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 28 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 188 -
Rank change year-on-year +23 - -
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.058% 0.058% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 0.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £216 - -
25th Percentile £241 £825 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £850 -
Median % change year-on-year -66.18% - -
75th Percentile £341 £875 -
90th Percentile £369 - -
England median daily rate £500 £430 £538
% change year-on-year +16.28% -20.00% +18.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.44 -
England median hourly rate £27.64 £24.42 £21.00
% change year-on-year +13.19% +16.29% -13.40%

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 1,084 1,502 1,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.55% 29.08% 33.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 898 1,305
10th Percentile £204 £217 £213
25th Percentile £358 £400 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% -
75th Percentile £594 £625 £625
90th Percentile £663 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 148 98
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.01 £16.43
25th Percentile £16.95 £19.22 £19.38
Median hourly rate £33.89 £57.35 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -40.92% +11.90% +131.90%
75th Percentile £62.24 £62.23 £65.78
90th Percentile £85.50 £75.16 £74.48
England median hourly rate £31.91 £45.00 £40.16
% change year-on-year -29.10% +12.04% +54.47%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Freedom of Information in the South East over the 6 months to 28 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 28 July 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
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%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Information Governance Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Information Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information Act
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 2 (100.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Case Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Records Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register