Freedom of Information Contracts in England

Freedom of Information (FOI)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Freedom of Information over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 506 580 726
Rank change year-on-year +74 +146 -116
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 37 58 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.100% 0.12% 0.076%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.33% 0.37% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 43 36
10th Percentile £180 £299 £235
25th Percentile £315 £478 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £454
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +32.16% +5.83%
75th Percentile £531 £650 £541
90th Percentile £608 £768 £681
UK median daily rate £425 £575 £450
% change year-on-year -26.09% +27.78% +4.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 5
10th Percentile - £19.06 £18.40
25th Percentile - £19.60 £21.25
Median hourly rate £11.95 £21.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.10% -19.23% +6.12%
75th Percentile £21.14 £33.02 £26.50
90th Percentile £30.28 £39.92 £37.32
UK median hourly rate £12.25 £21.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -41.67% -19.23% +6.12%

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 contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,298 15,867 24,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.39% 33.63% 33.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,314 11,049 17,266
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £414 £450 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 839 557 609
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.32 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +4.95%
75th Percentile £63.13 £60.70 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £22.13 £26.99
% change year-on-year +60.45% -18.03% +5.84%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Freedom of Information in England

Freedom of Information
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Freedom of Information in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Freedom of Information in England

Freedom of Information
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Freedom of Information in England

Freedom of Information
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Freedom of Information in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Freedom of Information in England

Freedom of Information
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Freedom of Information within the England region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
London +67 27 £475 -25.49% 16
North of England +26 4 £233 -55.62% 9
Yorkshire - 3 £161 -
Midlands +13 2 £425 -34.62% 8
South East +8 2 - - 3
West Midlands +5 2 £425 -34.62% 7
North West +15 1 £305 -41.90% 6
South West +13 1 £158 -69.88% 1
East of England +1 1 £363 +80.74% 4
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.11%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.70%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (24.32%) Big Data
1 9 (24.32%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (10.81%) Star Schema
3 2 (5.41%) GIS
3 2 (5.41%) Power BI
4 1 (2.70%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (2.70%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) ERwin
2 3 (8.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 18 (48.65%) Public Sector
2 13 (35.14%) Legal
3 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
4 9 (24.32%) Finance
5 4 (10.81%) Law
5 4 (10.81%) Police
5 4 (10.81%) Publishing
6 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (8.11%) Back Office
7 2 (5.41%) Local Government
8 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.70%) Social Science
8 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (37.84%) Senior
2 7 (18.92%) Governance Manager
2 7 (18.92%) Information Governance Manager
2 7 (18.92%) Senior Manager
3 6 (16.22%) Administrator
4 5 (13.51%) Architect
4 5 (13.51%) Data Architect
5 4 (10.81%) Project Manager
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Architect
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Data Architect
6 3 (8.11%) Data Analytics Architect
6 3 (8.11%) Developer
6 3 (8.11%) Integration Developer
6 3 (8.11%) Product Owner
6 3 (8.11%) ServiceNow Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Data Migration Project Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Information Officer
7 2 (5.41%) Migration Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Senior Product Owner
7 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) Apache Avro
1 1 (2.70%) JSON
1 1 (2.70%) JSON Schema
1 1 (2.70%) XML
1 1 (2.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (54.05%) Data Protection Act
2 19 (51.35%) Freedom of Information Act
3 16 (43.24%) Management Information System
4 5 (13.51%) CMDB
4 5 (13.51%) Product Ownership
5 3 (8.11%) Virtual Team
6 2 (5.41%) NHS
7 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
7 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
1 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
1 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
1 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (81.08%) Data Protection
2 11 (29.73%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (29.73%) Data Modelling
2 11 (29.73%) Impact Assessments
3 9 (24.32%) Agile
3 9 (24.32%) Risk Management
4 8 (21.62%) Analytics
4 8 (21.62%) Computer Science
4 8 (21.62%) Information Governance
5 7 (18.92%) Records Management
6 6 (16.22%) Data Analysis
6 6 (16.22%) Due Diligence
6 6 (16.22%) Master Data Management
6 6 (16.22%) Project Management
7 5 (13.51%) Case Management
7 5 (13.51%) Customer Service
7 5 (13.51%) Line Management
7 5 (13.51%) Migration
7 5 (13.51%) PRINCE2
7 5 (13.51%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (37.84%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) CCNA
2 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.70%) ISEB
2 1 (2.70%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (2.70%) MCSE
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (37.84%) GDPR
2 6 (16.22%) Data Quality
2 6 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.70%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.70%) Adobe
3 1 (2.70%) VMware