The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information Act in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Freedom of Information Act over the 3 months to 20 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.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Rank 853 898 854
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -44
Permanent jobs citing Freedom of Information Act 6 14 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.012% 0.008%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.017% 0.035% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 6 11 9
Average salary £33,962 £45,000 £50,600
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.52% -11.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,606 £35,000 £40,250
10% offered a salary of more than £53,250 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,424 £45,000 £21,250
% change year-on-year
-32.39% +111.76%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
35868 39992 42179
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 33.41% 33.02% 34.65%
Number of salaries quoted 29436 33715 35296
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,625 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.43% +6.66%

Freedom of Information Act
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT 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
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Freedom of Information Act within the UK.

Freedom of Information Act Salary Trend

Freedom of Information Act
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Freedom of Information Act over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 within the UK.

Freedom of Information Act Salary Histogram

Freedom of Information Act
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Freedom of Information Act within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +18 6 £33,962 -24.52%
North West - 3 £29,712 -
Manchester - 3 £29,712 -
Salford - 2 £30,068 -
London +32 1 £51,500 +5.64%
City of London +4 1 £51,500 +14.44%
South East - 1 £55,000 -
Brighton - 1 £55,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £37,500 -
South Yorkshire - 1 £37,500 -
East Sussex - 1 £55,000 -
Sheffield - 1 £37,500 -

Freedom of Information Act
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Freedom of Information Act.

1 11 (84.62%) Data Protection Act
1 11 (84.62%) Freedom of Information
1 11 (84.62%) Data Protection
2 5 (38.46%) SAP
2 5 (38.46%) ITIL
3 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
3 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
3 4 (30.77%) Business Analysis
4 3 (23.08%) Copywriting
4 3 (23.08%) SAP Portal
4 3 (23.08%) SAP Security
4 3 (23.08%) SAP BW
4 3 (23.08%) ERP
4 3 (23.08%) Firewall
4 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
4 3 (23.08%) PMI
4 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) Firmware
5 2 (15.38%) CISSP
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (15.38%) CRM
5 2 (15.38%) Java
5 2 (15.38%) MS Project
5 2 (15.38%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (15.38%) BCP
5 2 (15.38%) CISA
5 2 (15.38%) CISM
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management

Freedom of Information Act
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Freedom of Information Act. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) SAP Portal
2 1 (7.692%) Documentum
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP ERP
2 1 (7.692%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SAP BW
General
1 1 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (15.38%) Architect
1 2 (15.38%) Senior Consultant
1 2 (15.38%) Consultant
1 2 (15.38%) Information Architect
1 2 (15.38%) Security Consultant
1 2 (15.38%) Data Manager
1 2 (15.38%) Senior Security Consultant
1 2 (15.38%) SAP Security Consultant
1 2 (15.38%) Senior SAP Consultant
1 2 (15.38%) Auditor
1 2 (15.38%) IT Security Officer
1 2 (15.38%) Security Officer
1 2 (15.38%) SAP Authorisation Consultant
1 2 (15.38%) Information Security Auditor
1 2 (15.38%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (7.692%) Team Leader
2 1 (7.692%) Business Manager
2 1 (7.692%) SAP Team Leader
2 1 (7.692%) Change Manager
2 1 (7.692%) Business Change Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (84.62%) Freedom of Information
1 11 (84.62%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
3 3 (23.08%) Copywriting
3 3 (23.08%) PMI
4 2 (15.38%) Firmware
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Data Protection
2 5 (38.46%) ITIL
3 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
3 4 (30.77%) Business Analysis
4 3 (23.08%) SAP Security
4 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
4 3 (23.08%) ERP
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) BCP
5 2 (15.38%) CRM
5 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (15.38%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 2 (15.38%) Business Continuity
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (15.38%) Information Security
5 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
5 2 (15.38%) Data Management
5 2 (15.38%) Zachman Framework
5 2 (15.38%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
2 2 (15.38%) CISA
2 2 (15.38%) CISM
2 2 (15.38%) CISSP
2 2 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (15.38%) COBIT
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) SAP