Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
North West > Manchester
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information Act in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Freedom of Information Act over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 95 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information Act | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | - | 0.070% | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 0.27% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £305 | - |
| North West median daily rate | - | £305 | - |
All Generic Skills
Manchester
Freedom of Information Act 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 Manchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 264 | 375 | 576 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 29.50% | 26.35% | 32.09% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 187 | 255 | 393 |
| 10th Percentile | £203 | £300 | £320 |
| 25th Percentile | £377 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £473 | £500 | £501 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.50% | -0.10% | +2.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £575 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £689 | £733 | £675 |
| North West median daily rate | £458 | £495 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.47% | -1.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 33 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | £24.25 | £13.10 | £16.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £27.75 | £15.92 | £21.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £49.00 | £25.25 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +94.06% | -27.86% | +133.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | £57.50 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.25 | £62.50 | £70.00 |
| North West median hourly rate | £29.80 | £25.25 | £31.49 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.02% | -19.82% | +57.45% |
Freedom of Information Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Freedom of Information Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Freedom of Information Act
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Freedom of Information Act in Manchester.
Freedom of Information Act
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Freedom of Information Act in Manchester.