Freedom of Information (FOI)
South East > Thames Valley
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Freedom of Information over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 144 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | - | - | 0.036% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 0.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £400 |
| South East median daily rate | £200 | - | £400 |
All Generic Skills
Thames Valley
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 Thames Valley.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 520 | 786 | 911 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 34.99% | 29.75% | 32.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 307 | 478 | 603 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £205 | £275 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £300 | £403 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £500 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.00% | -2.44% | +2.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £599 | £600 | £623 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £665 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £515 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -2.91% | +3.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 23 | 61 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.16 | £11.79 | £18.08 |
| 25th Percentile | £24.08 | £22.50 | £19.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £52.50 | £30.00 | £48.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +75.00% | -38.46% | +143.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £66.12 | £60.39 | £70.90 |
| 90th Percentile | £88.60 | £65.00 | £77.93 |
| South East median hourly rate | £48.00 | £47.50 | £48.08 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.05% | -1.21% | +123.63% |
Freedom of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing Freedom of Information as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
Freedom of Information
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Freedom of Information in the Thames Valley.
Freedom of Information
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Freedom of Information in the Thames Valley.