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 advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Freedom of Information over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 209 236
Rank change year-on-year +33 +27 -49
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 4 1 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.085% 0.018% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.32% 0.060% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £167 - £385
25th Percentile £190 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £233 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +69.23%
75th Percentile £271 - £588
90th Percentile £292 - £595
England median daily rate £475 £644 £454
% change year-on-year -26.21% +41.80% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £11.95 £21.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -43.10% -19.23% +8.33%

All Generic Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,246 1,669 2,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.49% 30.08% 34.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 755 1,115 1,864
10th Percentile £263 £286 £200
25th Percentile £400 £405 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £503 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +4.69% +12.94%
75th Percentile £585 £606 £575
90th Percentile £656 £688 £657
England median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 82 99
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £11.47
25th Percentile £13.00 £10.63 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.05 £16.85 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -9.89% +6.86%
75th Percentile £28.55 £40.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £48.49 £66.62 £44.03
England median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £26.50
% change year-on-year +60.15% -16.00% +3.92%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Freedom of Information in the North of England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram 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 29 May 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
Yorkshire - 3 £161 - 4
North West +23 1 £305 - 7
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Social Science
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Specialist
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow Developer
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) CMDB
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) NHS
2 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Ergonomics
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (25.00%) Information Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Line Management
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MCSE
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) VMware