Freedom of Information Contract Job Trends in Wakefield

Freedom of Information (FOI)
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in contract job vacancies in Wakefield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Freedom of Information over the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wakefield 3.45% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate - - £161
% change year-on-year - - -28.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.69 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Wakefield

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 Wakefield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8 3 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield 27.59% 27.27% 46.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 4
10th Percentile £225 £210 £378
25th Percentile £235 £328 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £294 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -44.02% +5.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £339 £538 £554
90th Percentile £366 £545 £561
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £13.83 - £36.38
25th Percentile £14.05 - £36.56
Median hourly rate £14.47 - £38.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +140.53%
75th Percentile £14.95 - £41.56
90th Percentile £15.21 - £42.13
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.36 £21.30 £15.17
% change year-on-year +28.45% +40.41% -20.16%

Freedom of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Freedom of Information relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.

Freedom of Information job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Freedom of Information
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Information Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR