Freedom of Information Contracts in the South East

Freedom of Information (FOI)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in contract job vacancies in the South East. 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 157 203 221
Rank change year-on-year +46 +18 +41
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.066% 0.036% 0.017%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.20% 0.13% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +81.82%
England median daily rate £600 £425 £644
% change year-on-year +41.18% -33.98% +38.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.44 -
England median hourly rate £28.32 £11.95 £31.72
% change year-on-year +136.99% -62.32% +21.98%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,009 1,583 1,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 33.52% 28.48% 33.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 936 1,323
10th Percentile £211 £205 £213
25th Percentile £360 £363 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £661 £688 £725
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 154 90
10th Percentile £16.95 £11.74 £18.23
25th Percentile £23.50 £18.35 £20.48
Median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.30 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £75.00
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Freedom of Information in the South East

Freedom of Information
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Freedom of Information in the South East

Freedom of Information
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Freedom of Information in the South East

Freedom of Information
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Hampshire +26 1 - -
Kent - 1 £200 - 1
Freedom of Information
England

Freedom of Information
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Public Speaking
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Information Governance Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Information Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Information Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Records Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) SEO
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR