Business IT Analyst
7 4 (6.67%) Information Manager
7 4 (6.67%) IT Analyst
7 4 (6.67%) IT Business Analyst
7 4 (6.67%) Personal Assistant
7 4 (6.67%) Risk Manager
7 4 (6.67%) Security Manager
7 4 (6.67%) Senior Manager
7 4 (6.67%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.00%) EDI
2 1 (1.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 31 (51.67%) Management Information System
2 15 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
3 14 (23.33%) Taxonomies
4 8 (13.33%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (13.33%) Freedom of Information Act
5 4 (6.67%) Driving Licence
5 4 (6.67%) NHS
6 2 (3.33%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (76.67%) Data Protection
2 21 (35.00%) Information Management
3 19 (31.67%) Risk Management
4 16 (26.67%) Project Management
5 14 (23.33%) Analytics
5 14 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (23.33%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (23.33%) Data Modelling
5 14 (23.33%) Data Science
5 14 (23.33%) Master Data Management
5 14 (23.33%) Microservices
5 14 (23.33%) Ontologies
5 14 (23.33%) Technology Strategy
6 13 (21.67%) Change Management
6 13 (21.67%) Data Governance
7 12 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (20.00%) Design Thinking
7 12 (20.00%) Information Assurance
7 12 (20.00%) Information Security
7 12 (20.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (5.00%) Postgraduate
2 3 (5.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.67%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.67%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (23.33%) GDPR
2 4 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.67%) ISO 22301
Vendors
1 3 (5.00%) Microsoft