Freedom of Information Act Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information Act in contract job vacancies in 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 136 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information Act 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.043% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £685 £200 £450
% change year-on-year +242.50% -55.56% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
England median hourly rate £22.00 £28.32 £11.95
% change year-on-year -22.32% +136.99% -73.16%

All Generic Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 887 329 461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 38.20% 34.38% 27.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 543 207 241
10th Percentile £317 £263 £235
25th Percentile £403 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £558 £578 £575
90th Percentile £650 £659 £619
England median daily rate £513 £548 £550
% change year-on-year -6.48% -0.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 6 67
10th Percentile £14.25 £23.63 -
25th Percentile £16.13 £27.56 £12.15
Median hourly rate £54.50 £36.91 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +47.68% +152.34% +37.58%
75th Percentile £68.75 £82.86 £17.73
90th Percentile - £97.60 £23.75
England median hourly rate £45.46 £35.00 £27.75
% change year-on-year +29.89% +26.13% +23.33%

Freedom of Information Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Freedom of Information Act job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Freedom of Information Act
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Freedom of Information Act
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Freedom of Information Act
Contract Job Locations in 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 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
West Yorkshire - 1 - -
Freedom of Information Act
England

Freedom of Information Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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