Freedom of Information Act Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information Act in contract job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Freedom of Information Act over the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information Act 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.093% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.00 - -

All Generic Skills
West Yorkshire

Freedom of Information Act 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 West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 404 169 248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 37.65% 32.94% 24.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 105 134
10th Percentile £297 £263 £239
25th Percentile £400 £358 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £569
90th Percentile £635 £715 £625
Yorkshire median daily rate £498 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +4.74% +5.56% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 34
10th Percentile - £28.34 -
25th Percentile £14.25 £31.47 £12.15
Median hourly rate £16.25 £41.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.37% +203.70% -37.21%
75th Percentile £20.40 £96.64 £15.19
90th Percentile £22.00 £97.79 £16.61
Yorkshire median hourly rate £54.50 £36.91 £14.63
% change year-on-year +47.68% +152.34% +37.58%

Freedom of Information Act
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Freedom of Information Act job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Freedom of Information Act
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Freedom of Information Act.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Freedom of Information Act

Freedom of Information Act
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Freedom of Information Act.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Freedom of Information Act

Freedom of Information Act
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Freedom of Information Act within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 11 April 2026. 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
Bradford - 1 - -
Freedom of Information Act
Yorkshire

Freedom of Information Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Information Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Records Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR