Freedom of Information Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Freedom of Information (FOI)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in contract job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Freedom of Information 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 81 - 72
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.28% - 0.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% - 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £192 - £215
25th Percentile £231 - £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 - £227
75th Percentile £403 - £232
90th Percentile £446 - £235
Yorkshire median daily rate £313 - £227
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £19.44
Median hourly rate £22.00 - £20.71
75th Percentile - - £21.97
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.00 - £20.71

All Generic Skills
West Yorkshire

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 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
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Freedom of Information job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Freedom of Information
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Freedom of Information in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Freedom of Information in West Yorkshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Freedom of Information
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 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
Leeds - 2 £313 -
Bradford - 1 - -
Freedom of Information
Yorkshire

Freedom of Information
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) QlikView
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Information Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Information Governance Officer
1 1 (33.33%) Information Officer
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Freedom of Information Act
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) Data Sharing
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Information Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Retrieval
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Records Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Freedom of Information jobs