Information Officer Contracts in England

Information Officer
UK > England

The median Information Officer daily rate in England is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 517 590
Rank change year-on-year +19 +73 +181
Contract jobs requiring an Information Officer 11 16 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.040% 0.048% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.052% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 15
10th Percentile £173 £167 £196
25th Percentile £176 £287 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £388 £450
Median % change year-on-year -50.97% -13.89% +12.50%
75th Percentile £199 £486 £628
90th Percentile £415 £532 £1,040
UK median daily rate £195 £375 £450
% change year-on-year -48.00% -16.67% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £17.40 - £19.06
25th Percentile £21.24 - £19.60
Median hourly rate £27.64 £14.44 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +91.41% -31.24% -6.67%
75th Percentile £28.36 - £21.50
90th Percentile £28.78 - -
UK median hourly rate £14.84 £14.44 £21.00
% change year-on-year +2.77% -31.24% -12.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 25,369 30,945 42,496
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 92.86% 94.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,435 20,304 29,964
10th Percentile £285 £300 £306
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.48% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £651
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,325 1,794 1,332
10th Percentile £13.52 £14.16 £14.78
25th Percentile £17.44 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £41.65
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +8.04% +62.19%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.50 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.80
% change year-on-year -41.51% +2.87% +62.77%

Information Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Officer in England

Information Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Information Officer in England

Information Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Officer in England over the 6 months to 12 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Officer in England

Information Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Officer in England

Information Officer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Officer in England over the 6 months to 12 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Officer in England

Information Officer
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 Information Officer within the England region over the 6 months to 12 August 2025. 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 0 5 £183 -51.33% 8
South East +28 4 £410 -31.67% 6
South West - 2 - - 4
Information Officer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 August 2025, 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 across the England region featuring Information Officer in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) Information Governance
2 7 (63.64%) Data Protection
3 4 (36.36%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (27.27%) Freedom of Information
4 3 (27.27%) Law
4 3 (27.27%) Freedom of Information Act
5 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (18.18%) Local Government
5 2 (18.18%) Information Security
5 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
5 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
5 2 (18.18%) GDPR
6 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
6 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
6 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
6 1 (9.09%) Information Assurance
6 1 (9.09%) SIEM
6 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (9.09%) Threat Management
6 1 (9.09%) Power BI
6 1 (9.09%) Compliance Audit
6 1 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity

Information Officer Skill Set
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 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) MS Access
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) Power Query
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (27.27%) Law
2 2 (18.18%) Local Government
2 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Freedom of Information
1 3 (27.27%) Freedom of Information Act
2 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.09%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Information Governance
2 7 (63.64%) Data Protection
3 4 (36.36%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (18.18%) Information Security
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
5 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Compliance Audit
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
5 1 (9.09%) ERP
5 1 (9.09%) Information Assurance
5 1 (9.09%) Information Management
5 1 (9.09%) ISMS
5 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) SIEM
5 1 (9.09%) Threat Management
5 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
1 1 (9.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CISM
1 1 (9.09%) CISSP
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) HNC
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.09%) PERC
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle