Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
England > West Midlands
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information Act in contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Freedom of Information Act over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 170 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information Act | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | - | - | 0.085% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 0.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £450 | £600 | £345 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.00% | +73.91% | -16.87% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £16.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £17.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £17.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £11.95 | £44.53 | £26.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -73.16% | +71.27% | +22.41% |
All Generic Skills
West Midlands
Freedom of Information Act is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 639 | 759 | 1,008 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 33.18% | 32.26% | 28.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 407 | 511 | 723 |
| 10th Percentile | £299 | £263 | £257 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £413 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £630 | £638 | £578 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £700 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £575 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | +4.55% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 47 | 22 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | £10.42 | £17.63 | £12.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.71 | £18.74 | £12.91 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.50 | £27.25 | £15.86 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.43% | +71.82% | -5.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £40.25 | £52.06 | £17.70 |
| 90th Percentile | £58.75 | £57.13 | £19.38 |
| England median hourly rate | £31.50 | £22.50 | £26.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +40.00% | -15.09% | +1.50% |
Freedom of Information Act
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Freedom of Information Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Freedom of Information Act
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Freedom of Information Act in the West Midlands.
Freedom of Information Act
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Freedom of Information Act in the West Midlands.