Freedom of Information Contracts in Scotland

Freedom of Information (FOI)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Freedom of Information over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 166 163
Rank change year-on-year +49 -3 -7
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 6 2 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.28% 0.072% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.83% 0.20% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 8
10th Percentile - £225 £295
25th Percentile £205 £263 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £325 £416
Median % change year-on-year -35.38% -21.92% +66.50%
75th Percentile £271 £388 £453
90th Percentile £371 £425 £484
UK median daily rate £425 £624 £450
% change year-on-year -31.86% +38.61% +8.43%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 723 1,006 1,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 33.50% 36.38% 33.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 690 813
10th Percentile £200 £237 £263
25th Percentile £363 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +1.05% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £553
90th Percentile £646 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 24 24
10th Percentile £13.33 - £15.54
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.63 £19.45
Median hourly rate £18.13 £13.40 £42.48
Median % change year-on-year +35.30% -68.45% -5.61%
75th Percentile £44.75 £25.72 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.53 £51.94 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.13% -18.24% +4.90%

Freedom of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Freedom of Information as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Freedom of Information in Scotland

Freedom of Information
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Freedom of Information in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Freedom of Information in Scotland

Freedom of Information
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Freedom of Information in Scotland over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Freedom of Information in Scotland

Freedom of Information
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 7 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
Glasgow - 3 £210 - 1
West Lothian - 2 £425 -
Edinburgh +34 1 £210 -35.38%
Freedom of Information
UK

Freedom of Information
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 6 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Law
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Information Officer
2 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 3 (50.00%) Case Management
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) COBIT
1 2 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft