Information Officer Contract Job Trends

Information Officer
UK

The median Information Officer daily rate in the UK is £230, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 566 534 585
Rank change year-on-year -32 +51 +154
Contract jobs requiring an Information Officer 26 9 22
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.070% 0.027% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.029% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 15
10th Percentile £174 £306 £300
25th Percentile £216 £438 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £483 £450
Median % change year-on-year -52.33% +7.22% -
75th Percentile £271 £605 £533
90th Percentile £456 £636 £968
UK excluding London median daily rate £238 £480 £475
% change year-on-year -50.52% +1.05% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 2
10th Percentile - - £14.96
25th Percentile £12.31 - £16.80
Median hourly rate £13.60 - £19.87
75th Percentile £14.84 - £22.93
90th Percentile £16.28 - £24.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.60 - £13.73

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 33,704 31,327 40,582
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 92.78% 93.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,320 19,249 27,284
10th Percentile £293 £300 £285
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,988 974 1,449
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.56 £15.16
25th Percentile £18.19 £21.05 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.33 £33.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.23% -26.67% +48.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £73.32 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +83.52%

Information Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Information Officer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Information Officer job vacancy trend in the UK

Information Officer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Officer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Officer job vacancies in the UK

Information Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Officer over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Officer in the UK

Information Officer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Officer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Officer job vacancies in the UK

Information Officer
Top 10 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 23 December 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
UK excluding London -30 19 £238 -50.52% 16
England -33 11 £206 -57.25% 25
Scotland - 8 £229 -
Work from Home +3 6 £183 -1.35% 9
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
London -4 4 £183 -66.20% 12
South West -1 2 - - 1
South East -13 2 £475 +26.67% 4
North of England -45 1 - - 5
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1

Information Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, Information Officer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Information Officer in the job title.

1 17 (65.38%) Data Protection
2 16 (61.54%) Information Governance
3 14 (53.85%) GDPR
4 7 (26.92%) Data Sharing
4 7 (26.92%) Mathematics
4 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
4 7 (26.92%) Records Management
5 6 (23.08%) Data Security
5 6 (23.08%) Informatics
6 5 (19.23%) Information Security
7 4 (15.38%) Impact Assessments
7 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
8 3 (11.54%) Compliance Audit
8 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (11.54%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (11.54%) HNC
8 3 (11.54%) HND
8 3 (11.54%) Incident Management
8 3 (11.54%) Incident Response
8 3 (11.54%) Information Assurance
8 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
8 3 (11.54%) Project Management
8 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
8 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
9 2 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (7.69%) Due Diligence
9 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
9 2 (7.69%) ISEB
9 2 (7.69%) ISEB Practitioner

Information Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
General
1 11 (42.31%) Public Sector
2 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Banking
3 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Finance
3 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Investment Banking
3 1 (3.85%) Law
3 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 11 (42.31%) Freedom of Information
2 8 (30.77%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
4 2 (7.69%) NHS
5 1 (3.85%) CSOC
5 1 (3.85%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.85%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Data Protection
2 16 (61.54%) Information Governance
3 7 (26.92%) Data Sharing
3 7 (26.92%) Mathematics
3 7 (26.92%) Records Management
4 6 (23.08%) Data Security
4 6 (23.08%) Informatics
5 5 (19.23%) Information Security
6 4 (15.38%) Impact Assessments
7 3 (11.54%) Compliance Audit
7 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (11.54%) Incident Management
7 3 (11.54%) Incident Response
7 3 (11.54%) Information Assurance
7 3 (11.54%) Project Management
7 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
8 2 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (7.69%) Due Diligence
8 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (7.69%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) HNC
1 3 (11.54%) HND
1 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) ISEB
2 2 (7.69%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (3.85%) CISM
3 1 (3.85%) CISSP
3 1 (3.85%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (53.85%) GDPR
2 3 (11.54%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (7.69%) JSP 440
3 2 (7.69%) NCSC
3 2 (7.69%) NIST
4 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.85%) PERC
4 1 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft