Information Officer Contracts in the South East

Information Officer
England > South East

The median Information Officer daily rate in the South East is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 189 214
Rank change year-on-year +43 +25 +40
Contract jobs requiring an Information Officer 3 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.10% 0.13% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.14% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £213 £510 £420
25th Percentile £231 £525 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £567 £500
Median % change year-on-year -51.46% +13.30% -16.67%
75th Percentile £459 £600 £550
90th Percentile £562 - £580
England median daily rate £613 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +53.13% -20.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £16.12 -
England median hourly rate £28.36 £16.12 £19.95
% change year-on-year +75.90% -19.20% -11.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 2,735 5,090 5,387
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 92.26% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,813 3,069 3,755
10th Percentile £238 £213 £219
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.83%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £606
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 483 243
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £16.57
25th Percentile £19.98 £18.32 £21.44
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% - +137.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.40 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.20 £37.50 £44.06
% change year-on-year -19.47% -14.88% +91.54%

Information Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Information Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Information Officer in the South East

Information Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Information Officer in the South East

Information Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Officer in the South East over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Officer in the South East

Information Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Officer in the South East

Information Officer
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 Information Officer within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Kent - 2 £238 - 8
Thames Valley +38 1 £620 +20.04%
Buckinghamshire - 1 £620 -
Information Officer
England

Information Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Information Officer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Information Officer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) HIPAA
2 1 (33.33%) Information Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Data Sharing
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (33.33%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government

Information Officer Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (33.33%) Law
1 1 (33.33%) Local Government
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
2 1 (33.33%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (33.33%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Data Sharing
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (33.33%) Information Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle