Freedom of Information Contract Job Trends in East London

Freedom of Information (FOI)
London > East London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in contract job vacancies in East London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Freedom of Information over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in East London 0.83% - 2.61%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.85% - 6.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £481
25th Percentile - - £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - £538
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.38%
75th Percentile - - £591
90th Percentile - - £604
London median daily rate £438 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -27.08% +26.32% -25.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £11.95
London median hourly rate £23.20 - £11.95

All Generic Skills
East London

Freedom of Information falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 54 41 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 45.00% 39.81% 43.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 38 87
10th Percentile £177 £396 £400
25th Percentile £190 £505 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £585 £538
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% +8.84% +0.66%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £650
90th Percentile £639 £675 £743
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £11.33 -
25th Percentile - £16.33 -
Median hourly rate £29.04 £24.66 £11.95
Median % change year-on-year +17.76% +106.36% -46.85%
75th Percentile - £30.83 -
90th Percentile - £34.53 £19.03
London median hourly rate £35.00 £35.45 £26.00
% change year-on-year -1.26% +36.33% -25.71%

Freedom of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Freedom of Information relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East London.

Freedom of Information job vacancy trend in East London

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Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Freedom of Information.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Freedom of Information

Freedom of Information
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Freedom of Information.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Freedom of Information

Freedom of Information
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR