Freedom of Information Contracts in the South West

Freedom of Information (FOI)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Freedom of Information over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 156 157 165
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 -28
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.030% 0.059% 0.082%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.095% 0.22% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £461
25th Percentile - £513 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £525 £481
Median % change year-on-year -69.88% +9.09% -16.30%
75th Percentile - £538 £492
90th Percentile - - £497
England median daily rate £463 £600 £454
% change year-on-year -22.92% +32.16% +5.83%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,049 924 952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 31.80% 27.27% 26.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 650 692
10th Percentile £300 £275 £205
25th Percentile £463 £413 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £675
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 122 43
10th Percentile £13.69 - £14.50
25th Percentile £21.00 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £9.80 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year +461.22% -77.70% -10.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.00 £61.13
90th Percentile £72.50 £82.98 £75.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

Freedom of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Freedom of Information in the South West

Freedom of Information
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Freedom of Information in the South West

Freedom of Information
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Freedom of Information in the South West

Freedom of Information
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
Cornwall - 1 £158 - 1
Freedom of Information
England

Freedom of Information
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) EPR Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree