Freedom of Information Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Freedom of Information (FOI)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in contract job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Freedom of Information over the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 65 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.13% 0.44% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.29% 1.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £210 -
Median % change year-on-year +185.71% - -
Scotland median daily rate £413 £210 £413
% change year-on-year +96.43% -49.09% -2.94%

All Generic Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 339 200 251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 45.32% 29.46% 31.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 143 170
10th Percentile £263 £301 £344
25th Percentile £388 £356 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £550 £552 £638
90th Percentile £613 £675 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 3
10th Percentile £13.93 £18.94 £10.97
25th Percentile £16.65 £19.59 £11.79
Median hourly rate £19.97 £24.15 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% +83.51% -55.72%
75th Percentile £57.50 £24.18 £13.83
90th Percentile £62.50 £36.10 £14.23
Scotland median hourly rate £19.97 £19.30 £17.72
% change year-on-year +3.50% +8.89% -40.38%

Freedom of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Freedom of Information job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Freedom of Information
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Freedom of Information
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Active Listening
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Bill of Materials
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft