Freedom of Information Contracts in the North of England

Freedom of Information (FOI)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Freedom of Information over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 180 218
Rank change year-on-year +15 +38 +9
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 1 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.030% 0.10% 0.034%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.099% 0.38% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £227 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -49.46% -12.20%
75th Percentile - £266 £475
90th Percentile - £289 -
England median daily rate £600 £425 £644
% change year-on-year +41.18% -33.98% +38.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £29.23 - -
England median hourly rate £28.32 £11.95 £31.72
% change year-on-year +136.99% -62.32% +21.98%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,008 1,302 1,799
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 30.59% 27.31% 30.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 801 1,220
10th Percentile £220 £263 £285
25th Percentile £367 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £582 £584 £623
90th Percentile £665 £653 £688
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 154 88
10th Percentile £21.00 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £24.25 £13.00 £10.63
Median hourly rate £30.88 £15.14 £18.62
Median % change year-on-year +104.00% -18.70% +0.11%
75th Percentile £44.08 £26.62 £45.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £47.98 £66.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Freedom of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Freedom of Information as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Freedom of Information in the North of England

Freedom of Information
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Freedom of Information in the North of England

Freedom of Information
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Freedom of Information in the North of England

Freedom of Information
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West +17 1 - - 11
Freedom of Information
England

Freedom of Information
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) ICT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) ICT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Path Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture