Information Officer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Information Officer
UK > Work from Home

The median Information Officer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £279, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 330 461
Rank change year-on-year +33 +131 +132
Contract jobs requiring an Information Officer 5 11 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.051% 0.073% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.078% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 3
10th Percentile £219 £183 £383
25th Percentile £247 £205 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £279 £280 £625
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% -55.20% +31.58%
75th Percentile £373 £384 £719
90th Percentile £527 £444 £768
UK median daily rate £448 £380 £500
% change year-on-year +17.76% -24.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £18.88
25th Percentile £14.78 - £19.15
Median hourly rate £15.05 £14.44 £19.95
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% -27.62% +26.47%
75th Percentile £15.33 - £20.90
90th Percentile - - £21.26
UK median hourly rate £27.64 £12.25 £19.95
% change year-on-year +125.63% -38.60% +17.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,253 14,104 23,924
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 93.56% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,333 9,466 16,894
10th Percentile £338 £325 £360
25th Percentile £413 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 574 548
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £17.50
25th Percentile £17.80 £23.37 £25.71
Median hourly rate £35.00 £44.87 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% -16.91% +54.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £36.65 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.96% -18.56% +88.21%

Information Officer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Information Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Information Officer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Information Officer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Information Officer.

Information Officer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Information Officer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Information Officer over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Information Officer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Information Officer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Information Officer.

Information Officer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Information Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, Information Officer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Information Officer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Information Security
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (60.00%) GDPR
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) HIPAA
2 2 (40.00%) Information Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (40.00%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (40.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) NHS
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (20.00%) CISM
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Local Government
3 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (20.00%) CEH
3 1 (20.00%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) Records Management
3 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance

Information Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (40.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Information Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) Data Sharing
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (20.00%) Records Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CEH
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) GDPR
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle